Earthbound
“We flopped down and I heard Paul and Namir agreeing that we shouldn’t take the state road that passed overhead. It followed a winding route to the sea in one direction and back to Oregon in the other.
Spy began to squat in his Buddha style, but then stood up straight. “Trouble,” he said, and disappeared with a pop.
“Hey, come back,” Roz said. My sentiment, too.
“Lock and load everything,” Namir said. I jacked a round into the chamber of my assault rifle and took the little pistol from my knapsa...ck, cocked it, and stuck it in my belt. My hands started to shake, and I couldn’t catch my breath.
“Roz,” he said, “tell Hermosa to climb up to the road overhead and hide.”
“Might be too steep,” she said. I’d never make it myself. Not even when I was twelve. The little girl obediently scrambled up, but slid back.
She didn’t have time for a second try. There was a soft whirring sound, and from around the curve a line of black-clad men on bicycles rolled toward us. One in the middle blew a whistle, and they slowed to a stop, staying in line.MoreLess
Spy began to squat in his Buddha style, but then stood up straight. “Trouble,” he said, and disappeared with a pop.
“Hey, come back,” Roz said. My sentiment, too.
“Lock and load everything,” Namir said. I jacked a round into the chamber of my assault rifle and took the little pistol from my knapsa...ck, cocked it, and stuck it in my belt. My hands started to shake, and I couldn’t catch my breath.
“Roz,” he said, “tell Hermosa to climb up to the road overhead and hide.”
“Might be too steep,” she said. I’d never make it myself. Not even when I was twelve. The little girl obediently scrambled up, but slid back.
She didn’t have time for a second try. There was a soft whirring sound, and from around the curve a line of black-clad men on bicycles rolled toward us. One in the middle blew a whistle, and they slowed to a stop, staying in line.MoreLess
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