The Survival Chronicles (Book 7): Hard Mercy by Nally Fergal F

Author:Nally, Fergal F. [Nally, Fergal F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian | Infected
Published: 2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

The night was cold but uneventful. They woke at first light to a thick mountain mist.

“Have something to eat and drink. We’ll stash our packs here and just take our water bottles and weapons,” Mercy said to the others. “Barnes can lead, I’ll take over once we’re underground. Me, Tawny and Flynn… we’ve got the biotech. So has Annalise, but this is our fight. Annalise can you hang back and watch our six?”

Annalise loaded her shotgun with slug rounds and nodded, “No problem—”

Twenty minutes later they were ready.

Barnes led them through the trees to the ivy laden perimeter fence. He found a gap in the ivy. “Well I can’t see the camera or the mast through the mist. So if I can’t see them, they shouldn’t see us,” he whispered.

Mercy clenched her fist.

Yeah, and here’s hoping the foil blocks our heat signatures—

“OK, let’s do it—” Mercy said.

Jade produced the wire cutters and started working on the fence. Ten minutes later they had an opening big enough for them to squeeze through. Barnes led the way, crawling slowly over the weed infested gravel. Mercy followed.

Patience, patience, he knows what he’s doing, he’s going slow for a reason. Who knows? There could be listening devices as part of the security system. I just hope this mist holds out—

Barnes took thirty minutes to crawl to the open hatch. He turned to Mercy and pointed into the shaft; a yellow ladder beckoned.

Yeah, I got this. Rose, we’re coming for you—

Mercy crawled past Barnes and lowered herself down the ladder and through the blast door. She blinked in the dim interior, waiting for her eyes to adjust. A spiral staircase descended below her, she looked up and beckoned to the others. They followed her in. Mercy took out her silenced HK45 and moved down the staircase. She began counting the steps.

Eighty three, eighty four, eighty—

A scuffing sound came from further down.

Shit—

Mercy froze and peered into the dimly lit level below.

It’s pretty dark down there… just emergency lighting, I can’t see… wait—

Movement. A flash of white. A fleeting glimpse. A mottled blue face glanced up at the shaft.

Christ, what the hell is that thing?

The ruined, heavily veined face squinted at the spot of daylight far above.

It’s some kind of trope, it’s bald… wearing a white coat. A trope… left over from before the Fall? Christ… don’t move, wait for it to go, best not to engage unless we have to—

Mercy held up her hand for the others to see. She crouched down on the stairs and watched the creature below. Five minutes later the thing moved away from the light and disappeared.

Good enough. No alarm raised. Was it blind? Did it hear us? Can’t do anything about it, we’re committed now—

Mercy stood up and started descending again. The staircase creaked in places, she forced herself to slow down.

Not as silent as I had hoped but no sign of that thing. Keep going—

They made it to the lower level and fanned out across the open space. Dim emergency lighting glowed in the walls and ceiling.

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