The Dead Horizon by Seth Rain

Author:Seth Rain [Rain, Seth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781916277519
Publisher: Human Fiction
Published: 2020-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Nine

There was a gunshot, then a second. The door swung open. Noah, holding two revolvers, checked both directions along the corridor. Finally, he peered inside the room at Scott. His expression darkened. Scott had not seen himself in a mirror for some time but could imagine what Noah saw. He knew he’d lost weight, that his hair and beard had grown.

‘We need to leave,’ Noah said.

‘What’s the date?’ Scott asked.

Noah tilted his head and in a low voice, said, ‘It’s time. Tomorrow.’

Scott stood and walked to the door.

‘I’m sorry,’ Noah said. ‘I couldn’t get close enough to get you out. I tried. Everyone has left now. There’s no one here.’

‘And you tried to warn me.’

‘You don’t listen,’ Noah said.

‘Do you know where Freya is?’ Scott asked.

Noah nodded and pointed along the corridor. ‘She’ll be in the one at the end.’

Scott walked into the corridor and stumbled, not used to walking. He bounced off the wall, heading in the direction Noah had pointed. ‘Freya!’ he shouted.

‘Keep it down,’ Noah said, following him. ‘They’re preparing for the Rapture but there are Watchers not too far away.’

Scott reached the end of the corridor and tried to open the door. It was locked. He stood back, glanced at Noah’s revolvers and nodded to the door handle.

Noah banged on the door with the side of his fist. ‘Stand back!’ he shouted. He aimed at the door and fired both revolvers at the lock. The door jolted and swung open.

Scott ran into the room. ‘Freya!’

His eyes darted from one scared face to another. There must have been a dozen women in the room, huddled in small groups, peering at him. They were young, wide-eyed, petrified.

He wanted to tell them he wasn’t there to hurt them, but the look in their eyes told him they wouldn’t believe him.

‘Scott?’ one woman said to him.

‘Freya?’ Scott stared. It was her, but not…

She stood and ran to him.

He held her and it all came back to him – the shape of her body, the smell of her hair, the sound of her voice.

‘What’s happening?’ Noah asked, edging into the room.

Freya collected herself, her eyes trained on Scott’s the whole time. ‘Women arrive here every other week. And then they get taken away, one at a time.’

‘What for?’ Scott asked.

Freya shook her head. ‘I don’t know,’ she said, lowering her voice. ‘Only some of them return. When they do, they tell me they were given a drug that made them forget – everything. They don’t know what happens to them.’

One young woman stood and reached for Freya’s hand.

Scott scanned the room again, examining each young woman’s face. ‘What’s Mathew doing to them?’

‘I don’t know, but we need to get you out of here,’ Noah said.

Freya looked around the room slowly.

‘Freya?’ Scott said, reaching for her face and stroking one finger down her cheek. ‘We need to leave.’

Freya stared into his eyes. ‘It is nearly time,’ she said.

Scott frowned. ‘That doesn’t matter. We have to leave.’

Freya shook her head slowly. ‘I’m sorry, my love.

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