THE PERFECT TEN (Boxed Set)

“Is this another one of those bus situations?”
    “This is a fleet of buses.”
    “Can we fix it?”
    Tony’s voice bottomed out. “I don’t know.”
    I spoke even softer, glancing over my shoulder to make sure no one else was near before saying, “We traveled through a computer to another world, fought giant monsters and attack flowers then found our way back. Nicholas can’t be as difficult to deal with.” 
    Not as difficult as me trying to figure out how to stay after tomorrow if this Takoda person didn’t supply documentation that couldn’t possibly exist if I was C’raydonian...and from the future. But Tony didn’t need any more bad news at the moment.
    “I suppose,” Tony grumbled. “Let’s get something to eat. I’m starved.”
    “What about Gabby? Where’d she go anyhow?”
    Tony waved that off with his hand. “Hannah said Gabby had been scheduled for testing at the Bio-Genetic Research Center at the hospital.”
    A frisson of worry fingered across my neck at the word hospital. Nicholas had warned me about staying away from there, but then he’d been toying with me earlier. Still the worry remained. “Will Gabby be safe?”
    “Of course. It’s a women’s center for cryin’ out loud. What could happen to her there?”
    I looked down the hallway as students streamed past us and scratched my head. “I don’t know. What could happen to three students in a school equipment room...with a computer?”
    My eyes tracked over to a boy who seemed familiar from the back. I would have dismissed it if not for catching a glimpse of a snake image on his neck.
    Had that been a cobra tattoo? Like the one on the TecKnati scout, Phen?
    The boy disappeared into the sea of students.
    I shook my head at my runaway imagination and followed Tony. No way could Phen be here.
     
     
    The End
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    Thank you for reading Time Trap , the first book in the new Red Moon series. There will be three more, all released in 2013 and 2014. The next book is Time Return that will be out November 1, 2013 and the excerpt will be on the website summer 2013. Visit http://www.MicahCaida.com to keep up on news and for chances to win signed copies plus other prizes.