Nightmare Revelation by David Longhorn

Author:David Longhorn [Longhorn, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ScareStreet.com
Published: 2018-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

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Denny checked in at the front desk, smiling at the guard on duty, who was evidently in a grumpy mood. She vaguely recognized the young woman, but perhaps she did not recall Denny.

“Please put all your metal objects in the tray,” the guard said. “That includes phones, keys, belt buckles. And step through the archway.”

Denny took out her keys, and put the phone and her key ring into the plastic tray. She forced herself not to look at the guard as the woman waved her through the security barrier. As expected, there was no alarm. Denny turned, walked around the desk, and reached for her possessions. She made a point of taking the phone first.

The more precious item to a person with nothing to hide, she thought. Keeping it realistic.

She did not bother smiling at the guard as she scooped up the keys, turned away, started to tuck the talisman into her pocket again.

“Hey!”

The guard had to be talking to Denny. She was earlier than usual, and there was nobody else in the foyer. She turned, looked at the stocky, short-haired young woman, but did not go back to the desk. Instead, Denny raised a quizzical eyebrow.

“You've seen them, right?” asked the guard.

It took Denny a moment to realize what the woman was talking about.

“Interlopers? Sure,” she replied, keeping her voice level.

The guard glanced up at the closed-circuit TV camera.

“How hard are they to kill?”

“They're pretty tough,” Denny said, taking a couple of steps nearer the desk. “Harder than a human being, I would think. But I've seen it done.”

She's just worried, she thought. She didn't sign up for this.

“In that briefing you said they're really fast,” the guard continued. “And they can look like anybody. So if I get separated from my team–”

The woman stopped, looked past Denny as the elevator dinged. Glancing around, Denny saw two young women emerging from the lift. Again, she recognized them. They were cleaners she had sometimes encountered when she got in early.

“I'd better get going,” she told the guard.

“Lots to do, eh?”

“Yeah, right.”

The young woman dismissed Denny and focused on the approaching cleaners. Relieved at getting the talisman through the checkpoint, Denny did another smile-and-nod, and again got blanked. But then, as one of the women passed a few inches away from Denny, the cleaner looked sharply at her, and seemed to trip and almost fall. Her companion grabbed her arm and helped her keep her balance.

Must work them like slaves, Denny thought, as she got into the elevator. Maybe she's sick and doesn't dare take time off to see a doctor.

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