The Last Days Conclude (Book 3 of 3) by Chris Ayala
Author:Chris Ayala
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: CGA Enterprises
Published: 2017-12-13T22:00:00+00:00
Locks were very easy to pick…with steady hands. Nelson found his hands shaking so uncontrollably, especially when a noise that sounded remotely like footsteps could be heard.
Since abandoning him at the Mess Hall, no crew member, even the captain, hadn't bothered to check on him. Maybe it was laziness or bitterness. Either way, Nelson had been given plenty of time to refresh his memory of how to use a lock pick.
Every old-fashioned tumbler lock had five hanging pins, upper and lower. One portion of the kit had a hanging hook to hold the lower, while the other part of the kit would test each upper pin for the right combination. He recalled the hours of practice him and Gerard had that winter in the mountains when Nelson accidentally locked his keys in the cabin. Whatever caused Gerard to handover a way for Nelson to escape, either pity or another plan altogether, wasn't important at the moment. He just needed to get that jet and off this ship.
Over an hour of missteps and retries, Nelson finally popped the door open. He waited and listened before making his escape into the hallway. Freedom seemed much more frightening when it wasn't your right to be. At every corner, he expected a soldier to jump out and grab him. Judging by that captain's insanity, he'd surely be thrown off the boat into his abyssal graveyard.
After a few miscalculations in the direction and walkway, Nelson found himself near the cells. He decided the moment he got that lock pick in his hand, that he'd get Antoine out of here too.
Next to his cell door, Nelson whispered. "Antoine? Can you hear me?"
The sounds of rustling and crawling then Antoine's voice whispered through the door. "My man, is that you?"
Now that he had some practice, Nelson immediately started working on the lock. This door had more pins, but confidence ensured him that it could be done; confidence he hadn't felt in weeks. "I'm going to find a way for you to get out of here. Can the jet fit us both?"
Strangely, Antoine didn't answer immediately. "Are you going to use that jet to defeat the Union?"
"Just answer the question."
"Answer mine."
Something was keeping his cell neighbor from answering. Did Antoine want to stay here? Did he feel there was no purpose outside of this cell? "Yes," Nelson assured him, "With that jet, I'm going to blow the hell out of the castle's army."
After a moment, Antoine answered, "Yeah, there's two seats in the jet. But you gotta fly. My hands….remember?"
"Yep," Nelson answered dishonestly since he actually had forgotten the captain mangled Antoine's hands. If he was going to fly a supersonic high-powered vehicle, breaking a lock seemed minute.
A few minutes later, the lock hinge loosened and the door opened slowly. Nelson stood back. Peeping through a tiny hole in the wall didn't give him the entire clarity of Antoine as this lit hallway did. The young man stepped out, wrinkled face and darkened eyelids. His hair, uncombed for quite some time, was shaped like the corner of the room.
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