Cascade Box Set [Books 1-8] by Maxey Phil

Author:Maxey, Phil [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Infected
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2020-02-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY

Abbey looked out over what she thought was a bay, but it was unlike any she had seen before. Strange exotic creatures climbed and smashed back down into the ocean, while others emerged from the depths moving onto the heavily overgrown concrete walls and disappeared into the undergrowth.

The heat was intense. She turned her attention from the sea back to the Cathedrals of vine and flowers that stretched high into the sky. Most were alive with creatures that lived within. She walked forward best she could and realized that beneath the alien life all around her was a human city, one of stone and marble, that once stood proud, but was now hostage to these new invaders.

A stone doorway with markings was just visible, so she made her way too it, pushing the branches back until she was inside. A huge cavernous space opened up before her, while creatures skittered and scattered back to their holes. Ahead of her a being stood of humanoid form. Its skin was of a blue-purple hue, while horns protruded from its angular head. A tail and wings flapped and slid and its lizard like tongue flicked and tasted the air around it.

It moved towards her and she backed up against a cold pillar, her fingers reaching for something to use against this creature. Closer and closer it came until it was just a few feet from her. Then it spoke. “Home Arclight.”

Abbey woke into darkness and immediately pushed her hands out in front of her to stop the creature from coming any closer, but she then realized there was no strange being there, only shelves of packets and bottles of pills.

The candles they had lit some hours earlier had gone cold, and there was only intense black around her. She reached for her backpack and pulled out the water and gulped some down. The dreams were getting worse. A feeling of panic started to creep over her mind. Is the same thing that happened to Cal, happening to me? No, that was when he was transitioning, I’m already past that stage. This is something else. But what? What or where was this strange city? Who was this being that mentioned her hacker name again? And a reference to home? Boston?

She slowly got to her feet and walked to the counter, carefully climbing over it. She could see mild light coming from the front entrance, so walked to it, trying not to walk into any of the shelving units or tread on anything that would go pop. The sun was coming up on what looked like a half decent morning. The ground was covered in frost in the parking lot, but it was not raining or snowing. A noise from behind her made her turn around.

Fiona smiled. “I thought I was the only one that got up at this hour.”

“I had a bad dream,” although she wasn’t sure if it was ‘bad’ now she was awake to think about it.

“Yeah there’s a lot of that going around.

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