World Heist by Saroor Sarao

Author:Saroor Sarao [Sarao, Saroor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-14T23:00:00+00:00

Hope

All things considered, both girls agreed that things could’ve been worse. Sure, the sudden explosion had caused a mini-avalanche trapping them inside the temple where they might suffocate to death. But at least they were safe from the gunfire. The inner temple walls might have been uncomfortably damp and decorated with statues that would have given nightmares to a grown adult, but they were also the only thing standing between them and a gut full of bullets.

“And if you think about it, death is just another part of life,” Hope remarked as she fixated her flashlight on the mountain of rubble blocking their exit. She still remembered her first time getting trapped underground. It was four, no, five months into her career. It had taken every ounce of her strength back then to not have a panic attack. By the fifth time, however, she’d gotten so used to it, that she’d started keeping a bingo card to make things halfway interesting.

“Murky cave? Check. Caved-in wall? Check. Creepy statues? Oooh, that’s a big one! What else? Oh, yeah, funny writing on the walls. Hey, that’s bingo!”

“Good for you.” Alicia smiled through a murderous glint in her eyes. “Now, if you don’t mind, what the fuck happened out there?”

Hope shrugged. “Still figuring that part out. Sounded like a big blast of some sort. Comms are down too. Gee, I hope the guys are okay.”

“And we’re trapped here.”

“Hey, didn’t we just agree that it’s safer in here? Chill, we’re still alive.”

“Well, serve my shit in a sausage pan if that ain’t the sweetest thing I’ve heard all day.”

Hope considered the mental image and nearly vomited out her dinner. “Anyhoo, there’s gotta be another way out. You’re the local. Don’t you know like a secret shortcut or something?”

Alicia flashed the brand on her wrist like a badge of honor. “Lowborn here, missy. Ain’t allowed within a mile of the temple.”

“Oh, right. Sorry. Wait, not sorry. I thought you didn’t believe in God.”

“Yeah, but that’s my choice. It doesn’t give them the right to refuse the ones that do.”

“That… wow, that’s actually kinda wise.”

Alicia snorted. “What? You didn’t think I was smart?”

“N-no, I mean. I thought, you know, that you didn’t have a proper education.”

“And here comes the stereotypes.” Alicia rolled her eyes. “Ooh, I come from a country without fancy phones so everyone here must be an idiot.”

“It’s not that!” Hope protested. “Look, six months ago, I didn’t even know there was anything outside Lucidea. And suddenly, it turns out there’s a whole wide world out there that we knew nothing about. It’s not easy to, you know, process all of that so soon.”

“Pfft! What’s there to process? We’re just scrubs. Like you. Sure, we look different and speak different languages. But at the end of the day, we’re all here for the same thing, ain’t we? Sucking air till we stop sucking air. And having a good time while we’re at it.”

Hope smiled at the remarkable simplicity of her explanation. In a weird way, it reminded her of Sebastian.

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