Blood of the Dogs: Book I: Annihilation by Richard Cosme

Author:Richard Cosme [Cosme, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Richard Cosme
Published: 2018-07-08T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

“Here’s the way I figure it,” Weasel said. He was decked out in a welder’s apron, black leather boots, welder’s gloves, a big visor that flipped down when he was welding, and a torn Son Volt t-shirt. The visor had a little window in it so he could see what he was doing and was in the up position as he laid out the work plan for us. He looked like a cross between a blacksmith and a 1940’s steel worker. We were in front of the garage, the four of us and Duke gathered around the truck, ready to put in a hard day’s labor.

It had taken us two days to blow out the front of the garage to accommodate the truck’s height. We raised the headers and elevated the garage door four feet. We had an enclosed space to make more modifications—and hide the truck.

“Once we finish with the changes, this here vehicle,” Weasel emphasized his point by smacking the truck with a crow bar, “is gonna serve three functions. First thing it’s gonna be is our new armory. When we finish, we’ll take most of the guns and ammo we got in the basement armory and store them in here. If we ever need to leave in a hurry, then we don’t leave our defenses behind.”

“And,” I added, “we don’t leave any loot behind for the clans. I’d hate to add what’s downstairs to what they already have. When we get it loaded, we park it inside the garage. It’s close to the house, ready to go.”

“What’s its next function?” Sarah asked.

“Between the four of us, in the next few days we’re gonna make this thing as close to impregnable as possible.”

“Good word,” Sarah commented.

“Been working on vocabulary on the computer,” Weasel explained. “‘Impregnable’ means ‘cannot be overcome by force.’ That’s what this vehicle will be when we’re done. Function number two will be a war wagon. We can use it for offense or defense. The Babe’s gotta be made to disappear. This may be the way.”

“And the third?” I asked.

“Tell ‘em, Stevie,” Weasel said.

“It’s another back door,” Stevie replied. “Between the eight tunnel exits and the truck, we’re up to nine escape routes.”

Weasel continued with the lecture. “We cut out a bunch of sheets from rail road freight cars for extra armor. Measured first and cut ‘em all to pattern.” He walked us over to where we could see them laying flat on the truck bed. “You can see a bunch of dents in ‘em where me and Stevie did a little target practice. They stop everything we pump at ‘em. Even a .44 mags. Also 10 mm semis. Haven’t tried a 50 cal cuz we don’t got one. If we run into trouble, don’t figure to see anything heavier’n 44’s or 10mm from the clans. I know where to find a 50 cal, but it’s not in an easy in and out area.”

“These steel panels look awfully damn heavy,” I said, “are we going

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