Smith by Wade Adrian

Author:Wade Adrian [Adrian, Wade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-11T22:00:00+00:00

The day dragged on. Smith’s feet where a bit sore, but he could cope. He’d survived worse. If he had been wearing his old shoes they might have fallen apart by now. He hadn’t moved this far in a day in ages.

Rawlins was the one having a hard time keeping up. For all his talk of staying in shape, he was winded by mid afternoon. He kept on, and Ross and Baron’s people slowed their pace for him, but he was clearly annoyed with himself.

They made it to the final checkpoint Baron had mentioned after the sun had gone down. Word hadn’t preceded them, so the scout inside was a bit surprised to see them.

The group settled in front of the checkpoint, an old shack that looked like it had fallen in. Another illusion hiding a subterranean hiding spot. Baron and his hunters departed while Ross’ people made camp and got a small fire going. They made the fire in a small hole and built up dirt walls around it to hide most of the light.

Rawlins rubbed at his feet and shins as he sat by the fire, grumbling to himself. Ross was speaking to the posted scout.

Smith tilted his head as he stared at the fire. “Bikes.”

Rawlins glanced up. “Eh?”

“Bikes. To move information faster. Yeah, your movements might be more obvious, but when you fly by and someone on foot can’t hope to keep up, you’re still ahead. Bikes.”

One of the scouts shook his head. “We move over rough terrain. Bikes won’t do that.”

Smith shrugged. “Mountain bikes. Or just use them for running information, and not general movements.”

Ross settled in. “What’s all the pie in the sky talk about now?”

“Bikes.” Smith nodded. “Faster than walking, people powered.”

Ross scoffed. “If you see one in tact, let me know. I’ll think about it.”

Smith frowned. “Ah. Yeah… might have failed to consider that.”

Rawlins was staring at the fire. “Isn’t this a bad idea? Letting people see us.”

Ross shook his head. “We minimized that as much as we can. They’d have to have elevation on us to get more than a flicker now and then. We’ve got too many bodies to hide in trees. Besides, fire keeps the wildlife away.”

Smith shivered a bit when he remembered those green eyes staring at him… and the claws that had made it through the fence.

Ross poked at the fire before tossing on another bit of wood. “We don’t have any reports of human activity in the area. We’re pretty thorough.”

Rawlins inclined his head toward Smith. “He snuck by.”

Ross’ shoulders slumped a bit. “Nobody’s perfect. But since you mentioned it…” He turned his eyes to Smith. “How did you get that far in?”

Smith shrugged. “I honestly had no idea any of this was out here. I was following the river when I noticed the fence. I stayed in close, sure to be up high whenever possible, letting foliage hide me.”

Ross rolled his eyes. “I instruct my people to stay on the ground unless they’re hiding from an animal or need to sleep.

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