Kidnapped by Nathan Pedde

Author:Nathan Pedde [Pedde, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780995984691
Publisher: Atomic Slingshot Press
Published: 2020-06-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Cryslis walked down the street of the Green Sector with Cooley a half a block behind. The idea was for them to seem a part to see who decides to follow them. It would have been easier with earpieces instead of being forced to ditch all their gear earlier.

She wore darker clothing, baggy, with rips and patches. She had dirt on her face, clothes, and sprayed on a specific fragrance. One which smelled horrible to most people.

Cooley appeared almost identical with similar clothing as Cryslis, except he had given himself a prosthetic nose.

She had been trying to call her old friend, which Cooley was still sulky with. However, he hadn’t gotten back to her. It wasn’t surprising as Cooley worked for a different team in Station Security, and covered as a taxi driver.

Up ahead of them, the distinct bang of a sonic grenade went off, followed by the crash of breaking glass.

“That’s not good,” Cooley said, jogging up to her.

“Maybe gang violence,” Cryslis said. “Or those kidnappers.”

“No signs of them,” Cooley said. “Before there were black vans all over the place, now they have disappeared.”

A second, more massive explosion of a sonic grenade followed by a cascade of breaking glass.

“I need to check that out,” Cryslis said. “If it’s the robots, then we need to get word to the captain.”

Cryslis jogged down the street. The sound hadn’t come too far from her. Turning the corner, the scene stretched out before her. The front half of a tenant building had been shed of all the glass from its windows. A dozen people stood out in the broken frames, looking out, holding hurt ears. Sirens echoed in the distance.

Standing in the middle of the street were two figures dressed in black tactical clothes. Cryslis would recognize them anywhere. Elsie leaned in to kiss Des on the lips. Behind them was Susan, dressed in clothes two sizes too big for her.

“What are they doing here?” Cooley said.

“Not sure,” Cryslis replied. “Let’s go ask them.”

Before they could, a taxi rounded the corner at high speeds and up to them. Then they were in the cab and out of sight.

“We could call them,” Cooley said.

“We are supposed to be on radio silence,” Cryslis said.

“We don’t?”

“I don’t think so. Let them make a mess of things, we should get out of here before we get spotted by anyone who shouldn’t see us.”

Cryslis walked away from the building up a side street. In the Green Sector, it was easy to get lost, every building looked the same.

“Up this alley,” Cooley said.

Cryslis followed Cooley up a small alley full of debris and garbage. Cooley turned around a corner, and in front of them lay unconscious bodies, hidden from the view from the street.

“Shit,” Cooley said.

“We need to move from here,” Cryslis said. “Before their friends find them and assume, we did this.”

Cryslis moved on, walking through the streets and alleys. She swayed as if she had been drinking.

Deeper in the alley, they passed a group of three homeless people, who all sat in the corner of the lane.

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