The Matt Drake Boxset 6 by David Leadbeater

Author:David Leadbeater [Leadbeater, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-22T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

“Come on. Come on!” Alicia berated them all. “Come up with a damn plan. They’re torturing him up there!”

The screams had endured for the best part of half an hour now, with little let up. They could hear Saint laughing, shouting, cajoling. Drake had dragged them all around the cell, ignoring the guards and their torments, searching for a weak spot. They found nothing. Now, those in the middle of their huddle were attempting to find a fault in their chains.

A guard shouted at them in Arabic. Alicia spun and hurled a rock at him. The missile struck the bars but made him jump back in shock. No weapons were raised. Again, the temperature was their enemy, rising by the minute and making everything more uncomfortable. Crouch’s screams were unrelenting, and Alicia knew he was once a trained soldier.

Retired, living his life more hassle-free.

They should never have gotten involved. Crouch was living a fantasy and they were on the hoof, runaways. Hunted. Where would it all end?

FrameHub were chasing something, not just conflict between nations. The American splinter cell were chasing something, not just the downfall of SPEAR. Luther was chasing something, not just death and destruction. The Chinese and the British were chasing something, not just the Sword of Mars. And now she, and all her friends, were caught in the middle.

The only way out was to finish it. End it all so they could come out the other side and taste the freedom once more.

Then Crouch’s screams abruptly stopped. A strangled cry rang out, and then nothing. Alicia stared fearfully up the passage.

A guard spoke in Arabic, laughing. Kenzie translated it: “We return him to you later. A part every hour.”

Then Alicia saw them gathering—a dozen guards and then more. Guns were poised and so were other weapons. Some held clubs, baseball bats and even rocks. Others brandished steel bars and one, a heavy leather whip. Alicia rose slowly as she sensed something big was happening.

Drake and Dahl shushed the others, everyone rising to their feet as a silence settled. Alicia got the impression that they were about to find out exactly why they were here.

Saint came rushing up. “Hey, hey,” he called. “I’d forget my own head if it were loose.”

“What have you done to Michael?” Alicia asked.

“Urm, he’s helping us with our enquiries. Or he was. But never mind that. You people have far worse problems to worry about.”

Alicia bit her tongue, tensing every muscle in her body. The rage was waiting to be unleashed.

“We’re taking you out of there. Now, we doing it the fun away like before or are you gonna come quietly?”

“Looking forward to cracking your skull.” Dahl rolled both shoulders.

The guards attacked as before. This time Kinimaka smashed an opponent’s skull, leaving him prone and unmoving. Dahl rendered two more unconscious, but still the range of movement was crippling, the confines thwarting every attempt to gain an advantage. The guards had weapons, fresh hands. They had once been soldiers themselves.

Five

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