Wood's Revenge: A Mac Travis Adventure (Nautical Thriller Series Book 7) by Steven Becker

Author:Steven Becker [Becker, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The White Marlin Press
Published: 2017-02-27T06:00:00+00:00

Trufante woke in darkness, then remembered the room had no windows. He turned toward the only source of light, a thin band coming from under the door. He moved around, trying to stretch, and gaining his feet he used the wall to push himself up. Just as he rose, he slammed his head into the low ceiling and winced in pain. Ducking now, he went to the light, twice tripping on pipes before he reached it. With both hands he tried to turn the handle, but it was locked.

In the darkness it was impossible to see if there was another way out, and he started to worry. Sealed inside of a concrete building in the middle of the Everglades was not a good scenario. He went back to the door and froze when he heard something. There were voices outside, and he strained to hear what they were saying. It sounded like a large group, and out of desperation he started banging on the door. The voices were coming closer and he heard something on the other side.

“Do you think it’s a trap?” someone asked.

“You know that team plays dirty. Must be one of their guys trying to draw us into the open.”

Trufante tried to figure out what this army talk was all about, and then it dawned on him. “Hey, guys, it ain’t a trap. I’m stuck in here,” he yelled, banging on the door again. He could hear them talking quietly.

“I’m telling you right now, if this is a trap, the game’s over, and you’ll lose for cheating,” someone said.

“Right. No cheating. Really, I ain’t got no idea what y’all are up to, but this she-devil of a woman stuck me in here last night.”

He could hear activity outside the door, then he heard a crash and the door vibrated. It fell away from the rusted steel hinges and light entered the room. It took a minute for his eyes to adjust to the brightness, but when he did he saw a half dozen teenagers surrounding him, each with a weapon pointed at him. The first thing that came to mind were the gang shootings, but after a closer look the guns looked different, and he remembered the conversation.

“Y’all can put those down ’fore you hurt someone,” he said.

The leader stepped forward and holstered his pistol. Trufante’s eyes followed the weapon and he relaxed. In a small compartment to the side of the gun were several CO2 cartridges. He looked around at the other weapons and saw the standard paintball paraphernalia.

“What are you doing here?” the leader asked.

“Same could be asked about you boys,” he said, with an emphasis on boys.

“I asked you first,” he said, boldly.

“Hey, Max, forget this dude. Ethan’s team’s gonna get the drop on us,” one of the other guys said.

“Y’all need to post some guards. Tell you what,” he said, thinking how he could play this to his advantage. “I help you take down this Ethan cat, and y’all get me back to civilization.

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