Break of the Six (The Preston Six Book 4) Read Free

boy for herself.
    Laughing, Poly said, “This one’s mine.” She pulled Joey closer to her.
    “Hey, Gladius.” Joey nodded his head in greeting. “I like your dress.”
    “Thanks.” She winked at Poly and laughed. “If you ever get tired of this one, you let me know.” They followed Travis into the building and the sounds of DJ Black Hole were muted, falling to a continuous thud of electric music.
    “I swear I am going to go crazy if I can’t figure out the compression you guys use on your digital files. There is no music that awesome on Earth,” Julie said, scanning her Panavice.
    Travis showed them the bland lobby and must have seen their lack of amazement at a receptionist’s desk. Getting on the elevator, he pressed the floor thirty-two button. “Thanks for coming,” he said, looking at Poly. “All of you. I don’t think you know how much it means for the people to see your faces. Gladius even wrote up a well-written article about your importance to Vanar. It has spread over much of the world.”
    Poly glanced at Gladius, who for once in her life shrunk away from the attention.
    Travis laughed. “If I could, I’d have you all living here with me.”
    “We’re pretty happy on Earth,” Joey said and put his arm around Poly. She loved when he pulled her close.
    “What’s the status on getting your net back up?” Julie asked.
    The elevator stopped and the doors slid open. “Not good, Alice destroyed much of the systems around the world. My net people said this year for Sanct, but I fear the rest of the world will be far behind. Harris is building net drones to provide the net to further reaches of the world as well.”
    Hank coughed as he left the elevator. “You okay, big guy?” Gladius patted him on the back as he kept coughing. She hit him so hard, Poly thought about saying something, but Hank just smiled.
    “I’m fine, just a bit of a dry throat.”
    Gem ran past Poly to what she thought was Gladius’s new desk, but Douglas sat behind it now. He shrieked and pushed away from Gem as it got behind the desk with him. The doll waddled out from behind the desk, holding a bottle of water. It looked huge in its tiny hands as it staggered over to Gladius.
    “Gem, you are such a sweetheart.” Gladius plucked the water bottle from its arms and handed it to Hank.
    “Thanks,” Hank said.
    “Travis, we wanted to talk to you about something we found on Earth,” Poly said, looking to Julie.
    “Yes,” Julie took over, “I believe I found him.”
    “Come, let’s get back to my office and discuss this. Douglas, can you hold my calls and meetings for the time being?”
    Douglas took a deep breath, then released it over what felt like a full minute before answering. “Fine.”
    Travis opened the plain white doors to his office. There were no weapons on the walls, or fancy furniture. The only thing Poly recognized was the picture of Maya sitting on the wall behind his desk.
    Travis sat down in the new lounge area with a couch and many chairs surrounding it. Poly sat on one of the chairs and Joey stood behind her.
    Lucas jumped on the couch and laid out next to Travis. “This is one nice couch.”
    “Thanks,” Travis said. “So, what did you find, Julie?”
    “I can get into any system on Earth with ease, until I found something that looked very familiar to MM’s old security protocols on a server. I danced at the edges of it, but I knew it was him. There isn’t another person on the planet who would have a system like that.”
    “Tell him the worst part,” Hank said.
    “The company that has this system is ZRB, which is also the same company where our friend, Samantha, is currently employed.”
    “Samantha . . . I’m sorry I never got to meet her. Are you sure of this?”
    “Without a doubt.”
    Travis leaned back in his chair and rubbed his chin. “What are you planning to do?”
    Poly’s mouth hung open. She thought maybe he might be the one suggesting a plan. Maybe an offer of some