Root: Part IV, Chapter 15

Hasta escapes to the nightmarish Gameplain, where she joins her friends in a desperate last-ditch attempt to save their world from annihilation.

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

15.0 Hasta

Hasta saw the halt gesture coming, but she was faster. Her finger jab hit home, flipping Donald out of the green space. He reappeared in his room, arms flung wide, frozen in the act of stumbling backward. His blue goggles were back in place.

She hurried to the front of the gre…