Storm Front by Thomas A. Watson

Author:Thomas A. Watson [Watson, Thomas A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781544267159
Publisher: A-Poc Press LLC
Published: 2017-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Dad,” Nelson heard as a small hand shook his shoulder. Cracking his eyes open, Nelson saw Gavin beside the bed.

“Hey, sport,” Nelson yawned, sitting up. Looking at the clock, Nelson saw it was 1600. “Damn, I feel like I slept ten hours,” he mumbled, turning back to Gavin. “Momma said it was time to get up, huh?”

“Yes, sir,” Gavin chuckled.

Standing up, Nelson grabbed his gear off the floor. “You wake the others up?” Nelson asked, pulling his vest on.

The cheer left Gavin’s face as he shook his head, “Uh-uh,” Gavin grunted. “You can do it.”

“Big, aren’t they?” Nelson chuckled.

“Dad, they can’t even lay in our beds or the couch, so they all slept on the floor,” Gavin exclaimed. “And they take up the whole floor!”

Rubbing Gavin’s head, Nelson grabbed his AR and headed into Gavin’s room and found Scott asleep on the floor. “Damn, he does take up the whole floor,” Nelson mumbled, tapping Scott’s leg with his foot.

Scott sat up, rubbing his eyes. “I’m up,” he yawned.

Moving to Olivia’s room, Nelson woke up Jacob and then woke up Dallas and Tony on the living room floor. Seeing the four grabbing their gear, Nelson headed for the door. When he walked outside, Nelson stopped and looked at the ground behind the deck.

“Like it?” Gavin asked excitedly.

A scale model replica of the school made of blocks and the surrounding area was laid out. Two mounds of sand represented the two hills. “You did this?” Nelson asked, walking over to look at the scale model.

“Yes, sir, with Adam. Papaw let us when the other boys helped him load. Nancy told us how far everything needed to be from each other,” Gavin said beaming.

The school was laid out like his drawings without a roof and blocks formed the walls, hallways, and rooms. Any structure within three hundred yards of the building was represented. On the north side was the house Bernard would set up near, and to the west was another house near the southwest hill.

Looking at that house, Nelson saw it had much more detail than the other buildings, with the exception of the school. “Son, why did you put so much detail into that house?” Nelson asked, pointing.

The smile left Gavin’s face. “There are bad guys there,” he said in a low voice.

“You’re sure?” Nelson asked and Gavin nodded.

“Nancy flew the drone out a few hours ago, and Mom had us make changes.”

“That’s over ten miles away,” Nelson gasped. “That’s a long way to fly the drone.”

“Just over fifteen,” Gavin nodded.

“We don’t have an antenna that powerful,” Nelson said, turning to Gavin.

A grin filled Gavin’s face. “Oh, we didn’t need one. Nancy programmed a flight path in the plane. It took off, flew out, and came back home,” Gavin said proudly.

Thinking that was a huge risk, Nelson kept his mouth shut and turned back to the model. “Dad, can I come?” Gavin asked in a small voice.

Turning to Gavin, Nelson dropped down on one knee, putting his hands on Gavin’s shoulders.

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