Chapter Twenty-Six
Jay had barely made it to Track C with Damien when he noticed movement ahead, in infrared. It was just a sliver of color, obscured by something in the tunnel wall. He held his hand out behind him and a moment later Damien’s chest touched it. Damien stopped, clicked off Sophia’s torch—which was only shooting a tiny shaft of red light through his fingers—and waited.
Jay turned to Damien and spoke very softly. Softer than he himself could hear, but he knew Damien would.
‘One person ahead, fifty meters,’ Jay said.
Damien nodded in response. In infrared, his head was a swirl of red and orange inside a circle of green.
Jay watched the tunnel. Another figure appeared even farther ahead, around a slight bend in the track. There was a subway station a little way along.
Jay
