Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 75

We ambled five minutes before we ran into anyone. Luckily, it was no one who knew us. They didn’t even stop as we swayed with the two bottles in our hand. I stopped at the power room. It was out of our way but I wasn’t about to leave this place running after everything I had gone through. Leaning Hector up against the wall, I unlocked the door with the keycard. It was too easy. No one was monitoring the room and it was as easy as pulling levels well past the red marker. It was sophisticated but at the same time, simple. I wondered where we were that would build a power system this easy to fuck up.

Quickly, I closed the door and pulled Hector back over my shoulder and we ambled our way down the halls. Unfortunately, this route took us past the guard common room for the east side. Sure enough, three guards stood outside, chatting. They looked us up and down.

“What the hell…”

Flaring my nostrils, I pointed my pinky at them, while holding the beer bottle up. I did my utmost to slur my words.

“Did…you know…today is my fucking birthday?”

Two of the guards backed up, one putting his hands up.

“Is it now?”

I huffed. “It is! 213 fucking old.” I waved my bottle at them. “I get the day off…but…I got nowhere to go. No one to fuck. Do you…even know…how that feels?”

“Actually, I…”

“No! You don’t!” I roared over him. The two behind him giggled as they stepped out of the line a fire. Stepping up, Hector swayed and slammed into the wall but miraculously kept his beer from spilling. “This poor sap caught me crying and thought alcohol could cheer me up. Well, I’m not cheered up. He’s fucking piss drunk and I…I get to drag his ass outside for some air. But…two wrong turns! I need signs! Where are the fucking signs?!” I yelled at him.

At this point, the two guards that stepped back were unable to hold in their laughter. I grabbed Hector and adjusted him. “Air. I want fucking air not this recycled bullshit that smells like farts because you all think it’s all a fucking joke to rip ass in front of the..the…air suckers!”

Third struggled hard to keep a straight face. “Yes ma’am.”

Harrumphing, we ambled past them and I stumbled for effect before slamming my keycard against the exit door. Kicking it open with my foot, I felt the sun on my face and breathed in the air. It had been the first time in years I felt the sun.

We continued to amble past the building but once we reached the fence, the acting was over. Tossing our beers to the ground, I took out the little laser and cut out of the fence. Taking Hector’s hand, I pulled him through and started to run. There was a hill that flattened out into some trees but it was at least a mile. As we hit the tree line, Hector started to pull out of his stupor. What I would have given to stick around and watch the place explode but I wasn’t willing to give our lives for it. Racing through the trees, I tried listening for anything close by.

“Auri, what the hell…” He didn’t sound high, just very confused.

“Not now. Run. I think there should be a road north of us.”

Neither of us spoke as we ran. I didn’t think it would be better for us if we shifted. We would be out of closes and I had no idea where we were. Hearing a car, I adjusted our path and we raced up a steep incline and climbed into a paved road. Pulling off my coat and hat, I tossed the two pieces, making sure I had all the pockets emptied. I also tucked my shirt back into the pants. Everything was loose on me but we didn’t even have shoes. Hector tossed his hat but there wasn’t much else to his outfit. There were no road signs and without a phone, I had no information to go on.

“Let’s keep walking, see if we can’t hitch a ride if a car comes by.”

“How the hell did you just get us out?”

I smiled. “Some help and drunk ambling. Come on, we are still too close. If they catch us again…” My thoughts went back to what the lab coat said. “…it’s going to be over for us.”

Hector reached out and took my hand. He didn’t ask anything else and we walked hand in hand down the road. The sun was going down as a shock wave and the sound of an explosion rocked through the area. Hector flinched and turned back to where we had walked from.

“The hell…”

“One of many. I’m going to destroy everything that fucking vampire has and then I’m going to kill him.” I growled.

Hector reached out for my hand but this time he pulled me to look at him. “That was you?”

I nodded.

“Fuck.”

We continued walking but I stopped when I heard a vehicle driving down the road. Waving my hands, it was an old beat-up truck and an older man was driving. It was a little two seater cab with a short bed in the back. It wasn’t full but it had some cates piled up.

He pulled up beside us, taking in our attire before speaking. I nearly sighed in relief when he spoke Chinese, Mandarin specifically. My Mandarin was much better than my Cantonese, that was for sure. As politely as I could, I asked where he was headed and he replied into Beijing. Taking a deep breath, I asked if we could take a ride in his truck bed. That I didn’t have any cash on me but I could get some at an ATM. He waved me off and motioned to the back. Giving a quick bow and thanking him, I pulled Hector and jumped into the bed of the truck.

It was a minute but he pulled out back on the road and I looked up to see the plume of smoke billowing into the air from the explosion. I pulled out the laser and tried cutting the silver off my arms. The first two I was successful but not without burning myself. The ankle ones went much smoother. Every time one broke, I tossed it out of the bed of the truck into the side of the road. Leaning over, I did the same to Hector without burning him once. He rubbed his wrists for a moment.

Taking a deep breath, I stemmed the flow of my power since now I wasn’t pushing against the silver. I did close my eyes as I tried to reach out and mind link with Hector.

'Can you…'