Blackout (Robison Wells) by Robison Wells

Author:Robison Wells
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-09-30T14:00:00+00:00

User: SusieMusie

Mood: Mellow

Holy hell, get ready for a landmark piece of information: Sara doesn’t think I’m pretty. She even repeated it about a hundred times today. Erica seems to agree (duh). I often wonder why I even hang out with them. I often wonder about a lot of the stupid things I do.

TWENTY-SEVEN

THERE WERE MEN IN THE storage room. They were trying to be quiet, but Aubrey could hear the rattle of gear, the light squeak of a boot on linoleum.

She couldn’t see anything besides a sliver of light. Every muscle in her body felt heavy, like she was wearing one of those lead blankets at the dentist’s office. She tried to disappear and was immediately overcome with a panic attack—she felt like she couldn’t breathe, like her chest was sinking in on itself.

What was she thinking coming here? How was she supposed to save Jack? She couldn’t smuggle him out with her—she could barely hide herself.

She heard a box being pushed away, scraping against the floor. She heard a cupboard open, then another.

She concentrated on staying invisible. It took all her effort.

Her cupboard flew open and she was staring down the muzzle of a rifle. She let out a yelp and closed her eyes to stop herself from crying. This was so stupid.

But the soldier didn’t see her. He closed her cupboard and moved on.

She reappeared, and a small wave of relaxation moved over her.

Tears came, but she didn’t let herself make a sound.

She would go back—sneak into her tent the way that she’d come. With any luck, she hadn’t slept through evening roll call. She had no idea how long she’d been in the cupboard, but with the pain in her back it felt like days.

“All clear in room 118,” a voice said. “Over.”

A radio sparked back with the command, “Leave a man there and move to the next room. She has to be nearby.”

Aubrey’s stomach dropped.

She’d been invisible from the moment she’d left the tents to the moment she’d climbed into the cupboard. No one could have seen her. It was impossible.

Unless—was she slipping? Could she not control it when she’d been so exhausted outside?

This was so stupid. She thought she could just do whatever she wanted, go wherever she wanted. And she couldn’t. Someone had seen her. The alarm had been for her.

Had the helicopter been searching for her?

She swallowed the remaining water from the shampoo bottle, and quickly ate the last two granola bars, trying to cram as much energy into her body as possible. Then she disappeared.

Aubrey didn’t worry about being quiet now. She was only concerned with speed. She pushed the cupboard door open and immediately saw the two soldiers. One was standing by a shelf, absently looking at some of the documents. The other was in the doorway, looking out. She’d have to squeeze past him.

She took a deep, painful breath, and stood. She wanted to run, but knew she was too unsteady on her feet. She moved past the first man

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