CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
About an hour later, I parked my bike into the bike rack inside the entrance to the Elastic Cave. My backpack was unusually heavy, because I’d stuffed it with extra clothing and some of my other possessions from home so I would be able to make myself comfortable in the Elastic Cave while I was away. It didn’t hurt my shoulders too much, because part of my training with Rubberman included several shoulder exercises, but biking across the city with such a heavy backpack on my shoulders was still not easy by any means.
Less than an hour ago, I had arrived home and explained to Mom and Dad about what happened recently and what Rubberman and I had decided to do. As I expected, both of them argued that I should stay home, that I would be safer there, but I managed to convince
