Veil by Aaron Overfield

Author:Aaron Overfield
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: veil, new veil world, aaron overfield, nina simone

An additional advantage of the cart was that it took up so much room it ensured he got the elevator to himself. He turned the cart around and pulled it into the elevator. After the doors closed, he shimmied his way around the cart and began the process to access the 13th floor. He whistled to himself and tapped his foot. The elevator stopped; the doors opened and he started to push the cart out of the elevator. Then he stopped.

He stood inside the elevator. The cart’s handle was even with the elevator doors. He was faced by a soldier, who was dressed in all black and holding an M16 across his chest. The soldier was positioned directly in front of the lab door.

“Stop,” the soldier directed him.

“I’m already stopped.”

“Well … don’t come any further.”

“I need to get in there.”

“No one is allowed inside. Those are the orders.” The soldier then looked straight ahead.

“From Coffman?”

The General’s name broke the soldier’s demeanor for a brief moment and his eyes went from fixed straight ahead, to eye-contact and then back to fixed straight ahead. He didn’t respond.

“Look, I need to get in there.”

“I’m afraid that can’t happen.”

“Then contact General Coffman, but I’m telling you, one way or the other, I’m getting in there. I have work to finish.”

No response.

He moved to reach into his pocket and get the lab keys, but the solider detected his movement and immediately pointed the M16 at him. He stopped and raised his other hand, palm facing the soldier.

“Easy there big fella, I’m only getting the keys. Just getting the keys.” He took the keys out of his pocket and said, “Here.”—he tossed them at the solider, who caught them by reflex—“Now, I want you to open that door and look inside. When you do, if you look to the left, you’re going to see a body on the ground all the way by the far wall. I’m here to remove that body, which I was unable to do the other day. That man … that body in there is why General Coffman sent me here. It’s why he sent you here. And I need to get it taken care of now. If you would like to deal with the body yourself, by all means, please do. Otherwise let me through and let me do my job. Radio Coffman if you need to. Let him yell at you. Let him also wonder if he needs to have me eliminate you like I did the guy in there … simply because you saw all this.”

The soldier seemed to contemplate for a moment while still pointing the M16 at the man behind the cart. He eventually twisted the upper half of his body toward the door. He inserted the two keys and pushed the door open. In the distance, on the left-hand side, he could see a body on the ground, hooked up to machines.

“See?”

The soldier faced forward and reported, “That man is still alive.”

“What do you mean he’s still alive?”

The soldier peered over his shoulder and observed the scene again.

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