Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 118

           Thespotlightontopglaredtolife,blindingeveryone.

           Langdonshieldedhisfaceandturnedawayinpain.Damnit!Whenhelookedup,though,thechurcharoundthemwasilluminatedforthirtyyards.

           Atthatmomentthecamerlegno’svoiceechoedsomewhereinthedistance."UponthisrockIwillbuildmychurch!"

           Macriwheeledhercameratowardthesound.Faroff,inthegraynessattheendofthespotlight’sreach,blackfabricbillowed,revealingafamiliarformrunningdownthemainaisleofthebasilica.

           Therewasafleetinginstantofhesitationaseveryone’seyestookinthebizarreimage.Thenthedambroke.ChartrandpushedpastLangdonandsprintedafterthecamerlegno.Langdontookoffnext.ThentheguardsandVittoria.

           Macribroughtuptherear,lightingeveryone’swayandtransmittingthesepulchralchasetotheworld.AnunwillingGlickcursedaloudashetaggedalong,fumblingthroughaterrifiedblow-by-blowcommentary.

           ThemainaisleofSt.Peter’sBasilica,LieutenantChartrandhadoncefiguredout,waslongerthananOlympicsoccerfield.Tonight,however,itfeltliketwicethat.Astheguardsprintedafterthecamerlegno,hewonderedwherethemanwasheaded.Thecamerlegnowasclearlyinshock,deliriousnodoubtfromhisphysicaltraumaandbearingwitnesstothehorrificmassacreinthePope’soffice.

           Somewhereupahead,beyondthereachoftheBBCspotlight,thecamerlegno’svoicerangoutjoyously."UponthisrockIwillbuildmychurch!"

           ChartrandknewthemanwasshoutingScripture—Matthew16:18,ifChartrandrecalledcorrectly.UponthisrockIwillbuildmychurch.

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