This Fallen World by Christopher Woods

Author:Christopher Woods [Woods, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blood Moon Press
Published: 2018-11-13T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 9

We exited the infirmary and turned to the east.

“We keep an infirmary close to all the trouble spots so we can get our men to it quickly,” Portus said. “We have seven of the facilities set up. All the staff has trained under Doctor Killian, our head of the Medic Program.”

“I’m guessin’ that was Killian back there?” Michael asked.

“Yes, she was a licensed surgeon when the bombs fell, and she took cover in the tunnels with a small group of soldiers. With them was a man named Clyde Mardin. He set up the immediate area around them to hold off attackers and established the original zone in our territory.”

“What happened to him?” Lindsey asked.

“He became ill and turned to a young soldier named Grady O’Neal to keep his people safe. O’Neal is the man who united the territory we call Mardin by both force of arms and diplomacy. They say no one can match him in battle, but I’m not so certain of that anymore.”

He was looking askance at me. If he only knew. Grady O’Neal was a familiar name to me. He was a soldier and a hero in the War. He was the one who took the Rift. The Rift had been a strip of urban hell. It was an evil piece of civilization and home to a group of terrorists who had been responsible for thousands of civilian deaths.

Obsidian had sent in an Agent with the forces that went into the Rift. His name was Grady O’Neal. Apparently, he’d made a home for himself after the Fall. His was a personality I couldn’t find much of after the dust up in my noggin. I knew he was there, but he was just a shadow in my mind. A lot of the personalities in there were like that. I could access memories and not much more.

The man probably was on par with William Childers, my Special Forces persona. Probably not anywhere near Gaunt, the Corporate Assassin.

“It would’ve taken a strong man to do what he’s done, down here,” I said. “He’s done good things for the city, and he’s in no danger from me.”

Portus nodded.

“How much farther is it to Plagis?” Lindsey asked.

“It isn’t too far, now,” Portus said. “Then we must wait until the man attempts to strike.”

“If he hasn’t already done it,” Michael said. “Seems it’s been about a month since the last one.”

“True,” I said. “Let’s hope he hasn’t already killed again. We’d have to wait a month to catch him in the act after that. We might find him up top, but there’s no guarantee.”

“We’ll find him above ground if we have to,” Michael said. “It’ll be harder without the support of the Mardins, but we’ll do what needs done.”

“No doubt,” I said.

Running footsteps sounded in the tunnels ahead of us. A few minutes later a form came into view. It was a Patroller.

“We found him!” the man yelled. “We have him cornered in Tunnel Seven. There’s no way out of there except through our forces.

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