The Aberrant Series (Book 1): Super Charged by Kendrick Franklin

Author:Kendrick, Franklin [Kendrick, Franklin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superheroes | Supervillains
Publisher: Kendrick Press
Published: 2016-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

19

Pursuit

Mae and I are just stepping off the elevator into the lobby when I turn to tell her that I think we found a lot more than I expected. But, the words don’t even make it off my lips because there is a great commotion going on at the reception desk.

To our right there is a tall man leaning over the desk at the receptionist. He is wearing a dark trench coat and his clothing is plain - a white button-up shirt and a pair of old jeans. He’s turned with his back to us so that I can’t see his face. But, I notice that he has dark black hair that is messy, despite being parted and combed to the side.

The man raises his voice, which stops the few people in the lobby from whatever they were doing, causing them to look over in interest. Mae and I stop as well.

“What’s going on?” asks Mae.

I shake my head and listen.

“What’s the problem?” the man says, his voice not incredibly deep, but enough to be intimidating.

The secretary, who was kind to us just a little while earlier, looks flustered. She keeps raising her hands away from the desk, her mouth open as she stumbles over her words.

“I am terribly sorry,” she says. “But, nobody is allowed into the archives without an appointment -”

The man slams his hands down on the counter. The secretary, Peyton, lets out a gasp and a few of the onlookers do as well.

He leans over the counter until his face is right in front of hers.

“I’m making an appointment right now,” he says, his voice booming. “Now, let me in there.”

“I’m sorry!” Peyton pushes her chair back a bit and I see her reach under the desk. I wonder if she’s pressing a panic button. In a few moments I guess I’ll see if I’m right. She continues trying to talk the man down. “That’s not how it works. There are more things to consider besides an appointment -”

Suddenly I hear a sound that makes the hair on the back of my neck and arms stand on end. It’s the click of a gun. Mae and I are a good distance from the revolving doors, but some people standing close to there make a dash outside. Hopefully somebody calls for help.

Beside me, Mae pulls out her phone as well. Leave it to her to be on the money.

“I’m calling the cops,” she says.

Back at the desk, Peyton stands up and backs against the wall, her hands raised high. The man begins to yell full force at her.

“You had to make this difficult, didn’t you? I could tell that you would make it difficult before I even came over here.”

He is about to continue, his gun-arm raised, when suddenly the sound of a phone ringing echoes around the lobby.

Mae’s phone is on speaker. I look over at her and grimace.

“Oh great…” she says, fumbling with the touch screen.

It feels like a bucket of ice has been dumped

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