Proliferation by Tom Larcombe

Author:Tom Larcombe [Larcombe, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TML
Published: 2024-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Gregor looked over at Amanda, lying mostly unclothed on the cot in her cell.

I was right, those damned cots are practically painful when put to that use, he thought.

He knew the schedule of the man who'd been tending them, but he still didn't know exactly why the guy was doing it.

I don't care, either. I'm gonna take him out so we can leave this stupid place. I've got this wonderful new skill and the only person I can use it on in here is Amanda. I could get her to do anything I wanted even without the skill, so that isn't exactly a challenge. If I had time, I'd try it out on our self-appointed keeper, but I need a couple of minutes of talking to them for it to work, so that's right out. Taking him down hard and fast is my best option here.

Gregor waited patiently. While he thought of it as a schedule, the guy who kept showing up didn't exactly adhere to a strict schedule, Gregor figured that there was about an hour during which the guy would show up in the morning, and he'd been ready and waiting for five minutes before that, now he was getting impatient.

That hour has to be almost up, where is he?

With no timepiece to check, Gregor knew that time would do whatever it wanted. Five minutes might seem like five seconds or five hours, but he was sure that wasn't the case this time. He thought there were only five minutes left to the hour in which their keeper normally showed up in the morning and he was getting antsy that maybe today was the day they got abandoned.

And just how am I going to get out if that's the case. The lock is on the other damned side, so it isn't like I'd even have a chance to pick it. Wait, is that noise the key in the lock?

Amanda stirred on her bunk. The bunk which was, coincidentally, the first thing they guy would see coming through the door. Gregor had made sure that she collapsed back onto it when he was done with her earlier.

I don't care if the guy wasn't interested in the slightest. With how she looks now, he's going to be distracted for at least a second or two just from seeing her lying there, mostly nude. That'll give me my chance, he thought.

The door swung open and Gregor had made sure that he'd be behind it when it did.

“Well, what do we have here?” a familiar voice offered.

That's when Gregor came around the door, after swinging it back towards the voice, hard.

The solid 'Thunk!' as the door struck a body was pleasing to the hand that felt the impact through the door. His other hand was striking out as he pivoted around the edge of the door. He got his eyes on the target just in time, redirecting his swing to take the man in the gut.

The man doubled over at the impact, one hand already on his shoulder where the door had struck him.

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