Beyond by Phil Maxey

Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

Abbey looked out of the third floor apartment window to the group of E.L.F’s in the street below. Some of the Cascaders creatures were standing and sitting. The cat like creature was there, its golden fur glistening in the early morning sun. She begun to wonder which E.L.F belonged to which Cascader, and if she could guess just by looking at the human or the creature.

Closing her eyes she tried to sense those around her, human and beast alike. She wanted to know roughly how many Cascaders there were, but more importantly she wanted to know if Clovis was already there. After a few moments, she had sensed about forty Cascaders, luckily none of them with her foes signature.

She turned and looked at the small bedroom she had been told to stay in. It was pleasant enough, with a single bed, some cupboards and a television although that was redundant in this new world.

The sound of wood creaking came from beyond the door, then came a knock.

“Are you decent?” Said the man she had met a few hours earlier.

“Yes.”

The door opened and in walked the noble looking man who had the dinosaur as a pet. He had a tray with some tinned fruit in a bowl and a glass of what looked like fresh orange juice.

“It’s not much, but you can’t exactly run down to the local store anymore, can you.”

She smiled as he put the tray down on a small table.

He looked at the still well kept bed. “Did you sleep?”

“I laid on top. Got a few hours.” She lied.

“I just realized you don’t know my name. I am Erin Santiago of Irish and Hispanic stock.” He held out his hand.

It was a flamboyant way to announce who you were she thought, but briefly shook his hand anyway.

He leaned up against the doorframe. “How long have you been a coach…I mean a Cascader?”

The word ‘coach’ struck a distant cord in her mind, but she couldn’t quite place it.

She looked down at the food and drink and calculated it would be a hard way to try to kill her. She took a sip of the juice. “Few months I guess…you?”

“Since early on. So how did you find—” The walls and floor of the room shuddered. “—Don’t mind that, we are doing some excavating.” He smiled. “You just happened to be passing? And sensed us?”

A number of scenarios that she could try ran threw her mind in a matter of seconds. “Do you know a man called Clovis?”

Erin’s eyes widened slightly. “What of him?”

“It’s a long story, but we have history. He wants me dead. Infact I just came from fighting him in central Boston.” Abbey could see Erin’s expression harden, and she began to plot what item around her she could use as a weapon.

“And why does he want that?”

“You still haven’t told me if you know him…”

“I do. Why does he want you dead?”

“I don’t know what he’s told you of his past—”

“Not much.”

“—Okay well, he used to

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