Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens Read Online Free

day the chickens came. I don’t know, I’m not a psychologist. But I didn’t really like being there.
    Instead of taking us out of the front door, the Ambassador led us straight ahead to the bus depot. I followed, frowning.
    “Which way are we going anyway?”
    She didn’t look around. “We’re going to head along the quay then get up on to Union Street where it turns into King Street. Then we just follow it until we get to the university.”
    I stared at her for a moment. I didn’t know the names of all the streets around here but I knew roughly what she meant. “We have to walk past the quay? That’s kind of out in the open, isn’t it? Why don’t we just get on to Union Street right away and follow that?”
    She shook her head, slowing just enough for me to walk alongside her. “Union Street isn’t safe.”
    “Why?” I’d heard that before from Noah. I guess he’d heard it from the Ambassador, but I didn’t know the reason.
    “It just isn’t. You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”
    I was pretty sure that I’d believe anything at this point, but I didn’t press the issue. If she wasn’t going to tell me then she wasn’t going to tell me and nothing Isaid or did would change her mind.
    By this point we were at the bus depot. The gates to the street were open so we headed towards them.
    “So…” I began but she cut me off.
    “Are you going to talk the entire way there? ‘Cause that’s going to get old really fast.”
    “You might find that you grow to like my conversation.”
    “I really doubt it. You never talk about anything sensible.”
    “You don’t know me, so how do you know that?”
    I wasn’t really offended, but it was nice to talk about something, even if it was me.
    She sniffed, cautiously making her way through the gates and out on to the road beyond. It was a dual carriageway, cluttered with cars jumbled together. Beyond the mess I could see a white metal fence. I’d been out here a few times and knew that it protected a clear strip of land and then the ships that still lay in the harbour. There was something pretty creepy about it. It was yet another place where I didn’t like to go, though at least I wasn’t alone. To my knowledge no one had tried getting on the ships.
    We began moving carefully through the cars. We’d almost got to the traffic lights before she answered.
    “I’ve heard enough about you to know. All you ever do is make jokes.”
    I shrugged. “Yeah, fair point. But there’s a reason behind it.”
    “Oh, what? To annoy everyone?”
    “Nope.”
    “Then why?”
    I shook my head. “Oh, it doesn’t work like that. You have to tell me stuff before I’ll tell you anything.”
    “Why should I tell you anything?”
    Her voice came out a bit loud and we both froze. I was pretty sure that we were safe this close to base. If there was anything around then they’d have been spotted by our lookouts a while ago. Noah had put them all around the station and Union Square. They could probably see us right now. But there was nothing that would get us caught faster than being careless.
    After about five minutes we unfroze and started walking again, staying close to the buildings. If a chicken did come for us we might be able to get inside and hide.
    “Because you know more about me than I know about you,” I hissed to her. “You know who I am and probably where I come from. I don’t know where you came from or why you don’t hang around with groups like everyone else. I don’t even know your name.”
    She didn’t answer me, just kept on walking, not saying anything. I trudged along behind her. I felt a bit ashamed about my outburst, but why should I trust her when she obviously didn’t trust me?
    After a few minutes we came to a wide street with no cover whatsoever. I took a deep breath and dashed up it, only stopping when it had safely narrowed again. I turned back, expecting to see the Ambassador following me but she was just standing there, looking