Risked (The Missing )
“It didn’t work!”
He jumped down from his father’s arms—or, rather, Gavin jumped down, suddenly appearing as a healthy, able-bodied kid with a streak of purple in his hair, but still in Alexei’s tunic and pants. He grabbed Chip and yanked the Elucidator from his hands.
“Make my family invisible!” Gavin screamed. “Make my entire family invisible!”
Nothing happened.
At least, no one turned invisible.
One of the lead guards cocked a rifle in Gavin’s direction. The tsarina leaped toward the gun, kno...cking it aside. The gun went off, but the bullet zinged uselessly out into the garden.
Somehow the tsarina was unafraid.
“See what you’ve done, putting my son under this strain in the middle of the night?” she accused. “You’ve threatened his sanity now! Alexei, baby, go back to your father. He’ll take care of you! Everything will be all right. . . .”
But she was sprawled on the ground now, the guard pointing the rifle at her.
Gavin threw the Elucidator down and scrambled over to the tsarina.MoreLess
He jumped down from his father’s arms—or, rather, Gavin jumped down, suddenly appearing as a healthy, able-bodied kid with a streak of purple in his hair, but still in Alexei’s tunic and pants. He grabbed Chip and yanked the Elucidator from his hands.
“Make my family invisible!” Gavin screamed. “Make my entire family invisible!”
Nothing happened.
At least, no one turned invisible.
One of the lead guards cocked a rifle in Gavin’s direction. The tsarina leaped toward the gun, kno...cking it aside. The gun went off, but the bullet zinged uselessly out into the garden.
Somehow the tsarina was unafraid.
“See what you’ve done, putting my son under this strain in the middle of the night?” she accused. “You’ve threatened his sanity now! Alexei, baby, go back to your father. He’ll take care of you! Everything will be all right. . . .”
But she was sprawled on the ground now, the guard pointing the rifle at her.
Gavin threw the Elucidator down and scrambled over to the tsarina.MoreLess
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