All Chapters of FLUX: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Jack sat in Ellie's rolling chair. He swung it back and forth while he waited. The dry hum of the computers and other electronics droned on, encouraging him to nod off. He didn't know how Ellie could work in here day after day and get anything done. He had to fight to stay awake.Finally, Lexi pushed through the lab door from the locker room. She wore a yellow dress that stopped just above her knees. She was still just a little girl in his eyes, but she was starting to get tall. Her young face smiled when she saw Jack. She pulled a bit of ash blonde hair behind her slightly pointed ear.A moment later, Ellie pushed through the door. She held a screen several centimeters from her nose. She muttered a few inaudible words as she walked forward into the lab. Lexi sat down on the patient bed and fiddled with the metal band around her wrist. It was a tracker that Jack's brother Jimmy put on her so he knew where she was at all times. As if a little girl was that much of a security risk, alt

"The whole building is going to collapse, come on!" He said, his voice muffled by his arm.The petite lady turned to him, a look of surprise on her face. She shook her head. "I can't, this is too important. I have to protect them." She bent back over her work and continued pulling the hard drives.Tom leaned down next to her and pulled a drive in each hand over repeatedly, throwing them on the magnet. After thirty drives he stood up and looked at her. "Done?"The women cocked her head to the side and looked at the mess of hard drives scattered on the ground. She turned around and calmly walked to her computer screens. She pulled another drive and tossed it in an open duffle bag on the floor near the counter. She then opened up the drawers of the counter and started tossing things in the bag.Tom went to take a step forward, but tiles from the ceiling engulfed in flame fell around her. The woman didn't scream or step back. She just continued about her very important looking business

They continued on in silence. The air cooled and the smoke cleared completely. They wound their way through a few caverns until the rock narrowed into a tunnel. Ahead small clicks echoed through the tunnel. Jack halted, pulling Lexi to a stop. They waited, listening to the etchings of claws against the bare stone. Jack directed his fireball ahead of them into a large cavern ahead.Dozens of black glittering eyes peered back at them from one large spider beast. Lexi sucked in a breath. The beast watched the fireball wiz towards it. As it came in range, it lashed its large hairy leg, knocking it askew. The fireball went whirling to the side. Jack regained control and swerved the fireball past the spider into the cavern. The spider turned and followed it. Jack sped it up and the spider lunged after it, its shadow engulfed the view.Jack pushed Lexi forward and flicked another fireball out in front of them to light the tunnel. A dark path led through the ropes of thick webs. He directed

Jack sat at the controls flicking in information. "Is the name Maya still okay?"Lexi nodded as she snacked on a bit of dried meat. "Is the story going to be the same as before?"He shrugged. "Is there anything you want to change about it?""What's your job going to be? I don't think you can be Jack the spy or the general's son down there.""And you'd be right. I'm going to go with James. And how about a dentist?"Lexi shook her head. "James the dentist? Definitely not.""You're right. It needs to be something boring. How about an insurance worker?"She raised her eyebrow in question. "What's the plan to get my mom out? Shouldn't it be something that can save her? You could be her chauffeur or her maid or something.""Nah, sorry pumpkin. I don't think it will be that easy." Jack rubbed at his stubble. "We'll need to get close, but not too close. I think we're going to need to work with your father.""He's not my father," she mumbled."I know, but we have to play nice to get y

Tom jolted awake. He had dozed off in the dining room chair and now his neck ached. Ellie sat upright in the bed watching him, her half-melted glasses askew."You almost fell," she said.Tom smiled. "I'm glad to see you awake. I thought I lost you there."Ellie shrugged, or at least that was what Tom thought it was. The thick sloppy bandages at her shoulders moved a little up and down which was kind of like a shrug. The towel still covered her midsection."I don't really feel anything. It's just a little hard to move. Do you think you can help me find something to wear?"Tom shot to his feet. "Of course. No problem." He reached for the emergency pack and sifted through the contents. He still had no idea what was even in there. The closest thing that came to clothes was a wool blanket and a clear poncho. Instead, he opened up a drawer underneath the bunk bed and found sets of clothing. He handed her a clear vacuum locked bag with a green small adult women's sticker stuck to the fro