Earthweeds by Rod Little

Author:Rod Little [Little, Rod]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781547268566
Published: 2017-06-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Dexter had not stopped making plans to get into Walter's lab, but that now he was more distracted with thoughts of revenge on the boys, and on getting Sam back. He had a special interest in the boy with the extraordinary powers, and he needed the women back to keep these asinine backwoods men busy.

One of the few who actually saw the amber-green fog come down from the sky, Dexter knew what had happened in the cities. He had told no one, but he knew. He knew everything. Or at least he suspected he knew, but he cared less for that than for his own selfish revenge.

For the past nine years, anger and the desire for retribution had been festering in Dexter for a number of reasons, not the least of which was his brother's rejection of him. He had been kicked out of the family, disowned and sent away for his political views. Anger had become a way of life for him. Now far away from his childhood home, he missed it. He missed a lot of things, and that only served to anger him more.

Dexter had several personality disorders, and his temper was but one of them. Since his teen years, he had always lacked the ability to let go of insults, slights, or anything he felt had embarrassed him. He punched a teacher once for disparaging one of his physics theories. That was in high school.

Now, much later in life, he had not softened or matured. If anything, each year made him angrier and more sullen.

He leaned back in his chair and twisted a Rubic's cube in his hands, which he could usually solve in 33 moves. When his henchman walked in, he glanced up and threw the cube on the desk.

“We've been watching their camp,” Mitch told him. “They go out back to get water every day. Usually just one or two of 'em. We can capture two of their group, easy, I'm sure.”

“No,” Dexter said. “No more fun and games. This ends now. They took off Harry's hand, and killed four of our people. And that doesn't count the casualties from the lizards. That was all their fault – setting off those explosions. And God knows what deal they struck with Walter!”

“You don't want them alive anymore?”

“Only the boy with the magic tricks, and the two girls.” Dexter said. “The rest are dead to me already.”

“So what's the plan, boss?”

“We're driving straight down their throats.”

“The bazooka?”

“Take fifteen men. Drive two trucks up to their gate and ring the doorbell with the M1 cannon. You blow it away. Blow their door to hell. Once inside, you kill everyone except the boy. And if you can, get back our two princesses. The men need a distraction; they're starting to annoy me.”

Mitch pulled out a cigarette but didn't light it. He knew Dexter didn't like the smell of smoke. He was a little afraid of the smaller man. “And if they have more chicks?”

“Take them if you want, I don't care.

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