An Undeclared War (Countdown to Armageddon) by Darrell Maloney

Author:Darrell Maloney [Maloney, Darrell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rapid River Press
Published: 2014-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Tom turned to Jordan and said, “Jump on the Bobcat and head for one of those mesquite trees at the end of the driveway. I’ll meet you there with a chain and hook you up.”

“Yes, sir.”

The compound’s north field shared a common fence with Tom’s old ranch. Normally, Tom would have gone that way to meet with the men.

But that was the way Tony Pike and his gang got in before. And now it was heavily fortified. The dead mesquite trees that lined the barbed wire fence, with their razor sharp needles pointing to the outside, were staked to the ground now. They could only be moved with great effort, and the men would be long gone by the time Tom got there.

The end of the driveway for Scott’s house, the one leading from the compound to the gravel road, wasn’t as heavily fortified. They’d never been assaulted from that direction. The dead trees there were too heavy to push or pull by hand, and had to be dragged away by the Bobcat or the tractor. But at least they weren’t staked down, and could therefore be moved relatively quickly.

In six minutes flat, the largest of the two mesquite trees blocking the drive was out of the way.

Jordan stood at the ready with a AR-15 and a 9 mm handgun, in the event there was trouble.

Tom left him with instructions.

“Use the Bobcat’s hydraulic jaws and pick that tree back up. Be ready to drop it back into place as soon as I come back through that hole. If you hear shooting, drop it into place immediately and high-tail it back into the house. Take up a position in the northeast window.”

“Tom, I can’t leave you out there if they start shooting.”

“Yes you can, and you will. There are four of them and only two of us. If they take a shot at me, I’ll be off in the brush quicker than a jackrabbit. I’ll lose them in the heavy woods and let you know when I’m ready to come back in. If you go out there, they’ll just have twice as many targets to shoot at.”

Jordan didn’t like the idea. But he knew there was no point in arguing.

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