The Accidental Invasion (Atlantis Book #1) by Gregory Mone

Author:Gregory Mone [Mone, Gregory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2021-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

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After the girl from Atlantis steered them through the opening high above the pool, they drifted through a dark, curving tunnel for hours and hours. This one didn’t branch or split; there was only one route. Kaya had studied the manual and learned that the vessel had an autopilot function, so she switched it on, leaned back, and closed her eyes. At some point, Lewis stretched out across the back seat and dropped into a deep and dreamless sleep. When he woke, Hanna was out cold, and Kaya was only just rousing herself, rubbing her eyes. Lewis was dripping with sweat. His hair was so wet it felt like he’d just gone swimming, and his clothes were soaked. Kaya looked perfectly comfortable, though. Her clothes, made of some kind of instantly drying material, weren’t even damp.

The light brightened around them as they drifted out of the tunnel and into an enormous open cavern divided into huge pools of water. Hanna yawned and stretched, then climbed into the back seat, pulled out the busted sonic blaster, and got back to work trying to fix it. Lewis stared at her. “What?” she asked.

“You never stop, huh?”

She held up her hands and wiggled the fingers. “They need to stay busy.”

“How long did I sleep?” Lewis asked.

“We all slept through the night,” Kaya replied.

Hanna stopped what she was doing and stared at the cavern’s ceiling. “How can you even tell whether it’s night or day?” she asked.

Kaya tapped her earpiece. “This tracks the time.”

The water was calm and still in some sections, rippled in others. There were a few people in the distance—some in small boats, others walking along the stone paths between the pools. Drops fell from the ceiling and plunked into the water below. Lewis tilted his head back, trying to catch one in his mouth. Not his best idea. When he finally snagged one, it tasted like rock.

He noticed Kaya’s expression change as she stared at a bright light in the distance.

“You’re smiling,” he said. “Any chance that means you know where we are?”

“We’re at the edge of my city. I’ve been here before on school field trips.”

“You have field trips? They have field trips! In Atlantis!” He elbowed Hanna, who accidentally squeezed the trigger on the blaster. His foot exploded with the strangest sensation—a kind of burning, intense vibration. “Owwww!”

“Whoa,” Hanna said. “I guess I fixed it. Cool.”

“Cool? That hurt!”

Carefully, she placed the blaster on the seat beside her. “Right. Sorry. Are you okay?”

“He’s fine,” Kaya said. “That version’s just painful. It doesn’t knock you out like the others. No permanent damage, either.”

His foot was tingling, but the feeling came back quickly. Still, a little more sympathy would’ve been nice. Even fake sympathy.

Leaning over the side of the cruiser, Hanna asked, “What is this place? Another aquafarm?”

Thick strands of rubbery seaweed hung beneath the surface of the water below.

“We grow a thousand different types of kelp and sea grass,” Kaya said.

“And you eat that stuff ?” Lewis asked.

She searched through her bag, found a rectangular bar wrapped in greenish packaging, and passed it to him.

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