Reckoning by Bruno Miller

Author:Bruno Miller [Miller, Bruno]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Publisher: Wordstream Books
Published: 2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

As the two men laid out chain between the door to the outbuilding and the truck, Ben started to make his move. He was hiding behind a support post for the deck and the thick wood lattice that wrapped around the back part of the structure. The lattice prevented him from getting a good bead on either of the guys. Ben didn’t want to take any chances.

He needed to do this quickly and accurately. There was no point in drawing this out any longer than he had to, and there was no point in trying to reason with these people, nor did he want to try. He flipped the magazine switch over to the slugs he had loaded on the left side of the KSG and moved quietly on his stomach toward the opening in the lattice. Just a few more feet and he’d be able to get on his feet and have a clear shot at the men.

BOOM.

Ben was startled by the gunshot, and he instinctively dropped back down to the dirt. Jack had taken a shot from one of the second-floor windows. So much for the element of surprise. When Ben looked up, the thinner guy was on the ground, and the big guy was frozen in his tracks halfway between the truck and the garage. The remaining intruder didn’t stay still for long, though, and he started for his rifle, which was still leaning near the outbuilding door. But Ben still had a ways to go until he could get out from under the deck. Scrambling the last few feet, he emerged from his hiding spot and began to bring up the KSG and shoot.

Ben wasn’t quite in position as the man reached his rifle and began to shoulder it. But Ben was out in the open now, and the man noticed him as he crawled out from under the deck. As soon as he saw Ben, he readjusted his stance and swung the rifle in Ben’s direction. Ben’s hiding spot had put him at a serious disadvantage, and Jack’s shot had caught him off guard. He wasn’t going to get the shotgun up in time to get a shot off. The only thing he could think of at that moment was his kids and the fact that they would have to make their way to Colorado without him.

BANG… BANG!

Ben tensed up and prepared for the pain of impact, but the bullets whizzed by him. He glanced down at himself for a second, then brought the shotgun up the rest of the way to fire on the man, but he didn’t need to. The man hadn’t fired the shots—Joel had.

The intruder was now holding his chest and had dropped the rifle. The bloodstain quickly grew out from under where he clutched at his shirt. Ben spun around to see Joel standing at the corner of the house, his Glock still pointed at the guy. Ben was shocked to see Joel standing there and noticed that his

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