Page 59 of The Stone Survival
The doors were sliding ones. All closed.
Derek hurried to a switch on the wall and hit it to open all the doors simultaneously. “This must be on the generator with the lights.”
“We split up and cover more ground,” Orix said. “Curi, Levi, you’re with me. We’ll take the room on the left. Derek and Shar, you take the room straight on.”
“Cam and I will check the one on the right,” Serath said.
I followed Serath into what looked like a computer lab with banks of monitors.
“Check for any data sticks. Anything that might hold information,” Serath said.
But the desks were clear. Not even a scrap of paper to be found. I flipped a couple of the power buttons on a few of the monitors.
Nothing.
Serath opened and closed drawers, sighing in frustration. “Hopefully the others are having more luck. Let’s go.”
As we stepped into the main room, the lights went out completely, and a series of mechanical clicks sounded.
“Whoa!” someone cried out, but it sounded muffled.
“Serath!” I reached out for him in the darkness but caught only air.
“Cameron?”
“Here.” I stepped forward, hands out and grasping for contact.
“Cameron?” Serath sounded far away.
“Serath! Cameron!” Orix’s voice was muffled.
My fingers grazed something hard and warm. “Serath!” I fell against him, then froze because he felt all wrong. Too large. His skin too rough.
“Cameron!” Serath called from somewhere across the room.
Hot breath rushed over the top of my head. Oh…Oh god.
I made to pull away, but an arm clamped around my body, pinning me to a hard torso. “Hello, little mouse.”
The lights flicked on, revealing Romi’s graynite face contorted in a menacing snarl.
My scream shattered the silence.
This couldn’t be happening.
How were they here?
This was a trap.
The graynite that had once been Romi held me tight, my back now to his chest.
There were two more in the room with us—huge, menacing beasts.
Orix and the others were trapped in the side rooms, hammering on the doors in futility.
Yep, this was a trap.
But how?
