The Tempest by K.T. Tomb

Author:K.T. Tomb [Tomb, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press
Published: 2014-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

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Mike Morton sat in the tiny cell on the almost deserted block of the jailhouse, looking up at the bare ceiling and the rapidly deteriorating roof. With each gust of the strengthening wind, the sheets of galvanized sheeting lifted a little bit more. It was a far climb to get up there, but there were enough men on the block with him who were even more desperate than he was to get out of the jail. He continued to watch the roof above him carefully until he saw what he was waiting for. A strong gust lifted the sheeting above him and literally curled the metal back until it could no longer recoil to its original placement.

Rainwater sheeted down on Mike and his fellow inmates, who immediately started climbing up to the rafters. With minimal effort, all twenty-three inmates of that block of the jail climbed out of the hole and pulled themselves up to the roof. It was difficult to scale it in the heavy rain and the gusts of strong, persistent wind threatened to throw them all to the ground. Carefully, they crossed the roof, heading towards the perimeter wall, which lay close to the end of their building.

One by one, they crept down to the edge of the gabled roof, dangled their legs over the gutters and swung down to the edge of a tree that hung slightly over the wall. Mike was one of the last to go down the roof, jump over to the limb and scale backward down the tree to freedom. He thought that they would all make it, but just as he did so, he heard a scream then a loud thud as one of the men slipped and fell to the ground, apparently breaking his neck in the fall. Immediately, there were sirens sounding in the yard and spotlights were hurriedly focused in their direction. Mike heard shots being fired and two more thuds as the men who were hit by the prison guards’ bullets fell from the roof as well.

“Go, go, go!” he shouted to the others who were already on the ground below him.

When his feet touched down into the mud underneath the huge tree, there was still a group of escapees waiting for him. There were sixteen men in all.

“Why are you still here?” he asked. “I told you to run. The guards have seen us going over the wall.”

“We don’t know where to go,” said one of the men.

“We want to go with you,” said another.

“Where are you planning to go? What are you going to do?” asked yet another escapee.

“I’m going to the hotel, to Samsara. I’m going to kill Steve Masterson, rob him and burn that goddamn place to the fucking ground!”

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