Ypsilon and the Plague Doctor by Zachary Chopchinski

Author:Zachary Chopchinski [Chopchinski, Zachary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Books and Bowties Publishing
Published: 2019-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

15|What’s The Worse That Could Happen?

“So, the energy waves cause the components to vibrate. The heat produced will melt the nanites of the virus and kill the threat. In theory, the host will then be cured,” Kip told Van as he showed her the pistol-like device he’d made. Sections of the top spun and slid continuously. A cone and antennae extended from the front and three cathodes jutting from the side glowed.

Kip pointed the device at Maza and held down the trigger.

Maza jumped back, expecting to catch fire. But nothing happened.

“I don’t want to get too into the science. But the way this thing works will have no effect on you. It’s completely safe.” Kip smiled.

“All right.” Maza narrowed his eyes at the small robotic boy. “Let’s see how the other half of this plan is doing. Van, will you check on her?”

Van walked around the corner to the door Molly had locked herself behind. At first, the girl had kept repeating that she was only trying to help. But Molly had stopped answering them over a half hour ago.

Van knocked on the door. Silence. After a few seconds, Molly started to giggle.

The sound sent chills down Maza’s spine. “So, when we get her out of there, you’ll hit her with this thing?”

Van turned her attention back towards her brother and Kip.

“Yup.” Kip nodded.

“How long does it take to work?”

Kip shrugged. “Depends on the intensity of the infection. As long as I get a straight shot, should be within seconds.”

“Will I need to hold her down or something?”

“Don’t know.”

“Uh, guys?” Van called from the other room.

Maza jogged past Kip towards Van. Rounding a set of cases, he saw Van standing in the open doorway to Molly’s prison. The room was empty and she was gone.

“Oh shit.”

“What? Oh no,” Kip said as he came around the corner. “Van weren’t you just here? How did she get out?”

Van’s eyes bulged. “I just turned by back for a second to listen to the plan. I don’t know what happened.”

Maza stepped past Van to examine the inside of the room. The arm Molly had taken lay just beyond the door. The fingers had been worn down to the third knuckle. On the inside of the door, the word ‘Kipper’ was scratched hundreds of times. “Now what?” Maza growled.

“Guys,” Kip began in a whisper. “She’s still here.”

Maza went cold, his body tensing up. “Are you sure?”

“Yes. The doors of the shop are all like this one. I locked them when she locked herself in here. The only way out is with the key and I have it.”

A clatter of trays hit the floor on the other side of the room. A childish giggle followed, then the sound of footsteps. She was still in here all right, and she was playing with them.

Maza looked at his sister, his eyes wide as he silently communicated in the way only siblings could. He took a careful step towards the sound of the footsteps.

Van stepped in front of Kip, preventing him from following.

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