Chapter 5
They reached the UEA city after a long flight. The city rested on a man-made continent in the middle of the Atlantic that sprawled for miles in a seashell pattern, whorling out into the sea. Church bells clanged, signifying the hour. Downtown, skyscrapers lined the horizon, glinting in the sun. At the edges of the city, hundreds of tubes spanned out to places all around the world, and sleek white trains shot through them at the speed of sound.
As X and Shortcut neared the city, the skies clouded with more small planes and drones. From the cockpit, they could smell exhaust fumes, a mixture of gas and burning electricity.
The plane entered autopilot as it descended toward an air highway that wove through the city. It entered the fast lane and picked up speed, zipping past other
