Destiny's Truth by James Axler

Author:James Axler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Published: 2002-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

J.B. wasted no time in linking up with Jon to get an overview of the combined armory. The young Gate Armorer had gathered the cache of weapons from the Crossroads armory with his own and was checking them with the aid of Cat and Dette.

"How's it going?" J.B. asked, noting the looks of concern on their faces.

"Shall we just say that these people are kinda triple stupe when it comes to keeping their weapons in good condition?"

Dette spit without looking up from the Sharps rifle that she was attempting to clean. "If some poor fucker actually fired this thing, it'd be more likely to blow up in his face than chill some enemy."

J.B. bit his tongue and caught Jon's eye, barely suppressing a grin.

Jon shrugged. "She's not choosy with her words, but she does have a point," he admitted. "I guess they don't get much of a call for combat around here."

"I don't think they do," the Armorer agreed. "Mind, they're brave enough to join us when they know they're shit at firefighting."

"Either brave or really, really stupe beyond belief," Cat remarked.

"Whatever, they're with us and they've given us these weapons. So let's stop bitching and try to get this sorted, okay?"

Jon snapped.

There was a moment's tense silence as the two Gate women stopped and glared at their Armorer. There had never been a man taking such a position within the tribe before, and they were still unused to the concept of a man wielding authority. J.B.

waited, interested to see how Jon handled the situation.

"You can stop that shit, too," he directed at them. "Gloria put me in charge, and we've got work to do. Who do you think's doing the right thing here?"

"You, I suppose," Cat said grudgingly. "Guess we do need to knock these into some kind of shape and triple fast…and I suppose arguing about it don't do any good."

"Exactly," Jon replied. "So what about you, Dette?"

"If you say so, I guess," the woman answered, still with a hint of hostility in her tone. "I suppose we should get this done."

Satisfied that the situation was under control enough for him to speak without interfering, J.B. moved over to where Jon sat, loading a Walther PPK handblaster that he had just cleaned.

"So, if you need to get these done triple quick, a helping hand could be useful."

Jon looked up. "I'd appreciate that, J.B.," he replied simply, indicating the pile of blasters and ammo still to be checked.

"Just grab one and get checking."

With the practiced eye and hand of the Armorer to assist, the four of them soon cleared the backlog of Crossroads blasters, ignoring the sound and movement around them as the warriors prepared for battle. When the Crossroads armory had been cleared, it was time to move on and check the Gate armory.

Despite it being more than twice the size of the ville's armory, it took a fraction of the time for the four of them to run through the handblasters, grens, plas-ex, machine blasters, gren launchers and laser blasters that the Gate had amassed.

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