Only the hum of the light above her made any sound at all. The halls were pristine and clean, as if untouched by the hands of man. Carefully she walked down the halls, looking around every corner before moving on, straining her ears to listen for any on coming footsteps. She wondered if her hearing had been affected by the shift.
Monitor stations blinked in empty rooms, recording the day’s progress for further tests in the morning. She couldn’t help but feel watched. Security cameras blinked at her as she wondered by, she knew that the other team would have rerouted their surveillance before giving her the signal to move.
Still, looking up at her reflection she felt that should not be alone, that just behind her, just inches from the camera’s line of vision something was with her. She took a deep breath and moved on.
The lights flickered out.
She had expected this. She had expected something to go wrong. Still it was only the darkness, nothing to be afraid of. Light in hand she pushed forward, navigating the halls now with a renewed urgency.
She nodded to herself and stepped into the next hall, one careful step at a time, listening for any sound that might forewarn her of on coming trouble. Focus’ she reminded herself, she had to listen in more ways than one, her boss had said. This particular target would have a pull, it wouldn’t want to be sealed away, it would want to be freed. All she had to do was destroy it when she found it.
She wondered if the ease of this mission was a result of this so called god. For a moment she felt reassured. in that case she would be immune to anything until the child was located. Unless it could read her mind, in which case wouldn’t she have been destroyed by now.
Then out of no where a loud burst of doors being thrown off their hinges slamming against the nearby wall, echoing down the hall followed by a deep hungry roar. It’s sound echoed in her mind as well as in the halls, which frightened her even more.
She grabbed at her pistol hoping that she had enough sense to use it when she saw the monster. She ran, reading tags as she ran by, hoping that the glimpse would be enough to give her all the information that she needed. “This way,” the voice said.
She pushed through the twin doors, pushing harder then intended causing a burst of sound that she knew would alert the escaped thing in the hall. ‘Stay focused’ she told herself, ‘Its not much further’ or so she hoped.
Another set of doors burst open and she found herself in a control room. A semi circle of computers had been arranged, each monitoring a unique attribute of this area.
She stood transfixed by what she saw. She saw an empty room, similar to cell, with children’s drawing polluting the wall. In the darkness of the cell she couldn’t tell what the drawing was, but she knew this was the one she had come for.
She had ignored the monitor stations as she understood very little about the science involved and terms that they used. She paid attention to visual. The child’s door was open, the hall leading to her room was empty. Her heart raced, she was so close.
Then she felt a small tug on her pants. Startled she jumped and drew her weapon pointing it at the dark haired child. She gestured that she wanted up, carried, perhaps wanting a small bit of comfort and human affection. Over all she seemed oblivious to the weapon.
