Freedom by Fire by C P MacDonald

Author:C P MacDonald [MacDonald, C P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Both Blayne and Morgan reacted instinctively, ducking low in the crowd as soon as the Zalore Patrol voice boomed out over the noise of the fight. Blayne reached up and pulled a startled Gunn toward the floor with them, using the thick audience to hide them from the soldiers. After a few stunned seconds, the outlaw crowd erupted into chaos, scrambling in all directions, trying to evade the soldiers. Using the chaotic mob as cover, the three Dunadds weaved their way through the crowd toward the warehouse door and exit ramp. The mass of people spilled out onto the street outside, pushing up against the police barricade that had been set up, blocking the street. The headline fighters of the night were leading the fray, providing a much-welcomed interference for the crowd, going hand to hand against the soldiers. Using the distraction for their benefit, Blayne led Morgan and Gunn through a gap in the barricade, sticking to the shadows as much as possible. The flash of patrol lights and strobing sirens only helped to add to the confusion and chaos erupting out onto the streets.

The denizens of the lower levels of Crorix were not the meek type of citizen to go calmly with the Zalore forces into detention. They were fighting the soldiers on every front, using whatever weapons they could get their hands on. The ring fighters had already overwhelmed a small contingent of soldiers, cut off from their reinforcements, and had gained their weapons and were using them against the Zalore patrols. Stun beams and flash sticks lit up the night in all directions, they could hear the roar of the crowd fighting against the barricades for blocks.

Blayne ducked them into the first dark alley they came across. Morgan tapped his shoulder and silently pointed up. An emergency ladder led up the side of the building next to them. Together they moved a stack of crates dumped in the alley so they could reach the lower rungs. Quickly they climbed the side of the building until they reached the rooftop. Using the shadows as cover as much as possible, they ran across the roof away from the raid.

When they reached the other side of the dark roof, Blayne peered hesitantly over the side. The gap between the buildings was not wide, but it went down several street levels disappearing into the darkness below.

Gunn, sneaking a peek over the edge, backed up slowly and shook his head, “Nope. No way.” Looking at Blayne with wide eyes he remarked, “I know what you are thinking, it's not happening dude.”

Blayne, already backing up to give himself some running room, smiled, “Hey, it will be just like my bedroom balcony back home.” The balcony outside his room in the Palace had a ten-foot gap to the next building. Both he and Gunn had jumped the gap dozens of times, sneaking out of his room when they were kids.

Morgan blinked, “So that’s how you sneaked out. I’d been trying to figure that out for years,” he said with a frown.

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