PREY II End of Era
Chapter 2
The Phone went Dead
A motorbike hovered past and then stopped abruptly. The rider had a blacked out helmet and gave the appearance of Darth Vader. The rider took off his helmet and to her surprise it was her boyfriend, Ben, "Aren't you suppose to be studying?" she asked him. "Of course" he said cheerfully, but his face showed he was lying. "Here, catch!" he said as he tossed a helmet to Nicole. Ben was 22, younger than Tristan and better looking. He had short, spiky, brown hair and blue eyes and, now even in the rain, he was wearing a loose-fitting, Hawaiian shirt that was showing a navy surfer T-shirt. He could be such a show off at times especially when other women were around.
As Nicole got behind Ben, on the bike, she felt fear creeping through her, a premonition. The bike started its engine silent as it sped down the road. The radio buzzing in her ear telling her about some 6 teenagers getting kidnapped and then it went on about a bio-metric ID fraud. And that's when it happened. It all happened so quickly, Nicole now finds it hard to remember. The restraining straps tightened around them. Ben swore and that either meant something really good or extremely bad. "What the hell! The bike won't respon…" he wasn't able to finish the sentence as Nicole started screaming. He looked in front of him, coming straight at them was a huge hovercraft floating silently but quickly towards them. Thoughts were overcrowding Nicole's head, but then she remembered something Tristan told her. 'A tight body will sustain less injuries, in vehicle accidents, than a lose body!'
She braced herself and hugged Ben tightly. She felt the world spinning, the ground rushed up to meet her, she felt a warm, metallic liquid in her mouth. It was blood. She heard ambulance sirens in the distance, coming closer. Confusion and pain came over her; there haven't been ambulances for years. Blackness surrounded her eyes.
Nicole woke up in what seemed to be a heavily cushioned chair. A light stared at her and forced her to squint; she felt she was in an interrogation room. Nicole could make out three figures standing in the room, one standing in front of her, another was slouching against a wall and the last person was standing like a statue holding some sort of spike. The man in front of her was an army man, the camouflage suit and face paints made him look like he had come out of a videogame. His loud voice broke the silence, "Where are they?" Amnesia blanked her mind, "Where are they?" he repeated, getting angrier. Slowly she remembered the accident, the files! Of course he wanted the files! "Do you understand me?" he said spelling out each syllable as if she was retarded. The person who had been slouching came forward, he was wearing robes that hid his features, he reminded Nicole of the Grim Reaper, "I told you we were too early and she probably never got home. It has only been half an hour since I ph…I mean Spyrit phoned her!" the hooded man's voice was familiar. The army man's head snapped back at that remark, "I would have done it in 10 minutes, only you, Ghost, would have done better!" So, Nicole thought, the hooded man's name was Ghost, very fitting. 'Ghost' spoke again, "She is a civilian not a military type like you and I thought you would know that! You've now set us back a day, for what? Nothing!" the army man went beetroot and shouted so loud Nicole had to cover her ears. Briefly, she wondered how on earth her brother, Eric, could cope with being in the army, if they treated you like this.
"I bloody know she is civilian and you, of all people have set us back the furthest!" Ghost made no reply and seemed to float back a bit. The army man bent so close Nicole could see his badge 'Major Tom Ion' it read. "Do you know where the files are?" Major Ion was getting impatient. Nicole finally answered, "You didn't give me enough time!" Ghost couldn't keep pleasure out of his voice "Told you so!" Major Ion turned round, "Well since you were right you can go get the files!" Apparently, Major Ion got his revenge on Ghost. Nicole looked at her watch and saw it was 3:15, good; at least Amanda was starting Ju-Jitsu at school and wouldn't be home till four. Major Ion spoke to the person in the corner, a woman apparently named Captain Tyrh, to turn on the lights. Nicole saw that the Captain had curly, blonde hair and was wearing a tight fitting latex suit. The item she was holding was a syringe. Nicole was told to follow Captain Tyrh to the transport bay. Nicole thought to herself 'this is going to be a long day.'
END OF TRANSMISSION/CHAPTER 2