The Detachable Boy (2008)
“I prayed that when I pressed the lever, the door would open.
And open it did.
There were no alarms or flashing lights, just a blast of warm air that tasted of diesel exhaust. The door opened inward with a squealing creak that echoed along the tunnel like a sound effect from our House of Horror. Giant hydraulic rams extended from the floor to the steel roof of the chamber. The roof could be raised and lowered.
There were two walls – one that housed the door and another opposite, both blackened b...y exhaust fumes. To the right and left, big echoey nothingness.
The door bonged shut behind me and the sound cannoned off into the darkness and made me squint.
I was in a huge tunnel. A tunnel big enough to drive a truck down.
I knew where I was. I was underneath the shed at the back of the Lost Head Diner, in the tunnel that ran in a circuit through the Hive’s loading bays. I was underneath the floor of the shed – the platform that raised and . . .
The chamber began to shake. I covered my ears and stopped breathing.MoreLess
And open it did.
There were no alarms or flashing lights, just a blast of warm air that tasted of diesel exhaust. The door opened inward with a squealing creak that echoed along the tunnel like a sound effect from our House of Horror. Giant hydraulic rams extended from the floor to the steel roof of the chamber. The roof could be raised and lowered.
There were two walls – one that housed the door and another opposite, both blackened b...y exhaust fumes. To the right and left, big echoey nothingness.
The door bonged shut behind me and the sound cannoned off into the darkness and made me squint.
I was in a huge tunnel. A tunnel big enough to drive a truck down.
I knew where I was. I was underneath the shed at the back of the Lost Head Diner, in the tunnel that ran in a circuit through the Hive’s loading bays. I was underneath the floor of the shed – the platform that raised and . . .
The chamber began to shake. I covered my ears and stopped breathing.MoreLess
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