Tethered Twins Saga: Complete Trilogy (Twins, Souls and Hearts) by Mike Essex

Author:Mike Essex [Essex, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTY THREE

“We have to get out of here,” I said to Grace. Suddenly the soldiers were the least of our worries. I had no idea what the regeneration would involve but based on the intense heat of the Houses of Parliament it didn’t seem like a process we could survive.

We clambered to our feet, my eyes tearing up from the smoke. There were no windows in the garage and nowhere for the smoke to pass, it merely lingered on and I could see no more than two feet in front of me.

I grabbed hold of Grace’s hand and she placed her other hand against the wall to feel her way in the haze. Together we walked towards the entrance hoping to find a way to open the metal doors. I walked over abandoned suitcases, clothes and rubbish trying my best not to trip over them. There were so many shattered memories from the people who had lived here; a reminder of their desperate attempts to escape during the Siege.

We dashed past a cycle rack and reached the entrance of the garage. “Help me with the doors,” said Grace and together we tried to prise them apart with our bare hands. The doors budged slightly but every time we pulled them more than a hands width apart they snapped back shut again, something on the outside holding them into place.

I ran back to the bikes and tried to pull one of them away from the rack. A rusted chain held it in place tightly. I looked across the rest of the rungs but this was the only bike left so I continued to pull at it, the chain creaking under the pressure. Seeing what I was doing Grace ran over and together we pulled at the bike, desperately trying to break the old chain.

Over the sound of the rattling chain there was another sound of metal twisting. In amongst the smoke we couldn’t see the source of the sound but we continued to pull knowing that whatever it was it wasn’t important now.

On the final pull we were sent backwards the bike spiralling over our heads and smashing off the side of a car. We ran over to it and found that the chain was still in place along with a rung of the bike rack that had been freed from its support.

We couldn’t ride the bike out of the building but that didn’t matter. That had never been my intention. We pushed the bike towards the garage entrance and dropped it to the floor by the entrance of the doors. Grace and I pulled on the metal doors and when the gap appeared we kicked the bike in between the doors. As soon as it slipped through we backed away gasping for air from the exertion, but instead found the sickly taste of the smoke filling our lungs.

“What now?” asked Grace. In front of us the bike held the door open a hands width. I walked towards the opening and ran my hand down the outside edge of the door.

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