Absolute Power (The New Heroes, Book 3) by Michael Carroll

Author:Michael Carroll [Michael Carroll]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007369935
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

16

COLIN GRABBED THE unconscious guard by the collar and dragged him into the relative safety of the huge dome. He dropped him next to a group of prisoners who were sitting on the ground, chained together.

“One of you…Search him for the keys. I’ve got to get back out there.”

“Yer a damn fool, kid,” one of the prisoners said. He was a weak-looking old man. “Goin’ out there and savin’ the lives of the men who kept us prisoner here!” The old man spat. “Whose side are you on, anyway?”

“Mine,” Colin said. He looked around at the other prisoners. “Any of you strong enough to use a weapon?”

Most the prisoners didn’t even react, but then a voice from the middle of the group said, “I am. No point asking any of these guys, Colin. They’ve been here way too long.”

Colin froze. He knows my name! And that voice…

Then the man who had spoken stood up. He was bald, with pale skin that was covered in thick red and white scars. He was taller than Colin, with a thin but athletic build.

“Dioxin!”

“Where did you think they’d put me, Colin? In some ordinary prison? This is where the supervillains end up.”

He backed away as Colin began to stride towards him, his teeth gritted. “No, stop! Colin, we’re on the same side here!”

Colin hesitated for a moment.

“Now, look…” Dioxin said. “I know that what I did to you and your family was wrong, but even I don’t deserve this.”

“You deserve worse. Tell me where to find Victor Cross.”

“You’re worried about him at a time like this?”

“Tell me.”

“Colin, I swear to God I don’t know. She…Yvonne…Put some sort of mental block on me. I know I met Cross, but I don’t know where. I can’t even remember what he looked like. You should know all this. General Piers had me interrogated for a whole month.”

“Who else did Cross have working with him?”

“No idea. It’s all been wiped.”

“How long did it take you to get from Cross’s base to Las Vegas? Which direction were you travelling in?”

“I’m telling you, it’s all gone. All I have left are a few fragments of memory. Me and you fighting in the forest, me and my men attacking Sakkara, then you and me fighting over the streets of Topeka…That’s pretty much it.” He held out his cuffed hands. “Free me and I’ll help you protect the others.”

“You have got to be joking! Cross murdered Solomon Cord, and you helped him. You’re a killer, Dioxin. You always were and you always will be. You can stay locked up.”

“You need me. Everyone else in this place is too old or too weak. Most of them can barely stand.”

Colin paused. “If you run, or try anything…I will hunt you down.”

“I know. Now are you able to snap these cuffs or not?”

Colin took hold of the short, strong chain linking the cuffs, and squeezed it in his fist. He felt one of the links split.

Dioxin pointed to the chains around his ankles. “And these?”

There was enough space for Colin to insert his fingers into the leg-irons and pull them apart.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.