Necrocide by Jonathan Davison

Author:Jonathan Davison
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781480157712
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-07-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Bauer led the party on the slow walk down the road to Bayeux. Hawkins walked behind him with his gun ready. Bauer was limping heavily and in some pain, Hawkins was prepared to cut him some slack for their slow progress. The Brits had not gone looking for Beach whom they had left behind at the junction. In the young Commando's eyes, he had forsaken them at their most desperate moment. There was no sense in carrying dead weight with them on this journey. Best to leave him to find his own path, Hawkins thought.

Bauer had assured them that a vehicle lay abandoned but in good working order half a mile down the winding lane. It would always be hard to trust a German but Hawkins felt that his counterparts need was just as great as his. The allied soldiers at least for the moment did not seem to be the foremost protagonists on the German's minds.

True to his word, in the darkness of the early hours of the morning, a German military general purpose vehicle sat motionless, two of its wheels sunk into the verge. Granger took the driving responsibilities, Genevieve sat in the front passenger seat and Hawkins had the privilege of keeping an eye on their prisoner in the rear. With some extended effort, the vehicle spluttered into life and George recovered with very little grace, the car back to the hard road surface. Driving with caution, knowing that their movements would draw attention, Granger kept the pace slow and easy. The open top allowed a cool wind to rush into their faces which kept them alert and awake despite all being exhausted from the day's trauma.

Very little was said as the concentrated efforts to keep vigilant were maintained but Hawkins reiterated that the first place to take shelter would be used no matter how comfortable the surroundings. Less than two miles along the road, a small farmhouse came into view and as Granger hammered on the brakes, they could see a small muddy path leading from the road into a yard with some outhouses and a barn.

“George, let's take this one.” Hawkins tapped his mate on the shoulder and with the lights and engine off, Granger rolled the vehicle down the gentle decline and pulled up outside the barn. Asking Genevieve to keep a pistol trained on the German, the two Brits recce'd the farmhouse which like many other homes had been abandoned. Deciding to make use of the absentee's hospitality, Granger rolled the car into the barn out of sight from the roadside.

Entering the compact living space which was warm but unkempt, Hawkins lit a lamp as Bauer flopped down upon a poorly upholstered chair and wheezed. He was clearly being courageous considering his wounds. Granger also flopped down and laid his head back on a settee, his body and mind numb.

“Make us a brew, John?” He called out as if talking to a subservient wife. Hawkins duly obliged by rattling pots and pans and rummaging through cupboards for powdered milk and sugar.

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