Ranger Martin and the Alien Invasion by Jack Flacco

Author:Jack Flacco
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Zombies & Aliens
Published: 2014-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

When they reached the small town of O’Toole, twenty-five miles west of Temple City, Sergeant Baskins turned off his communications system and stopped the jeep. He jumped from the vehicle, walked to the passenger side where Olivia sat and opened her door. He looked at her and pulled his knife from its sheath. The silver blade shined in the late afternoon sun. The sergeant had maintained its luster throughout his career.

Fear had gripped Olivia as she trembled and turned a deathly white. Had she made a mistake trusting the sergeant in her eagerness to end the pain at the hands of his subordinates? She wondered how many people he’d killed with that knife. The longer she stared at it the longer the trembling continued.

To her surprise, Baskins slipped the knife between the woman’s hands and cut the bindings from her. He next opened the door to the backseat and did the same for Abigail. The little girl rubbed her wrists, soothing them of the pain from being bound for such a long period.

Baskins hid the knife in its sheath, and said. “Now, we’re equals.”

* * *

Hopping every other stair to the top, Ranger greeted Matty and Jon. “We have to leave.”

“No kidding.” Matty flicked the safety from her gun and reloaded it.

“Matty, I don’t need your sarcasm. Not now.”

“When then? Tomorrow? I’m having my nails done. How ‘bout a rain check?”

“Has your sister always been this,” Ranger stuttered while looking at Jon, “obstinate?”

“I am not pigheaded.” She said.

“Ranger.” Randy called to him from the bedroom in the back where the alien hadn’t moved from its cowering position.

Ranger and the kids sped into the bedroom, “What is it?”

“I think I know a way out of here.” Randy peered out the second-floor window.

* * *

After having slipped the knife back into its sheath, Baskins stepped away from the vehicle. Olivia immediately left the passenger side and joined Abigail in the back, hugging her. Having missed her daughter, she wanted to feel the warmth of a human touch again.

“You’re free to go.” He said.

The woman and her daughter traded glances as if they couldn’t believe what was happening. Why would he let them go? Didn’t he want to know where Randy went?

Baskins noticed their puzzled faces and sensed they didn’t believe him. He said, “Look. You’re free. You can go anywhere you want. I’ll be heading to California. Less likely zombies will want to hop aboard a boat with me on the ocean.”

The pair stayed in the jeep not knowing what to do. They didn’t know where to go. If they left the safety of the vehicle, they wouldn’t know where they’d end up. Sure, they could always run into one of the suburban houses and use it as their permanent residence, but somehow they knew if they did that, they’d eventually run out of food or worse, become food for the undead. Abigail held her mother’s hand knowing the best place for them would be in the truck. Would Baskins mind

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