Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Betrayal by Eric Lustbader & Robert Ludlum

Author:Eric Lustbader & Robert Ludlum [Lustbader, Eric & Ludlum, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Terrorists, Intelligence officers, Bourne; Jason (Fictitious character), General, Suspense, Spy stories, Adventure stories, Thrillers, Fiction, Espionage
ISBN: 9780446580373
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 2007-06-05T05:00:00+00:00

Regaining her composure, she ceased to move. Her struggling had only served to work her body deeper into the slurry pit in the catacombs‟ floor. She was up to her crotch in muck, and the Ukrainian policeman was strutting toward her.

It was only when he neared her that she realized just how frightened he was.

Maybe he‟d lost a brother or a daughter to the catacombs, who knew? In any event, it was clear that he was all too aware of the multiple dangers that lurked in every corner of the tunnels. He saw her now where he‟d been imagining himself ever since he‟d been ordered inside.

“For the love of God, please help me!”

The policeman, as he approached the edge of the pit, played the beam of light over her. She had one arm in front of her, the other behind her back.

“Who are you? What are you doing here?”

“I‟m a tourist. I got lost down here.” She began to cry. “I‟m afraid. I‟m afraid I‟ll drown.”

“A tourist, no. I‟ve been told who you are.” He shook his head. “For you and your friend, it‟s too late. You‟re both in too deep.” He drew his gun, leveled it at her. “Anyway, you‟re both going to die tonight.”

“Don‟t be so sure,” Soraya said, shooting him through the heart with the ASP

pistol.

The policeman‟s eyes opened wide, and he fell backward as if he were a cardboard target on a firing range. He dropped the light, which rang onto the floor and immediately went out.

“Shit,” she said under her breath.

She stowed the ASP back in its shoulder holster. She‟d drawn it the moment she‟d regained her equilibrium, had been holding it behind her back as the policeman approached. Now her first order of business was to reach his feet.

She lowered her upper torso into the muck, trying to splay herself out horizontally. This maneuver also had the effect of moving her closer to her objective.

Float, she thought. Float, dammit!

She let her legs go slack, using the strength in her upper body only to inch forward, arms stretched out in front of her to their farthest extent. She could feel the muck sucking at her, reluctant to release her legs and hips. She fought down another wave of panic, set her mind firmly on moving one inch at a time. In the darkness, it was more difficult. Once or twice she thought she was already under, already dead.

Then her fingers encountered rubber: boot soles! Squirming another centimeter or two brought her enough purchase to grasp the policeman‟s boots.

She took a deep breath, hauled with all her might. She didn‟t move, but he did.

His feet and legs angled down into the pit. That was it, though; his huge body wouldn‟t budge another millimeter.

It was all she needed. Using his corpse as a makeshift ramp, she slowly but surely pulled herself hand-over-hand up his legs until she could grasp his wide belt with both her palms. In this way, she slowly pulled herself the rest of the way out of the slurry pit.

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