Playing With Fire by Lisa B. Kamps

Author:Lisa B. Kamps
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: BimHaven Press
Published: 2016-05-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

A muffled roar sounded overhead, a hungry rumbling that grew louder with each passing second. Heat banked from the ceiling, down to the floor and through the layers of protective gear.

The beast was hungry, feeding.

Sweat rolled between his shoulder blades and down his chest, morphing into steam that simmered against his flesh. Jay dragged the hose line forward, grunting when it snagged on something behind him. He turned in the smoky darkness and yanked, then moved further into the room on his knees.

Mikey came up behind him, shouting something, her voice muffled and unintelligible behind the mask. He shook his head and gave her a curt wave, then aimed the nozzle toward the beast and opened it.

Water sprayed out in a hard stream, attacking the growing flames with a roar of its own. Steam filled the room, blanketing them in moist heat. He dropped to his stomach and ignored the singeing of his ears and neck, never losing sight of his aim.

Something pushed against his shoulder, hard, and he turned. Mikey was pointing up and he looked behind her, swore as he rolled to his back and aimed the nozzle against the flames dancing across the ceiling above them.

Another roar erupted from somewhere deep inside the building, followed by a loud crash. The sound was muted in the smoke and flame, the quality distorted, haunting. Jay clenched his teeth against the building heat and moved the nozzle back and forth, not willing to let the beast win.

The radio crackled next to his ear, echoing the noise from Mike's radio beside him. Shouted orders pierced the roar, telling everyone to pull back.

"Son of a bitch!" Jay shouted, knowing that only Mike might be able to hear him. He pushed up to his knees and kept the water aimed in front of him, knocking back the growing wall of flames as they backed out of the room.

Groaning came from somewhere above them and they both stopped their retreat, looking up through smoke and flame. The sound grew louder, ripping and twisting, the noise mutated by the dense smoke growing thicker around them.

He looked over at Mike and their eyes locked for a brief second before they both dove out of the hallway and down the staircase, each holding the other, pulling, pushing, shoving. The ceiling above them crashed down in a shower of drywall and timber and scorching heat, a pile of burning debris landing where they had been a second before.

"Fuck!" Something crashed hard against Jay's ankle and he kicked it off as scorching heat seared his skin. But they kept moving down the stairwell, following the hose line down and out until daylight greeted them.

Hands grabbed them, pulling them away from the building. Jay brushed them away and stood as he yanked his face mask off, taking deep breaths of the warm summer air.

"Son of a bitch!" He gasped, still filling his lungs. He turned to look at Mikey, to make sure she was okay.

Their eyes met and they both broke into smiles then high-fived each other.

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