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It was so quiet in the FAYZ, Bug thought Quiet and empty And, if Caine succeeded in his plan, it would soon be dark as well

Only sohere lit up The part that went through town, and here, at the turn-off to the power plant Bug and Drake stayed well away froht

Bug looked left, toward town No sign of ht, either Across the highway and a little distance down the access road Bug knew there was a guardhouse But that shouldn’t be any problem

“You have to stay off the road and go cross-country,” Drake told him

“What? Why? No one can see me”

“There ht be infrared security cameras at the plant, moron, that’s why We don’t know if you’re invisible to infrared cameras”

Bug acknowledged that could be a proble uphill and down, through tall grass and across unseen ditches, wasn’t very exciting He would probably get lost Then he would never get back in time for breakfast

“Okay,” he said, having no intention of obeying

Suddenly Drake’s creepy tentacle wrapped around hile to breathe

“This is i Don’t screw it up” Drake’s eyes were cold “If you do? I’ll whip the skin off you”

Bug nodded Drake released him

Bug shuddered as the tentacle slithered away It was like a snake Just like a snake And Bug hated snakes

It was easy for Bug to turn the ca and passed his hands down his front like he was s his shirt He saw Drake’s confused stare, his ’s true location He kneas all but invisible He raised a er to Drake

“Later,” Bug said, and crossed the highway

Bug hiked cross-country until he ell away from Drake The moon was up but it was only a sliver and touched only the occasional rock, the odd stalk of weed He walked straight into a low-hanging tree branch and fell on his butt,and bruised