Teenage Mutant Ninja Torpedoes
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"How are Wiz and Dreamer?"
"Fine, I think. We've kept Dreamer from learning about our secrets. Wizard meets with her in Clearwater, so I haven't actually met her. I know that she's very shy except when she's running her business and that's going great according to Wizard. He's helping her work through a business administration bot that Stu found for her. Winnie spends a lot of time in Clearwater too. I believe the two girls have become quite close despite the six year difference in age. Winnie is reading the bot too."
By that time, the singing in the community hall had stopped and there was just the buzz of conversation. A human bullet came into the kitchen and looked at Melissa through the little slit in its head.
"Hi Reese. You look different. I can't quite put my finger on what though."
"Izzy..."
"Melissa," Yolanda corrected.
"Melissa, can I listen to your submarines?"
"My what?"
"You know. Your submarines. What's growing inside you."
"I don't have submarines inside me. I have babies."
"But William said that on the way back from your honeymoon, the sub you were flying in hit a big radiation cloud, and now the babies have skin like iron, and if you listen closely, you can hear their little engines. He even showed us a picture of the babies. They look like baby submarines."
"William took some scans," Melissa said to Yolanda and then turned to Reese. "William said that I was making submarines, did he?"
"He said that you were going to name them Upscope and Downscope."
"Really. What imaginative names."
"The boys all like those names, Melissa. Lucas told me to tell you that. William said that if we were lucky when the baby submarines got older, they'd turn into teenage mutant submarines right in front of us, and then we could go around sinking pirate ships with them."
Winnie had come in by this time and had heard the last part of the conversation.
"Reese, you can listen to my babies if you like, but you'll have to take your helmet off first."
Reese put his ear against Melissa's stomach. "I can hear the two engines!" and he left happy.
"Don't worry Melissa," Winnie reassured her. "I was watching William when he was telling the story. He was lying. You're not going to have two submarines."
"Thank you, Winnie. I am very relieved."
"I saw their pictures inside your tummy. They're too tiny to be submarines. You're going to have two teenage mutant ninja torpedoes instead."
"William Shakespeare Wilizy!" Melissa yelled. "If I can ever get out of this chair, I'm going to sit on your lap until you scream for mercy. You've infected Winnie! Have you no heart?"
"Got'cha" a chorus of male voices replied from the other room.
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Other Novels by David J. Wighton
It would be best to read the novels in the Wilizy series in order.
I Got'cha: Book #1 in the Wilizy Series (July 2081 to October 2081
If you think being a teenager in today's world is tough, try being one in 2081. In Alberta's It's Only Fair society, your brain-band will zap you just for chewing with your mouth open. One boy pried his brain-band off to see what living with emotions would be like. Being chased by the entire Alberta army was bad enough. It became worse when another 15 year old kid offered to help him escape.
The Get-Even Bird: Book #2 in the Wilizy Series (November 2081 to April 2082)
Will and Izzy are forced to flee from Zzyk's army. After months away from Alberta, they fly their sailing ship into B.C. thinking that they would be safe there. Bad mistake! Izzy is captured. All Will has to do to save her life is turn himself in for a free brain-band fitting appointment. That's what happens when you wear a Zorro costume to a dance.
Assassination Day: Book #3 in the Wilizy Series (May 2082 to September 2082)
A DPS technician offers to defect if the Wilizy will rescue his daughter from The Citadel – some super smart military people who are friends with Zzyk. Izzy thinks that their new recruit is an assassin, but Yollie insists that he's a decent man. Can assassins be decent men? It will take a hair-raising experience to find out.
Hoist the Jolly Lucas: Book #4 in the Wilizy Series (September 2082 to March 2083)
It's bad enough that Zzyk pins the blame for two assassinations on Izzy and launches a full out assault on their home compound. But then, another enemy takes advantage of a security lapse to get revenge for a war that happened 20 years ago. The Wilizy are left reeling with two key members kidnapped and stashed where they can't be found, let alone rescued. For the family to survive, everybody must enter the battle. The story is as much about the past as it is about the present.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Torpedoes: Book #5 in the Wilizy Series (March 2083 to September 2084)
Mac disappears and doesn't want to be found. Will and Wolf use time-travel to search for her and discover secrets she wouldn't want them to know. The Alaskans attack when Will is finding out what happens to a submarine's air when it is lying helpless on the ocean floor. Between the Alaskans' impenetrable fortress and their bubblegum weapons, life is going to get a little sticky for the Wilizy.
Bob, the Invisible Dragon: Book #6 in the Wilizy Series (September 2084 to May 2085)
Raging hormones as well as Raging Gardeners play key roles when young Wilizy warriors are attacked and the Wilizy's scientific marvels offer no protection. The youngsters' future will rely on a different kind of warrior protecting them. Warning: events at the end of the story will move quickly. They certainly won't drag on.
Nary, Nary, Quite Contrary: Book #7 in the Wilizy Series (May 2085 to December 2085)
Theo and Lucas move to Toronto to live on their own. Both meet girls but neither is brave enough to introduce his new friend to the family. They wouldn't have the time anyway, what with villains trying to assassinate them and Voodoo royalty greeting them as though they were Voodoo gods. At the end of the story, Lucas receives a surprise Boxing Day gift that leaves him speechless.
Maddy's a Baddy: Book #8 in the Wilizy Series (December 2085 to May 2086)
Maddy had escaped from Big Momma only to find herself all alone in the cold and begging for food in Eastern Canada. While she's trying to return to her home in Seattle, the Wilizy have their own problems. Everybody in the family is intent on bringing the judge to justice for what he did to Lucas. It would have been so easy for them to rescue Maddy, but they didn't know anything about her.
Bite Me! Book #9 in the Wilizy Series (May 2086 to July 2086)
Spurred on by Marie's desire to eat a meal with her former slave masters, the Wilizy plan to put Safe Haven ranches out of business. In the process, they encounter two foreign assassins intent on abducting Maddy. Theo and Nary become closer but a red-eyed chaperone does not approve. The Wilizy's war with Safe Haven starts with a bang but ends with a whimper.
Wheelchair Moccasins! Book #10 in the Wilizy Series (July 2086 to November 2086)
A 13 year old girl pretends to turn to prostitution to gain her freedom from her crime boss father. In Wilizy family news, Winnie agrees not to meddle in Mathias' love life. No, the world isn't ending, so long as you don't have a green vegetable for your name. Best advice ever? If somebody wearing moccasins and sitting in a wheelchair offers to sing you to sleep... run!
Yes, there'll be an eleventh book in the series.
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About the Author
David J. Wighton is a retired educator who enjoys writing youth novels when he's not on a basketball court coaching middle-school girls. The books in his Wilizy series peek at how people lived after the word's governments collapsed in the chaos that followed the catastrophic rise in ocean levels and the disappearance of the world's last deposits of oil.
Wighton's novels have strong teenage characters driving the plot and facing challenges that, in many respects, are no different from what teenagers face today
. His novels are intended to entertain and readers will find adventure, romance, suspense, humour, a strong focus on family, plus a touch of whimsy. Wighton also writes to provoke a little thought about life in today's societies and what the future might bring. Teachers may find the series useful in the classroom and the novels are priced with that intent in mind.
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