Gun Mage 2: Surviving a Post Apocalyptic Magic Earth by Logan Jacobs

Author:Logan Jacobs [Jacobs, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“At least she’s willing to talk first and shoot later,” Sorcha mumbled.

“She already shot one arrow,” I pointed out as I tried to pick out the owner of the voice.

“At the tree,” Sorcha remarked.

“You’re assuming she aimed for the tree,” I replied.

“Who the hell are you?” the voice demanded again.

“We’re looking for a man named Charles Darwin!” I yelled back. “The clerk at the general store said we could find him here, but if that’s not true, then we’ll just head back into town. Unless you know where he is?”

After a long minute of silence, I heard someone move in the rushes. I lifted the snub nose, ready to fire should a target present itself.

“What do you want with Charles Darwin?” the woman asked, and I could tell that she had edged closer to our own position, though I still couldn’t see her.

“A friend of his named Evan sent us,” I replied. “He said Charles Darwin would have information that we could use.”

“Evan?” the woman asked in disbelief.

“He lives on Brook Island,” I said hastily. “He runs a school, of sorts, there.”

I heard rustling from a spot just to the right of the shack and I peered around the edge of the tree. A woman emerged from the reeds and stopped in a weedy patch of dry ground. She was nearly as tall as I was, with sun-kissed skin and a long mane of black hair pulled back from her face in a loose ponytail and topped off with a floppy hat. She wore a long-sleeved shirt and baggy pants in the browns and greens of the surrounding woods, but I could still tell that she had a pair of very, very long legs.

“Can we come out?” I asked.

“Alright, come out and tell me who you are,” the woman replied. “I won’t shoot you.”

I peered around the tree once again and noticed that she had lowered the bow, though she still had an arrow cocked against the string. I slipped the snub nose back into my pocket, then stepped slowly around the tree. I heard Sorcha follow me as I took a few steps into the clearing, and then we both stopped and stared at the woman.

She was lovely, with huge brown eyes set in an oval face. Her nose was small and somewhat flat and sat over a pair of plump pink lips. She watched us carefully, and for just a moment, I thought I saw her nose twitch.

“How do you know Evan?” she asked after we’d all stared at each other for several heartbeats.

“We were on Brook Island,” I said carefully. “We met some of the children who took us to meet Evan. One of the girls… asked us to stay and help for a bit. When we left, Evan said we should find Charles Darwin in Motown.”

“And what is Charles Darwin supposed to do for you?” she asked.

“Ummm, I’d rather share that with him,” I replied.

We’d reached a stalemate, and we stared at each other for several more heartbeats.

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