Beyond the Darkness by Leonard D. Hilley II

Author:Leonard D. Hilley II
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Scifi, Suspense, genetic engineering, Thriller, FBI Investigation, Mystery, Clones, Shapeshifters
Publisher: Deimosweb Publishing
Published: 2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Kat studied the back dust jacket of Daniel’s book while Tyler drove. She was relieved, yet confused, that the Hutchinson family hadn’t been victims in their own home. Except the cat had either been killed or injured and somehow escaped. The analysis of the cat’s blood disturbed her. The Pittsburgh Lockdown File that Carpenter had given her showed the cat’s DNA also had the same gene markers the shape shifters possessed. That information troubled her, but it explained why the cat didn’t look or act like a normal feline.

“Carpenter wants us to go to their hotel and see if we can make contact with the Hutchinson’s,” she said.

Kat typed the hotel address into the console computer.

Tyler nodded but didn’t reply. He kept his attention on the road. Occasional fog patches drifted across the roadway. The steady rain refused to lessen and the window defroster failed to keep the windshield from fogging up.

Kat glanced out the side window. A thick fog canopy hid the river from sight. “He also believes TGC has Lucas. The real Lucas.”

“Really?” Tyler asked, looking her direction for the first time. “Why?”

“He didn’t say. He’s on his way back. I’m sure he’ll tell us more when he returns.”

Tyler slammed the brakes. He narrowly missed the tail end of the car in the road ahead of them. A line of red taillights blazed for as far as they could see.

“Dammit,” he said. “Must be a wreck up ahead.”

“It’s always something.”

***

Nancy shivered when Lucas tied the boat at the marina. Her clothes were drenched with icy rain. Her fingers were shriveled like raisins.

Lucas hid the gun inside a storage compartment behind the boat driver’s seat. They hurried past house and fishing boats until they came to a nearly vacant parking lot. Due to the weather, no fishermen stood outside their vehicles telling exaggerated stories about the fish that got away.

Emergency lights flashed on the highway. A police cruiser, an ambulance, and a wrecker set at the middle of the roadway. Several people pushed heavy-duty contractor brooms and rushed to clean up broken glass while paramedics tended to the injured.

Lucas cringed, seeing all the law enforcers nearby. The last thing he needed was a police officer recognizing him. Getting arrested would definitely make the evening news, and once again, he’d be handed over the TransGenCorp. But this time, he knew Idris would kill him without any worry about finding the device Lucas had stolen.

Lucas stared at the line of stalled vehicles. He nodded toward the far end parking lot exit about one hundred yards away. Nancy glanced in the direction he indicated. Policemen stood filling out their accident reports. A few others motioned one lane of traffic to maneuver around the wrecked vehicles.

“We have to be careful,” Lucas said. “If they see me, they won’t hesitate to arrest me.”

“Why?”

“My clone framed me for murder this morning, so we need to avoid the police officers as best we can.”

“What do we do?”

“Since the police are there, let’s head to the other exit near the overpass bridge.

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