Shadow Tag by Khoury Raymond & Berry Steve

Author:Khoury, Raymond & Berry, Steve [Khoury, Raymond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-31T18:30:00+00:00

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Reilly and Malone were now in a locked, windowless room.

There were no light fittings inside, at least none that they could make out in the semi-darkness, but some faint light was coming in from under the door, enough to allow them to see what their surroundings were like. Not that there was much to see: bare walls, a couple of old mattresses on the floor, and the door. There was also a palpable dampness to the air which was consistent with them being in an underground basement.

Their hands were zip-locked behind their backs.

“Damn it,” Reilly hissed. “How could we let this happen?”

“I didn’t even see him make that call,” Malone said. “Did you?”

“No.”

Malone shook his head. “It’s very out of character for us both. We should have known he’d call for back-up.”

The room fell silent with frustration.

“We need to get out of here,” Malone finally said.

“Yeah, but how?”

Malone looked around the room. “There’s always a way, right?”

“Always.” Reilly was walking around the perimeter of the room, scrutinizing the walls. He did a second lap, then he stopped and tilted his head slightly, deep in thought. “I can’t see it yet.”

“There’s a way out, I can sense it,” Malone insisted. “It’s like … it’s at the tip of my consciousness. But I can’t put my finger on it.”

“Me too. It’s just … weird. It’s like I can’t fully engage my thinking on this.”

“Same here. It’s like something’s missing. Like I can’t focus.”

They stared at each other in the semi-darkness. “What do we do?”

“Keep thinking,” Reilly said. “And hope our usual inspiration kicks in soon.”

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