RUNAWAY TWINS and RUNAWAY TWINS IN ALASKA: BOXED SET by Palamountain Pete

Author:Palamountain, Pete [Palamountain, Pete]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-07-18T23:00:00+00:00

3

Barbarians

They stepped off the plane in Anchorage, aware that the two unkempt men who had paid an inordinate amount of attention to them on the flight and in the airport in Missoula were deplaning as well, but the twins were unsure how to handle the possibility of renewed crudities and foolish gestures. Their hope was that the men would be staying in Anchorage or commuting to Nome or elsewhere and not joining them on the Alaska Air flight to Fairbanks. The girls had endured all they could from brutish predators, and they needed the relief of watching their tormentors disappear into a different concourse.

Another passenger was concerned as well. He had been watching the two men with increasing anger, and as the twins hurried toward their new gate, he eased into a position behind the laughing men who were now closing the gap between themselves and the girls.

The newcomer was an offshore gold miner from Nome who was making an interim stop in Anchorage before catching a flight to return to his dredging operations. He was tall and powerful, and his neck and arms reflected the sustained effort of digging off the northern coast.

"Hey, ladies," one of the men called out when they reached the gate.

"We're not ladies. We're only fourteen," said Rachel. "Please go away."

The gold miner intervened. "In Alaska we don't bother kids."

The men laughed.

"What's funny?" the miner asked.

"You are," the larger of the two said.

They turned their backs on their accuser, as if he were a lobby post. They were both in their twenties, but narcotics and alcohol had dissipated their faces to such an extent they could easily pass for older.

The miner grabbed both of them from behind by their necks and slammed their heads together, producing a loud crack that echoed throughout the waiting room. All who were close by looked up from their books and magazines in time to watch the two young men collapse to the floor. Some spectators rose from their chairs with expressions that showed they were wondering whether they should be concerned about a terrorism incident on their flight.

With the aggressors lying unconscious at his feet, the gold miner shouted to the ticket desk. "Call the state troopers!"

"We hoped they weren't continuing on with us," said Rachel.

"They won't be," the miner said.

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