Last Hunt by Adam Nicholls

Author:Adam Nicholls
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Papyrus Publishing

Chapter Sixteen

Terry stood looking at the building, knowing he may not return. If the rumors about the Agency were true—and he strongly suspected they were—he would have to be extremely careful. Getting caught would be fatal.

An hour ago, he’d seen the gates crawl open, and a limo was driven out of the underground garage. Terry had trusted that it would return sometime soon. He’d decided that he would give it up to an hour, and then he would be forced to find another way inside.

It was a little over an hour, with Terry stood against the wall and blending in with the crowd, when the car came back. It was a long stretch of road, and he saw it coming from the distance, driving slowly under the many arcs of Christmas lights that connected buildings together in pairs. Terry crossed the street toward the building, careful not to arouse any kind of suspicion. It would be nice, he thought, if he could make it home to his wife this Christmas. He pictured her at home, sipping on a mug of coffee in utter silence, the clock ticking and making her drift off.

He’d known it would happen; the metal shutter screeched open while the limo waited outside. The windows were blacked out so he couldn’t see inside. He simply had to trust that he wasn’t being observed by its passengers.

The limo crawled inside, and Terry seized his opportunity to breach the building. As the shutter inched back down, he dropped to the floor and rolled on his side to gain entry. He then climbed to his feet and saw there was one guard holding a rifle. He had his back to the gate, watching the limo park in the far corner of the garage.

Why does he have a firearm?

Terry approached the man from behind, grabbed him as fast as he could, knocked the gun from his hands, and put him in a sleeper hold. He could feel the man thrashing around for his life, the rifle dropping by his feet. When the guard’s body went limp, he dragged him behind a nearby car to conceal him, and he headed toward the elevator.

That was when he had a thought, striking him from nowhere like a bolt of lightning; he would have to leave the building somehow. Terry went back and took the rifle from the floor, disarmed it by removing the magazine, and threw it into the nearby trash. His exit was secured, and he looked around, making sure he hadn’t been seen. There was only the wheezing whistle of the air as it squeezed between the vents.

He went to the elevator and studied the panel. He watched the lights blink on as they spread across the display, indicating where the limo passengers were heading. By Terry’s reckoning, whoever was inside that car (Robbie had told him that Charlie would be leaving, but it was by no means certain) was of at least minor importance, and it was him, her or them who might be worth pursuing.

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