The Ghosts of London by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Ghosts, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Paranormal & Urban
Amazon: B00KPVQG7A
Publisher: ACBT Books
Published: 2014-06-02T05:00:00+00:00

Part Five

The Empty River

Prologue

"I'm sorry, Sir, this is a restricted area."

Pausing for a moment, Robinson turns to the police officer.

"This is a restricted area," the officer repeats. "I'm going to have to ask you to come with me while I escort you from the site. I don't know how you got in, but the general public is banned from entering this facility."

"Oh," Robinson replies after a few seconds, "no, it's okay, I'm allowed to be here. I have full security clearance. I think I even have a badge somewhere."

"I'm going to need to see that badge," the officer replies with a skeptical tone.

"Sure. I'll have a look for it later and swing by your desk."

"I'm going to need to see it now, Sir."

Frowning, Robinson puts down the polystyrene cup he was fiddling with and starts rooting through the pockets of his suit. Eventually fishing out a small laminated badge, he passes it to the officer and then immediately picks up the cup and resumes his work.

"I just have to confirm the details on here," the officer says after a moment, before activating his radio and taking a few steps away while he confers with one of his colleagues.

"Whatever makes you happy," Robinson mutters as he uses a pencil to poke some holes in the side of the cup. Glancing down at the muddy riverbed, he spots a figure in the distance, wandering through the shadows beneath a bridge. After a few seconds, the figure stops and stares directly at Robinson, their eyes briefly meeting before finally the figure turns and seems to vanish entirely.

"Thought so," Robinson says quietly.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, Sir," the police officer says, coming back over and passing the badge back to him. "I didn't realize your lot were involved in all this."

"My lot?" Robinson asks, his eyes scanning the bridge in an effort to spot the figure again. After a moment, he turns to the officer. "Did you see that?"

"What, Sir?"

"Never mind."

"It might help if you wear your badge on your lapel, Sir," the officer continues.

"Of course," Robinson replies, tucking the badge back into his pocket.

The officer pauses for a moment, seemingly a little confused by the polystyrene cup. "If you don't mind the question, Sir," he adds, "might I ask why your lot are down here? I mean, this doesn't really seem like a..."

Robinson waits for him to finish. "Like a what?" he asks eventually.

"Well, you know... The kind of thing that your lot would be interested in."

"We're interested in everything," Robinson replies, pulling some string from his pocket and starting to pass it through the holes in the side of the cup. "We get about a bit, too. Just because we don't go storming into every situation, guns blazing, announcing our presence to all and sundry, please don't assume that we're not around."

"I wouldn't say we go storming into situations, Sir," the officer replies. "It's more -"

"You have flashing blue lights on top of your cars," Robinson points out, "and they make this awful, loud noise, like.

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