DIVISIBLE MAN--THREE NINES FINE by Howard Seaborne

Author:Howard Seaborne [Seaborne, Howard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trans World Data LLC

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At the bunker entrance, I steered left toward the dark end of the tunnel. Doorless openings to black spaces on our right offered possible exits. I glanced back to see if reinforcements had arrived. Far up the tunnel the two men who had pursued Andy lay on the floor. Both moved, dealing with wounds I could not see. McCauley, Sergei and the military man had vanished around the corner that would take them back to the parking garage.

My mind raced through possibilities. Return to the parking garage and try to escape (the damned steel doors were down). Try getting to the elevators (blocked by two guards plus Sergei’s driver plus the driver of the van and the sedan—and I had no key card). Try reaching the stairwell and ascending to escape via the roof (the five of us were too bulky to rise in the space between flights of stairs).

That left the tunnel.

I took the second opening on the right. My sense of direction said the opening led to a basement beneath a building at the street. Rotating to an upright position for better orientation, we entered a dark room cluttered with boxes and furniture. Musty odor joined the air. The vague outline of a stairs revealed itself as my eyes adjusted.

Four people was three more than I’ve ever carried before. I didn’t know if I was straining the other thing or if it might fail me at any moment. Reappearing was not an option. Being seen on a security camera or setting off an alarm would rain trouble down on us.

We bumped our way through the clutter in the basement space. I turned us and reduced my hold to a single hand clamped on the man’s upper arm. I aimed the power unit up a too-narrow stairway. My passengers bumped the wall and railing. I quickly collided with what proved to be a locked door.

I flipped the BLASTER body back against the Velcro. I wrapped the palm of my free hand around the doorknob and pictured the levers in my head that make me vanish. They were pushed to the limit. I closed a mental hand on them, drew them back slightly and pushed them forward. Around my right hand, the other thing spread into the door. Light seeped through where wood and metal vanished.

The other thing spread to the edge of the door where the lock’s bolt extended into the jamb. I pressed on the door. A soft snap transmitted up my arm. The door swung free and the severed end of the bolt tumbled to the floor.

Twilight had fallen. Streetlights cast long shadows into a closed retail shop filled with clothing racks. I grabbed the door jamb and pulled us through. On the ceiling a black camera bulb watched.

“Do not let go.” No one answered. Fear, shock or utter disbelief silenced my passengers. I didn’t care which, as long as they held together.

The Velcro that snagged my BLASTER now rendered it awkwardly out of reach. I kicked the floor and sent us soaring over the clothing racks.

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