I rushed over to the speaker and shouted, “Get lost, Chaser! We’re not giving you a dang thing after everything you’ve done to us. You can take your stupid offer and shove it right up your—”
Uncle Josh shoved me out of the way and, after shooting me an annoyed glare, said into the speaker, “What Jack meant was—”
“Oh, I caught his meaning quite clearly, Joshua,” said Chaser. “And I don’t think you’ll have any luck in convincing him to give up his precious, precious Watch. Hence, I will be launching three torpedoes directly at your submarine within the next five minutes. All three will strike at the same time, which ought to be more than enough to sink your sub. Bye.”
The speaker clicked off.
Almost as soon as it did, Christina threw her arm out toward me and an energy rope launched out
