Unchosen Academy: Monster Trials by Buffy Brown

Author:Buffy Brown [Brown, Buffy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Storybook Publishing
Published: 2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00

12

Everyone in the Jeep says it after me, “I am alive.”

I hear those in the other surviving bus saying it too.

The tattoo gang with the Hoverboardz push the button on their iAms. They say “I am alive” in a tone suggesting they are confident and sarcastic as if they’re used to all this killing. Who are they?

A number of voices from other places we don’t see say they’re alive too.

To tell the truth, screaming “I am alive” after such an experience is such an ecstatic feeling. I haven’t felt this sense of victory before. I guess this is what Roger This meant. We’re all teens trying to be adults. We still love to play. If we play and don’t think about dying, we might make it.

“That’s the spirit.” Timmy is pleased. “You are alive, indeed.” He stops, his eyes closer to the screen, “But for how long, Monsteritas?”

“Yeah. For how long?” a fat boy yells from the audience, with a mouthful of junk food.

“But wait a minute,” says Timmy. “Someone didn’t say it.”

Immediately, I look at Leo. He looks back at me. I wonder what keeps him so tight-lipped. I reach for his face and try to force his lips open. He resists and pulls away. It’s like trying to squeeze juice from a stone.

“Come on, man,” a boy says from the Jeep. “You are the hero. Don’t give up on us. By the way, is Chuck Norris your uncle or something? Vin Diesel maybe?"

Leo is speechless. There is a glowing in the corner of his eyes, that golden shade I saw earlier. I want to tell them that he is not going to open up for whatever reason. Believe me. I have known him for about two hours, and it feels like we have known each other since middle school.

My heart sinks into my feet. Leo is going to explode, and I will have no time to survive because I am too near. I will blow up with him. The girls in the Jeep grab for the edges, ready to jump. What will they do then? Run on foot like those other fools?

The Hoverboardz gang starts slowing down. It is obvious that Leo is all muscle and no brains.

“Well, you leave me no choice, mysterious hero.” Timmy is reaching for something, a button, most probably the one that will blow up Leo.

I grab Leo’s iAm and shout in it. “I am alive.”

This should work. We are treated as numbers, and we have no real identity, so his iAm is more important than he is. What difference does it make who says it?

” That’s cheating, you little Monster.” Timmy is looking at the screen as if he is looking straight at me. He says the word Monster slowly and with pleasure. He knows who I am. He hates me. He would certainly enjoy blowing up Leo, a Nine. Timmy, the envious Trickster. What’s the difference between a Trickster and a so-called Monster?

“It doesn’t matter who says it,” a girl screams at Timmy from our Jeep.

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