Black Onyx Reloaded - A Superhero Thriller (The Black Onyx Chronicles Book 2) by Victor Methos

Author:Victor Methos [Methos, Victor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2013-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

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Atlantis dipped low enough to place her hand in the sea. She then rocketed upward, past the clouds, and twirled, the puffy whiteness swirling around her like a storm. She saw mountains, buildings, fields, and forests. Cities fascinated her. The structures and layouts had changed, but life among the buildings had not. They preyed on each other. A dark energy emanated from the people.

She came upon a city of lights with buildings that towered to the sky. She glided down behind one of the structures and walked to the entrance. She looked inside as another person entered. Noisy machines took up every available space, and though it was still daylight, people were inebriated on fermented drink. The pungent odor of the alcohol made her stomach churn.

She walked over to a young man seated on the curb.

“You’re not wearing shoes,” he said.

“I have no need for them.”

“I like your dress.”

“Where is this place?”

“LVB.”

“LVB?”

“Yeah, Las Vegas Boulevard. You’ve never been here?”

“No.”

“Well,” he said, “it’s a good place to get drunk, bad place if you like to gamble.” He took a drink from a bottle stowed in a paper bag.

“I can… smell the desperation. The vileness of it. People come here willingly?”

“It’s not that bad. If you don’t gamble, it’s actually kind of fun.” He rose. “I’m Jacob. Why don’t you come back to the pool with me? All my buddies are there. We can get wasted.”

“A pool?”

“Yeah, a pool. It’s like a big bathtub you swim in. You sure you all right? Did you hit your head or something?” He gazed into her eyes, and his expression softened. “Look, ah, come on back. You’ll have fun.”

When she agreed, he led her into a building with trees surrounding it. The air was stale, but the space was clean and well decorated with lights at every turn, but it had no windows. They crossed a small bridge and went through a door in the back. A rectangular body of water that she assumed was the “pool” he had referred to was set into the ground. Several people were swimming or lounging in it.

She followed Jacob to where a group of young men were gathered by some chairs, drinking colorful drinks out of transparent cups. Atlantis could hear them speaking before she got near them.

“Who is that?”

“Holy shit. She’s fucking hot.”

When she and Jacob approached, Jacob whispered to one of the men, “Get me two of ’em.”

The man covertly slipped two white pills into Jacob’s hand.

Jacob placed one of the pills in a red-colored drink and smiled as he turned around and handed it to her. “For you. You’ll like it.”

Atlantis took a sip and grinned. “You wish to harm me with this?”

“Harm you? No, it’s just a drink.”

“Clever boy. I’ll kill you last, I think.”

She grabbed the man to Jacob’s right, put one hand on his throat, and placed her other hand on his shoulder. Pulling up, she ripped his head from his body.

A long silence fell before a girl screamed, then people panicked and ran.

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