The Savage Earth (The Vampire World Saga Book 1) by P.T. Hylton & Jonathan Benecke

Author:P.T. Hylton & Jonathan Benecke [Hylton, P.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: First Light Books
Published: 2017-04-28T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

At CB’s command, Simmons and Owl joined him and Firefly in Reactor 1. He told Drew and Alex to continue their above-ground search in Reactor 2. After they’d checked to ensure the control panel wasn’t above ground, the team would reconvene. In the meantime, the crew in Reactor 1 would carefully begin working their way downward.

“Owl, my gut tells me we’re going to find the control panel underground,” CB said.

“Same,” Simmons echoed. “Why build ten stories underground if you’re not going to put the most vital equipment down there?”

“Lovely,” Owl said. “So I’m gonna be driving the rover down this dark staircase where we know there are vampires awake? Sounds safe.”

“That’s why I called you in here,” CB said. “We’re going to do something about that. We’ve got six Daylights, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

“We need you to set up five of them, one on each landing down to the fifth floor. Cover as much of the darkness as you can. If we get down to five and still haven’t found the control panel, we’ll start spacing them out, one every other floor.”

“What about the sixth light?” Owl asked.

“That we’ll mount on the rover itself. It won’t be perfect, but it’ll give us some coverage. If shit goes south, we’ll have some light to cover us on our retreat.”

“I like that idea,” Owl said. “The rover will make it upstairs, but it ain’t exactly speedy.”

“Simmons, you stay with Owl. Cover her while she’s working just in case something happens. I agree with your sentiment that it’s more likely on one of the lowest levels, but so was that vampire we heard. In the interest of safety, we’re going to start at G1 and work our way down rather than starting at the bottom. I’m not sending the team down to risk their lives on G10 only to find out the control panel was on G2. Firefly and I are going to search those floors as quickly and quietly as possible. Quiet is the operative word, hear me, Firefly?”

Firefly nodded.

“Good. Let’s make it happen.”

Owl got to work. No one mentioned that the Daylights hadn’t been field-tested. They were counting on the hypothesis that real living vampires reacted the same way to the lights as the samples had in Brian’s lab.

Once Owl had the Daylight set up on the first underground floor, CB decided it was time for him and Firefly to head into G1 and search for the control panel. They made their way past the Daylight Owl had set up. This door was jammed too, and since it swung inward, they didn’t have the luxury of kicking it in. After futilely tugging on it a few times, they took the door off its hinges.

As soon as they pulled down the door, the powerful odor of death and decay wafted out.

CB took one last breath of the relatively fresh air in the stairwell and stepped through the doorway.

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