Sons of Abraham: Pawns of Terror by Ray Joseph

Author:Ray, Joseph [Ray, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

5 CHAPTER five

Sargent Bearden and Corporal James had barely managed to reach the crossroads from the Tower when a group of soldiers stomped by. They cowered behind the door to a storage room, allowing for the sweeping death to miss them by seconds. The pistol in Janys’ hand had seven shots left, the assault rifle had twenty-five. If they were caught, they’d barely last a minute in another gunfight. They had no plan to follow, their only decision was to get themselves clear from the trap they were in. A quick glance of the map told them that they would be cornered if they stayed in the Tower, with no other exit except for the tunnel leading back to the rest of the facility. The storm brewing outside made it impossible to use an exterior door. The fact that the Cybers had destroyed one of the two exterior exits left them little choice other than to backtrack to the main halls and try to lay low while they figured a way out of their predicament.

Janys was about to leap from the doorway when Bear grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back into the storage room. She started to protest when another wave of soldiers stomped by, heading to the south end of the facility. A tap on her back told her she was welcome. Either that or it was telling her to get moving. Her foot slowly stepped out from the doorway, waiting to see which possibility was correct. The lack of her Sargent pulling her back informed her that she was to get moving. She rolled her steps, heel to toe, trying to keep the footsteps as quiet as possible. Bearden followed her lead, motioning for her to head down the southern hallway. Her instincts told her he was wrong, but his gut had kept them alive thus far.

“Cut back behind them and take the shortcut through the southern barracks,” he whispered when he realized she was confused.

She headed south, keeping a slow pace. She knew that Bear wouldn’t tell her if his head was slowing him down, so she decided to move as though he was laboring. The pace gave her a second benefit as it allowed for the group of soldiers that had just passed to get further ahead of them. She inched forward, keeping the footsteps ahead of them at a quiet distance.

“In here,” Bear whispered.

Janys turned to see the Sargent sliding through the doorway to a security checkpoint. She followed, careful not to trip over the door’s frame. After she’d entered, Bear opened the panel and cut the hydraulics to the door. Like he had with the exterior door at the start of the siege, he grasped the emergency handle and shoved the door closed.

“What are you doing?” she whispered with heavy concern in her voice. “What if we have to get out quickly?”

“We can’t use the panel to close the door,” he replied. “If they’re using Central to locate us, then the opening and closing of doors can be monitored.

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