‘Mum?’ said Arkie, gripping the phone and pushing it as close as she could to her ear. ‘Is that you? OMG! Are you all right? Where are you? Is Dad there too?’ Her words tumbled over each other in their rush to pull her mother closer.
‘Arkie, please listen, darling, I haven’t got long,’ said her mother. ‘You need to find Edie.’
‘Where?’ said Arkie. ‘Where will I find her? Please, Mum. What’s going on?’
‘She’ll explain —’ There was a sudden shout. And a crash. Something was falling.
‘Explain what?’ said Arkie. ‘I can’t hear you, Mum. Mum? Are you okay? What will she explain? MUM,’ she screamed down the phone.
In Real Life
The Doomsday Vault
The Doomsday Vault was opened in 2008
and is situated near Longyearbyen.
world bring seeds to store in this safe place.
It is extremely difficult to get inside the vault
and the seeds are safe from international
treasure hunters flying around the