All the King's Men by Alex Powell

Author:Alex Powell [Powell, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: The Sands of Egypt

“And the sleeper wakes. About time, really.”

Fox blinked in confusion and tried to move. An involuntary whimper tore from his throat as pain shot through his temple and quickly spread down his jaw and neck. His shoulders joined in their complaint, and as awareness of his own body came online, his nerves sang a cacophony of pain.

“What?” he asked, struggling to rest on his elbows in spite of the dizziness in his head and the weakness in his arms.

“What are you doing back here?” a voice spoke nearby. “Seven said you wouldn’t return.”

Fox’s vision came into focus, revealing King leaning over him, staring at him in concern. He flopped onto his side so he could look around, and realized he was in Seven’s sitting room. “I guess Seven was wrong,” he rasped, closing his eyes again.

He’d seen all that was necessary to figure out what was going on, and he’d rather rest his eyes than look around Seven’s sparse sitting room. He’d been captured, obviously. He vaguely remembered being carried, but after that, nothing. He’d been dusted. Having witnessed the effect that it had had on King, Fox recognized it in himself shortly before passing out.

He was back with Seven. Why had they put him here with King when they could be putting him somewhere with stronger protections, or a better Mindwall? Surely they knew he could break out of a single-layered Mindwall in under ten minutes, after all that had happened in the last…

Fox frowned and tried to think back. How long had this been going on, since King had been taken? He’d been getting ready for his trip. That had been about a week ago.

His heart throbbed in anguish. Just one week. That was all it had taken for his plans to fall apart, and for the government to capture not only King, but him as well. Plus the spy. At this rate, it would take less than a month to find the rest.

“How long have I been asleep?” he asked dully.

“Almost a day,” King reported. “When they brought you in, those nasty robed men were here, too. From their conversation, they aren’t planning anything nice for you.”

“I had no doubt of that,” Fox said, barely loud enough to be heard.

“I think they’ll be back soon. They told me they were monitoring your Cerebrum activity and would know when you’re awake.”

“Great. How thoughtful of them.”

“The robed ones are really not very nice,” King said quietly, and Fox could hear him shifting nervously on the couch behind him. “They kept shooting Eighty-Eight. I didn’t like it.”

“How can you tell them apart, King? That’s the strangest thing, that you know which one is which when they all look the same. They’re not even like twins, they’re virtually identical.”

“Except Seven.”

“What?”

“Seven. He’s got blue eyes.”

“How do you know that?” Fox finally opened his eyes to stare at King in amazement. “Did he tell you that?”

“No, he just does. The rest have brown eyes.”

“They’re wearing goggles. How can you see their eye colour?” He groaned as he pushed himself into a sitting position.

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