Refuge
“Cali, Vesta, and Luka are ahead of us, rifles drawn and readied.
Sierra looks back to us. “Madison and 110th, in case we get separated.”
Cali, Vesta, and Luka keep ranging in front, moving as if one. I hear a low whistle ahead.
The pace quickens. No one and nothing else moves on the street except the light rain. We enter the circle from the west. I don’t see Ovid, Peyton, and Skye until we’re practically on top of them. It’s the whites of their eyes I see first, from the shadows.
Si...erra, Dakota, Luke, and I stop, take cover. Sierra clasps hands with Peyton. “Good, good,” she whispers.
We wait until Cali, Vesta, and Luka disappear from view. Then the seven of us follow.
“Like jumping frogs,” Sierra says to me. It takes me a moment to realize she’s talking about our movements. “Safer, so we can provide cover fire for each other if needed.”
I nod. All I can think about is what a terrible mistake we’re about to make. I have to know what’s going on with Matthew and the machines.MoreLess
Sierra looks back to us. “Madison and 110th, in case we get separated.”
Cali, Vesta, and Luka keep ranging in front, moving as if one. I hear a low whistle ahead.
The pace quickens. No one and nothing else moves on the street except the light rain. We enter the circle from the west. I don’t see Ovid, Peyton, and Skye until we’re practically on top of them. It’s the whites of their eyes I see first, from the shadows.
Si...erra, Dakota, Luke, and I stop, take cover. Sierra clasps hands with Peyton. “Good, good,” she whispers.
We wait until Cali, Vesta, and Luka disappear from view. Then the seven of us follow.
“Like jumping frogs,” Sierra says to me. It takes me a moment to realize she’s talking about our movements. “Safer, so we can provide cover fire for each other if needed.”
I nod. All I can think about is what a terrible mistake we’re about to make. I have to know what’s going on with Matthew and the machines.MoreLess
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