Near Sighted (A Jake Townsend Science Fiction, Action and Adventure, Thriller Series Book 2) by Hale Richard C

Author:Hale, Richard C [Hale, Richard C]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense & Thrillers
Publisher: Three Thirty A.M. Publishing
Published: 2013-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Lucky walked briskly through the dark side yard after Ginny disappeared around the corner. He turned the bend into a gloomy backyard cluttered with lawn furniture and overgrown bushes covered in a layer of snow. The tree canopy was not as thick here, but still held enough foliage loaded with snow to block out the sunlight. He glanced all around the area. Ginny was nowhere to be found. He took a step into the yard and an arm came out and grabbed him. He jumped.

Ginny was down in the entrance to the basement. He hadn’t noticed it in the gloom.

“Man, you scared the crap out of me,” he said.

“Sorry, you were going to walk right past.”

“You disappeared. I was worried.”

She smiled. “I’m right here.”

He felt foolish, but was irritated at her for scaring him. “Don’t do it again. You stay where I can see you.”

“Yes sir!” and she saluted, but kept the smile on her face. “You’re not having fun, are you?”

“No.”

They were down in a little alcove, the basement door barely visible in the low light four steps lower than where Ginny stood. She turned, descended the remaining steps and walked up to the door. It had a pane of glass set chest high and she peered into it. Lucky could see nothing through it from behind her. She pressed her ear to the glass and listened.

“It’s like a tomb in there,” she whispered. She tried the handle and it turned. The door swung open on squeaky hinges. He didn’t protest. He figured it would do no good anyway.

“Let me go first,” he whispered, grabbing her arm.

“I thought you didn’t like this.”

“I don’t, but…just let me go first.”

She stared at him in the darkness for a second and then moved aside. He slipped past her into the dark room where a damp, musty odor filled his nostrils along with something else. He couldn’t decide what it was, but he knew it was not pleasant.

“What’s that smell?” she whispered, her voice sounding loud and it echoed in the bare room.

“Hopefully the owners. They probably died of radiation poisoning or something like we’re gonna do.”

Suddenly the lights came on in the room and Lucky crouched, ready for a fight. They were alone and he turned to find Ginny with a grin on her lips, her hand on the light switch. He relaxed and stood up. “You are getting really good and scaring the crap out of me,” he said.

“Sorry.”

He didn’t think she was. He looked around the space taking the room in and was not surprised to find it completely empty. The painted concrete floor was bare and the walls were cement blocks with no drywall or plaster covering. The wiring for the electrical could be seen snaking along the walls and ceiling. Apparently the owners found little use for their basement. A noise coming from within the house above their heads caused them both to look up. He stepped to her and whispered, “Time to go. We’re not alone.”

She

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