Escape (Jack Forge, Lost Marine Book 3) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

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Jack woke up feeling like he’d been beaten on the head with the butt of a pulse rifle. He felt the cold, hard floor against his skin, and echoing sounds of crying and angry shouting were all around. He opened his eyes and peered into the dark, but a wave of dizziness stopped him from getting to his feet.

The cold, dry air on his skin made him realize one thing: He was no longer wearing his tactical suit. He clambered up onto all fours.

The darkness was suddenly lit by a distant light that blinked on for a few moments. Jack looked, bleary-eyed to the light just as it blinked off. The fearful cries died as the light faded away to be replaced by the low background whimpering punctuated by sudden shouts.

He climbed to his feet, arms out to keep his balance. The darkness was lit again by a light from behind. Jack turned and looked to the light. His eyes, accustomed to the darkness, were now blinded by the sudden bright light that struck down from the ceiling high above. And as he blinked at the light, he saw dark shapes in the beam. Then the light went out and he was in darkness again.

Taking a faltering step forward, Jack’s foot struck something soft and heavy. He looked down as his eyes slowly adjusted to the dark that was actually extremely low light. On the ground at his feet was a body. A fat, partially-clothed body.

A light blinked on to Jack’s right—a harsh white light that lit up the ground. Jack could see other bodies lying on the floor. He knelt down next to the fat body in front of him. A man in his early twenties, but overfed. Jack checked for a pulse.

The man was alive but asleep. He tried to rouse him with a shake. Nothing.

The far light blinked off again. Again, Jack heard the wailing and crying die away. He stood up and looked around. There seemed to be no boundary to the dark space, only the floor, the hard and cold floor littered with bodies of sleeping naked or partially-clothed men and women.

A light blinked on far in the distance. Jack shielded his eyes but looked at it, trying to judge the distance. It seemed to be a hundred meters away, at least the full length of a sports field.

Jack peered into the bright shaft of light. The dark shapes were small but looked like bodies falling upward, tumbling chaotically with arms and legs flailing and hands reaching and grasping.

Then the light went out again.

He looked above him. The ceiling was lost in the darkness. Jack saw a light come on just behind him. He turned and saw people standing, others sitting, many lying, all sobbing and staring upward into the light.

Then the wailing peaked as six people within the shaft of light lifted off the floor and drifted upward. They tumbled as they thrashed about, reaching and screaming.

Then the light was gone, and so were the people who’d been within it.

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