Forsaken World:Coming of Age by Watson Thomas A

Author:Watson, Thomas A [Watson, Thomas A]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Thomas A Watson
Published: 2016-06-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Raising his hand, Lance motioned for Ian to stop as Dino looked to his right. Turning to his right, Lance pulled his AR to his shoulder and soon saw the glow of a stinky moving down the draw beside them. Stinkers were warm and showed up almost the same color as humans did; where humans were a bright white, stinkers where a pale white.

Lance kept the dot on the stinker’s ear and waited for it to slow down as it walked down the draw. When the stinker paused, Lance’s AR coughed, and sixty yards away, the stinker dropped. Lowering his rifle, Lance looked down at Dino, who was panting again. “Forty-two and no misses,” Lance said over his shoulder.

“Fuck you,” Ian hissed back.

They had left the cabin an hour before sunup, and truth be told, they were petrified of driving in the darkened woods. By the time they topped the ridge behind the cabin, they came across stinkers. Thankfully, all of them were well below the ridge at different heights, walking parallel to the slope or walking down. They even found several just standing around, swaying on their feet.

Only one saw them, and it only saw Dino. They had parked on the east slope of the valley where the battle had taken place, making sure they could cross without being seen by stinkers or people. Today, they brought the thermal binoculars and a spotting scope.

As they looked out over the valley, Dino gave a soft growl to their right. They turned to see a stinker fifty yards away, coming up the slope at them with its arms out, looking at Dino. Since Ian had been scanning the valley through his scope, he just dropped his aim and pulled the trigger.

“You notice it didn’t see us,” Lance said, lifting the thermal binoculars again.

“Yeah, I noticed,” Ian said, ejecting his magazine and replacing the round. “Maybe they don’t register we’re human until we move.”

“Good thought,” Lance said, lowering the thermals. “It’s still my turn; you had your three misses.”

They headed down the draw to where Bones had called from, and the sun was only halfway up. They came to a stop in the backyard behind some large oak trees. The house was thirty yards away, and it looked much bigger in person. Ian moved over beside Lance, putting his mouth next to his ear. “Does a movie star live here?”

“I don’t know,” Lance breathed out. “I don’t see lights or hot spots.”

“Fuck that,” Ian said, patting Dino. “Dino let us down here.”

“Good point,” Lance said, standing up. “Let’s check that building on the side first.”

They trotted across the yard to a large building and looked in a window. They saw several bikes broken down in the middle of the building and looked along the walls, realizing it was a shop. In the back were stacks of boxes. Ian moved over to open a door on the side of the building, and Lance grabbed his hand. “No doors. We would booby trap a door,” he said, taking out his knife.

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