‘Oh no. Oh, we’re dead. Sophie T’s dead!’ ‘Not yet,’ said Charlie. ‘It doesn’t sound like they’re going to eat her, so that’s good.’ ‘Yeah, but –’ Amelia took a deep breath, trying to get some sense into herself. ‘But what do we do? We can’t stop them. No-one in Forgotten Bay would be strong enough to get in their way.’ ‘Tom has that shotgun.’ ‘And Tom’s unconscious – same as Sophie T, I’m guessing – and his place is in the opposite direction to those guys.’ ‘Who are totally getting away while we talk about it,’ Charlie pointed out, helpful as ever. ‘What about Mum and Dad? And James? Have they seriously just slept through all of that?’ ‘Look,’ said Charlie. ‘Hotel: that way.’ He pointed up the hill to their right. ‘Kidnapping space-giants and Sophie T: that way.’ He pointed down to the bush ahead of them, and to the left. ‘And they’re moving fast. Choose.’ ‘I could –’ ‘No,’ he cut her off.
