Destination 2: Luxor: (Destination Adventure Book 2) by David Wood & Sean Ellis

Author:David Wood & Sean Ellis
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Adrenaline Press
Published: 2018-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

SIX

The cool underground air instantly became blisteringly hot, compressed by the overpressure wave that simultaneously shuddered the ground beneath Maddock, and rocked through him like a gut punch. The larger rocks were like the blows of a sledge hammer, the smaller ones felt like buckshot pellets. And then, just as quickly as the storm began, it was over. For several seconds, Maddock lay unmoving, barely aware of Nora shaking under him. He felt like his nerves had gone into overload shut down. A persistent ringing sound filled his head. He recognized these symptoms for what they were, and more importantly as a sign that he was still alive, but this realization did not automatically translate to hope. After a few more seconds, he risked opening his eyes. A mistake. The subterranean gallery had been inundated with a cloud of fine debris that still hung in the air, hiding everything from sight while scouring his eyeballs like a sandstorm. He immediately closed his eyes but the damage was already done. He could feel the grit under his eyelids. He was vaguely aware of a sound, just below the constant ring. A voice. Nora asking what had happened, or maybe just telling him to get off her. Since his usefulness as a human shield had already ended, he rolled carefully to the side, allowing her unrestricted movement, and as he did, he opened his eyes again but only wide enough to squint through knitted lashes. There wasn’t much to see, but after a second or two, his gaze was drawn to a fuzzy yellow glow. Nora’s flashlight. He crawled over to it and picked it up, then stood. The flashlight’s beam swam with dust motes, a solid shaft of light that did little to illuminate the darkness, but when he played it across the floor around him, he could make out Nora, covered in dust and squinting back at him, but otherwise looking no worse for wear. Bones, a few feet away, was just beginning to stir. Through the layer of dust that seemed to coat his entire body, Maddock could see dark splotches—blood seeping from various abrasions and lacerations. Judging by his own condition, Maddock guess none of the injuries would prove life threatening, but that was small comfort. They had a much bigger problem to deal with now. He shone the light in the direction of the passage leading back to the surface, but instead of the narrow slot through which they had entered, all he saw now was a heap of broken rock spilling. The exit was completely blocked. There was no way of knowing how far up the passage the cave-in extended, but Maddock could tell at a glance that moving the rubble by hand would be impossible. “What happened?” The ringing had subsided just enough to let him hear Nora’s voice. “Somebody blasted the entrance,” he shouted, uncertain of his own volume. “Who?” Maddock had no idea, and answering that question wasn’t at the top of his list of priorities.

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