The Unfinished City by J.R. Parks

Author:J.R. Parks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781952967122
Publisher: ParksWrites
Published: 2021-08-10T14:43:46.731542+00:00

Chapter 21: Doubt

RELLA OPENED HER EYES. Was it only a dream? she whispered aloud. She couldn’t remember ever having that specific dream of her mother before. She’d dreamed of her parents daily, but this one seemed different. Was she just hoping for something, or were they really dream traveling to find her this time?

She sat up and dusted off her satchel. She had been using it for a pillow. She swallowed hard and a tear slid down her cheek. The thread on the satchel was still glowing. Rella put her finger on the glowing thread as it faded out.

The city of Anselm appeared to be even dimmer than before. She had no idea how long she’d been asleep. She also felt very hungry.

“Is anybody out there?” Rella yelled at the top of her lungs. “Anybody! Soup! I’m hungry!”

She heard a bird swoop somewhere overhead, but she didn’t see it.

She looked down over the next ledge. This one was steeper than the others, but she wanted to keep moving, especially since she wasn’t familiar with the wildlife out here.

From the arid conditions, she assumed there would be lizards and snakes nearby. Rella liked lizards but she did not like snakes very much, unless they were baby snakes. She didn’t mind baby snakes.

She pulled the luminous stone from her satchel. She also pulled out a spare shoelace that she’d kept stored in the satchel.

It was a little difficult trying to tie the lace around the stone without covering the light. After a few tries, she got it secure enough to lower it down over the dark ledge. She needed to gauge the depth of the next platform before attempting to climb down. She wished Q was around. He would have appreciated her ingenuity. Though he would have also had a simpler solution to measuring the depth. So maybe she didn’t want him around.

The boot lace was only five feet long, but the luminous stone, even wrapped up, gave off enough light so that she could see ten feet below the ledge.

As she lowered the stone, her heart sank. There was no way she could get down from this steep ledge. She looked for another path, but the ledge was cut off by uneven and loose rocks on both sides. It was also way too dark to climb back up, especially since going higher would make it even easier for the SNOBS to find her.

She began reeling the stone back up along the rock. Just as she had it within reach, it popped out of the net of string Rella had made and dropped back over the ledge.

When it hit the ground below, Rella got a glimpse of something even more surprising. The luminous stone landed right next to what appeared to be a helmet or mask. There were screws and springs all over the place. It also looked like an actual face was still attached to the mask.

Ewww! Rella thought. That can’t be a...no...but it’s only a head...there’s no...oh, yes, a robot. Just a robot boy that’s all.

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