Ten minutes to go.
Not long, just the rest of my life.
They've gone now. Well clear of the building by now I should think. Apart from me stumbling across them nobody knows what they were up to. They must think they're home free. Just imagine the look on their faces when we catch up with them.
And we will.
I only have to get out of this building, this room, this chair. These ropes.
Now, just need to remember what Macklin teaches us. Find the knot that was tied last. That's the place to start. Work it through. Gently, plenty of time.
Damn it come on fingers work!
Still plenty of time.
I only need a couple of minutes to get clear of the blast.
Well maybe five minutes given how badly my legs will work after being tied up for a couple of hours. Simple case of mind over matter.
No problem.
Shit, I nearly had it that time.
Might not be that big a blast. They didn't really look as if they knew what they were doing.
Bloody amateurs!
Couldn't always see what they were doing. Might be enough explosive to bring the whole office block down for all I know.
Don't think that way, it's just a small bomb, you can make it to another floor at least. Take cover somewhere.
Jesus, my head hurts. Getting hard to think straight.
Oh that's right Doyle, big C.I.5 man gives up because his head hurts! So they hit you a few times, occupational bloody hazard isn't it? Doesn't mean you roll over and give up.
There's a desk over there, you could still get behind that.
Bloody hell I wish that clock would stop ticking. Was that all they could find or did they find it funny to leave an alarm clock ticking away?
It's 11.59 and I want to stay alive!
Oh god, oh god, oh god.
Breathe Doyle, breathe you fool.
That's it, nice steady breaths.
It didn't go off. I can't believe it, it didn't go off.
Huhn, huhn, aaaaah... Ok. That's it! I'm free, I'm free.
Now run. Run!
© 2002 Sue Tier
11:59
Leaning in your corner like a candidate for wax
Sidewalk social scientist
Don't get no satisfaction from your cigarette
It's ten to ten
Time is running out
Lock up all your memories
Get outa here you know that we can run
Today can last another million years
Today could be the end of me
It's 11:59 and I want to stay alive
Pumping like a fugitive in cover from the night
Take it down the freeway like a bullet to the ocean
Wait until the morning take tomorrow by the hand
Take it down the highway like a rocket to the ocean
We can run
Today can last another million years
Today could be the end of me
It's 11:59 and I want to stay alive
Hanging on a frequency burning like a fire
Boy you've got the motion down
It's getting late I'm tired and I've lost control
Don't leave me here
Time is running out
Take me down the highway like a rocket to the ocean
We can run
Today can last another million years
Today could be the end of me
It's 11:59 and I want to stay alive
© Destri