Shockwave by Peter Jay Black

Author:Peter Jay Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408851524
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-09-20T09:41:31+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Talya’s gang ran down the road, screaming and brandishing clubs and weapons.

Jack thought it was both an impressive and terrifying thing to witness.

Talya looked at Jack with a smug expression. ‘Why d’ya look so shocked?’

Jack made a show of straightening his face. ‘I just wasn’t expecting so many of them.’

‘What were you expecting?’ Talya said, apparently amused.

‘I dunno,’ Jack said. ‘Maybe, like, ten or twenty extra people to help us out.’

The kids reached the front of the Millbarn building and started smashing the glass doors and windows.

‘Not very subtle, are they?’ Charlie said.

‘Jacky didn’t want subtle,’ Talya retorted. ‘Did ya?’

Jack chose not to answer her.

With the main door now smashed and torn from its frame, Talya’s gang poured through the front of the building.

‘Time to go,’ Talya said, wheeling herself towards the mayhem.

Jack, Charlie, Wren, Skin and the others followed.

Once inside, the crowd parted, letting them through.

Talya stopped in the middle of the foyer, the smirk on her face bigger than ever.

Jack was determined to wipe that away. But he had to be patient and play it carefully. Talya was predictable, but also temperamental and dangerous. Jack knew he had to adapt this mission as it went along.

‘Skin?’ Talya said, as more of her gang forced their way into the building.

Skin cleared his throat and stepped forward. He held up his hands and shouted, ‘All right, you bunch of freaks. Shut up.’

If Hector’s men hadn’t noticed hundreds of kids flooding into the building already, then the shouting would certainly draw their attention – which, for once, was exactly what Jack wanted to happen.

‘I said, shut up,’ Skin bellowed.

The kids quieted down and turned to look at him and Talya.

‘OK, Skin,’ Talya said in a calm voice. ‘Now you have their attention . . .’ She glanced at Jack and winked. ‘You’re gonna like this next bit.’

‘Right then,’ Skin called to the group. ‘You know what to do, so get on with it.’

The entire gang of kids roared and streamed towards the stairs.

‘Wait.’ Jack spun to Talya. ‘They’re only supposed to guard the exits and stop anyone leaving. What are you doing?’

‘It’s OK, Jacky boy,’ she said. ‘They’re just gonna sweep through the building and find this Hector kid for ya. Save ya some time, like.’

‘Stop them,’ Jack said. ‘This isn’t the plan.’

Jack knew Hector wouldn’t be here, but he wasn’t prepared to let Talya find that out. And God only knew what Hector’s men would do if they were rushed by all these kids at once. And Obi was in there . . .

‘You need to calm yourself,’ Talya said with a crooked smile. ‘Don’t worry about it. My army have orders that when they find Hector and his mates they’re not to move in on them until we get there.’

‘Will they follow those orders?’ Charlie asked, blowing her nose and watching the kids shove and push each other.

Talya followed her gaze and shrugged. ‘I can’t promise they won’t do a little bit of criminal damage on their way.’ She nodded at a couple of kids who were ripping a fire extinguisher from the wall.

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