Race to Witch Mountain (6 page)

Jack glanced back at the table where Seth and Sara remained oblivious. “What do you want me to do?” Jack asked, sighing.

“Not make a scene,” Burke replied coldly. “You walked them into the restaurant. Now you can walk them out. I'll take it from there. And to show my appreciation, I'll wipe your slate clean.”

A man with a cell phone to his ear got out of one of the SUVs. Burke, he figured. A dozen or so heavily armed men fanned out around the agent.

“Just walk away?” Jack asked.“No harm, no foul?

“That's right,” Burked answered. “You have five minutes. And then it will all be over.”

Jack looked back at the table. Seth and Sara were gone.

“Five minutes,” Jack answered, not betraying the new plan he had just come up with.“See you then.”

Las Vegas cabdriver Jack Bruno is about to go on an adventure that is out of this world!

In the middle of the Nevada desert, military agents discover something very strange. . . .

Seth and Sara may look like average teenagers, but they have a big secret.

Henry Burke has only one mission—find the aliens that have crashed on Earth.

Jack isn't about to leave Seth and Sara alone in the middle of nowhere.

Inside a mysterious garden, Jack realizes they are being followed.

Keeping an eye out, Jack sees something approach out of the ferns.

Dr. Alex Friedman believes extraterrestrial life is out there—she just doesn't realize how close.

Dr. Harlan shares his knowledge about the mysterious Witch Mountain.

Jack and Alex check out Witch Mountain. It looks impenetrable.

Safe inside their ship, Seth and Sara figure a way out of Witch Mountain—and toward home.

Jack and Alex know their adventures are only just beginning.

CHAPTER 11

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ack knew he didn't have much time. Quickly, he scanned the restaurant and saw Seth and Sara over by the stage.

“We're leaving now,” Jack said when he reached them.

Sara looked right at Jack and read his mind. “They're here for us, aren't they?”

“Yes, they are.”

Jack was desperately trying to figure out how to buy some time, when he remembered the sheriff.