Lia's files 1_Presumed extinct by Kathrin Kilambya

Author:Kathrin Kilambya [Kilambya, Kathrin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-11-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12 – together again

Monday, 18th April 2072

I got to the studio door easily, no problem there. But inside there was just one big mess. From the little I could discern through the night-vision goggles, a lot of damage had been wreaked down here. But not by the explosion, no; this looked like a man-made mess. Cupboards and drawers had been opened and things thrown around, torn apart. As if someone had gone on a wild, destructive rampage.

The walls and door were still standing intact, though. So, whatever damage the explosion had caused, it hadn’t had any effect down here.

My hands were sweaty and my breathing hitched unevenly. I was so nervous. And anxious.

So far so good.

Quickly I headed for the door to the corridor and then into the cellar and to the bomb-shelter door. No substantial damage down here either, just a mess, as if some madmen had been let loose. I didn’t pause to take a close look or think about it but headed straight for the entrance to the bomb shelter.

The door was just as I had left it. There were some bullet holes but I could easily open the door, the mechanism still worked just fine. Probably, the fact that the door had been locked from outside had misled Steve into thinking that nothing and no one worth pursuing could still be found within. Just as I had hoped!

Inside, everything was just as I had left it fifteen days earlier; the washing machine, the door to the sub-basement hidden below it. Safely locked!

With trembling fingers, I reached out, hesitating just for the briefest moment, before quickly tapping the signal on the door. I repeated the cadence four times, just as I had told Yuki and Alice, every time tapping the signal a bit louder, more urgent.

And then I waited, my heart thudding so hard in my chest it almost hurt.

One, two, three, four – after just five seconds, I could hear the key being turned and the door was opened.

The light from within blinded me and I had to close my eyes momentarily.

“Lia! Lia!” All three of them were there, heading up the stairs toward me, embracing me, pulling me back down and inside with them!

It was wonderful!

I was speechless.

Alice hung on my neck and wouldn’t let go; she clung to me so hard, I was almost choking. I let her; it felt so good to hold her again.

Alice, my little Alice, my darling!!! She looked pale, put otherwise healthy.

Nin had closed the door by now and was bounding down the few steps. He grabbed me by the shoulders, turning me around to face him.

“Damn it! Lia! I am so glad to see you!” He didn’t attempt to embrace me but fixed me with his eyes. Love, relief and also anger clearly discernible.

Alice was still clinging on to me and showed no sign of releasing her hold. She was crying a little now, out of joy and anxiety and all. I stroke her back whispering nonsensical words of love.

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