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"There I'm done!"
Ajay looked up at the sound of Artemis' voice. He had been standing at the door keeping watch for many hours into the night now and was quite eager abandon his post by the door. He rushed forward saying:
"What? Where is it?"
Artemis pointed to the back of the room.
"Right there."
Ajay stared. Nothing seemed to have changed at all.
"Umm. I don't see anything."
Artemis rolled his eyes.
"That's the point. We don't want anyone to see you so I've constructed a curtain of reflective molecules that basically mimic the environment around them. That way, when you stand behind it, no one can see you."
Artemis stretched out his hand as he said this and Ajay watched in fascination as the air appeared to fold and slide around Artemis' outstretched hand.
"The only problem is," Artemis said, frowning. "People can still feel it. We can't risk someone walking straight into it."
Ajay frowned thoughtfully.
"I guess you could just lock you door?" he said halfheartedly.
Artemis shook his head.
"Too obvious. A locked door is a sure sign that something's going on."
"Well what can we do, then?" Ajay asked.
Artemis sighed.
"I'll think of something. I always do. But right now I need some rest. I've been working all night, ands if it shows in the morning it might raise suspicions."
Ajay yawned.
"I think I'll turn in too."
"Right. Grab a spare blanket and pillow from the closet and set up a bed behind the curtain." Artemis commanded "And try not to knock the curtain down in the process."
"I'm not that stupid, Artemis." Ajay said.
Artemis lay down in the bed saying:
"I've learnt from bitter experience that people can be that stupid. And, often enough, it can mean the difference between life and death."
Ajay shuddered. What kind of a life did Artemis have?
"Get used to fear, Ajay. Because something tells me that hiding from my family won't be the worst of our problems."
Lying in his makeshift bed, Ajay heard Artemis' words over and over again. He felt a sense of foreboding. Could something worse really be on it's way?
Over a thousand miles below the Earth's surface, Holly Short shivered in her sleep.
Fear was contagious.
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