12 Monkeys by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780752202112
Google: ghwqAAAACAAJ
Publisher: Boxtree Ltd
Published: 1995-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Outside the winter sun shone thin and bright onto another desolate city block. Cole kept a tight hold of Kathryn's hand; she ran panting after him, his head bent as he followed scattered drops of red paint. The block's few denizens ignored them, street people and a hollow-eyed woman who shouted curses as she banged her head against a lamppost. Cole loped on and Kathryn struggled to keep up with him, until finally they turned a corner and were both brought up short at the sight of the same ranting evangelist, standing now on a pile of broken cinderblocks and shouting hoarsely at the pale sky.

"‘And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came—’ You! You!"

With an inhuman shriek the man stiffened, then pointed wildly at Cole. "YOU'RE ONE OF US!"

Kathryn shuddered, but Cole only focused on the obscure paint trail, almost hidden now beneath the heavy patina of grime and trash that covered the sidewalk. It was still there, faint but perceptible, and Cole walked quickly, head bent, his free hand slapping distractedly at his side.

All of a sudden he halted. Kathryn drew up beside him, exhausted.

"Now what—"

They were in front of what had once been a butcher shop, a wooden storefront with loose clapboards and cracked windows now covered with lurid animal rights posters. Atop the building a faded sign still bore the legend:

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