Sam Reilly 05 The Cassidy Project by Christopher Cartwright

Sam Reilly 05 The Cassidy Project by Christopher Cartwright

Author:Christopher Cartwright
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Ashton Publishing Group
Published: 2016-10-22T23:00:00+00:00


Chapter Thirty-Six

Tom rapidly performed a reconnaissance of the now well-lit engine room. Veyron, behind him, covered him with his weapon as Tom searched the rest of the room. Tom moved around the room in a counterclockwise direction. Clearing each section and confirming no one was hiding before moving on. Two locked doors were found at opposite ends of the room. Per the schematics, each one led to the level above.

He turned to Veyron. “All right, the engine room’s clear – let’s get the hell out of here.”

“Okay. You want to go stairs or elevator?”

“Stairs. Easier to secure.”

Tom scanned the room and then approached the door at the end of the room. His eyes stopped at the elevator door, which after remaining open for the past ten minutes, suddenly closed. “Shit, the elevator.”

He ran towards it. Pressed the open door button and then watched as the elevator ascended without them. He banged on the up button, and watched as the elevator numbers glowed until it stopped at the second level.

Tom hit the up button again.

Instead of descending, the numbered lights continued to raise until it stopped. The number six remained glowing.

“Shit!” Tom swore. He hit the transmitter on his portable radio. “Elise, you’ve got company!”

“I’m on it!” Elise replied. Her voice calm and confident.

Veyron swiped his card on the elevator door and pressed the up button again. The light flashed red: Access Denied. “What the hell? I thought Elise said she gave us access to every door on the ship.”

Tom stared at the elevator numbers. Six was still glowing which meant the elevator hadn’t moved from the level Elise was guarding. “I don’t know what to say, but Elise is in trouble.”

Veyron depressed his radio transmitter. “Elise, what have you got?”

“Nothing,” she replied. “I tracked the elevator from the second basement level up to the sixth passenger level. It’s stopped but the doors have remained shut.”

“Don’t let whoever the hell is on the other side of that door out!” Tom said. “We’re coming back up to help.”

“I have the M2 heavy machine gun fixed on the door,” Elise said loudly enough for Tom and whoever was inside the elevator to hear. “If anyone tries to come out those doors they’re going to be made into pureed flesh pretty quick.”

“That-a-girl!” Veyron knocked Tom on his shoulder. “Let’s find our own way out of this mess. Elise can look after herself.”

“Elevator door’s opening!” Elise yelled. “I have an M2 heavy machine gun pointed at you. Get your hands up, now!”

Tom pressed the up button again.

“What the fuck?” Elise swore.

The sound of machine gun fire echoed down the elevator shaft. Three bursts and about fifty rounds fired. Tom felt the vibrations of metal piercing metal in the door below where his hand rested.

“What just happened?” Tom asked Elise in a panic.

He never heard her reply. Instead a large explosion rocked the elevator shaft, echoing throughout the engine room.

Veyron listened intently and then grabbed Tom. “Get away from the door – Now!”

A moment later, the door smashed open as the elevator came crashing through the floor.



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