Revolution (Replica) by Jenna Black

Author:Jenna Black [Black, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781466804913
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2014-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“What the fuck was that?” Bishop asked eloquently as he brushed dust and pebbles out of his mohawk.

There was another boom before anyone had a chance to answer, and Nadia’s heart sank to the bottom of her stomach. They were too late. Dorothy had ordered the tanks to fire.

They all stood in stunned, horrified silence as the explosions continued, the platform shaking under their feet as more debris pattered down. The shaking was bad enough to knock something over with a loud crash, though in the darkness Nadia didn’t know what it was. It was possible the station would collapse on top of them, and she tried not to think about being buried alive down here.

“Those explosions are too big to be just the tanks,” Dante said, then yelped when a chunk of concrete from the ceiling hit him in the head.

“Dante!” Nadia cried, springing toward him, almost singeing him with the candle she still carried.

“I’m all right,” he assured her, though there was blood running down the side of his face. “Let’s get back in the tunnel where there’s less open space.”

Nadia wasn’t sure the tunnel would be any more secure than the station, but at least any debris from the ceiling wouldn’t have as far to fall and might not hit as hard.

They scrambled toward the tracks and down. A louder, closer explosion echoed through the station just as Nadia’s feet hit the tracks, the shaking so strong she lost her footing and went down with a thud.

“Those are bombs!” Dante shouted as he grabbed her arm and hauled her to her feet. His face was white, making the blood that streaked the side of it more stark.

Agnes screamed as one of the support pillars on the platform cracked. It didn’t fall, but it wouldn’t hold for long.

“Take cover!” Dante yelled, and they all sprinted for the nearest tunnel, which at that point was the one they’d come in from.

The booming and shaking made the footing even more treacherous than it had been before, and the sprint quickly turned to a staggering, lurching run. Nadia dropped her candle, the flame immediately snuffing out when it hit the ground. Luckily, the flashlights were enough to light the way as chunks of cement and tile dropped from the ceiling and crashed on the platform, filling the air with choking dust and flying debris.

Something caught the side of Nadia’s face, leaving a stinging streak across her cheek, but she wasn’t about to slow down and assess the damage.

Nate and Bishop were the first ones to reach the edge of the tunnel, though Nadia could barely see them through the cloud of dust. They both stopped just a few yards in, turning to urge the others to move faster.

Nadia was running as fast as she could, but she was hardly a world-class sprinter. Dante had hold of her hand and was practically dragging her forward.

“Let go and run!” she screamed at him, knowing she was slowing him down. But of course he wouldn’t do it.

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