Rise of the Phoenix by Gibbs Dameon & Ballard Corey

Author:Gibbs, Dameon & Ballard, Corey [Gibbs, Dameon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9781312897960
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

June 28, Present Day

A cool relaxing summer breeze blew across Tucker’s young face as he sat on the track with his new mountain bike. His childhood friend Paul rode behind him, and he looked just as he did nearly fifteen years ago. His curly black hair peeked from beneath his Orioles cap, their hometown team. He was wearing the same blue and white striped shirt, even the mole under his right eye still dotted his boyish face.

Tucker stopped his bike to look behind him only to find Paul waving at him, asking him to slow down, but strangely no words exited his mouth. It was as if he was reading Paul’s very thoughts. Young Tucker placed a foot back on his paddle and pretended to leave Paul behind as they traveled along the bumpy path. Their journey was peaceful, nothing was out of place, they were in a world without blame, they were happy as kids should be. Without warning Tucker’s world began to shake violently when a horrifying and beastly groan was heard from behind him.

Turning to face the horrendous noise, he found Paul locked in his space unable to move; his face garbled with fear. Tucker shouted with all he had, but the words remained absent of sound. The creature was now closer and ready to devour its intruders. From the expression that materialized on Paul’s face, he had come to realize that what was behind him meant them immediate harm. Tucker paddled as hard as he could to reach his young friend, but no matter how fast his feet moved, he remained in place. With sweat beading and rolling down his face, Tucker looked one last time into Paul’s eyes just before the beast overtook him.

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Tucker startled into wakefulness, breathing heavily his face and clothing damp from perspiration. Something was making annoying noises in the room, and he finally realized it was his watch’s alarm. He slapped off the alarm and looked blearily at the time: 6:30 am. Wow, four hours of sleep isn’t what it used to be. Wake up Tucker. Wake up. It’s going to be a long day. You’ve got people to save and no thanks to get.

The morning sun had already evaporated the overnight condensation on the windows, and a chill ran down his back as the air conditioning kicked on.

Tucker looked around his office as he waited for his mind to clear enough for him not to walk into the walls. I’ve got to consider a decorator he thought, examining the blank walls and the desk, empty except for the single picture.

He had come to accept the fact that home was not home; it was just that place that was not the office. Home to him was where he slept most of the time, and that place happened to be his office. The apartment in Prince George’s County was nice enough but, aside from a few possessions, there was not anybody or anything waiting there for him, just emptiness and boredom. It was much easier to fall asleep at the office after a long day, which was just about every day.

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