Jack and the Geniuses #2: In the Deep Blue Sea

Jack and the Geniuses #2: In the Deep Blue Sea — page 9
On the dashboard between them a number in the center of the screen was blinking red and decreasing rapidly Yes once and a thousand times in simulation Be confident in your ideas Hank Press the button already She pointed to the flashing red number which just kept dropping Really Now Three hundred meters is pushing things I haven’t felt this much adrenaline since I climbed Everest Matt mumbled something about the cliff Hank hesitated Ashley had Manga eyes I don’t know what Ava was thinking or doing But this was no time to sit and wait I slouched forward in my seat reached up with my right foot flicked open the plastic covering and kicked in the orange button with the heel of my high-top sneaker Ashley let out a long almost disappointed breath Finally she said Hank had his right hand out three fingers extended He counted down from three A moment later the engine stalled The aircraft turned strangely quiet as if we were suddenly suddenly flying in a giant paper plane Now the chute Ava asked Before anyone could respond something exploded behind us Yet nobody but me panicked 6 Bill Nye and Gregory Mone