American Apocalypse IV: Rescue by Nova

Author:Nova [Nova]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-23T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The entire room’s flow changed. I stood up. Woof, who had been sitting next to Zane, got up in one fluid move and positioned himself in front of the kid.

There were four of them. They came through the door fast and hard in a diamond wedge. The room went quiet for about two seconds. They covered half the distance to the paperwork stations during those frozen few seconds.

The two soldiers doing security were good. I would have been faster but they didn’t fuck around. They had either done this before or drilled for it. One was armed with a shotgun. Close in like this it was the perfect weapon for intimidation. If he had to pull the trigger the rounds wouldn’t be punching holes in cars and people a mile down the road.

The NCO yelling “Halt!” knew how to yell with authority but his partner racking the shotgun added the punctuation that made them stop. Period. If this were a cartoon their boots would have been smoking from the lockup.

The leader was a monster. I knew that without even thinking about it. Woof did, too. I could feel the rumble from his chest begin. I heard Zane whisper, “Quiet, Woof!” Instantaneously it stopped.

Monster was easily 300 pounds of muscle and insanity. Close-cropped blond hair, a face full of flat planes, and eyes that were lit up with 100 watts of pure blinding bullshit and death. His crew was an unusual mix. Most times when an animal like him ran a pack the rest tried to look like clones of the big dog.

Not this bunch. Each one of them was a piece of stand-alone work. Anywhere else I would have gunned them down right then and there. Fuck talking. Fuck posturing. Coming into a room like that said all I needed to hear.

Monster threw up his hands and a nice easy grin lit up his face. I never understood why people like him always got the good teeth gene. Probably a throwback to what they were only a step or two evolved from.

“No problem, Sarge. Everything is good. Why, I...”

Sarge didn’t smile. Instead he said, “One more step, asshole.”

“Whoa now. Would it make you feel better if I stepped back?” Monster took a slow exaggerated step back. Still grinning he tilted his head and added, “All better now?”

I would have shot him for that if I hadn’t before. Looking at Sarge it was plain that he wanted to. Sarge was a good man but he was bound by the book and conditioning. Monster was gaming him and winning.

I checked out the other people waiting. They were watching calmly. A few were slowly edging away. One guy, a tall, young black man was watching Monster like you would a science experiment. The rest were curious with only a few showing nervousness. You didn’t live to get to the Zone admission station because you had bought a ticket. Somewhere along the line you had earned it.

Then the Fed law enforcement guy spoke and changed the dynamic.

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