Left Behind: Nicolae Chapter 5

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Left Behind: Nicolae Chapter 5


Buck wanted to jump or shout or run somewhere, but he didn’t know where to go. Knowing Chloe was alive was the best news he’d ever had, but now we wanted to act on it. He kept pushing the redial button and getting that busy signal.

Suddenly his phone rang.

“Chloe!”

“No, sorry, Cameron, it’s Verna again.”

“Verna, please! I’m trying to reach Chloe!”

“Calm down, big boy. She got through to the Weekly  again.” Now, listen up. Where are you now and where have you been?”

“I’m on Michigan Avenue near Water Tower Place, or what used to be Water Tower Place.”

“How did you get there?”

“Sheridan to Lake Shore Drive.”

“OK,” Verna said. “Chloe told somebody in our office that she is the other way on Lake Shore Drive.”

“The other way?”

“That’s all I know, Cameron. You’re going to need to look off the road, lakeside, the other way from where you might expect on Lake Shore Drive.”

Buck was already moving that way as he spoke. “I don’t see how she could’ve gotten on to lakeside if she was heading south on the Drive.”

“I don’t know either,” Verna said. “Maybe she was hoping to go around everything by heading that way, saw that she couldn’t, and popped a U-turn.”

“Tell anybody who hears from her that she should stay off the phone until I can connect. She’s gonna have to direct may write to her, if possible.”

Left Behind: Nicolae Chapter 5

Left Behind: Nicolae Chapter 5

The Search: Chs. 1 & 2: The Search Begins, Darrion

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The Search: Chs. 1 & 2: The Search Begins, Darrion – Ray begins reading the ninth book in the series of Left Behind – The Kids


It felt good to be on his bike again and heading home. Ryan wanted to tell Judd about his visit with Bruce he knew Judd would be ticked, but he didn’t care. Ryan would just laugh and take Phoenix for a run in the park.

As he rode toward a hill, he heard a plane overhead. It was flying low. Too low. Ryan looked up in time to see the underside of the fighter jet. The roar was deafening. Ryan was sure it was going to crash.

He glanced down just as his front tire hit the curb. Ryan struggled to stay up and swerved into the street. Just as he gained control, and earth–shattering explosion behind him through him to the pavement. His bike skittered ahead. He saw blood on his elbow and a huge hole in his jeans.

Tires screeched. A van was sliding toward him! He stared, frozen, is it demolished his bike and stopped within inches of his face.

He smelled gasoline. Fire crackled behind him. Screams filled the air. More planes flew overhead. Another explosion. Then another. The van backed up and try to get around him, but his bike was caught underneath. Ryan grabbed the front bumper and pulled himself up. The driver was looking back. The men on the passenger side was short with a round face and looked like he needed a shave. Ryan saw something move in the back of the van.

The driver turned and yelled. The other man banged on the window, and screamed “Get outta the way, kid!”

Ryan Randy check his bike. The crumpled handlebars were caught between the back wheel and the bumper. With the explosions and noise around him, his first thought was to run. Find shelter. Get to safety.

But something drew him back to the van. He peered through the tinted window. Nothing. He cupped his hand to block the light and was barely able to make out a kid with heavy gray tape over his mouth. Ryan tapped on the window, and the kid turned. Blindfolded!

The Search: Chs. 1 & 2: The Search Begins, Darrion

The Search: Chs. 1 & 2: The Search Begins, Darrion

Left Behind Book 3 Chapter 3 – Nicolae

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Left Behind Book 3 Chapter 3 – Nicolae


“Call it a hunch, Rayford, but I put something in here just for you.”

Rayford and Earl were finished in the cockpit. He trusted Earl. He knew that if Earl thought he could fly this thing, then he could. He still was going to insist on his and his temporary first officers taking off, staging, and landing before he risked flying anyone else. It wouldn’t have bothered Rayford to crash and kill himself along with the Antichrist, but he didn’t want to be responsible for innocent lives, particularly that of his own wife.

“So, what did you do for me, Earl?”

“Just look at this,” Earl said. He pointed to the button that allowed the captain to speak to the passengers.

“Captain’s intercom,” Rayford said. “So what?”

“Reach under your seat with your left hand and run your fingers along the side edge of the bottom of your chair,” Earl said.

“I feel a button.”

“I’m a step back into the cabin now,” Earl said. “You mash the normal intercom button and make an announcement. Wait for a count of three, and then push that button under your seat. Make sure your headphones are still on.”

Rayford waited until Halliday had left and latched the cockpit door. Rayford got on the intercom. “Hello, hello, hey Earl yada yada yada.” Rayford counted silently to himself, then pushed the button under his seat. He was amazed to hear through his earphones Earl Halliday speaking in just above a whisper. “Rayford, you can tell I’m speaking in lower than even conversational tones. If I did my job right, you can hear me plain as day from all over this plane. Every one of the speakers is also a transmitter and leads back to only your headphone jack. I wired it in such a way that it is undetectable, and displaying has been gone over by Global Community’ s best bug finders. If it’s ever detected, I’ll just tell them I thought that was what they wanted.”

Rayford came hustling out of the cockpit. “Earl, you’re a genius! I’m not sure what I’ll hear, but it has to be an advantage to know what’s going on out here.”

Left Behind Book 3 Chapter 3 – Nicolae

Left Behind Book 3 Chapter 3 – Nicolae

Nicolae Chapter 1, Book 3, of Left Behind

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Nicolae Chapter 1, Book 3, of Left Behind


It was the worst of times; it was the worst of times.

Rayford Steele’s knees ached as he sat behind the wheel of the rented Lincoln. He had dropped to the pavement at the crushing realization of his pastor’s death. The physical pain, though it would stay with him for days, would prove minor compared to the mental anguish of having yet again lost one of the dearest people in his life.

Rayford felt Amanda’s eyes on him. She laid one comforting hand on his thigh. In the back seat, his daughter, Chloe, and her husband, Buck, each had a hand on his shoulder.

What now? Rayford wondered. What do we do without Bruce? Where do we go?

The Emergency Broadcast System droned on with news of chaos, devastation, destruction, and cell phone failure throughout the world. Unable to speak over the lump in his throat, Rayford busied himself maneuvering his way through the incongruous traffic jams. Why were people out? What did they expect to see? Weren’t they afraid of more bombs, or fallout?

“I need to get to the Chicago bureau office,” Buck said.

“You can use the car after we get to the church,” Rayford managed. “I need to get the word out about Bruce.”

Global Community peacekeeping forces supervised local police and emergency relief personnel directing traffic and trying to get people to return to their homes. Rayford relied on his many years in the Chicago area to use the back roads and side streets to get around the major thoroughfares, which were hopelessly clogged.

Rayford wondered if he should have taken Buck up on his offer to drive. But Rayford had not wanted to appear weak. He shook his head. There’s no limit to the pilot’s ego! He felt as though he could curl into a ball and cry himself to sleep.

Nicolae Chapter 1, Book 3, of Left Behind

Nicolae Chapter 1, Book 3, of Left Behind