Apocalypse Weird: Genesis (The White Dragon Book 1) by Stefan Bolz Read Free Book Online Page A

Kasey Byrne. I’m calling you from Officer Carpenter’s walkie-talkie. She has been shot. In the head. We were driving down… we were driving… when suddenly… Two men kidnapped my boyfriend. Jack. His name is Jack. There was a third man. They pulled Jack into a black SUV. The same SUV officer Carpenter called you on only a few minutes ago. My name is Kasey Byrne. I’m here. Awaiting instructions.”
    She let go of the button. No sound came out of the walkie-talkie. She pushed the button again.
    “Hello?” she said. “Ma’am? Are you there? Is anybody there? Hello?”
    The silence was loud as thunder.
    “Hello?”
    The darkness came over her in an instant. The only warning was a second of blurred vision and officer Carpenter’s white shirt changing to dark gray. Then there was blackness. Kasey’s eyes were open. She blinked several times, wiped her eyes with the palms of her hands.
    I’ve gone blind, she thought. I’ve gone blind.
    A wave of terror swept over her. Complete darkness was never her thing. She always had to have a light on at night, even if only a small one. The darkness she now experienced was utterly and terrifyingly complete. From behind her, she heard the screeching sound of metal against metal when a car came to a stop not far away. The motor was still running when a door opened. A woman’s scream reached her, then a crashing sound when she must have stumbled over one of the garbage cans.
    “I can’t see, I can’t see!” the woman screamed. “I can’t see!”
    Take control.
    Maybe it wasn’t her who thought it. She wasn’t sure. When she relaxed her eyes while they were open, she could see a glimmer. Lighter green shapes on a dark background. It reminded her of the night vision goggles she had tried out in the Army store where she got her backpack. This one was more focused though. The edges were blurry, a washed out green. But in the center, she could see the vague outline of her hands when she looked down and concentrated on relaxing her eyes.
    She saw the silhouette of the woman about fifteen feet away as she knelt on the ground holding her head.
    “Ma’am,” Kasey said.
    “Hello?” the woman responded. “Is there anybody there?”
    “Yes. My name is Kasey. I’m coming to you.”
    “I’m blind!” the woman cried out. “I can’t see anything.”
    “I know. Me too,” Kasey replied. “Keep talking so I know where you are.”
    Kasey had lost the green images again. They were substituted by complete blackness once more. I’m straining my eyes too much . She reached the woman.
    “I’m here,” she said. “Stretch out your hand.”
    Kasey could see the faint outline of the woman’s hand. She took it gently.
    “Come on, I’ll help you up,” she said. The woman stumbled to her feet and had to hold on to Kasey’s arm.
    “I can’t see anything!” the woman muttered in utter panic.
    “Shhh, it’ll be okay.” Kasey held her. She could smell the woman’s perfume and the abundance of hair products she used.
    “I just pulled out of my driveway back there and suddenly everything went black.”
    “Do you want me to help you walk back to your house?” Kasey asked. She couldn’t think of anything else to do. She didn’t really want to help the woman. She felt sorry for her for, sure, but what she really wanted to do was try to find the people who had taken Jack. The more time went by, the less chance she had to possibly catch up with them.
    “Would you do that?” the woman asked.
    “Sure. How do we know which one is yours?”
    “Pardon?” The woman’s voice was shaky and filled with fear.
    “How will we know which one is your house?”
    “I’ve got… I’ve got an iron fence in front.”
    “Okay. Do you have your house keys?”
    “Yes. No. They’re in my car.”
    “Okay. Let’s go get those first.”
    Kasey, holding the woman’s arm, navigated past the fallen garbage cans and toward the woman’s car. There were panicked screams coming from the