by Tina Chan
“There you are. I just finished drying the window in the hallway and didn’t know where you went,” Chelsa said, walking over beside Kristi.
“Good, you’re here,” Kristi said softly to her once she was within earshot. “Take a look around this room.”
Chelsa took in her surroundings and let out a faint gasp. “We’re definitely getting closer to the answer of the Disappearance Case.”
“There were cats, rabbits and mice in the North Wing of New Genes Lab,” Kristi said. “Now there are primates in the East Wing. I think we both can predict what we’ll find in the South Wing.”
Both of them stared wide-eyed at each other, reaching the same conclusion. Neither of them had predicted that the government would be conducting experiments on the Accidents. And of course, there was also the question of why the government would want to conduct experiments on the Accidents in the first place.
“How did you get into the East Wing?” Kristi asked Chelsa.
Chelsa spread a glob of cleaning foam onto the window Kristi was wiping down.
“Some distracted bloke had too many electro-slates to carry by himself. I offered to help him carry some of the slates and the guards allowed me to pass through the door accompanying him without a question.”
“Do you want to wait for Tro—Kennedy or not?” Kristi remembered to use Troop’s Cleandows ID name at the last second.
“Sure. Want to give him five minutes then move on?”
Kristi nodded.
chapter forty-one
[ Troop ]
