Summary
Chapter 13 - This chapter starts off with a scene showing Will being mercilessly insulted by his main bully, Speed, who berates him with insults about his skin (which, as I mentioned before, is missing in most of its pigment, making it extremely pale) and his father, who everyone now knows has ran away. This continues until Chester stands up for Will, and Speed backs off. Later that night, Will and Chester search Will's dad's cellar (where they last saw him go before disappearing) to look for clues. They find a hidden tunnel that their father had evidently dug behind a bookcase, that has been caved in just like Chester and Will's old mine that they made a while ago, with out-of-place limestone deposits in the soil.
Chapter 14 - Over the next few weeks, Will and Chester continue to dig. Rebecca questions Will about how he has been out every night after school, and he confesses that he is digging, but doesn't say where or why. It ends with him having a nightmare about being chased by the pale skinned men, and being sucked into the earth.
Chapter 15 - A police inspector comes to Will's house to further the investigation on Will's father, and to Will's surprise his mother's usually filthy and lazy demeanour has changed for the better, with her room and herself being spotlessly clean. The policeman evidently has suspicion of Will's mother. The questioning ends as the mother makes the officer leave. The next day, Will and Chester get chased by the mysterious trench-coat wearing pale men. The two boys are able to evade them by entering 'Clarke's Grocer', where they have a unimportant conversation with a strange man, Mr.Clarke Junior.
Chapter 16 - This last chapter of this section starts with Will and Chester talking about the definite connection between the pale men and the deliberate dismantlement of both Will's mine and his father's secret tunnel. This conversation ends with them saying that they should continue digging to see where the secret tunnel leads. That night, Will finds that a package was delivered to the house. Inside is the photosensitive sphere that Will's father talked about; this sphere that lights up whenever in the dark. Inside the package there is also a note from a university that Will's father sent the sphere to. The note says that they have no idea what metal the item is made of, how it works, or what the liquid inside is. The chapter ends with the end of the note.
Review
So, my predictions have not come true yet, but looking at the direction that the story is going, I could totally see my predictions coming true. I believe (like Will and Chester), that there is a definite connection between the pale men, the filling of the different tunnels, and Will's dad disappearing. I think that Will and Chester will unearth something that will lead them far into the earth, where they will probably find their father, and possibly some form of underground civilization that has lived under our noses for years. I kind of hope that I am not right, because I think it is a detriment to the story if I can guess what will happen chapters and chapters before this stuff happens.
Another thing to note is that we FINALLY reached a point in the story that had some humour (albeit relatively dry, but I'll take it over more bullying scenes). Mr.Clarke Jnr. was a very strange character to meet, and he was just funny. It is hard to explain, but I just found his odd mannerisms and little quips and quotes hilarious (possibly because it starkly contrasted with the dark scenes that came before it). I am happy to see at least some humour in this story, as I was beginning to become sick of the constant mean that was found in the story. Anyway, I hope my predictions come true and that we get some more character development in the next section.
'Till Next Time, Adventurers!
So, my predictions have not come true yet, but looking at the direction that the story is going, I could totally see my predictions coming true. I believe (like Will and Chester), that there is a definite connection between the pale men, the filling of the different tunnels, and Will's dad disappearing. I think that Will and Chester will unearth something that will lead them far into the earth, where they will probably find their father, and possibly some form of underground civilization that has lived under our noses for years. I kind of hope that I am not right, because I think it is a detriment to the story if I can guess what will happen chapters and chapters before this stuff happens.
Another thing to note is that we FINALLY reached a point in the story that had some humour (albeit relatively dry, but I'll take it over more bullying scenes). Mr.Clarke Jnr. was a very strange character to meet, and he was just funny. It is hard to explain, but I just found his odd mannerisms and little quips and quotes hilarious (possibly because it starkly contrasted with the dark scenes that came before it). I am happy to see at least some humour in this story, as I was beginning to become sick of the constant mean that was found in the story. Anyway, I hope my predictions come true and that we get some more character development in the next section.
'Till Next Time, Adventurers!
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