The Island by Bray Michael

Author:Bray, Michael [Bray, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-10-03T22:00:00+00:00

PROPERTY OF THE LOMAR CORPORATION

SPECEMIN NO 79 – MAJUANGASAURUS

PRODUCT I.D – 154B-2585-SD00847A

A dry, teasing breeze pushed into the cave from outside, displacing gravel and teasing their hair. They froze as one as the creature stirred. Tail flicking, toe-claw twitching.

It’s going to wake up.

Chase knew it was going to happen. He had never been surer of anything in his life. It would wake, see them and destroy them. There would be no hope of fighting back in such a confined space. One of them might survive; the odds were good of that. If Chase were a betting man he would say that Moses would be next. It stood to reason. He was the oldest. The slowest. He had blisters on his feet and would struggle to run. Unless…

He tried to change his train of thought, but it was already there. Unless it likes the hunt. Then it would chase one of the runners. And Chase knew that if it did stir, he would be one of the first to run. Not for his own life. He had already made peace with the idea of losing it, but for his daughter. That is all that kept him moving.

But the creature didn’t wake. Its tail stopped flicking. The claw stopped twitching. It let out a throaty grunt, then was still, the rhythm of its sleep bringing them a little comfort.

Chase glanced over his shoulder at the others. Moses first, then Alex. The latter lingering a little. Chase wondered if there was some kind of shared idea there, some kind of momentary, telepathic bond where, for the briefest of seconds, he was sure they had shared the same idea without ever uttering a word. He could see how it would play out.

Moses is slow. Weak. Push him down, scream and shout, then run. Run as hard as these newly cancer free lungs will allow you whilst the creature feasts on its intruder. With luck, it will take both of the others. One in four is good odds. One in three would be spectacular.

Chase glanced towards the exit. He could see the way he would go. The cave broke into a clearing, then just ten feet beyond, the jungle. The heavy, twisted jungle. A place where it would be advantage human. Ten feet or so, plus the distance from where he stood. He did the calculations. Maybe, twenty five feet total. With his old lungs, a big ask. Now though, he knew it would be easy.

One in three.

One in three.

One in three.

He knew it wasn’t right. Morally it was out of the question. But the little voice, the one he had started to think of as the voice of his self-preservation, whispered in his ear, telling him what he needed to know to justify it. You signed an agreement, it said to him. These are the rules. This is how the game works. You think they won’t do it to you if they get the chance? You think they care about Elsie?

It was hard to ignore, hard to argue when the opportunity was there in front of him.

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