Against All Odds (Book 2): As We Break by Hunt Jack

Author:Hunt, Jack [Hunt, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Survival
Published: 2018-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

It took Thorn’s team less than fifteen minutes to breach the door. Hector Richardson gave what was left of the door a hard kick and it swung wide, leading into a small grated area with an elevator. The emergency generator was housed in the Launch Control Equipment Building, a cramped room across from the capsule. It housed a diesel-powered electrical generator and additional equipment that handled environmental control for the Launch Control Center.

“After you,” Hector said gesturing for Thorn to step into the tiny elevator. After, Hector pulled two steel gates closed and hit the button to take them down. While they didn’t expect to encounter resistance, each of them were on the ready, gripping their rifles.

The elevator jerked to a standstill and they exited. Off to their left was a large mural on a blue wall of a nuclear missile with the letters USAF. The missile was breaking through a Russian flag. On the first blast door, which was closed, was the Domino’s Pizza logo, except where it would have had the name of the company on the blue background, it had a white missile. Above were the words: World Wide Delivery In 30 Minutes or Less. Thorn chuckled. Only the military could be so contemptuous.

He turned to his right and walked into the open equipment building. Inside, air ducts snaked above them feeding through a wall of reinforced concrete and no doubt ending inside the Launch Control Center. To the right and left were diesel fuel storage tanks, and ahead was the generator.

“Okay, let’s shut it down.”

“But Thorn, we won’t be able to get out. The elevator will stop working,” Hector said.

He smiled. “They won’t be in there that long.”

He got back on the radio and checked with another one of his men to make sure they had blocked the air intake vents. It wouldn’t be long before they would be gasping for air, overheated and desperate to get out. Eight hours, tops, and then the doors would open. They had all the time in the world. No help was coming.

Hector shut off the generator, and the sounds of fans whirring above them slowed and it went quiet. All the lights went out, and they turned on their flashlights.

“Now we wait.”

“And if they choose to not come out?”

“They’ll die.”

“Let’s hope they’re not martyrs,” Dmitry said.

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