The Never War by D.J. MacHale

Author:D.J. MacHale
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2003-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

JOURNAL #10

FIRST EARTH

Spader and I backed out of the room and quickly left Max Rose’s penthouse. We took the stairs down to the sixth floor to avoid Dewey. We didn’t want to explain the way we looked to him or anybody else. As soon as we got inside our room and closed the door, Spader let out a happy shout.

“Hobey, yes!” he yelled. “Rose is going to send his thugs to stop Farrow. We did it. The Hindenburg is safe.”

I stared at Spader, my anger slowly building. “I asked you not to tell him about Farrow’s plan.”

“I know, mate, but I had to. That was our chance. You weren’t talking so I had to take it.”

“And what if it was the wrong move?” I asked, trying not to boil over. “This isn’t just about two gangsters who hate each other. We’ve got a whole territory to worry about.”

“C’mon, Pendragon,” Spader cajoled. “You know it was the right thing to do. We outsmarted Saint Dane. Again. We won!”

“Man, I hope you’re right.”

I needed to be alone to think, so I left Spader and headed for the bathroom. I got rid of my burned clothes and stood in the warm shower to clean off the dried blood. The cuts and bruises were nothing that wouldn’t heal quickly. We were both very lucky.

As I stood in that shower, I wracked my brain for answers. Not just about the Hindenburg, but about Spader. He was driven by his need for revenge. Fine, I wanted to put Saint Dane out of business too. But though Spader and I were on the same side, we had different ideas on how to fight the war. I was afraid this would show up to bite us in the butt someday. Today was that day. Our butts had been bitten.

Still, I didn’t want this to be an ego thing. I didn’t want to be angry at him just because he didn’t listen to me. Who am I? I don’t know everything. Maybe he had done the right thing. Maybe the reason we were on First Earth was to do exactly what he had done. By uncovering Farrow’s plot to destroy the Hindenburg and telling Max Rose about it, we might have saved the airship.

But that led me to the most troubling thought of all. As horrible as the destruction of the Hindenburg was going to be, we didn’t know what it had to do with Saint Dane’s overall plan. Saint Dane’s goal was to find the turning point of a territory and push it the wrong way. The question was, what did the Hindenburg have to do with the turning point of First Earth? It was a German ship, but did it have anything to do with the coming war? Would saving the Hindenburg stop the war from happening?

There were too many unanswered questions for me to think our mission here on First Earth was over.

When I got out of the shower, Gunny was there. Spader had already told him how he felt sure Rose’s gang would save the Hindenburg.

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