Children of Genesis (The Gateway Series Book 1) by Minton Toby

Author:Minton, Toby [Minton, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Published: 2013-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Nikki

Nikki slipped into the hangar, moving as quietly as she could. She was wearing her pink sneakers, which helped. The heavy inner doors to the hangar were open, which also helped.

She paused at the top of the steps and looked over what she could see of the dimly lit bay. She didn’t see anybody, but the big transport blocked much of her view. She adjusted her bag on her shoulders and crept around the transport. It was even darker on the other side, but the rest of the hangar looked to be deserted. So far so good. She crouched in a darker patch against the wall and waited a few minutes just to be sure no one would wander through.

When she was convinced no one was coming, Nikki pushed herself away from the wall and walked to the skimmer. To her it kind of resembled a narrower version of the wave runners she’d seen on their one pass through Tahoe. But instead of the bottom being one big piece that curved up like a boat, it curved down to form two arches, one at the back under the seat and another at the front past the handlebars. According to Sam, the arches focused the air cushion the skimmer floated on.

She’d cornered Sam before dinner and had him show her how the thing worked. He’d looked a little suspicious at first, but when she’d reminded him of his promise to teach her about it, he’d relented and talked her through the basics as a first lesson.

“Let’s see how well you paid attention, Nikki,” she muttered to herself. Accelerator—check. Gear selector—check. Power button—check. Key to activate the power button—no check. Damn. The slot for the key was there, but the key was nowhere to be seen.

“No, no, no,” she breathed as she scrambled around the skimmer, looking on, over, and under the thing for the key. Nothing. She couldn’t call off the plan, not now that she’d gotten herself so worked up over it.

After her latest fight with Michael, Nikki had spent the rest of the evening wandering around the church, across the edge of the bluff, through Sam’s garden, all the while trying to come up with a solution to “everyone’s” problem. They were sick of her attitude, which came from being trapped at the bunker. She was sick of feeling trapped, which…came from being trapped at the bunker. So she’d decided that the best way to make things better would be for her to get out and have the night she wanted, to spend at least a few hours feeling free again.

She had to find that key.

She spotted a lockbox hanging on the wall over one of the workstations, and something Sam had said earlier clicked. He’d mentioned securing keys and startup codes, but since he’d already told her how to work the skimmer, she’d zoned out.

She jogged to the lockbox, digging through her memory to see if he’d mentioned the code to get into it. When she got a good look at the box, she stopped digging.

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