Blood Zero Sky by J. Gates

Author:J. Gates [Gates, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Fiction, War, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), generation, freedom, sky, suspenseful, zero, riviting, blood, coveted, frightening, kidnapped
ISBN: 9780757316104
Publisher: HCI
Published: 2012-06-15T04:58:19+00:00

—Chapter Ø13—

Somewhere inside the hot womb of the earth, through what must be miles of tunnels, I wander. The harder I try to retrace my steps, to find my way back to the rebel camp, the more lost I become. Now there is some kind of track under my feet, but whether it was made for a subway system or to haul some kind of ore out of the ground, I do not know.

I feel I’ve been swallowed by a python and am passing through his narrow bowels, waiting to be shat out or reborn or . . . at the thought of the word shat, I almost laugh. It’s been a long time since I was capable of humor. I realize now how much I’ve missed it. Already my exile, as terrifying as it is, has lifted a grave weight from my shoulders.

As I walk, though, the insanity of my situation strikes me. The fact is, I have no idea how to get back to the warehouse headquarters Ethan and his rebels took me to last time. And even if I did somehow stumble onto it, there’s no guarantee they’ll be happy to see me . . . quite the opposite.

Still, I press on. Concrete walls weep with moisture as I pass. Dizzy, lost, delirious, I step into a place where the tunnel widens into some sort of small, underground station. I pass a large set of gears, now rusted to stillness. Chains hang from a ceiling obscured by darkness and distance, braided with cobwebs and frayed electrical wires. Somewhere, the rustle of a rat. I’ve grown used to the sounds of the rats by now, the whisper of silence, even the—

Click.

Behind me. Not a rat. Not my imagination.

“May Fields. You’ve come back to us.”

I turn and my flashlight finds Ethan Greene, his strange, handsome face looking somewhat tired, somewhat amused. His white gun is trained at my head.

“The light,” he says, gesturing for me to shine my flashlight away from his face. I aim the beam at his shoes, but not away from him completely. I want to be able to see the expression on his face. My fate, my future, and even my life depend on how he reacts in the next few minutes.

The barrel of his gun never wavers for a second; it remains locked on my forehead. Now, he shines his light on me. Even through the glare I can see the strange look register in his face. Still, when he speaks his voice is even.

“Take the bandage off.”

With the involuntary deliberateness of one who’s lost too much blood, I remove the makeshift bandage, wincing as I pull the last layers free from the already-drying gore.

Ethan stares into the chasm of flesh on my cheek, his expression unreadable. He could put a bullet into that open wound right now, I know. The hole is already begun; his aim is steady. And why shouldn’t he? What am I to him but a spy and

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