is a weekly serial. While it is a work of fiction, it has elements from both my own experiences and stories I’ve heard from various people. The characters, while in some cases inspired by real people, aren’t directly modeled on anyone in particular. I expect there will be inconsistencies and factual errors. I don’t know where it is going, and I’ll probably forget where it’s been. Why am I doing this? To give me an excuse and a deadline for some creative writing and because I thought people might enjoy it. Gozatu!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t go,\u201d protested Maite. \u201cWe have to get that zatia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd we will,\u201d replied Latxe. \u201cThis will just make him think we left.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh\u2026\u201d began Maite before Latxe interrupted her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need a good hiding place, away from this room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy room,\u201d said Maite pointing to the door across the way. \u201cIs that far enough?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt will have to be,\u201d said Latxe as she ushered them all into the room Maite had been calling home the last few days. In the background, they continued to hear de Lancre\u2019s rampage, as lightning crashed into walls from the floor below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow what?\u201d asked Maite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to bring the building down on him.\u201d She swiped at her tablet. The door open, Maite and Kepa watched as a thin gap appeared around the edge of the room outside, starting at both ends and quickly marching across the perimeter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe nanobots are eating away the entire support of the floor?\u201d Kepa asked, barely containing his amazement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latex nodded. \u201cThe whole floor will fall in bat\u2026 bi\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before she could say \u201chiru\u201d the floor suddenly fell. They could all hear screaming and shouting from below and then a loud thud as the floor smashed into the floor below them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHopefully that takes care of\u2026\u201d began Latxe before lightning burst through the cavernous hole in front of them, arcing and spraying in all directions. The three of them huddled into the back of Maite\u2019s room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trapped!\u201d exclaimed Maite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latxe jabbed at her tablet and in moments an opening appeared in the back of Maite\u2019s room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go,\u201d said Latxe as she entered the darkness in front of her. \u201cEven if we didn\u2019t get him, he\u2019ll think we escaped across the bridge and hopefully chase us there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need to get to his suite,\u201d said Maite. \u201cI\u2019m sure that is where he\u2019ll keep the zatia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latxe nodded as she continued to swipe at the tablet. \u201cWhich way?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maite shrugged. \u201cI\u2019m not sure. I\u2019ve never been there\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHold on a moment,\u201d said Latxe as she stared at her tablet, poking at the screen. \u201cHere,\u201d she said, holding it up and displaying a map of the floor. \u201cI assume this large room here is his.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow?\u201d began Maite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe nanobots. They can do more than build and destroy. I used them to map the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kepa shook his head. \u201cLike magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latxe laughed. \u201cExcept, it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you get this post via email, the return-to address goes no where, so please write blas@buber.net<\/a> if you want to get in touch with me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latxe jabbed and swiped at her tablet. A bridge started materializing across the gap between the balcony and the building across the way. It wasn\u2019t very wide, and didn\u2019t look very secure, just floating like that. \u201cWe can\u2019t go,\u201d protested Maite. \u201cWe have to get that zatia.\u201d \u201cAnd we will,\u201d replied Latxe. \u201cThis will just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2640,864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures-of-maite-and-kepa","category-bubers-basque-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maite-and-kepa-v2-01.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2sYNu-1vq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5793,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions\/5793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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