Wade and the Scorpion's Claw by Tony Abbott

Wade and the Scorpion's Claw by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins


“That’s all,” Becca said quietly. “The next coded part doesn’t use this keyword. It must be about another relic and another Guardian.”

I read the translation from her notebook again. “Copernicus had already hidden the Scorpio relic in lead,” I said, “but he wanted it also sealed in jade. He was afraid of its . . . ‘dark energy.’ Guys, this sounds like some kind of radioactivity. But that can’t be . . . can it?”

“Dad would know,” said Darrell. “And Becca, you know I usually reserve praise for myself, and sometimes for Lily and Ifgabood over here, but that translation was awesome. My mom would totally agree.”

We were good at figuring out stuff, but the mention of Sara and Dad made me realize that time was passing. We needed to put everything together, understand it, and get moving.

Tricia Powell received a phone call from her director. While she was talking, I quickly went over what we knew so far.

“Okay, look. In 1514, Copernicus and Hans Novak leave Poland for some island. There they find Ptolemy’s wrecked time machine. Copernicus sees how to fix it and really make it work. He calls his brother to help. Andreas comes, taking over some of the relics. One of them represents the Scorpio constellation. Only there’s something weird about it. The claws are razor-sharp, and they poison him.”

“Right,” said Lily. “They all think it’s leprosy, but it’s not.”

“It could be some kind of radium poisoning,” I guessed. “Don’t ask me how or why the relic got radioactive, but people at that time didn’t know anything about radium. Leprosy was what people used to get back then, so they said Andreas had leprosy.”

Becca nodded at that. “Fast-forward to when Copernicus decides to hide the relics. He remembers what he’s heard about jade, this mysterious stone from the East. He thinks that jade can keep Scorpio from poisoning anyone else.”

“Enter the trade guy, Tomé Pires, who meets Copernicus in Portugal,” said Darrell. “He takes the scorpion in the lead box to China, where artists create a jade scorpion to hide it even better.”

“Somehow, the original lead-lined box ends up here,” I said. “But it’s empty. So where’s Scorpio now?”

Darrell’s phone rang and he snapped it on speaker. “Dad? Where are you? We’re in the conservation center with the tile. We found out so much. Did you track down the baby-laughing man?”

“His name is Feng Yi,” my dad whispered. “He was actually looking for us. Kids . . . he says he’s a Guardian. He was working with Mr. Chen, and has information for us.”

The hairs on the back of my neck bristled. I didn’t know how to take this. A pair of Guardians?

“He came to warn us,” Dad said. “There’s a group working with the German. They’re called . . . Star Warriors. I know it sounds crazy, but they’re onto us now and they have razor weapons or something—”

There was a crash on the other end of the phone.

“Dad?” I said. “Dad!” The phone went dead.



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