Shadow of the Tomb Raider--Path of the Apocalypse by S. D. Perry

Author:S. D. Perry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Titan
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Harper had his light back on in an instant when he heard the shots; three, four rounds from Ace’s Ruger, he thought, followed almost immediately by an echoing blast. Dirt sifted down and Harper hit the ground as a few hundred bats came rushing up from the labyrinth, pouring through the chamber over his head, flying back to the drop. He heard that ugly bird sound again, and distant echoes of rocks falling, and then it was over.

He got to his feet, saw the rush of dancing dust pouring from the lower tunnel’s entrance, the motes white and falling in the light from his lamp. “Sound off. Ace, Sergei, copy?”

Nothing. “Hux? Mitchell?”

There was a blur of static, a short burst of sound. “—back now. Limit—return—”

Hux. Harper took a breath, walking into the upper passage. There were some curves but it was a mostly straight shot across the top. “Repeat your status.”

“…contained cave-in in the lower tunnel,” Hux said, his voice gaining clarity. “Mitchell heard one of them call in; she’s 99 percent that it was Sergei.”

Harper came to a stop, waiting for the beep that signaled Hux was finished talking. He wanted a good signal, but wasn’t going to risk leaving his post unguarded. A sickly scattering of albino fungi grew from the line of crap along the floor. What a miserable place. “Nothing from Ace?”

“Negative.”

“Any sign of Croft?”

“Not that I’ve seen, unless that trap was her,” Hux said. “Mitchell is ahead of me. She’s going to climb down, get eyes on what happened. If Croft is dead, we’ll confirm. I’m going to double-check some of the connecting points.”

“Yeah, fine. Do what it takes. If you see anyone, tell them to flush her this way if they can’t get a shot. And watch your six.”

Not advice he normally felt compelled to give, but he had a sinking feeling that he might be down another crew member. He could easily see Ace forget about watching his feet if he’d been running down Croft. With Greaves crippled and Dixon taking that freak shot…

All in two days. All because of Lara fucking Croft.

“Copy,” Hux said, and the radio went silent.

Harper fell back to his position, briefly considering whether to bring in the men from the airfield, set up a perimeter. It would only take a few minutes to walk back into range, relay instructions through Reddy. The trio would have to bring the pilot with them—Winters was a cut-and-run type if ever there was one—but Reddy could go over the maps, they could figure out where she might come out and stake the likeliest places.

Not yet. She’s here, right in front of us, now. Hux was one of the best professional problem-solvers working for the cause—smart, manipulative, driven. Mitchell was perhaps even better, her ruthlessness impeccable. Ace and Sergei were both professionals; Ace could play it a little high and loose at times, but he got results. Sergei was probably the best shot with a nine-mil and had never panicked under fire, under any circumstances.

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