Root: Part IV, Chapter 10

Having reached Mount Rushmore visitor center at long last, Hasta and crew hunt for the elusive that will lead them to their goal Bus. But another of their foes has other plans.

For more on this project, please see “This Year a Serial Takes Root.”

10.0 Hasta

Hasta approached her reflection. In the pearly but murky light, with the mist so close around, her image appeared to float in limbo. She raised her right hand. It was a measure of all the weirdness she’d experienced that she was almost startled when the Hasta in the black smo…