Dead Island by Mark Morris

Author:Mark Morris [Morris, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Horror, Fiction, Lang:en
Publisher: Transworld Digital
Published: 2012-02-20T23:41:15+00:00

Chapter 11

GOING UNDERGROUND

‘I THINK I might know a way.’

Purna and Sam looked at Xian Mei. Once again they had parked in the car park at the back of the supermarket, having needed to find somewhere quiet where they could talk over what to do. In the back of his mind Sam had been worried that Purna might take the hard line, dismissing Jin as a casualty of war and proclaiming that, though the situation was regrettable, it was not worth risking all their lives simply to rescue a girl who was not even prepared to handle a weapon.

However, he had underestimated her. Unless she had some ulterior motive (the stash of weapons in the armoury maybe?), she wasn’t entirely the hard-nosed pragmatist he had taken her for. True, she had told them earlier that she had joined the police force because she wanted to help people who couldn’t help themselves, but Sam had assumed her noble aspirations had waned in the wake of her dismissal from the force and the general disillusionment with life that she had suffered since. It was good, therefore, to see her so outraged, so impassioned, so concerned for Jin’s fate.

‘We’ve got to get her out of there,’ she had said. ‘If those fucking animals harm her I’ll never forgive myself.’

When Xian Mei said she thought she might know a way to get into the police station, Purna leaned forward eagerly. ‘How?’

‘In the hotel where I worked,’ Xian Mei said, ‘there was an old sewer outlet in the basement laundry. Someone told me that the tunnels ran right under the main street, and that at one time you could gain access to every building from below if you wanted to.’

‘At one time?’ repeated Purna. ‘You mean you can’t any more?’

Xian Mei shrugged. ‘I don’t know. I’m not an expert. But this is the old sewer system we’re talking about. I guess whoever’s in charge of these things eventually decided it was unsanitary to have sewage constantly flowing directly underneath people’s homes and either diverted the flow or built an entirely new system. It could be that the old tunnels are impassable now. They could have been blocked up or the access to certain buildings might have been sealed. There have been a lot of renovations to some of the buildings over the years. Extensions, new walls and floors, maybe even new foundations in some cases …’

‘It’s worth a try, though,’ Purna said. ‘The vulnerable parts of buildings are always either above or below. And unless you can climb walls like Spiderman or you’ve got access to a helicopter …’

She let her words hang in the air. Sam nodded. ‘Let’s do it.’

‘We might be able to gain access from the supermarket,’ Xian Mei said. ‘We should look for the lowest point.’

It took them less than five minutes to find what they were looking for. The warehouse floor was concrete but inside the supermarket itself they found a fire exit tucked away behind the frozen foods section. Beyond

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