Brainrush 05 - Everlast 02: Ephemeral
“Skylar, Lacey, and Pete were stacked up behind him in the southwest stairwell.
A fading rumble of footsteps echoed from below. “Sounds like somebody’s leaving.”
“In a hurry,” Pete added.
Jake cracked the door to the twenty-fifth floor and glanced both ways.
“Clear.” He led with the shouldered weapon as he moved into the corridor. The vinyl flooring shimmered beneath the long hallway’s overhead lighting, and there was a clean smell to the space. Doors lined either side. Jake overlaid the scene ...onto the memory of what he and Pete had studied from across the street, locking onto the fourth door on the right. “Let’s go,” he whispered, his feet ghosting along the smooth surface, senses alert.
I’m coming for you, Francesca.
He raised his fist and crouched at the door. Lacey and Sky stopped behind him. Pete moved forward, staying low. Jake turned the door handle and cracked the door open. The space was dark and his brow furrowed in confusion. He’d expected a well-lit room with a wall of monitors.MoreLess
A fading rumble of footsteps echoed from below. “Sounds like somebody’s leaving.”
“In a hurry,” Pete added.
Jake cracked the door to the twenty-fifth floor and glanced both ways.
“Clear.” He led with the shouldered weapon as he moved into the corridor. The vinyl flooring shimmered beneath the long hallway’s overhead lighting, and there was a clean smell to the space. Doors lined either side. Jake overlaid the scene ...onto the memory of what he and Pete had studied from across the street, locking onto the fourth door on the right. “Let’s go,” he whispered, his feet ghosting along the smooth surface, senses alert.
I’m coming for you, Francesca.
He raised his fist and crouched at the door. Lacey and Sky stopped behind him. Pete moved forward, staying low. Jake turned the door handle and cracked the door open. The space was dark and his brow furrowed in confusion. He’d expected a well-lit room with a wall of monitors.MoreLess
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