Land by Theresa Shaver

Author:Theresa Shaver
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-04-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Three days later and Alex was looking out at yet more barren scrub covered desert. They had taken a secondary highway at Baker that went north into Death Valley. The good news was that it would take them far from Las Vegas and there were no real towns on the highway. The bad news was there was nothing else either. Desert and rock, as far as the eye could see. There were hardly any cars on the road which meant that they could make good time, keeping at a steady forty miles an hour in case they came up on anything blocking the road. They were keeping the speed down, not wanting to risk losing one of the priceless vehicles to an accident. They had made around three hundred miles the day before and it had been uneventful except for one brief encounter.

They had gone north, skirting the Nellis Air Force Range Complex, which was nothing more than more scrub covered desert and rock, when they had seen a dust cloud moving towards them out of the desert. It could only be another vehicle raising a line of dust like that, so they pulled over and got into defensive positions.

They had talked about different scenarios and how they would handle them, so they all knew what to do. They all had guns, thanks to Mr. Peterson’s gun safe but they kept them tucked away. Only Quinn and Cooper had shotguns on display and those were held pointed up. The idea was to warn off anyone looking for a fight, not start one.

Quinn and Cooper were standing with the truck bed between them and the approaching vehicle, ready to duck down for cover if shooting started. Alex, Dara and Josh were in the scrub bushes further back on their side of the road. They didn’t want to be trapped in the camper if bullets started flying.

As the dust cloud got closer, they were able to make out an older model army looking jeep. It had two men with rifles in the front seat. It came to a stop by swerving sideways and both men jumped out on the far side, using it as cover.

“This is a United States Air Force patrol. Step into the road and identify yourselves!”

Quinn and Cooper whispered to each other and then Quinn shouted back, “How do we know you guys are really soldiers or are just trying to get the jump on us?”

“Sir, the only way I can confirm that is to show you my ID. If you would be willing to come forward unarmed, I would meet you halfway.” the man yelled back.

After more whispered discussion between the boys, Quinn held his shot gun high in the air and set it down in the truck bed. Walking around the side of the truck, he kept his hands in the air and made his way to the side of the road closest to the jeep. He stopped halfway between the two vehicles and made sure he wasn’t blocking Coopers’ line of sight.

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