Chapter Nine
There was no greater joy than bumper cars. Driving around, sitting behind the wheel of an individual little pod, was a sense of freedom that children didn’t often experience. And then slamming into some unsuspecting noob and watching his eyes rattle inside his skull.
The only greater joy was rigging five bumper cars with aerosol dispersal systems and then remote driving them through an interconnected series of underground tunnels to flush out a species of murderous space bug.
Once Joel figured out the specs for and built the first one, the others rolled off the assembly line in no time. As they did, Reggie pushed the bumper cars out of the maintenance department and parked them at the entrance to the service tunnels.
When all five were assembled and in position, Reggie ope
