Bad Jack ((Ascension: Book 1)) by Adam Moon Read Free Book Online Page A

conjure these objects out of thin air.
    Maybe they came from another dimension similar to this one but just a little off.
    Maybe they used to be ordinary objects but for whatever reason they’d been exposed to some type of exotic radiation by overzealous physicists.
    He took some comfort in the knowledge that his questions might just be answered at two o’clock by Doctor Collins.
    Just as he thought this, the Doctor came into the office and said, “I hope you didn’t forget our little meeting today.”
    Jack looked at the clock on his monitor; it read that it was already two. He pressed enter even though he was only half way finished with the symbolism of cheese graters.
    Billy stepped around the Doctor, grabbed the glass case and said, “I’ll be back in a minute.”
    The Doctor said firmly, “Officer, your presence is not required. You don’t have the necessary clearance where we’re going.”
    Billy looked thunderstruck and it made Jack smile. He must have thought he could ride his coattails all the way to a promotion. Jack mused, well dickhead, I might have asked the Doctor to reconsider except that you pointed a fucking gun at me yesterday.

Chapter 14: Going into the Bowels
     
    Jack followed the shrunken , fat old man down one corridor after another.
    The Doctor tried to make small talk asking how he liked it so far and whatnot but Jack kept his answers short because his mind was elsewhere.
    They arrived at an elevator Jack hadn’t seen before and the Doctor needed to put a key in to get the doors to open. The doors were thick enough to be military style blast doors as they slowly opened. The Doctor had to use his key again once inside. As soon as he turned it the elevator lurched downwards. The ride only took a few seconds but by now they were easily four stories underground.
    There were no guards waiting for them and the Doctor answered Jack before the question could leave his lips, “Very few people have access this deep. You are now one of less than a dozen people who have ever been down here.”
    Jack wanted to act amazed or bug his eyes out or something to prove he appreciated the gravity of what the Doctor was doing for him but he couldn’t force it because he was pissed to see corridors snake out before him. He wasn’t unfit or lazy but enough was enough with this shit. Maybe he could ask for a bike or something just to get around.
    He followed the Doctor. The corridors down here were dirtier and not as well lit. He guessed that of the dozen people allowed down here, a janitor was not among them.
    His ears pricked as he started to hear faint, ghostly noises up ahead but the Doctor kept moving toward them so he had to too. The Doctor was amazed by him but that amazement would evaporate in an instant if Jack cowered behind because he thought he’d heard a ghost.
    The y came to a final doorway that had one security officer in front of it armed to the teeth. Judging by the figure, the guard was female and a badass female she was. Jack saw fucking grenades hanging from her belt. She held an assault rifle in her arms and had two pistols holstered to each thigh.
    She lifted the visor on her spaceman style helmet when she saw the Doctor approach. “Show it Doc” she said as she smiled warmly at the old man.
    The Doctor handed her his weathered ID and she scrutinized it as though for the first time. She ran her scanner over it and handed it back.
    The smile vanished from her face as she said to Jack, “Sir I need you to hand me your ID card.”
    She spent twice as long on his and when she gave it back Jack was a little surprised when she smiled at him too.
    “Welcome to the pit fellas.”
    She held some fingers up to the security camera above the door and only then did Jack notice that there was a kind of gun affixed to the camera, like a wall turret or something.
    The door behind her opened and once inside the boxy room they were subjected to clean room fans and UV.
    Jack wished the guard would