Monster of the Apocalypse by Martens C. Henry

Author:Martens, C. Henry [Martens, C. Henry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-06-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Startled, Lecti rose quickly. Deo stepped to the side, jerking his pistol from its holster.

Groaning, the old man rolled over on his back. He raised his hands to his head, covering his eyes and pressing in on them. Then he sat up, slowly shaking his head. He sat with his arms wrapped around his knees and looked up at them.

“He wrote it before the second Great Depression got really bad. Sent it to several newspapers, and no one would publish it. I think it was pretty well thought out. What do you think?”

He was looking at Lecti. She still held the letter in her hand. She remained silent.

He spoke again, “If I was going to hurt you, I would have done it when you were asleep. Your brother was gone. By the way, tying me to the tree was a pretty good idea, Deo.”

He lifted the already untied cord from his leg and showed Deo the loose end.

Not knowing quite what to say, Lecti and Deo said nothing for a moment.

Finally Lecti spoke, “You got a name?”

“Yeah, Eleon.”

“Great,” said Lecti, “I guess you already know our names.”

Getting up and moving stiffly, Eleon tried to slowly work out some kinks. Deo’s gun was still pointed in his general direction. He noted the cooking gear.

“Any chance of something to eat? I don’t need much. I don’t think my stomach’s ready for a meal.”

He picked up the bottle with the remaining alcohol and pitched it across the water, close to the empty bottle.

Lecti watched him closely. She felt exposed when she realized that he had untied himself as she slept and feigned sleep as she read the letter. He must have been sizing them up, but he had not tried to take any action that threatened them. There was one way to find out what he intended.

She picked up Eleon’s shotgun, which she had unloaded while he slept. Then she casually tossed it to him as she said, “Sure, we didn’t eat it all. I was just going to dump it and wash the pan.”

Eleon admired her thinking. He could tell from the weight of the gun that it was unloaded. A shell was not heavy, and it had taken him some practice to be able to tell when his weapon was empty. Besides, only a fool would give back a loaded shotgun this quickly. Eleon knew this kid was young but not a fool. She was testing him.

He sheathed the weapon and reached for the pan.

As he straightened, he dipped a couple of fingers in the pan and placed the result in his mouth. Chewing slowly, he contemplated Deo’s gun.

“When you decide to trust me,” he mused, “you can return my knife and the shells.”

Walking over to the big tree, he leaned his back against it and concentrated on the container. There was more than enough to satisfy him, but he ate it all anyway.

Deo holstered his gun. He and Lecti’s eyes met and they each knew that the other felt okay about their new companion.

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