TIME-CHASE by Bobby Asghar : Chapter 1

BOBBY ASGHAR
would have missed it if she hadn’t been expecting it.
She initiated a programmed loop from the console and
the ball vanished from sight.
“Localised disruption effective,” she said.
She tapped the side of her mask and a small visor
slid up over her left eye. Tapping the bracelet at her
wrist, she brought the surveillance feed up on the visor,
and she secured the link via the console screen. Then
she locked the input terminal with an encrypted code.
“Mobile link secured,” she said, tapping the SCR
console screen clear.
She snatched the security pass from the dead
enforcer’s chest, glanced at it on her way to the door;
she didn’t recognise the name. She ran the pass over the
lock’s sensor, the door slid open, and she passed
through to the hallway. A black eyed giant was stood
waiting for her, clad likewise, his raised gun covering
the hallway to her right. Brown eyes was stood a
distance to her left, his focus on the passage beyond the
corner.
The woman turned about as the door slid shut. She
scrambled the lock with another card, then tested it
with the enforcer’s pass. Satisfied with the result, she
took a step back towards the giant, pulling a white plate
from her pouch.
“Set,” she said quietly, gripping the plate with both
hands.
Brown eyes turned to cover them and said, “Go.”
The giant holstered his gun. Then he wrapped his
meaty hands around the woman’s waist and lifted her
off the floor.
The woman pressed the plate to the ceiling.
“Secure,” she said.
The giant set her back down. Then they drew their
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