Blind Panic by Graham Masterton

Author:Graham Masterton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.

Tyler went through to his bedroom to change into jeans and a white promotional T-shirt for Hammer of God, the last movie that he had worked in, and a faded blue denim jacket. While he did so, Tina tried to contact her city desk again, but she was still unable to get through to them, neither by landline nor cell phone nor e-mail nor text.

“I’ll just have to go down to West First Street and see what’s happening,” she said as Tyler came out of the bedroom. “How about giving me a ride home on that motorcycle of yours so I can pickup my car?”

They left the apartment and went down to the garage at the side of the house. Tyler unlocked the garage door and pushed it open with a creak of unoiled springs. Inside the garage stood a metallic green Mercury Marquis sedan, circa 1971, covered in a fine film of sandy-colored dust; a Kawasaki dirt bike speckled in mud; and a motorcycle shrouded in a black custom-made cover. Tyler lifted the cover and revealed a glossy black Harley Davidson Electra Glide. It smelled of polish and leather and fresh oil.

“I’ve always thought that there’s something very erotic about motorcycles,” Tina said as Tyler climbed astride the saddle.

“Well, the price was sexy enough,” said Tyler. “Not so much change out of twenty thousand dollars.”

“Yes, but,” said Tina, as he started up the 1500cc engine, a deep, masculine burble.

Tyler steered the motorcycle onto the driveway. He climbed off to pull down the garage door, and then he climbed back on again and said, “You coming or what?”

Tina lifted herself onto the pillion seat and wrapped her arms around Tyler’s waist. They burbled slowly down the driveway, but as soon as they turned onto the street, Tyler opened up the throttle.

“Orgasmic!” said Tina. “I love it!”

As they sped westward, however, they could see that the sky up ahead of them was growing darker and darker, almost charcoal gray, even though it was not yet noon. Tina leaned forward and shouted, “Armageddon!”

Up in the hills and canyons, even more fires were burning. Behind the smoke, orange flames were leaping over a hundred feet into the air, and shoals of sparks were whirling everywhere. The dry leaves of the yucca trees that lined Franklin Avenue were spontaneously starting to burst into flame.

And power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

When they reached the intersection with North Highland, Tyler tilted the motorcycle north, and then he tilted left onto Camrose. But as they approached La Presa, they saw thick gray smoke billowing across the road. Tyler slowed down, and as they came around the last curve, they saw that the street ahead of them was blocked with blazing cars, and strewn with bricks and torn-down fencing. They could see people running everywhere, and struggling with one another.

Tyler brought his bike to a halt, with the front suspension dipping. “It’s a riot,” he said. “For Christ’s sake, look at them. They’re looting.”

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