Read Online Out Of Time (Book 0): Super Unknown by Donna Marie Oldfield - Free Book Online Page A

all quickly dashed off
down the corridor. “Very good indeed.”
    Neelam
smiled bashfully. “Thanks, Scarlett.”
     
    The
nine heroes raced around the maze of corridors on the ground floor for the next
20 minutes in a bid to find Ethan or a door to the outside world, but they
didn’t have any luck locating either.
    “This
is useless,” Dylan complained. “We’re no closer to escaping and, to be honest,
I think we’re lucky that we haven’t bumped into any of Goulden’s men yet.” He
looked around furtively. As they stalked the halls, he didn’t let his guard
down for a second – he was permanently on the lookout for signs of danger and
attackers.
    Suddenly,
he heard a whirring noise. “Look,” he said, pointing at a CCTV camera above
their heads. “Do you think we’re being watched?”
    Lucy
looked up and fired a lightning bolt at it, causing it to explode and break
into hundreds of little pieces. “Not anymore.”
    “Hey,
do you think you could take out all the electrics?” Dylan said. He pointed at a
fuse box he had just spotted on the wall. “I have an idea…”
    Lucy
strolled over to it and gave it the once over.
    “I
can try.” She shot a lightning blast at the box, which caused it to explode
with a dozen fizzles and bangs. Suddenly, the lights went out and plunged them
into darkness.
    “Nice
move,” Jay said sarcastically.
    Then
the emergency lights flickered on, illuminating the halls just enough to show
them the way.
    “Look,”
Dylan said. “We can still see, but we’re slightly hidden by the darkened
conditions and hopefully any electric doors will now be unlocked.”
    “Good
idea,” Neelam said.
    “What
about the normal doors?” Jay asked.
    “We’ll
still need keys or some kind of super-powered plan for those.”
    “Thought
so.” Jay didn’t sound too impressed.
    The
group tiptoed down the corridor for another minute, still looking for an escape
route at every turn, then Neelam yelped. “Ethan!” she said. “He’s in that room
there.”
    Dylan
ran to where she was pointing and tried the door. “Locked,” he said with
dismay.
    Jay
rolled his eyes. “There’s a shock. Think you can freeze it?”
    “Maybe.”
    “Let
me try,” Scarlett said, pushing them out of the way. She leaned over and stared
at the door.
    “What
are you doing?” Dylan asked.
    “Seeing
if I can telekinetically move the barrel thingy inside the lock to open it.”
She waved her hand to the left and the door made a clicking sound, then she
tried the handle. It opened.
    “Good
girl!” Jay said. “Now that is some smart thinking right there.”
    He
and Scarlett popped their heads around the door and saw that Ethan was sitting
on a bed at the far side of the grey, stone room, He looked up and stared at
them in disbelief.
    “Come
on,” Jay said. “We’re here to rescue you.”
    Ethan
jumped up. He looked shocked and elated. “Goulden’s not with you?”
    “Nope.”
    “Excellent.”
    “Right,
that’s all 10 of us accounted for,” Dylan said. He was keen to hurry things
along. “Let’s get out of here.”
    The
group quickly continued on their way and Scarlett kept spinning her head around
as they walked. “Why are there no doors to the outside world?” she said. “You’d
think there’d be a fire exit or something.” She shook her head in frustration.
    “Look,”
Lucy said, pointing at a green sign that said ‘Exit’. “Shouldn’t that lead to
one?”
    “Yes!
Great spot, Lucy. Let’s follow it.”
    They
ran just 30 seconds further down the hall before they came to the fire door,
which they all stood staring at apprehensively, unsure what to do next.
    “Won’t
an alarm go off if we open it?” Neelam asked.
    “Shouldn’t
do,” Dylan said. “Lucy scrambled the electrics, remember.”
    Jay
tried to open the door by pushing the lever down. “It’s jammed. Damnit!”
    Just
as the whole group was looking dejected, Ethan stepped forward. “I can help!
I’ll use my bombs. I