The Warm Machine (Humanity Series Book 1) by Seth Rain

Author:Seth Rain [Rain, Seth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Human Fiction
Published: 2019-12-09T22:00:00+00:00

Thirty

The tattoo-machine’s arm lifted from Isaiah’s hand, spun its needle one last time, and then froze.

‘Now your mate has a date like the rest of us,’ Jack said. ‘And we’ll keep an eye on him.’ He winked at Scott. ‘We’ll watch him.’

‘Now you’ll let us go?’ Scott asked.

‘You still want to see Mathew?’

Scott nodded.

‘Good luck to you, kid.’

Jack walked over to Isaiah, unstrapped him from the chair, and helped him stand. ‘Time to go, Watcher.’

Scott followed Jack and supported Isaiah’s weight. ‘Can you get us closer to Mathew?’ Scott asked.

‘Do you know where he is?’ Jack asked.

Scott nodded. ‘Isaiah knows.’

‘And what – you think he’s just gonna let you walk in and demand he check your date?’

Isaiah tried to lift his head. ‘I can,’ he said.

‘He’s awake,’ Jack announced, smiling. ‘You see your tattoo, Watcher?’

Isaiah lifted his arm, draped over Scott’s shoulder, and saw the tattoo. ‘Mathew will see me.’

‘Help us,’ Scott said to Jack.

‘What makes you think I want to help you?’

Scott held Isaiah as he leaned against the wall next to the doorway out of the warehouse. ‘You don’t want these dates to be true.’ He looked past Jack to the men waiting behind him. ‘None of these men do. If you hate the Watchers as much as you say you do, then help me prove them wrong.’

Jack glanced behind, at the other men. ‘There’s no way your date’s wrong, kid.’

‘So what have you got to lose? If I’m right and this date is wrong, then all of it – the lot of it – could be wrong: the 144,000, the Second Coming, the Rapture. All of it.’

Jack swallowed and glanced at the floor.

‘You don’t want any of it to be true,’ Scott said. ‘Not really.’ He leaned in closer and whispered, ‘You’re as scared as everyone else. You’re as scared as I am. What if they’re right? The Watchers? What if it’s all right and He’s coming for us?’

Jack shook his head slowly. ‘Heaven’s all bullshit.’

‘Then let me prove it. Help me.’

Jack spat. ‘I’m not interested in helping Watchers.’

‘I’m not asking you to help him,’ Scott said. ‘I’m asking you to help me. Help yourself.’

Jack took a step back and rummaged through his coat pocket before pulling out his e-cigarette. ‘If I do, it changes nothing. The Watcher is marked now. That’s the day he will die. We can’t forgive what the Watchers have done.’

Scott glanced at Isaiah, his head hanging, staring at the date tattooed on his hand.

‘Help me,’ Scott repeated, facing Jack.

Above them, rain fell through one of the many gaps in the warehouse roof. The afternoon sky was steel-grey. In two corners of the building, fires burned in oil drums, generating a damp heat. On the floor, with two men dismantling them, were what appeared to be police drones.

Jack stood close to one of his men – a short man who wore a hoody beneath his black jacket, the hood pulled forward to cover the top half of his face. They spoke for some time but Scott couldn’t hear what they were saying.

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