Redeemed by Margaret Peterson Haddix

with her right now too.
    â€œYou know, if I weren’t here, I bet the two of you would just sit around saying, ‘Ooh, we’re so scared, we’re so scared, what will we do if someone finds us?’ ” Jordan accused. He tried making his voice a little quieter, but it rose as he went on. “You think you know so much more than me—what good is all that knowledge if it just makes you scared? What are you ever going to do?”
    â€œWe’re going to . . . to . . . ,” Katherine sputtered.
    â€œWe’re going to skip ahead in time to five o’clock today, so we can hear what Gary and Hodge’s coworkers say when they get back together,” Jonah finished for her.
    â€œCould you do that for us, Elucidators?” Jordan asked mockingly.
    He expected the Elucidators to tell him all over again what they couldn’t do. But only one word glowed beside Jonah’s hands:
    YES.

ELEVEN
    Jordan’s anger evaporated.
    â€œOh, wow,” he breathed. “That’s so cool. Think how time travel could work with school—you could skip the whole boring day . . .”
    â€œPeople would notice you were missing,” Katherine said. “You wouldn’t get away with it.”
    But she sounded more amused than annoyed now. Then she ruined it by turning to Jonah.
    â€œRemember how amazed we were the first time we traveled through time?” she asked. “We made so many mistakes back in the fourteen hundreds . . . Jordan, just wait until the first time you turn invisible. That’s really bizarre too!”
    â€œShouldn’t we turn invisible before we skip ahead in time?” Jordan asked. He was proud of himself for thinking of this.
    And Jonah and Katherine think I don’t know anything. . . .
    Neither of them looked impressed.
    â€œI guess so, but it probably won’t do any good,” Katherine said. “I bet everyone at Interchronological Rescue has traveled through time. That means they’d be able to see us anyhow.”
    Jordan squinted at her blankly. Had he just then accidentally skipped ahead in time, and missed hearing something about traveling through time and being able to see invisible people?
    â€œKatherine, remember, he doesn’t know anything about the rules of time travel,” Jonah said impatiently. He turned toward Jordan, and slowed down his voice like he was talking to a little kid. A really stupid little kid. “See, Jordan, invisibility only fools time natives. Anyone who’s ever traveled through time can see invisible people. It looks like they’re made out of glass or something, but they’re still visible.”
    Jordan was not going to ask what a “time native” was. He could guess that one. Wouldn’t it be someone native to a particular time? Someone who belonged in that moment?
    â€œYou’ll see,” Katherine said. “It really is freaky. Elucidator, make us invisible.”
    Nothing changed about Jonah, Katherine, or—Jordan looked down—Jordan himself. But when Jordan glancedback up, he saw glowing words again near the Elucidators in Jonah’s hands: INVISIBILITY IS NOT A FUNCTION I CAN ACCOMPLISH AT THIS TIME AND IN THIS PLACE.
    Jonah winced. “There is something really weird going on with these Elucidators,” he said. “Maybe we shouldn’t use them anymore until we know what it is.”
    â€œWhat, you want to just sit around waiting until five o’clock?” Jordan complained. He had no idea what time it was now, or how far away five o’clock was. Gary and Hodge’s coworkers had made it sound like it might be hours before they met again—enough time to contact “sources” at the time agency and cover for someone’s spying. But even if it was just five minutes, Jordan didn’t want to wait. He could feel himself getting antsy, like he did during the last