Chapter Nineteen – Light in the Dark
“CARRIE, CARRIE.”
As she opened her eyes Carrie found herself looking into Dave’s anxious face.
“What a relief,” he said. “I thought you’d never wake up.”
She was flat on her back on the sand in the shade of a boulder. She lifted herself onto her elbows and winced as a pain lanced through her head. “What happened? Is Harriet okay?” She tried to sit up, but everything started to turn black. She grimaced and lay down.
“You hit your head. You were out cold. The placktoids started shooting at us, so I dragged you here. We’re not safe. We have to move. I can see some sort of opening in the ground close by. If we can make it there maybe we can get away.”
“What about Harriet?”
“I don’t think she made it. Her lid is open and her tools are scattered every
