(eng) Lavie Tidhar by An Occupation of Angels

Author:An Occupation of Angels [Angels, An Occupation of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

They were waiting for me in the space between the cabins, a narrow metal enclosure with a window on one side and a door on the other and the smell of stale cigarettes permeating it.

The first one tried to grab my arm and I twisted, my knee finding the soft place between his legs, and he grunted but didn’t let go. I felt the second one move and I kicked out, a backward kick that connected and threw him against the window. The first one landed a punch in my ribs, hard, and I nearly collapsed from the pain, and then he released me and I stood, gasping for air between the two of them as both slowly straightened up and looked at me.

Blond, bulky, and dangerous. It was too late at night, nobody could hear us, nobody would wander past or go for a late cigarette.

The one by the door kicked out then, a high kick that would have connected with my neck had I not blocked it, and I ducked under and punched him in the stomach in a one-two-one rapid movement but his arm came up and hit me on the side of the face, and then the second one was there, trying to grab me from behind in a Nelson lock, and I went mad. There are no rules to krav maga, only to inflict as much damage on your opponent as quickly as you can, but these weren’t amateurs; they were good, so I let Anna Gordon dissipate and Killarney take over, the organism cornered and frightened and angry, and my foot flew back between his legs and connected, and he let me go, briefly.

It was enough, and I turned round and ducked as the first one aimed another punch at my face that almost connected with his friend’s. I tried to trip him, hooking my foot into his and using his own body weight against him and it worked, throwing him against the door, but his friend was already up and on me--and I knew I couldn’t go on for very long with these two, they were pros and they were big--and he grabbed me in a bear hug, and I twisted, kicking in the air as he held my body, and somehow managed to press the lock on the door and throw it open.

Freezing air came rushing into the cabin and I could see the tracks running past and the beginning of light in the distant horizon.

I kicked out again and by luck it connected, hitting the first one in the chest and pushing him against the wall and closer to the open door.

The one who was holding me tightened his grip and I felt my arm fracturing, that sick sound of bones being slowly broken, and in desperation I used him as my springboard, feeling a bone breaking as I did but I lashed out with both legs and pushed, and my feet connected with the man by the door and threw him outside, where his short scream disappeared behind the moving train.

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