Lee Edgar - Andromeda 06 by Marineris

Author:Marineris [Marineris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-03T21:31:35+00:00

TWENTY

She woke at daybreak and rose with grim determination. After exercise and shower, she dressed in lightweight kit and strapped on oxygen. Before venturing outside, she ran through the computer’s memory to see if there had been movement at Cydonia but it had recognised none, either in the visual spectrum or by infra-red.

Carefully, she opened a metal canister and filled her rucksack with packs of a plasticised material along with detonators. Someone was going to pay and pay big. In full combat gear, she abseiled down to the canyon bottom, the automatic in her pocket.

Two hours later, she was outside the doorway, gun in hand. Before entering, she clipped the miniature headphones over her ears and switched on her portable CD player, turning the volume up to full. Crouched low, she ran up the passage and into the corridor with rock music hammering in her ears. No-one was going to infiltrate her mind again.

The corridor at the end was wide and empty, as before, and she went along it more sedately, checking every alcove and room. Eventually, she located the room where Mike had discovered her. Slowly and carefully, she went to the window and looked into the hole. Much to her surprise, the hole was empty. There was just the criss-cross grid above and traces of rope attached. All the bodies were missing.

For a long time, she stared into the void, wondering what had happened and why. Eventually, she continued her search to the sound of Led Zeppelin’s cult classic “Stairway to Heaven”.

There were dozens of similar rooms off the corridor but each was as empty as the first. Eventually, she was back at the entrance passage without locating a soul (if that was the right word). So she went back to her “own room” and stared out into the hole as “Stairway” climaxed.

The silence was stark as she leant out over the edge and examined the walls around. Then she saw it. There was another aperture above hers. This indicated a floor above. But how could she get up there?

She went round again, this time looking upwards more but again, no sign of anything in the light of her torch. Going back to the entrance, she unpacked her rucksack. ‘I’ll light this bloody place up.’

Carefully, she placed the packs of high explosive around the corridor and primed the fuses. She knew that what she had was insufficient to destroy an edifice of such a size. That would take something thermonuclear which she did not possess. But she was going to give someone (or several someones) a serious headache.

Before leaving, she checked the setup and switched on the remote control unit. Picking up her pack, she headed for the door.

‘What are you doing?’ came the voice and it took her several seconds to realise that it had come into her mind, not her ears.

She turned, remote control in hand, her thumb on the button. There was no-one in sight. ‘I am about to blow you to hell.’

‘Stop!’ came the reply which made her slightly dizzy.

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