The Gemini Effect by Jarol Scott

Author:Jarol, Scott [Jarol, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780997085501
Publisher: Red Ant Press
Published: 2015-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

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Zeke followed the light of Doc’s flashlight, which was powered by one of his own power cells. They wound between the accumulated cast-offs lining the passageway that ran the length of the building and entered a dusty room at the very end. Zeke held the flashlight as Doc moved a hatch in the floor, and they climbed down a long ladder, Zeke first so that Doc could close the hatch behind them. They didn’t want anyone accidentally falling, he’d said. The light in Zeke’s hand flit about the ladder like a firefly until its power drained and it faded away. They descended the last fifty rungs in complete darkness.

“You’ve been here before,” said Zeke. “Is this a secret passage?”

“It’s a secret to some people,” said Doc.

At the bottom, still in darkness, Doc shoved aside something heavy that scraped against the floor. Blue light shone through a grate on a rectangular shaft Zeke guessed was a little wider than a person.

Doc removed the grate. “Got to crawl through.”

They emerged from the shaft into a curved tubular tunnel about ten feet wide, lit by regularly spaced blue lamps.

“We better leave this open so the others can follow,” said Doc.

Doc set a quick pace on a path alongside endless long cylinders the size of tree trunks, lined up end-to-end and fitted with pipes and orderly cables. The tunnel curled in a gradual, constant curve, and no matter how long they jogged, the arc in front of them looked identical to what lay behind. The only way Zeke could tell they weren’t running in circles was the numbering stenciled on each cylinder.

“How much further?” Zeke asked.

“About five more miles,” said Doc, breathing hard between words.

Five miles underground? What was this place?

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