Whispers of Ash (The Nameless Book 1) by Adrian Smith

Author:Adrian Smith [Smith , Adrian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scifi
Publisher: Great Wave Ink Publishing
Published: 2021-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

Koyasan, Japan

Allie gasped as she spotted the eyes. All the time they had spent avoiding the death squads and sneaking first into the bunker and then into this strange facility, she had forgotten about the possibility of other survivors. It was the ash corpses everywhere: in the temple, out on the street, the university, and here again in the gleaming corridors.

The brown eyes blinked and flicked between Ryan and Allie. She stepped into the room and held her hand out.

“Hey. It’s okay. We’re friends,” Allie said softly.

The eyes continued to blink and flick around for a few moments. Slowly, the owner stood, revealing a boy in his late teens. He was wearing a baseball jacket, but instead of a team it said “Ultraman.” He had streaks of pink and blue through his jet-black hair. His mouth formed a lopsided grin.

“I thought you were more of those ghost-eyed freaks.” His English had a hint of a British accent.

“They’re down here too?” Ryan said, stepping into the room and to the side, like he had been trained. Away from the possibility of gunfire.

“There’s more of them?” The boy turned his head so he could see past Allie and into the corridor. “In Koyasan?”

Allie nodded and held up her hand to stop Ryan asking more questions. She didn’t have children of her own, but she understood them.

“I’m Allie. This is Ryan and Daisaku.”

“Hogai.”

“We were up in the town. This also happened up there. We’re trying to find a way out into the forest, to get off the mountain.”

“Why not just take the cable car down?” Hogai said.

Ryan shoved some of the food and water into his pack. He zipped it and turned. “Hogai is it?”

“Yup.”

“There’s bad guys up there, shooting survivors. I thought this was a bunker. No clue that this research center was here. We came down here to escape and look for a couple of friends of mine. A Japanese girl a little older than you and a woman. Have you seen them?”

Hogai shook his head, cast his eyes to the floor, and scuffed his Air Jordans.

“What happened, Hogai?” Allie asked, her voice soft.

“I was working at my station. I’m learning about robotics. My parents got me this internship. This pain started in my head and I blacked out. When I woke up, everyone else was dead. I tried to get out, but my key card won’t work.” He flashed a white card about the size of a credit card. “That’s when I ran into one of the scientists. Her passkey wouldn’t work either. We walked around searching for an exit and…” Hogai shook his head. “You’re going to think I’m lying.”

“Kid. After all the crap I’ve seen today, it wouldn’t surprise me if you said Godzilla was real and outside as we speak, destroying Japan,” Ryan said.

“The scientist. A lady. Together we were heading to one of the gates when they attacked.” Hogai looked up at Ryan, his brown eyes filled with tears. “Three men with suits on, drooling from their mouths and shrieking.

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