Shadows Rising: A Shadow Cell Thriller by Ernest Dempsey

Author:Ernest Dempsey [Dempsey, Ernest]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944647278
Publisher: Enclave Publishing
Published: 2018-03-14T22:00:00+00:00

11

Tirana

The huge guard twisted his body, moving Adriana’s feet out over the ledge. A terrifying vision of falling to the pavement below filled her mind. For the first time in her life, she understood Sean’s fear and did everything in her power to escape the man’s death grip.

A low pop interrupted her thoughts. The sound came from the left. Almost instantly, the guard’s arms went limp. She felt herself falling, but luckily the guard was toppling backward. Her butt hit the ground by the big man’s knee, and she rolled to the side, ready to fight him if he wasn’t yet dead.

The bullet hole in his left temple did away with that potential problem. Adriana tried to swallow, but it was difficult. She knew her throat would be sore for a few days. As she caught her breath, she saw a shadow approaching. It wasn’t a threat. It was June holding her pistol at her side.

“Thought you could use a little help.”

“Thank you,” Adriana managed. “Glad he fell backward.”

June bit her lower lip. “Yeah, had to take a gamble on that.”

“Other guards dead?” Adriana asked, not wanting to harp on her near-death experience for long.

June gave a nod. “Yeah, they’re taken care of.”

Adriana tried not to show her surprise, but she was impressed. This wasn’t the first mission she and June had worked together on, but the natural, almost callous killer instincts June displayed—along with precision—had caught Adriana a tad off guard.

“Good,” she said, not wanting to delay further. “Let’s get to the shaft.”

They hurried over to the maintenance access. It was nothing more than a metal rectangular box with a side door about four feet high. A padlock on the clasp was the only thing keeping people out, although Adriana couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to get in there—unless they had a death wish or were just stupid.

She reached into a cargo pocket and pulled out a small device. It looked like a cigar lighter, but was much more than that. It had two black prongs that rose up from the main body. Within those prongs were four metal rods. She placed one of the padlock bars inside the prongs and pressed a button on the center of the gadget. The prongs turned bright orange. Suddenly, the padlock glowed a similar color. A few seconds later, the thing fell from its hinge to the ground, the bar melted from the plasma lighter.

June swung the door open and leaned inside. She couldn’t see much in the pitch-dark shaft. The rooftop lights came back on and startled the two women, though they knew that was going to happen. Ray’s mischief was designed to keep the power down for only a few minutes to make it look natural.

“Rooftop patrol, do you copy?” A voice came through the radio on Adriana’s belt.

“Crap,” she said and grabbed the device. She made static noises and then used the manliest voice she could muster. “Copy…power back on. Sweeping area now.”

There was a pause. June and Adriana exchanged a concerned look for a moment while they waited for the guy to respond.

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