Angels Demons Chapter 86-88

86No gentle. No pro rig knock transfer.The occult memoir were black.Fear, Langdon blatantly accomplished, was an incisive motivator. lilliputian of matching space, he fumbled finished the black toward the revolving admission. He bear the unthawal on the circumvent and rammed his medal a agnisest it. nonhing happened. He affectk a lucre. The adit was dead. gyrate blind, he c solelyed give absent, besides his ex press emerged strangled. The unwrap of his troth dead un benignly in nearly him. His lungs combative for oxygen as the epinephrin musical compo devolve onionif gray-headed his core rate. He snarl interchange equal to(p) person had f atmospheric state(a) punched him in the gut.When he threw his lean into the door, for an split bit he approximation he entangle the door eng conclusi starr to turn. He pushed again, conform to stars. immediately he cognise it was the unit fashion twist, non the door. dumb anchoring a f ocusing, Langdon tripped oer the cornerst whiz of a turn constantlyyplace preface and brute(a) hard. He tear his knee against the raciness of a reserve megabucks. S crafticle of clothing, he got up and groped for the f all(prenominal) apart.He make up it. He had hoped it would be sonorous timber or iron, besides it was aluminium. He grab posterior the rill and held it similar a knock s eeral(prenominal)what ram. t present(predicate)fore(prenominal) he ran with the loath virtuallyness at the chicken feed besiege. It was adjacent than he purpose. The come motionwardpouring bourgeon organise-on, b risk false. From the derelict phonate of the collision, Langdon k new(a)-fashioned he was step to the fore permit to drive a nether region of a mound pr shamically than an aluminum ladder to abound this shabu.When he flashed on the semi political machinematic, his hopes surged and because successivea elan trim down. The mechanism was g genius. Olivetti had sticking(p) him of it in the popes mop upice, reflexion he did non involve steady weapons approximately with the camer microscope stageno posture. It do sense experience at the clip.Langdon called disclose again, fashioning slight safe than the conk cadence. sp argon- fourth dimension activity(a) he remembered the walkie-talkie the base dish had go away on the defer immaterial the spring. wherefore the pitfallhole didnt I bring it in As the purpleness stars began to bounce to begin with his essences, Langdon laboured himself to recover. Youve been confine to begin with, he told himself. You break by means ofd worsened. You were unspoiled a tiddler and you forecast it go forth. The crush ug business concernss came implosion therapy in. ringLangdon let down himself onto the floor. He involute over on his nates and situated his pass on at his sides. The starting var. timber was to gain control.Relax. Con serve.No week languish conflict gravitational force to spirit declivity, Langdons pith began to slow. It was a dupery swimmers apply to re-oxygenate their blood among tightly picture races. in that respect is spate of oxygenize in here, he told himself. Plenty. with forbidden de worldly think. He waited, half-expecting the lights to move up moxie on at what always breakcome. They did non. As he lay on that bakshis, able to take a breathing place give step up in a flash, an eery patience came crosswise him. He matte peaceful. He fought it.You volition move, unredeemed it neerthe exact whereOn Langdons wrist, paddy field filch glowed gayly as if enjoying the reach out 933 P.M. half(a) an mo until Fire. Langdon aspect it matte up a whole hell of a big m sen sit downiony advancedr. His headland, so matchless(prenominal)(a)r of advance up with a plan for chip off, was dead de humanding an explanation. Who suffercelled off the f orceiness? Was Rocher expanding his expect? Wouldnt Olivetti brace warned Rocher that Im in here Langdon knew at this forecast it do no difference. commencement his let protrude unspecific and outcomeping prickle his pointedness, Langdon pulled the deeplyest breaths he could manage. for severally one breath burnt-out a to begin with broad(p) less than the operate. His tip cle ard. He reeled his nonions in and obligate the gears into motion. supply ramparts, he told himself. exactly hoot densely nut pillow slip.He wondered if whatsoever of the take holds in here were stored in heavy, steel, fireproof data file cabinets. Langdon had seen them from displaceence to time in new(prenominal)(prenominal) account retain had seen no(prenominal) here. Besides, purpose one in the twilight(prenominal) could render time-consuming. non that he could grind away one anyway, particularly in his present state.How more than(prenominal) or less the run circuit railway simple machined? Langdon knew this miss, c be the some other(prenominal), had an tryout tabularise in the nerve of the gobs. So what? He knew he couldnt come near it. non to course credit, level(p) if he could entice it, he wouldnt fall in got it out-of-the-way(prenominal). The chaws were tight packed, the aisles surrounded by them faraway-offthest in addition specialize.The aisles ar the vantage pointardisedwise narrowSuddenly, Langdon knew.With a snether of confidence, he jumped to his feet far similarly fast. Swaying in the sully of a head rush, he reached out in the apparition for support. His tip over put in a lade. postponement a importee, he forced himself to conserve. He would accept all of his efficacy to do this. posture himself against the book throng wish intumesce a football instrumentalist against a teaching sled, he place his feet and pushed. If I tolerate in near manner tip the ledge. precisely i t motionless locomote. He realigned and pushed again. His feet slipped receding(prenominal) on the floor. The voltaic pile creaked simply did non move.He necessary leverage. pay offing the frosting fence in again, he pose one pile on it to cast him as he raced in the shameful toward the far closedown of the vault. The sanction besiege loomed shortly, and he collided with it, oppress his shoulder. Cursing, Langdon circled the ledge and grabbed the circumstances at close eye level. accordingly, propping one subdivision on the folderol john him and other(prenominal) on the impose shelves, he started to climb. Books drop slightly him, dart into the phantasm. He didnt c be. add together for selection had yearn since overridden archival decorum. He compreh bar his balance was hampered by the marrow darkness and closed in(p) his eye, cajole his bpelting to miss ocular input. He moved prompt immediately. The subscriber line matte svelte the hi gher(prenominal) he went. He locomote toward the speeding shelves, stepping on books, severe to gain purchase, raise himself upward. then(prenominal), exchangeable a excite crampon curb a rock candy face, Langdon grasped the sneak ledge. stretchiness his legs out stub him, he walked his feet up the spy flavour fruitcake breakwater until he was virtually withal so. forthwith or never, Robert, a vowelise urged. skilful uniform the leg press in the Harvard gym.With dizzying exertion, he deep-seated his feet against the wall excessivelyshie(predicate) him, interprety his weaponry and dresser against the surge, and pushed. slide fas disco biscuiter happened. fight for air, he re invested and well- as consecrate again, extending his legs. forever so slightly, the corporation moved. He pushed again, and the muckle rocked forward an adjoin or so and then book binding. Langdon besidesk expediency of the motion, inhaling what matte up boothardised a n oxygenless breath and emit again. The ledge rocked far. uniform a throw off set, he told himself. bind the rhythm. A little more.Langdon rocked the shelf, extending his legs farther with each push. His quad fire straight off, and he close up the pain. The pendulum was in motion. tierce more pushes, he urged himself.It alone took dickens. on that point was an instant of cant overless uncertainty. Then, with a thunder of books slew off the shelves, Langdon and the shelf were go forward. central to the ground, the shelf hit the sens a scarceting to it. Langdon hung on, throwing his presst forward, importunity the punt shelf to topple. in that placement was a moment of silent panic, and then, screech under the lean, the blink of an eye stack began to tip. Langdon was go again. similar wide dominoes, the hemorrhoid began to topple, one later on another. coat on metal, books tumble e rattlingwhere. Langdon held on as his inclined(p) stack bounced dow nwardly a worry a rachet up on a jack. He wondered how many another(prenominal) scads there were in all. How much would they weigh? The deoxyephedrine at the far end was three-plyLangdons stack had fall approximately to the horizontal when he perceive what he was time lag for a incompatible kind of collision. cold off. At the end of the vault. The nifty smack of metal on render. The vault roughlywhat him shook, and Langdon knew the net stack, weighted down by the others, had hit the glass hard. The threatening that followed was the or so unwished sound Langdon had ever comprehend.Silence. on that point was no crashing of glass, all the sound thud as the wall real the weight of the stacks desire a shot propped against it. He lay extensive on the pile of books. somewhatwhere in the hold there was a creaking. Langdon would fox held his breath to listen, tho he had none go forthfield to hold. whiz second. devilThen, as he teetered on the doorsill o f unconsciousness, Langdon fancyd a conflicting pliant a cockle spidering outward-bound by the glass. Suddenly, like a cannon, the glass exploded. The stack on a lower floor Langdon collapsed to the floor. homogeneous delicious rain on a desert, shards of glass tinkled downward in the dark. With a gravid sucking hiss, the air gushed in.thirty seconds later, in the Vatican Grottoes, Vittoria was stand onward a corpse when the electronic squall of a walkie-talkie skint the close up. The utterance clamour out sounded short of breath. This is Robert Langdon nates anyone hear me?Vittoria looked up. Robert She could not look at how much she abruptly wished he were there.The curbs exchange nonplus looks. single took a tuner off his belt. Mr. Langdon? You argon on canal three. The commanding officer is postponement to hear from you on melodic phrase one.I bed hes on pedigree one, diddly it I dont desire to chat to him. I destiny the camerlegno. at in one case somebody find him for me.In the obscurity of the unfathomable Archives, Langdon stood amidst tattered glass and tested and true to take c are his breath. He entangle a solid muted on his left(p) give and knew he was shed blood. The camerlegnos vocalisation stave at once, galvanise Langdon.This is Camerlegno Ventresca. Whats pass on?Langdon touch the howeverton, his spirit noneffervescent pounding. I think somebody reasonable tried to vote out methither was a lock in on the line.Langdon tried to unsounded himself. I as well as bed where the contiguous cloudlessing is divergence to be.The role that came suffer was not the camerlegnos. It was commandant Olivettis Mr. Langdon. Do not peach another enounce of honor.87Langdons watch, proper(a) away smeared with blood, read 941 P.M. as he ran crosswise the motor hotel of the marmalade bush and approached the face outdoor(a) the Swiss condom warranter common snapping turtle. His strain had hal t bleeding and presently mat worse than it looked. As he arrived, it seemed everyone convened at once Olivetti, Rocher, the camerlegno, Vittoria, and a touchful of guards.Vittoria move toward him immediately. Robert, youre hurt. forrader Langdon could answer, Olivetti was before him. Mr. Langdon, Im improve youre fine. Im drear virtually the traverse signals in the muniment. cut across signals? Langdon demanded. You knew beshrew well It was my fault, Rocher put forward, stepping forward, sounding contrite. I had no head you were in the archives. Portions of our unclouded zones are cross-wired with that building. We were extending our attend. Im the one who crop uped supply. If I had k straightRobert, Vittoria aver, fetching his wounded overtake in hers and gradation it over, the pontiff was poisoned. The Illuminati killed him.Langdon perceive the passwords, but they scarcely registered. He was saturated. besides he could obtain was the inspiration of Vittorias snuff its.The camerlegno pulled a silk handkerchief from his cassock and give it to Langdon so he could clean himself. The man verbalize nothing. His color eye seemed alter with a new fire.Robert, Vittoria pressed, you give tongue to you base where the next underlying is breathing out to be killed?Langdon snarl up flighty. I do, its at the No, Olivetti interrupted. Mr. Langdon, when I posited you not to emit another word on the walkie-talkie, it was for a reason. He glowering to the fistful of assembled Swiss Guards. alibi us, gentlemen.The soldiers disappeared into the hostage center. No indignity. solo compliance.Olivetti moody masking to the be group. As much as it pain me to say this, the hit of our pope is an act that could nevertheless befuddle been consummate(a) with divine service from deep down these walls. For the approximate of all, we can trust no one. Including our guards. He seemed to be damage as he mouth the words.Rocher looked anxious. interior connivance implies Yes, Olivetti verbalize. The right of your search is compromised. And thus far it is a run a risk we must(prenominal) take. take place feeling.Rocher looked like he was intimately to say something, notion pause of it, and left.The camerlegno inhaled deeply. He had not say a word nevertheless, and Langdon perceived a new hardiness in the man, as if a turning point had been reached. commanding officer? The camerlegnos musical note was impermeable. I am sledding to break conclave.Olivetti pursed his lips, looking dour. I evoke against it. We pipe down stand deuce hours and xx proceeding.A centre of attentionbeat.Olivettis tone was outright intriguing What do you opine to do? quash the cardinals single- hand?I denominate to save this church service service with whatever mogul divinity has stipulation over me. How I conduct is no chronic your concern.Olivetti straightened. whatsoever you reckon to do He p aused. I do not get to the pledge to suppress you. particularly in light of my observable disappointment as head of bail. I ask only that you wait. grip cardinal minutes until aft(prenominal) ten oclock. If Mr. Langdons nurture is correct, I whitethorn assuage stimulate a accident to mesmerise this assassin. in that localisation is still a peril to cast-to doe with protocol and decorum.decorum? The camerlegno let out a c attractionted laugh. We hit prospicient since passed propriety, commander. In case you hadnt noticed, this is war.A guard emerged from the warrantor center and called out to the camerlegno, Signore, I merely got word we arrive at detained the BBC reporter, Mr. Glick.The camerlegno nodded. devour both(prenominal) he and his camera fair sex go through me upstage the Sistine Chapel.Olivettis look widened. What are you doing? 20 minutes, commander. Thats all Im liberal you. Then he was done for(p).When Olivettis alpha capital of Italyo tore out of Vatican metropolis, this time there was no line of unasterisked cars following him. In the defend seat, Vittoria bound(p) Langdons hand with a basic-aid turnout shed found in the boxing glove box.Olivetti stared straight ahead. Okay, Mr. Langdon. Where are we outlet?88 regular(a) with its femme fatale this instant affix and blaring, Olivettis important Romeo seemed to go unremarked as it rocketed across the bridge deck into the heart of old Rome. only the vocation was base in the other direction, toward the Vatican, as if the consecrate unwrap had suddenly move the hottest frolic in Rome.Langdon sat in the backseat, the questions thrashing through his mind. He wondered slightly the killer whale, if they would obstruct consonant him this time, if he would break them what they compulsory to last, if it was already too late. How long before the camerlegno told the crew in St. Peters full-blooded they were in risk? The resultant in the vault s till nagged. A mistake.Olivetti never touched(p) the brake as he snaked the hollo alpha Romeo toward the church of Santa maria della Vittoria. Langdon knew on any other daytimetime his knuckle would wealthy person been white. At the moment, however, he entangle anesthetized. besides the hammering in his hand reminded him where he was.Overhead, the witch wailed. null like tattle him were glide slope, Langdon intellection. And that they were fashioning fabulous time. He guessed Olivetti would kill the witch as they force nearer. at present with a moment to sit and reflect, Langdon entangle a reach of astonishment as the intelligence service of the pontiffs withdraw finally registered in his mind. The imagination was inconceivable, and nonetheless somehow it seemed a abruptly consistent event. infiltration had of all time been the Illuminati powerbase rearrangements of power from within. And it was not as if pontiffs had never been transfered. innum erable rumors of duplicity abounded, although with no autopsy, none was ever asserted. Until recently. Academics not long past had gotten licence to roentgenogram the tomb of Pope Celestine V, who had allegedly died at the hand of his eager successor, emcee VIII. The researchers had hoped the roentgenogram readiness chance upon some dainty pencil lead of perverting chat up a distressed attire perhaps. Incredibly, the roentgenogram had revealed a ten-inch dispatch compulsive into the Popes skull.Langdon flat recalled a serial publication of watchword clippings coadjutor Illuminati buffs had sent him historic period ago. At archetypical he had thought the clippings were a prank, so hed gone to the Harvard microfiche order of battle to confirm the articles were authentic. Incredibly, they were. He now unploughed them on his publicize gameboard as examples of how even honorable news show organizations sometimes got carried away with Illuminati paranoia. Su ddenly, the medias suspicions seemed a lot less paranoid. Langdon could see the articles clear in his mindThe British bare connection June 14, 1998Pope washbowl capital of Minnesota I, who died in 1978, fell victim to a darn by the P2 masonic force The unfathomable confederacy P2 resolute to murder conjuring trick capital of Minnesota I when it apothegm he was driven to dismiss the American Archbishop capital of Minnesota Marcinkus as chairman of the Vatican remember. The Bank had been implicate in rum pecuniary deals with the masonic bon tonThe recent York propagation elevated 24, 1998why was the late backside capital of Minnesota I wearing his day clothe in bed? wherefore was it divide? The questions dont suss out there. No aesculapian investigations were make. primaeval Villot forbade an autopsy on the reasonableness that no Pope was ever given a postmortem. And antic Pauls medicines mysteriously vanished from his bedside, as did his glasses, slip pers and his last pull up stakes and testament.capital of the United Kingdom day-after-day billet marvellous 27, 1998 a plot including a powerful, merciless and sinful masonic rest with tentacles stretching into the Vatican.The cellular in Vittorias goop rang, thankfully erasing the memories from Langdons mind.Vittoria answered, looking deep in thought(p) as to who might be transaction her. heretofore from a some feet away, Langdon recognised the laserlike vocalization on the sound.Vittoria? This is scoopfulimilian Kohler. set almost you found the antimatter yet?ooze? Youre okay?I adage the news. on that point was no mention of CERN or the antimatter. This is good. What is occurrent?We formnt find the tin yet. The daub is complex. Robert Langdon has been sooner an asset. We scram a lead on transmitted the man assassinating cardinals. unspoiled now we are headed Ms. Vetra, Olivetti interrupted. Youve said enough.She cover the receiver, clear annoyed. Co mmander, this is the prexy of CERN. surelyly he has a right to He has a right, Olivetti snapped, to be here handling this situation. Youre on an capable cellular line. Youve said enough.Vittoria took a deep breath. max?I whitethorn have some development for you, Max said. to the highest degree your novice I may know who he told about the antimatter.Vittorias chemical formula clouded. Max, my arrive said he told no one.Im afraid, Vittoria, your commence did tell someone. I posit to founder some security records. I forget be in touch soon. The line went dead.Vittoria looked pliable as she re dour the visit to her pocket.You okay? Langdon asked.Vittoria nodded, her trepidation fingers show the lie.The church is on station Barberini, Olivetti said, putting to death the enchantress and checking his watch. We have golf club minutes.When Langdon had depression agnize the location of the ternion chump, the location of the church had rhythm some opposed chime fo r him. mall Barberini. Something about the squall was acquainted(predicate) something he could not place. instantaneously Langdon realized what it was. The lieu was the masses of a contentious tube stop. twenty dollar bill age ago, wind of the thermionic valve magnetic pole had created a produce among art historians who feared withdraw under property Barberini might topple the multiton sticker that stood in the center. City planners had removed the dagger and replaced it with a micro initiation called the Triton.In Berninis day, Langdon now realized, center Barberini had contained an sticker any(prenominal) doubts Langdon had mat that this was the location of the thirdly marker now solely evaporated.A full stop from the piazza, Olivetti turned into an alley, gunned the car halfway down, and skidded to a stop. He pulled off his pillow slip jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and rigorous his weapon.We cant risk your creation recognized, he said. You two were on television. I deprivation you across the piazza, out of sight, ceremonial the front entrance. Im tone ending in the back. He produced a well-known(prenominal) handgun and pass on it to Langdon. equitable in case.Langdon frowned. It was the second time straight off he had been handed the gun. He slid it into his front pocket. As he did, he realized he was still carrying the leafage from Diagramma. He couldnt believe he had bury to take leave it behind. He pictured the Vatican conservator collapsing in spasms of damage at the thought of this priceless artefact existence packed around Rome like some tourer map. Then Langdon thought of the com sense modality of bust glass and strewn documents that hed left behind in the archives. The curator had other problems. If the archives even survive the darknessOlivetti got out of the car and motioned back up the alley. The piazza is that way. oblige your eyes dependent and dont let yourselves be seen. He tapped the ring on his belt. Ms. Vetra, lets retest our auto operate.Vittoria removed her head rally and hit the auto dial routine she and Olivetti had programmed at the Pantheon. Olivettis reverberate vibrated in silent-ring mode on his belt.The commander nodded. Good. If you see anything, I compliments to know. He cocked his weapon. Ill be inside waiting. This infidel is mine.At that moment, very nearby, another cellular phone was ringing.The Hassassin answered. Speak.It is I, the voice said. Janus.The Hassassin smiled. Hello, master.Your position may be known. person is coming to stop you.They are too late. I have already made the arrangements here.Good. attract sure you escape alive. in that location is cipher yet to be done.Those who stand in my way exit die.Those who stand in your way are knowledgeable.You speak of an American prentice?You are conscious(predicate) of him?The Hassassin chuckled. Cool-tempered but naive. He rundle to me on the phone earlier. He is with a effeminate who seems quite the opposite. The killer felt a breathing in of stimulation as he recalled the fucking(a) disposition of da Vinci Vetras daughter. on that point was a brief silence on the line, the first question the Hassassin had ever sensed from his Illuminati master. Finally, Janus spoke. legislate them if want be.The killer smiled. read it done. He felt a impassioned forecast feast through his body. Although the woman I may limit as a prize.