Generation Dead Book 2: What You Fear by Talluto Joseph

Author:Talluto, Joseph [Talluto, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2013-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

Across the clearing, a lone man appeared by the river’s edge, low to the ground and trying to stay out of the line of fire afforded by the windows. He held his rifle up and when he had a clear shot, he ran towards the building. Stopping there, he signaled to the woods and two others appeared and made their way to the same place. I could see a brief discussion going on, and they finally stormed the house, going in the front door effectively and quickly. They obviously had done this sort of thing before as a team. They didn’t get in each other’s field of fire, and they moved in a coordinated fashion.

As soon as the men went in the house, I slipped back into the woods and put another two hundred yards between me and the house. I stopped when I heard a truck approaching. It sounded very heavy and powerful, not your ordinary truck. I could hear doors slam as people got out, and a voice reached my hiding spot.

“Why are you out here? Is he dead in there? We heard shots.”

Another voice, probably from one of my pursuers, answered. “No, it’s empty. He must have fired and then ran. We’ve wasted time here.”

The first voice laughed, and it was a nasty sound. “Yes, you have, and nothing to show for it. You had Aaron Talon in your grasp and you fucked it up. He’s probably watching us right now, laughing at the fools we’re making of ourselves.” The voice turned mean. “Find him or I’ll kill you. If you screw up, you’d be better off shooting yourself. I catch you, and you’ll wish you had.”

I didn’t hear anything else, as I left the area in as much of a hurry as I dared. I had no idea who might want me so badly, but as I ran, I went through in my head the number of people who might. The only face that kept coming up was the white-haired man I had words with a little while ago. I had a gut feeling about him and it wasn’t good.

If the men he was commanding were worried about failure, then they were going to be right on my tail. I had bought myself a decent head start, but I didn’t think it was going to last. The last thing I wanted was to bring this trouble to Jake or Julia, so I was going to have to deal with it here. I went over to the canal and stowed my rifle in the crook of a tree. Unless they were looking up and walking backwards, they weren’t going to see it.

I moved further up the waterway and found a tree that hung out over the water. After I cleared the brush and rocks from the base, I climbed two short branches until I was about six feet off the ground. I put my knife in my right hand and my tomahawk in the other. I had to wait to see how they approached before I made my move.

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