Ghosts of Koa, The First Book of Ezekiel by Colby R Rice

Author:Colby R Rice
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Alchemy, Post-apocalyptic, Dystopian
Publisher: Rebel Ragdoll

"Woah..." Manja whispered, hushed by awe. She'd come down after Zeika had given the all-clear, but while Manja seemed excited, Zeika was just confused.

This whole thing was... weird. Way weird. Had Koa attacked Civilians? Or had it been the other way around? She couldn't answer either way because nothing she was seeing here made sense. A control panel was built into the far right corner of the hovel, near where she came in. Work tables covered in dust lined the other side of the room, broken bits of porcelain were scattered on top. A heavy metal door, one that had been bolted, sat tall in the wall to her left, standing diagonal from the control console. Blankets had been heaped in the corner closest to the door, and after a quick search through them turned up nothing but cockroaches and empty potato chip bags, Zeika had come back to her original conclusion. This was weird.

Whatever had happened above, someone must've high-tailed it down the hole and shacked up until everything had calmed down--

No. Not possible.

The rocks. They'd been piled on top of the hatch she'd just come down. No one could have come through that way, so they must have been using the door. Habitually. Had this been some homeless guy's house or something? She looked at the control panel again... not likely.

"Zeeky! Cops!"

Manja's worried whisper was the first sound to cut the silence. She pointed towards the door, apparently having felt out the guns from a distance. That's when Zeika heard the echoing footsteps, coming from the other side.

SHIT.

"Go, go, go!" Zeika hissed, ushering Manja back to the ladder. She lifted her to give her a head start.

The steps got louder, the hushed, clopping sounds becoming an organized shuffle right outside of the door. No time. She wouldn't make it up the ladder before they found her, and she couldn't risk them giving chase. Whatever the APs were going to think, she had to change their minds.

"Keep climbing," she whispered. "Don't look back! Just keep going!"

Manja obeyed, and Zeika walked into the middle of the room, pulled back her hood, and knelt. A whirring buzz wound into the silence as a drill went into the door lock. She had fifteen seconds max. She ejected the clip from the Beretta she was carrying as the drill bit ground its way through the metal lock, spitting out curls of irons before slipping back out of the hole.

Zeika field stripped the gun, laying its parts on the ground in front of her. The door lock unhinged with a heavy groan, and just as she was putting her hands at the back of her head, the door swung open, and three men walked through.

APs. One was tall and dark-skinned and the other, a stocky blonde. She could barely make out the third one because the blonde was now rushing over to her, grabbing her lapel, and yanking her to her feet.

"Not a Ninkashi," he announced. "But just as bad. Just what the hell

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