CHAPTER NINE Shell had never dimension-hopped before. He had always been interested in trying it out sometime, though, because his nerdy side thought it would be as awesome as all of the TV shows and movies he watched always depicted it as. He had even considered trying to build his own dimension-hopping tech, though given how complex such technology was like, that idea never got off the ground. As a result, Shell was excited when Bolt assigned him to Sparky’s team. And when Sparky—apparently using some kind of dimension-hopping tech built into his mechanical body—opened a portal, Shell followed right behind him, eager to experience dimension-hopping for himself. It was an incredibly weird experience. In some respects, it was like walking through a door into another room; in other respe