Stone Age Box Set: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller by M.L. Banner

Author:M.L. Banner [Banner, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Toes in the Water Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

32

Big Guns

Laramie, Wyoming

“Oh my God.” Sherriff Ralf stood statuelike, still unprotected, staring north toward the University of Wyoming. Coming down the road was something Laramie has never seen, except at its museum.

“Is that a fricking ta-tank?” Edgar was hyper-ventilating again. “It is, and it’s moving. Sheriff, how is that possible? I thought cars and trucks won’t work ever again. That’s what Dr. Reid said. How can they...” he trailed off, needing all his focus to keep breathing, having none to spare for chit-chat.

Ralf was just as perplexed. Not a single car or truck started since this thing everyone had been calling the Event hit. Something to do with their electronic ignition system, but then here was this tank. It looked ancient; perhaps the reason for its functionality, and it looked familiar. “It’s the tank from the Old West Museum, where they compared Civil War weapons to World War II weapons.” Ralf attempted to figure this out aloud. “And what the hell is that mounted to the outside of the tank? It looks like an old wire lathe.” He answered himself. And then knelt with Edgar on the wall, partially protected, frozen by no less shock than if ET had come down and demanded entry.

The clatter of the tank’s tracks on the asphalt pavement rattled the earth beneath their walkway, an approaching tremor announcing its intent to unleash a violence against which they had no defense. A squeak-squeak-squeak from the wheels accompanied the clap-clap-clap of the track. The roar from the tank’s thunderous engines echoed off the clapboard facades of the turn-of-the-century homes that lined what had always been a quiet residential street.

“Go-go-go!” Ralf bellowed to the three men and one woman on the wall with him. “Head into town and we’ll make a stand there.”

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