Since The Sirens Box Set | Books 1-7 by Isherwood E.E

Author:Isherwood, E.E. [Isherwood, E.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Isherwood Media
Published: 2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12: Columbarium

Liam wasn't surprised. There was something odd about the girls, beyond the strange way they just dropped into his life. Again, questions stacked up inside his brain. What were they doing before the sirens? How come they got separated? What were they doing in the weeks since the sirens? What made them go to the particular spot where he found them?

Not impossible. Just improbable.

Those words echoed from Grandma. What would she say about these two? Back in Cairo, she seemed to know Blue from a dream she'd had.

That's another question!

But he had to tuck all those questions into their own drawers. He was much too busy being scared. The three girls had lined up behind him as they walked into the vast chamber. The line of lights on the ground led off into the darkness. Just enough to see the way, but not bright enough to cut through the pitch black elsewhere. The reflection of blue on the rough ceiling was the only comfort. It felt like walking over a rocky covered bridge with an abyss on each side.

His brain created wild fantasies about creatures in the darkness. Here, he could see a multi-tentacled monster; there, he could see a hockey-masked murderer holding a machete. His eyes strained to see the edge, they wanted to see the edge, if only to assign the proper scale to the place. They tried, to no avail. Eventually he determined it would make him feel much better to watch his path along the blue lights and ignore everything else.

A hum came from the darkness ahead. The sound bounced off the raw earth all around them, but Liam thought he recognized the source.

“Hold up. Do you hear that?” He took a knee as he said it. The blue light was still dim, but his eyes had gotten used to it. The walkway lights were now illuminating the large cavernous room. He could see the floor and ceiling, and one rough-hewn wall was about fifty feet to his right. The left wall was still hidden, somewhere out in the darkness beyond the ability of the ambient light to reach. Or, more likely, beyond the ability of his own eyes to register. He did see great columns of rock, spaced every fifty feet or so; they held up the roof.

The girls all heard the sound, but no one offered any suggestions on what it might be.

When it arrived, it was as he expected. The drone generated a slight breeze as it hovered about five feet above them, just below the rock ceiling. Earlier in the day—or yesterday, he'd lost track of time—a similar drone had hovered above the boat. Whether it was the exact same model, he couldn't say.

“You want me to bash it in?” Blue asked. She picked up a fist-sized rock to make her point. The captain would have shot it down.

He realized he was in charge. Looking around, he saw the three girls crouched in an arc behind him. Now, seeing the formation, he was literally leading them.

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