Earth Arise by Joshua James & Daniel Young

Author:Joshua James & Daniel Young [James, Joshua & Young, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Return To The Underground

Sydal ran as fast as he could. Which wasn’t very fast at all by normal standards, but considering the bullet wound to his thigh, he was doing pretty well. He needed to be either faster or more clever, though, if he was going to outrun the Shapeless in the station with him.

“Even after becoming one of you, your kind, I still don’t understand it,” the Shapeless wearing the form of a UEF soldier bellowed to Sydal, his voice echoing in the station as Sydal scrambled for his life.

Sydal wanted to go for the front doors of the LTA station, but he knew that the monster hunting him probably figured that’d be his go-to move. If he went for those doors, he’d be gobbled up before he even reached them. No, he had to be creative. How was he going to get out of here, out of this?

There weren’t many options other than the windows, but they weren’t easy to get to. By his estimate they were about ten feet off the ground. He wasn’t that tall, nor did his old knees have the padding left to jump, though he could get to one across the service station’s hangar-like building. How? He’d have to climb up onto a bus and jump from one roof to another until he reached the window that was right above one on the other end.

“You’re hurt, tired, I can smell it. Why not just give it up? Relax. All you’re doing is delaying the inevitable.” As the Shapeless soldier babbled, Sydal climbed. It was hard because he was hurt, he was tired. But he managed to make it up on top of one of the LTA buses.

Sydal did his best to psyche himself up as he looked at the task ahead of him. There was about a six-foot gap between the buses that he’d have to jump multiple times in order to reach the window on the other end of the service station.

Okay. You got this. Move fast and be careful.

Sydal took as much of a running start as he could and jumped the first gap between buses. His injured leg felt like it was on fire from the time he jumped to his landing. He did his best to ignore it and prepared for the next one.

“Where did you go, little one?” said the Shapeless playfully, like a cat toying with a mouse. Sydal looked around to make sure that it wasn’t close before making the next jump.

The second landing was much harder than the first. That burning pain turned sharp, like getting stabbed with a knife. Sydal almost fell down from the unexpected agony.

“I wonder…” the Shapeless continued.

Sydal heard a loud crunching noise. He looked behind him. A tendril had shot up from the station floor and anchored itself in the ceiling high above. He knew that whatever was happening couldn’t be good. It was imperative that he kept moving.

Now under the clock, Sydal tried to ignore his leg and went for another jump.

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