Trojan by Brandon Clark

Author:Brandon Clark [Clark, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732651180
Published: 2019-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

“Would they kill the Volkags?”

He shrugged.

“Maybe,” Josef said. “But I don’t know if this room can withstand the blast.”

“It’s a steel encased room.”

“I’m just saying, I don’t know what all he used.”

Josef motioned toward Miguel.

“Can we just wait them out?” Haley asked. “If Francesca has a cell phone in the house, maybe someone, maybe they can scare the Volkags off.”

“Even if we could, it’d take at least two hours for anyone to get here from DC.”

Haley eyed the door at the back of the room.

“Where does that go?”

“Back to the house,” he said. “It links with the panic room in the basement.”

“Well, let’s go,” she said.

“If we try to move him, he could die.”

“If we don’t try, they’ll kill us all.”

“They can’t get in,” Josef said.

They stopped talking as the sound of footsteps on wood floors echoed down the ladder. Haley kept one hand pressed to Miguel’s chest, and waved Jacob over with her other.

The voices were muffled, but clearly Russian. They grew quiet, then louder as the men came back. Haley could practically see Vlad standing over the metal trap door.

Suddenly, the room was filled with the ringing of metal. Haley gritted her teeth and tried to cover Jacob’s ears.

When it finally stopped, Haley rubbed her own ears, trying to get the high pitched ringing to stop.

“I know you’re in there,” Vlad yelled, his voice rumbling through the compartment. “Come out, and I’ll let your boy live.”

“He doesn’t know I’m here,” Josef whispered.

“He’s going to kill anyone he finds,” Haley hissed back.

“I’ll give you two minutes,” Vlad said. “Don’t abuse my generosity.”

Haley looked back at the door.

“If we get to the other panic room, is there any way to get away?”

“My aunt has a car in the shed,” he said. “But we’d still have to get out of the house to get to it.”

Haley frowned. She didn’t like the idea of running out in the open, but the alternative was to wait for Vlad to dig them out.

“We have to give it a shot,” she said.

“What about him?”

“Try to be gentle,” she said.

Josef shook his head but walked to the back and opened the door. A line of lights flickered on when the door opened, casting shades of light every ten to fifteen feet.

She took Miguel’s belt off and looped it around his chest, tightening it down on the makeshift bandage. He groaned again as she did, which was probably a good sign, but she didn’t like the pale sheen on his face. Josef helped him stand, slipping one of Miguel’s arms over his shoulders.

Haley grabbed one of Jacob’s hands and tucked the laptop under her other arm. Together they started down the passageway.

The tunnel was tall enough to stand in, but Josef had to turn sideways and practically drag Miguel through the door.

Haley pushed Jacob in front of her, partially closing the door. From the room behind, she could hear more yelling and banging. Apparently, their two minutes were up.

The walls of the tunnel were dirt, with support beams at each light.

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