Awake by Scott C. Smith

Author:Scott C. Smith [Smith, Scott C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2012-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

BOOK THREE:

ENDGAME

Chapter One

The memories came flooding back in a torrent of images and sounds; I had to sit back and hold my hand to my head, as if it might shatter from the impact.

After a moment I took a breath; Major Ed Thomas was looking at me with concern.

“I'm okay,” I said quietly. “I remember. I remember everything.”

“Do you?” he asked. “I'm not surprised, the memory wipe was never meant to be permanent, we just didn't know how long it would take to wear off.”

“I guess you guys did what you had to do,” I said. “Although as plans go it was kind of insane. Wipe my memory of being able to jump and send me off to a different world to keep Thomas away. And what did you do to help me with money? I think you gave me some gold and silver...”

“We did,” Johnson agreed. “Yeah, I know, as plans go it was pretty welly improvised, but it seemed time was of the essence.”

“Considering that Thomas was out to kill me...I'm still amazed that I was able to jump out of there before those guys could shoot me.”

“And right to my office. I'm still amazed considering what they doped you with. After we captured Thomas we had our scientists analyze that drug, it's used to this day to prevent portal jumping, yet it did nothing to you.”

“It did something,” I said, “although not as it was intended, apparently. So what happened after I left? You guys caught Thomas, and...?”

“Caught him and his crew, wiped their memories. Now it seems he has his a new crew, and you've really gotten onto his radar,” Johnson said. “He's a powerful man now, with the full force of the government behind him.”

“I've noticed,” I said. “I still don't understand why he's so...angry. It's so out of character of the man I remember.”

“We're not sure, either. He was interrogated before we wiped his memory, and he wouldn't say much. He's irrational.”

“He blamed the death of his family on me,” I said.

“Right. The reality is he should be blaming himself, considering he was responsible.”

“Christ, really? How?”

“Since you've been gone, he's gotten mixed up with some portal jumpers with...odd abilities, in addition to being able to jump. One of them seemed to create natural disasters when she did. There was an afternoon when Thomas was out with his families, and for some reason he had this jumper with him as well. We're not entirely sure why, seems she might have been a friend of the family. In any event, he had her jump somewhere, and when she did it created a freak earthquake, which brought down a bridge...his wife and son were killed.”

“He told me about that,” I said. “But when he did he said people like me caused disasters just by jumping.”

“Not that we've discovered,” Johnson said. “It was just this particular jumper. Apparently he used it as part of his justification in taking you down. The man has issues.”

“A lot of crazy shit happened during the war,” I said.

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