The Forgotten: The Complete Trilogy (M.R. Forbes Box Sets) by M.R. Forbes

Author:M.R. Forbes [Forbes, M.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-05T23:00:00+00:00

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Hayden and the others spent the next four hours walking. There were nine of them in all, including the six members of Kilambe Huston’s failed guerrilla rebellion. He had tried to speak to them, to introduce himself, Chains, and Jake to the group, but they didn’t want any part of it. The rebels were blaming him for the failure, despite the fact that the explosives had saved their lives.

In the end, they let Huston’s people range ahead, staying just close enough to them that they could still take advantage of the light from the flashlights they carried. Not that much light was necessary in the tunnel. It was straight, perfectly straight, with no turns, no rises, no dips. It seemed to go on forever, as though they were falling horizontally into Hell.

They didn’t say anything to one another. The other group was being quiet, just in case, so they had fallen into the pattern as well. It had left Hayden alone with his thoughts, which wasn’t a place he wanted to be.

Winding up down here was a setback to reaching Sanisco, but at least now he had time to think about what to do once they arrived. If they arrived. Ghost and Natalia had a three-day head-start on him, meaning she had been in the capital city for more than forty-eight hours already. He had to assume that whatever work King wanted her for, she had already been put on it. He was sure she was doing a great job of it, too. Somehow, he would have to find out what that work was and where it was located. He was thankful to have Chains and Jake along with him for that. They could steer him in the right direction, get him talking to the right people.

Once he found her and got her back, then what?

He wasn’t sure. It was hard for him to see the way the people suffered under King, and a large part of him wanted to bring the man down. But how was he supposed to get through all of the Scrappers to reach him? Besides, he would have to do more than that. If he killed King, someone would take his place. Another Scrapper, who was probably more of a monster than their current leader. He would have to start a rebellion of his own, and having seen what happened to Huston’s efforts; he didn’t have much confidence in that.

What were the other options? Head off to the east, get out of the Scrapper’s territory and try to make a new start with Natalia? Return to the Pilgrim and clear it of trife. Get Malcolm to let them back in? Or tell Malcolm the truth and try to lead them to a new home on Earth? A home filled with demonic aliens who wanted nothing more than to kill them, and even larger monsters that wanted to eat them?

Was there a good option? As much as he would love to head off into the sunset

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