you guys?>
Marco asked.
I said. I flapped down to a low branch and rested my wings. I was still a little shaken up from my close call with the wrong wolves.
Cassie said.
Jake asked.
I said.
Cassie asked shakily I said
Marco said with distaste
Rachel asked,
I said
Marco said thoughtfully.
I said
Jake said
Rachel said.
say go for it,> Marco muttered
do this,’ it would make me so happy>
I told them
Jake warned They took off, with Jake in the lead
Marco said.
I went airborne again, but this time I stayed close by.
I said Rachel replied
Cassie advised
They moved in a cautious circle around the phony Park Rangers. But I could see that the Rangers had spotted them. They tensed up, then relaxed when they saw it was just a wolf pack minding its own business.
I decided to get some altitude. Unfortunately, since there were no convenient thermals, I had to flapmy way up. I was a few thousand yards high, able to see my friends and the lake, when I felt its presence again.
I looked up.
The invisible wave. The slight ripple in the fabric of the sky. It was there. It was moving slowly overhead. Even more slowly than before.
And then, as I watched, it was invisible no more.
CHAPTER 9
D on’t act suspicious or freak,> I called down to the others.
Rachel gasped.
Cassie cried.
It was huge. But the word
huge
doesn’t really begin to describe it.
Have you ever seen a picture of an oil tanker? Or maybe an aircraft carrier? That’s what I mean by
huge.
Compared to this thing, the biggest jumbo jet ever built was a toy.
It was shaped like a manta ray. There was a bulging, fat portion in the middle, with swooped, curvy wings, one on either side. On top of the wingswere huge scoops, like air intakes on a fighter jet, but much bigger. You could suck a fleet of buses in through those scoops.
The only windows were in a small bulge at the top. The bridge, I realized. Focusing on it, I could see the shadowy shapes of Taxxons inside.
But mostly that ship was just big. Really big. As in, it blocked out the sun, it was so big.
Suddenly, out from behind the ship, a pair of Bug fighters zipped into view. We had
Rachel asked,
Rachel said.
say go for it,> Marco muttered
do this,’ it would make me so happy>
I went airborne again, but this time I stayed close by.
They moved in a cautious circle around the phony Park Rangers. But I could see that the Rangers had spotted them. They tensed up, then relaxed when they saw it was just a wolf pack minding its own business.
I decided to get some altitude. Unfortunately, since there were no convenient thermals, I had to flapmy way up. I was a few thousand yards high, able to see my friends and the lake, when I felt its presence again.
I looked up.
The invisible wave. The slight ripple in the fabric of the sky. It was there. It was moving slowly overhead. Even more slowly than before.
And then, as I watched, it was invisible no more.
CHAPTER 9
D on’t act suspicious or freak,> I called down to the others.
It was huge. But the word
huge
doesn’t really begin to describe it.
Have you ever seen a picture of an oil tanker? Or maybe an aircraft carrier? That’s what I mean by
huge.
Compared to this thing, the biggest jumbo jet ever built was a toy.
It was shaped like a manta ray. There was a bulging, fat portion in the middle, with swooped, curvy wings, one on either side. On top of the wingswere huge scoops, like air intakes on a fighter jet, but much bigger. You could suck a fleet of buses in through those scoops.
The only windows were in a small bulge at the top. The bridge, I realized. Focusing on it, I could see the shadowy shapes of Taxxons inside.
But mostly that ship was just big. Really big. As in, it blocked out the sun, it was so big.
Suddenly, out from behind the ship, a pair of Bug fighters zipped into view. We had
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