How It All Goes Down
Partridge (Ticker)
- Silas Hastings, Partridge's roommate, is bothering Partridge about a dance they have to go to.
- Partridge has been avoiding Hastings recently because he wants to be alone with his mother's items. He also wants to study the blueprints that can be seen in the picture with him and his dad. Sneaky, sneaky.
- He uses the special pen to light up the picture..
- Hastings complains that Partridge hates him now, but Partridge tells him that he's just nervous about a special mummy mold session where he gets put under.
- Hastings turns pale and says that's how you get bugged, and become a spy without even knowing it.
- Plus, they could even put a "ticker" in Partridge, which is a bomb that's controlled via remote. If the person becomes a risk, the bomb can be set off —but Partridge says that's all baloney. There's no such thing as tickers. Right?
- Er, right?
- Oh, by the way: Partridge is planning on sneaking out of the Dome. That's probably pretty important, huh?
- He can go through the air-filtration system. He's been taking notes about how the system works.
- He wants to leave the Dome to find his mother, because he thinks she might be outside the Dome.
- The chapter ends with how he needs to concentrate on one thing: Lyda Mertz.