Broken by M. R. Forbes

Author:M. R. Forbes [Forbes, M. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 0615910262
Publisher: Protoculture Press
Published: 2012-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

We hung there, the four of us, from the landing gear of the small airplane that Adam had commandeered from I don’t know where. It was less than ten miles to the Pyramids from the air, and the distance fell away fast. We had climbed up over the wheels by the time Adam circled the plane and brought it down in the sand next to the Great Pyramid.

There was no time to waste though. No time to congratulate the angel on his daring rescue, or even to just be thankful we had made it.

The Beast was here too.

Even worse, the Pyramids were patrolled by armed guards.

They started firing on the plane the moment it stopped moving, the bullets pinging off the aluminum, peppering it with holes. The only one they could kill with the rounds was Sarah, but they could still be effective at inflicting pain and slowing us down. I was surprised he was taking the risk of hitting her, but he seemed to be a pretty good shot.

I took two bullets in the arm and another in the leg, wincing each time I felt the stinging pain blossom through my body. I knew by the grunt and groans and curses that the others were hit too. We made a run for the Pyramid, trying to keep the plane between the bullets and us, and casting aside any of the possessed tourists that tried to block our path.

“This look familiar, kid?” one of them asked, flipping me the bird right before I tossed him to the ground. Maybe I shouldn’t have saluted him like that.

“Do you have any idea where we’re going?” Adam asked. His arm was bleeding from a bullet wound.

“I don’t even know if this is the right pyramid.” I really, really, hoped Obi had been right about the whole secret room thing. It sounded like something that could have been left by Malize.

“How do we find out?” His hand shot out and blocked a punch from an old woman in a purple skirt. He grabbed her and pushed her to the ground, as soft as he dared. She fell to the ground laughing.

“Unless hurting them will make you fall, you don’t need to be gentle,” I said. “They die when he lets them go.”

Adam’s angry look reflected what I was feeling.

“There has to be an entrance somewhere. A glamoured wall, or maybe a hieroglyphic that looks like Malize’s signature. It could be anywhere, or nowhere.”

We kept running, from one side of the Pyramid around to another. At least the corners gave us respite from the gunfire. It didn’t stop the puppets though, and I could swear they were multiplying.

“We should have come in the middle of the night,” Charis shouted.

“Just look for the symbol.”

We were around to the south side, opposite where we had landed, when we found it. I had focused to enhance my eyesight and see the lines in the stone more clearly, and even then I attributed at least half the discovery to luck.

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