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Holly on the hand again and repeated what she’d said to my mom.
“That’s not much of an endorsement,” Mom said. “But why you? If this Pip character is fighting them, let her fight. Why do you need to be the one?”
I shrugged. “Because of Holly.”
“What does that mean?”
So I explained what Holly told me. About feeling them. About bringing them to Earth.
And about how the Gorgols were looking for her.
Mom was silent. For a long time.
“Mom?” I asked.
“How will you do it?” she replied.
I was confused. “Um. We’ll go there and fight the Gorgols.”
“Johnny. No.” It was Holly.
What, Hol?
I don’t like this idea, Johnny.
I understand, but, you know, I can’t just sit back and wait for them to find you. And besides, every day we wait, people are dying.
It’s not that, Johnny.
Then what, Hol?
I’m just worried that if you start — if you start fighting the Gorgols — you can’t un-start. I had no reply to that. I was afraid of that possibility myself.
Mom looked at me with a pragmatic sort of seriousness. “You said we’ll go there . Go to the Gorgols. That’s all well and good, John, but let’s look at the facts. If you disappear now, we’ll be all over the news again. The reporters and all those cameras…”
Holly shuddered.
I hadn’t thought about that. School had just started. If Bobby and I went missing again, Mom might be strung up, by the media at least. Hell, they might think she’d kidnapped us, or worse. I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
A conspiratorial kind of look appeared in Mom’s eyes. “To be blunt, I don’t think your sister can take anymore of their flashing lights and yelling. So if you need to disappear, we need a plan.”
“What?” I asked.
To my right, Holly tapped the table. She didn’t understand, so I reached out. Mom wants to help.
Holly looked confused, still. She wants you to go?
No, Hol. I think she just knows we have to.
I still don’t like i t .
“John,” Mom said, looking concerned. “Say what you will, but you’re 15. If you disappear again, people will freak out. If you and Bobby both disappear, well…” She paused, looking around. “I don’t even want to think about what they’d do if we all went together.”
“Bobby and I could just sneak away…”
Mom laughed. “That would be worse. The media would have a field day. I don’t know how they’d blame it on me, but they would.” She looked at Holly, and the implication was clear — if I left and that brought attention to my mother and sister, Holly would suffer.
But if I didn’t go, the Gorgols would come to Holly.
“Then what?” I said. “How can we go across the country, again, without people losing their minds?”
Mom thought quietly. “There are three possibilities. One, like you just said, we all disappear. No one knows where we are. That seems unlikely to work, and will just cause another sensation, and I have no idea how all of us could hide from everyone. Two, we figure out a reason that’s so believable that no one questions it or follows us. That seems impossible. I have no idea what the reason could be, and people are just too cynical to buy much of anything these days, even if it was the God’s honest truth. But, three…”
“What?”
“We don’t go anywhere.”
I blinked. “How’s that going to help? Do nothing? Let people die? The Gorgols will just come to us anyway.”
She turned to me directly, dinner forgotten. “What I mean is, we make everyone think that we haven’t gone anywhere. How long do you think you need?”
I hadn’t actually thought about that. “Um, I don’t know. A day? I mean, not counting the time to get there and back. But the Gorgols are big, so it’s not like we have to hunt for them. And once we fight, I think it’ll be quick.” Mom looked at me
“That’s not much of an endorsement,” Mom said. “But why you? If this Pip character is fighting them, let her fight. Why do you need to be the one?”
I shrugged. “Because of Holly.”
“What does that mean?”
So I explained what Holly told me. About feeling them. About bringing them to Earth.
And about how the Gorgols were looking for her.
Mom was silent. For a long time.
“Mom?” I asked.
“How will you do it?” she replied.
I was confused. “Um. We’ll go there and fight the Gorgols.”
“Johnny. No.” It was Holly.
What, Hol?
I don’t like this idea, Johnny.
I understand, but, you know, I can’t just sit back and wait for them to find you. And besides, every day we wait, people are dying.
It’s not that, Johnny.
Then what, Hol?
I’m just worried that if you start — if you start fighting the Gorgols — you can’t un-start. I had no reply to that. I was afraid of that possibility myself.
Mom looked at me with a pragmatic sort of seriousness. “You said we’ll go there . Go to the Gorgols. That’s all well and good, John, but let’s look at the facts. If you disappear now, we’ll be all over the news again. The reporters and all those cameras…”
Holly shuddered.
I hadn’t thought about that. School had just started. If Bobby and I went missing again, Mom might be strung up, by the media at least. Hell, they might think she’d kidnapped us, or worse. I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
A conspiratorial kind of look appeared in Mom’s eyes. “To be blunt, I don’t think your sister can take anymore of their flashing lights and yelling. So if you need to disappear, we need a plan.”
“What?” I asked.
To my right, Holly tapped the table. She didn’t understand, so I reached out. Mom wants to help.
Holly looked confused, still. She wants you to go?
No, Hol. I think she just knows we have to.
I still don’t like i t .
“John,” Mom said, looking concerned. “Say what you will, but you’re 15. If you disappear again, people will freak out. If you and Bobby both disappear, well…” She paused, looking around. “I don’t even want to think about what they’d do if we all went together.”
“Bobby and I could just sneak away…”
Mom laughed. “That would be worse. The media would have a field day. I don’t know how they’d blame it on me, but they would.” She looked at Holly, and the implication was clear — if I left and that brought attention to my mother and sister, Holly would suffer.
But if I didn’t go, the Gorgols would come to Holly.
“Then what?” I said. “How can we go across the country, again, without people losing their minds?”
Mom thought quietly. “There are three possibilities. One, like you just said, we all disappear. No one knows where we are. That seems unlikely to work, and will just cause another sensation, and I have no idea how all of us could hide from everyone. Two, we figure out a reason that’s so believable that no one questions it or follows us. That seems impossible. I have no idea what the reason could be, and people are just too cynical to buy much of anything these days, even if it was the God’s honest truth. But, three…”
“What?”
“We don’t go anywhere.”
I blinked. “How’s that going to help? Do nothing? Let people die? The Gorgols will just come to us anyway.”
She turned to me directly, dinner forgotten. “What I mean is, we make everyone think that we haven’t gone anywhere. How long do you think you need?”
I hadn’t actually thought about that. “Um, I don’t know. A day? I mean, not counting the time to get there and back. But the Gorgols are big, so it’s not like we have to hunt for them. And once we fight, I think it’ll be quick.” Mom looked at me
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