The Object: Book One (Object Series) (20 page)

Barry
jumped to his feet and bounced off the ground
as though it were a trampoline.  He flew up into the air, arced, and
land
ed
on the roof of a building.

In the sky above him, creatures and blobs of light varying in color and size began to pour out of the object's deep black caverns, scattering
into the morning sky
, abandoning ship.

The tornado sirens blared all across the city.  As Barry surveyed the cityscape, he began to laugh maniacally at the western horizon.

"Looks like you were right Derek!
" he screamed.
 
"
Here comes annihilation!"

He reeled with excitement at the eyesight this thing had given him.  Indeed, when he looked off to the west, where the sky was still dark and the
Ohio River
poured across the landscape like black ink, he could see the distant sparkle of a
nuclear missile's rocket boosters.

I
t was headed straight for
Louisville
.

TO BE CONTINUED

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