Downfall: The Deadlander Series (Book 1) by Colin Sims

Author:Colin Sims [Sims, Colin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Colin Sims
Published: 2017-10-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

I followed Samireh away from the river up a barren mountainside. She walked as quietly as a cat, yet incredibly fast. I practically had to jog to keep up with her, and even then I was consistently walking a pace or two behind. I didn’t mind so much, though.

There are some things a guy can’t help but notice, no matter the circumstances, and a girl with a nice figure is one of them. She was tall, probably an inch or two taller than me, with a lean, athletic frame and long dark hair that fell midway down her back. Her jet-black clothes hugged her perfectly, and there was something about the way her hips swayed that made it hard to look anywhere else.

We’d been hiking for nearly twenty minutes before she broke the silence. “It’s up ahead, see it?”

I didn’t see anything. “What is?”

“The rabbit hole,” she answered. “It’s going to rain any second, though. We better run.” And so she started running and it started raining.

A couple minutes later, she stopped abruptly and pulled out her katana. From the corner of my eye, I caught a slight spark when she produced the blade, but when I looked right at her, it was gone.

“Here it is,” she announced, pointing to a small hole in the steep upslope of the mountain. The rain was starting to come down, and every drop stung when it touched my skin. It was that slightly irradiated stuff that fell sometimes. It wasn’t deadly or anything, but back in Boise, the sirens would go off before it even began, and everyone would wait it out indoors.

“I’ll go first,” Samireh stated and then dove straight into the hole headfirst.

“Come on,” I heard her call out a second later. “It’s dry in here.”

I crouched down and cautiously crawled inside. I was immediately surprised to see that the small, nondescript hole led to a wide, cavernous tunnel. Once I pulled my feet through, I could easily stand up with room to spare.

“Nice, right?” Samireh smiled, then trotted into the darkness until I couldn’t see her anymore.

“Where are you going?” I strained my eyes to see after her.

“Just hold on,” her voice echoed back.

I took a moment to look around and reached out to touch the walls. They felt weird, like they were formed from dirt but were as hard as concrete. There wasn’t much light coming from the tiny entrance, since it was already getting dark, but from what I could see, the packed earth looked frozen. I got the sinking feeling that whatever tech was used to dig this tunnel, it wasn’t manmade.

Samireh re-emerged from the darkness carrying a hefty bundle of wood. “I stash some here and there,” she explained. “You got any food in that bag or what?”

Jolted back to attention, I swung off the pack and kneeled. “I’ve got some stuff,” I said, working open the zipper. “Some bread, bananas, beans. That’s about it.”

“I like bread and beans,” she replied distractedly, arranging some of the smaller sticks on the ground.

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