Monsters Among Us (Deception Series Book 1) by Margaret Afseth

Author:Margaret Afseth [Afseth, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Publishing
Published: 2015-04-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Galar soon realized, if he was to accomplish his purpose, he had to get Loni, and his crew, out of their protected status lodgings, and in the open. He had the perfect means to do it, too.

When middle age had hit the twins, they were moved into maintenance, where Galar learned much about the workings of the dome; the waterworks, electrical control, and most of all, the computer controlled by-pass systems running the overall life support. It was here, he planned to strike at his adversary.

Today, he hung by one leg from repair girders, high above the lodging of the garden crews, sawing under the largest water pipeline passing through the area.

He had already programmed the environmental controls; it would take them months to find the glitch that continually messed everything up.

This was his last little detail. Then he was ready to watch his work produce fruit.

He was pleased; on the pipe he was working on, there was, now, not only a film of dampness, but also beads of actual moisture seeping through the cut.

It's enough!

Galar tucked his tool in his belt, inched along the line, until he was over his crutch leaning against the wall. His drop-down was easy, and obviously, of long time practice.

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Lydia's strident scream woke them all. Gem and Loni sat bolt upright, both peering across at the other pair in the semi darkness of the night-sleep dimness. They assumed Da had pinched his partner to tease her. But...the sound of rushing water disproved that.

Gem looked at the far-wall rafters above. A cold sheet of impenetrable moisture was litterly rolling in and down, dropping in a shocking deluge, as thick as the main falls, right on Lydia's head.

No wonder, she screamed!

Loni was the quickest to come to his senses, sending out mental instructions.

"Grab your mats, and any belongings...this is something the administrators need to deal with. We'll go to the huge falls, until it's worked out."

They had only to refill their back packs, and shoulder them; then the men took off with the mats on their shoulders. They were away, out the door, quickly. But when the door was opened, they were shocked by the fact, the only water was crawling over the floor behind them. None was in the hall.

Then, they noticed the activity beyond: hurrying workmen, cursing...and the lights were out, sporadically, everywhere.

Rapidly, the four fled into the rafters, and girders leading above and away. An hour later, they had set up a permanent campsite above the huge falls.

Lydia was drenched to the bone, and shivering, and while Da set to comforting, and drying her off, Loni and Gem watch the beehive of activity in the valley below. It seemed, the whole dome system was involved, from basic worker lodging, right up to the infants in the upper rafters.

What could have caused such a disruption?

Loni wondered, if Galar and Scar were somehow involved? The deed had their markings all over it.

The strangest thing, also was, little of the water system was affected, save for Loni's quarters, and.

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