Chapter 16
The moment I step outside the Scythe’s door, Fritz sets another sack over my head. I don’t gasp or put up a fight. Why bother? Get me out of here already. In no time, I’m back outside the drainpipe and hoofing it toward home.
As I race along, I plan how to build the prototype. Computer code flickers through my thoughts. Next I see different components from my lab lining up inside the briefcase. Pieces of wire mentally snap into place around them, along with a host of brackets, sensors, and data chips.
I can do this.
By the time I reach my door, some kind of greenish drizzle has started to fall. I lift up the metal flap that covers my security pad and freeze.
Someone’s upgraded our security system. There are no more codes to enter. Instead there’s a pad for placing my hand t
