A Fortnight of Fury by David Culberson

Author:David Culberson [Culberson, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calumet Editions
Published: 2019-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

DAY 9: OCT 22 (Morning)

Just before daybreak the next morning, Arlan heard a vehicle pull up to Charlie’s house. A car door slammed shut, and thirty seconds later he heard Charlie greet somebody at the entrance of the house. Arlan got out of his bed, pulled his shorts and shirt on and walked into the great room. He met Tommy and Captain Jay in the hall, and they walked into the great room where Charlie was having a conversation with a local of medium build dressed in sharply creased beige pants and a white, short-sleeve dress shirt.

Charlie smiled and asked, “What did you bring for us, Winston?”

Winston looked toward Arlan, Tommy and Jay before resting the heavy duffle bag he carried into the house on a dining table near the kitchen. He looked to Charlie.

Charlie nodded and said, “They’re okay. They’re the guys I told you about.”

Charlie said to his house guests, “This is Winston. He works for me.”

Winston nodded with a hesitant smile, unzipped the bag and pulled out several identical weapons, placing them loudly on the wooden table. They were compact submachine guns that Arlan guessed were Uzis, but he wasn’t sure. He’d only seen one Uzi, popularized in Hollywood, in real life.

Tommy stepped to the table, smiled and picked up one of the weapons.

“M-MAC 10?” Tommy asked Charlie.

Charlie said, “It’s a MAC 11, a more compact version of the MAC 10.”

Arlan had never heard of a MAC 10 or 11.

Captain Jay stepped to the table and picked up one of the weapons. He didn’t comment but inspected it with the familiarity of somebody who’d handled that type of weapon before.

Charlie handed one to Arlan, who had no idea how it operated. Charlie took one and handed the last MAC 11 to Winston. What seemed to be normal to everybody else in the room was surreal to Arlan. This was the Old West. Strap on your guns and ride into trouble.

Charlie handed each an extra clip loaded with ammo and said, “You need to wear baggy shirts. We don’t want to march into Jaco Flats announcing that we’re armed.”

Arlan looked down at his tight T-shirt and said, “I don’t have a baggy shirt.”

Charlie asked Winston, “Can you pick up a large dress shirt someplace?” He then looked to Tommy and Captain Jay and said, “Anybody else?”

Tommy said. “I-I’m good.”

Captain Jay, wearing a Polo shirt that hugged his chiseled torso, said, “I’ll need one too.”

Winston nodded and walked out of the house.

Arlan toyed with the MAC 11, trying to figure out how it worked while not wanting to look like the rookie that he was. It was very small—no more than ten inches long but heavy enough that he wasn’t sure the elastic waistband on his shorts would hold it in place.

Tommy asked Charlie, “What’s th-the plan?”

As Charlie explained the Dread location, Captain Jay walked over to Arlan and took the MAC 11 from his hands. He took the clip out, pulled the forward bolt back, slid a safety slider from the trigger and then aimed out the window and fired.

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