[Sam Archer 08.0] Last Breath by Tom Barber

Author:Tom Barber [Barber, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B018URJ74Y
Published: 2015-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

The foursome were continuing their race down the tracks, but the group behind them were gaining.

Then Archer suddenly slowed.

Forced to slow too, Ledger turned and fired at the gang behind them before looking at Archer.

‘What the hell are you doing?’ Ledger hissed. ‘Archer, move your ass!’

But Archer didn’t move. Ledger looked at him in frustration, ready to step forward when he noticed his fellow cop was looking at the rails beside them.

Ledger focused his hearing, and then he knew why Archer had stopped.

The rails were starting to rattle and vibrate.

Around them, paper cups, scraps of old newspaper and other detritus started to whip up into the air from the increasing draught.

Simultaneously, they all realised what was happening.

Just as a light appeared in the distance.

‘Oh my god!’ Angela said in horror.

As the rattling of the rails increased and the wind continued to pick up, Archer looked around them desperately searching for a service door, manhole cover, anything to get out of the train’s path, but there was nothing. They were still too far from the Navy Yard to start running; it would be pointless.

Ahead of them was nothing but darkness, no sign of a platform, nowhere to hide.

Down the tunnel, members of the gang chasing them had turned and were also staring behind them. Looking down as the train thundered towards them, Archer suddenly noticed some small intermittent spaces set low underneath the narrow concrete shelf running along the wall.

If they lay flat, there was a chance they could squeeze into them.

‘In the gaps!’ he shouted, grabbing Angela and pushing her down towards one of the spaces, Jesse immediately scrambling into the next one. Ledger was quick to follow, sucking his breath in hard as he forced his wounded shoulder into the narrow gap. Archer hitched up the rifle he’d taken from the sniper and fired at the gang members who’d resumed their chase, sprinting down on them again. He hit one but the guy only staggered and then continued running forward, the shot not accurate enough to put him down.

‘Get in, Sam!’ Ledger shouted as the noise of the approaching train increased.

Archer leapt over the rail and tried to jam himself into the narrow space, the gang of rioters now almost on them. He couldn’t quite fit. Forced to leave the rifle in the gap between the concrete and the rail, he rammed himself into the tight space, scraping his face and shoulders and now unable to fire as the gang ran towards them, the leaders shouting murderous threats.

The two at the front ran forward to within twenty feet and lifted handguns to blast them.

Then Archer looked beyond them and shut his eyes.

A split-second later the train thundered past. The men disappeared in a second, the screeching and clanging of the train the most intense noise Archer had ever experienced. It was just inches from his body and with every split-second that passed, he waited for a piece of detritus or dangling metal to slice him apart.

Opening his eyes a fraction, sparks fizzing from the wheels filled his vision.

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