Laura Martin - Code Name Flood

“That is so creepy,” Todd breathed.

“You can say that again,” Shawn said as we watched the creature disappear back into the murk of the lake.

“Do you realise,” Todd said a moment later, breaking the silence, “that your dad might have just saved the entire world by getting that plug into Boz’s hands?”

“It hasn’t really sunk in,” I admitted. “I’m not sure how to wrap my brain around the Noah’s plan, let alone that my dad was the one who somehow stumbled upon it.” Even though my dad had hinted at the world being at stake in the letter he’d hidden inside his compass, I guess a part of me hadn’t really thought he was being literal. Kennedy and his marines coming after me made a lot more sense now.

“What’s scary,” Shawn said, interrupting my thoughts, “is that I can totally understand why the Noah thinks wiping the planet clean of dinosaurs is going to solve everything.” Todd and Chaz shot him identical disbelieving looks, and Shawn held up his hands defensively. “Let me finish,” he said. “I understand because if I hadn’t seen and experienced the topside world, hadn’t heard Ivan and Boz explain things, I probably would have thought his plan was great.”

“It’s not great,” Todd muttered.

Shawn rolled his eyes. “I know that now. I guess we’re just lucky Sky’s dad found out about all this.”

I smiled wryly. “So you really think he’s a hero?”

“I’d say he qualifies,” Chaz said.

“The thing is,” I confessed, “I’m a little disappointed.” But even as I said it, I knew disappointed wasn’t the right word. It didn’t encompass the dark emptiness I felt inside, the sense of loss that I wasn’t sure I’d ever shake.

“Because you’re stuck in an underwater lab, and they won’t give you the passcodes to get out?” Todd asked.

“Because the world as we know it might be ending in the not-so-distant future?” Shawn added.

“No.” I sighed. “Because part of me still believed that my dad might be here.”

“But, Sky,” Todd said hesitantly, shooting a worried look at Shawn. “You heard that General Kennedy guy; he said your dad was dead.”

I thought back to that moment in the woods where Kennedy had explained without remorse that he had murdered my father within hours of his escape, and shivered.

“I know what he said. But I’m still not sure if I believe it.” I saw the look of pity on their faces and flapped a hand at them. “Don’t look at me like that. I haven’t lost my mind. I just, I don’t know, I feel like I’d know in my gut if he was gone.”

“Well, my gut says waiting around down here for some council to vote on a plan is suicide,” Todd grumbled.

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