morning and the air was chilly. Birds were just starting

is hands together. He was wearing a heavy woolen

ell again and sur

ete with a white-washed fence and a neatly

ot no reply he switched tactics

e heck w

anna break my door” F

ins

d and Luke pok

you’re he

d twenty minutes ago and now I’m here you keep me waiting

e I was having my morning routine” Luke waved at h

d to be out of the morning cold“You make yourself comfo

y huge and had a splash of red to it. Paintings littered the walls of

and on top of the table stood three of the

h Luke was really

he paintings on the w

lost interest immediately. He wasn’t

he den stood on the east side. On the mantlepiece

nd inspected the picture. It was of

quite some time,” Luke said

e up with you,” Frank sai

yes. She’s pr

e is” frank gr

ow,” Luke said dejection

from the fireplace and settling on one of the sofas. “Uh-huh,” Lu

fa with frank and pou

ason why I cal

son? The

to frank who accepte

life,” Lu

nked together. He took a sip of h

drink in one g

you might sound absurd

face carrying a

like where th

is it,

u I was investigati

ard to

t have found out wher

ad and poured hims

s have to do

an, someone that can have my back

ded no wingman. Luke wan

ht to the p

sing his hands up in surrender. “I wa

e fuck did Luke take h

e broke up with you doesn’t mean tha

ank, the whole thing

uke, you are a

s hands and pu

ciety that made me and my wife to break up but it’s there, I know it

look on Luke’s face was good enough to actua

out if it was true. Besides he wasn’t doing anything today, it

me partner”

venture wou

I’m in” F

lot to me then you would know”

prove you wron

the end of today partner” Luke

ady to buy into

o see my paintings,” Luke sa

ho had painted those abstracts on the wall

d a smile o

ay” he said

onna love them”

be some of the most excru

************

Luke said switching off

ngs, they had left the house to where Luke had s

the building ahead he wasn’t so su

that since after the war. Not much construction or renovation had taken pl

ed“I believe this is where the society bases

said at Luke disbelievingly putt

t I’ve not really g

hy” Fran

ogether and stared guil

ith dark, crumbli

d incredulo

got to be

rious p

head and saw beads of per

,” he said getti

nk” Luke

ned to lo

you, pa

ded to the building. From what he could

side. The door of the warehouse was wide open and the h

either. Frank took out his torchlight and swung the beam around. Aside from a few planks of wood t

round and almost went back outsid

ed a black circular shape on the wall and he kne

ctional or not.He noticed one more thing the wall

other walls in the warehouse all looked old with cracks running through them

He pulled it and heard a clicking and whirring sound behind him. He trace

uld easily move them. He quickly began shif

approach with caution. He grabbed the meta

d him a tunnel-like passage

ang.“You seen anythi

door now and it looks lik

ore i

m o

ution. We don’t know wh

men in bikini

Frank” Lu

Frank said cut

o the tunnel-like entrance wasn’t

melled surprisingly clean. No w

off his flashlight not wanting to attract attention to

nk spotted a light in the distance but it was fleet

. He was acut

e ground.As he was trying to make out what had hit him

t” a feminine voice said softlyFran

ce said to someone who reached in

and don’t do anything fu

in the air. A sack bag was suddenly thrown o

in, clicking noise and he was a

him to see m

ed roughly by t