City Of Phase by George Willson

Author:George Willson [Willson, George]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-30T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Following the loss of Gerard, Halloway had shuffled Blake and Perry into the vehicle where he had already placed Dorin. It was a large transport with a set of benches in the back section under a covered top, and the three of them were accompanied by six soldiers: two in the front and four next to the opening in the rear. Dorin only stared at the floor the entire time, saying nothing to either of them, although Blake and Perry really had nothing to say during the trip from the plant back to the military base either. Halloway had not permitted any further discussion or questions after Blake had attempted to talk to him, so they rode in the vain hope that Michelle would be waiting for them when they arrived.

The trip seemed to take forever since driving the route to the base involved their driving out of the forest moving away from Carburast and then passing around the far outside roads nowhere near the city before they could loop back around and drive toward the base. The main gate opened at their approach, and they drove in and stopped near the main headquarters where they had started not so long ago. The four soldiers in the back hopped out as one of them in the front ordered Dorin, Blake, and Perry to exit.

The soldiers escorted them through the stone halls of the headquarters to the holding area where they were forced into a cell where they found Michelle waiting. As soon as the door closed, she jumped up and hugged Blake.

“Oh, my God, I am so glad to see you,” she gushed.

“Yes, well, I’m happy to see you’re all right as well,” Blake said. He had never been comfortable with any kind of physical affection, even of the friendly variety, so while he was certainly overjoyed to see her well, her outpouring was a bit much for him. “What happened to you?”

She told them of waking up to Halloway’s interrogation, and how he had threatened her with torture if she did not tell him everything. She admitted to not being able to tell much, and Blake suspected Halloway would try to learn more from them, especially regarding the Maze.

“Why?” Dorin finally said. “Why should he care about this thing or wherever you’re from?”

“Well, it’s a simple matter of military desire,” Blake explained. “We showed up in the middle of a secure city out of nowhere. If you were a military commander, wouldn’t you want a way to, say, show up behind enemy lines?”

Dorin nodded, and Michelle asked about him. Blake explained what had happened to them after the explosion in Point Light through meeting Dorin and the failure at the power plant that resulted in the loss of Gerard. Blake’s emotionless retelling of the story angered Dorin.

“How can you be so cold?” Dorin asked.

“I’m not cold, Dorin,” Blake said, trying to justify himself. “I had to tell Michelle what went on, so she’d be caught up, and while I am sorry about what happened, that it happened remains a fact.

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