Mine for Eternity by Megs Pritchard

Author:Megs Pritchard [Pritchard, Megs]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Hunter stood, staring at a scene of utter devastation. Even though the earthquake had been relatively small, none of the buildings had been earthquake resistant and so the majority of them had suffered some form of damage or collapsed completely.

The roads were either buckled, broken, or had somehow slid to one side. Instead of being straight, the roads had a zigzag pattern to them and were difficult, if not impossible, to use.

Smoke and dust and debris littered the ground, and Hunter walked through, treading carefully. To the left were the mountains where landslides had occurred, taking out a few of the access roads and almost cutting the small village off.

The population of the village was around two thousand people, and the majority had been accounted for, but from the figures Hunter had received, almost three to four hundred were still missing. It was a lot of people to be found.

Nothing appeared to have been untouched by the ferocity of the earthquake, no building left unmarked, no road unscathed.

The whole of Rescue Inc was here along with various other organizations, and he knew Ale would be in command, organizing the search with the help of others to utilize their skills to the best advantage.

With their strength, most of the vampires were used to help shore up buildings, so other team members could access and search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble. It was heavy work, but so very necessary to save lives.

Hunter walked up to the building he was assigned to, Donnie and Chester with him. When they reached it, all three of them stood still, heads tilted towards the building and using their enhanced senses to see if they could hear anything from inside. The other rescue personnel stood quietly, waiting for the three vampires to speak. They glanced at each other and Chester’s expression turned grim.

“There’s a distinct odor...” He never finished the sentence, merely shook his head.

“Maybe there’s more than one inside,” Donnie muttered.

“Well, we won’t find out standing out here, will we?” Hunter shook his bag off and dropped it to the ground.

Walking close to the building, stepping carefully through the rubble and smashed glass, he squatted and stared through what was once the front door but was now only around a foot high. He tilted his head again, closing his eyes, and listened. Sometimes when it was quiet, really quiet, he could pick up the sound of heartbeats or breathing if it was loud enough. He stayed there for a good minute, using his senses as best he could, and slowly turned his head back towards Donnie and Chester and shook it.

“I’m not picking up anything.”

“Like I said, there could be someone in there still alive. Let’s get this entrance stabilized and I’ll go in. I’m the smallest out of the three of us, so it makes sense to me to crawl through.” Donnie dropped his bag and walked over to the entrance.

They worked together, along with the rest of the team, adding extra beams and supporting the entrance Donnie would use.

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