The Glooming by John Triptych

Author:John Triptych [Triptych, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Amazon: B0191XR2NO
Publisher: J Triptych Publishing
Published: 2015-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

17. The Chosen People

Kansas

Steve Van Dyke parked his bright red Chevrolet SUV in front of the ministry building and got out. A fair-haired man in jeans and a checkered shirt walked down the steps and asked for his identification. Steve could see the man had an assault vest over his chest. It contained at least half a dozen spare magazines for the modified AR-15 semi-automatic rifle he had slung over his shoulder. Steve was pretty familiar with the weapon and it was obvious the other guy needed some more training on using it. Steve noticed he had the safety off. The civilian version of the US military’s M16 would probably go off and injure an innocent bystander, but since the barrel wasn’t pointing at him, and he had yet to speak to the pastor, then he felt it was better to let bygones be bygones, for now anyway.

The man gave him back his driver’s license. “Okay, the pastor has been waiting to meet you. It may take awhile though because he’s currently taping a broadcast. I’m Art, by the way, head of building security.”

“Nice to meet you,” Steve said as he looked up at the sky and adjusted the black Stetson on his head. “Can we go inside? I think it’s gonna rain again.”

“Oh, sorry,” Art said as he turned around and began to walk up the steps. “Follow me, I’ll take you through the administration block and over to the studios.”

After walking up the white steps, they went through a glass double door and entered the lobby. Steve noticed about a dozen armed guards with an assorted range of semi-automatic rifles. But without uniforms, they looked more like a ragtag posse than the supposedly well-trained defense force the pastor had promised him. Each one had a white armband that signified they were part of the Rock of God Church security. Although there was a metal detector situated near the entrance, Art just waived the both of them through by winking at one of the other guards, who was lounging around the folding tables and waved back while sipping on a mug of coffee. Very sloppy, Steve thought. They didn’t even search him, or pat him down, otherwise they might have found the Glock 26 that he was carrying in a concealable holster near the base of his spine.

As they walked past the main corridor leading to the auditorium, they immediately turned right and began moving into an enclosed glass walkway that served as a connection to the annex building. Steve noticed that there was a hive of activity along the offices located nearby. He could see from the glass windows a dozen huge eighteen-wheeler trucks at the back parking lot. The transports were being unloaded by volunteer staffers, while more armed sentries stood by as they rode on an escalator going up to the second level of the building.

Art slowed his pace so he ended up walking right beside him. “I heard you came up from Dallas. How are

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