THE INVASION: An Earth Epsilon Wars Novella by Terrance Mulloy

Author:Terrance Mulloy [Mulloy, Terrance]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Eight

Matt kept his eyes on Joel as they drove along the narrow service road. Apart from the whir of the vehicle’s electric engine, the silence between them was thick. There was also no denying that both of them could sense the same impending menace - an unseen threat that almost felt omniscient. When the vehicle reached the main road that led into Frankfort, Joel slowed to a halt before turning.

“Did I tell you to stop?”

Joel’s eyes flicked to Matt in the back seat. They were empty and hostile. “You’re making me drive myself to jail, aren’t you?”

“What would give you that idea?” replied Matt with a cynical sniff.

“Hey, I’m not as fuckin’ stupid as you think I am.”

No, you’re right. Clearly, you’re a lot stupider. Drive until I tell you to stop.”

Joel scoffed and shook his head before accelerating. “This is such bullshit.”

“You should have thought about what’s bullshit before you decided to cook Fizz for a living.”

“Not like I had a choice.”

“We all have a choice. You just made the wrong one.”

“So I should have gone to the academy and become a bitch-ass cop like you?”

“Plenty of other jobs out there.”

“Yeah, but none of them pay like this one.”

“Well, it’s too bad you’re unemployed now.”

“Fizz fiends everywhere in Shelby County, ese’. I’ll never be unemployed.”

“Remind me of that when I’m booking you into a holding cell later today.”

Matt let that implication hang there. Joel sniffed, wiping the dried sweat and blood that lined his upper-lip while he drove. “Man, my girl is gonna beat my ass when she finds out I’m in jail again.”

“She’s not used to it by now?”

“Nah, ain’t like that. She knows the game. But… she’s pregnant. I’ve already got three pending priors, so thanks to you, I’ll probably never get to see my baby being born.”

Matt studied Joel in the mirror before responding. “Listen, it may not seem like it now, but I’m doing you a favor here.”

Joel snorted a high nasal cackle. That was the funniest thing he’d heard in a long time. “Like fuck you are, cop.”

“Whatever happens from here - just do your time and get yourself on a better path. If you don’t want to do it for yourself, at least be man enough to do it for your kid.”

Again, Joel met Matt’s gaze in the rear-view mirror. This time, there was a hint of defeat in his eyes. He knew Matt was right, and that made him even angrier.

Suddenly, a large series of booms began to ricochet across the sky above them, each one sounding like the punishing thunderclap of a wrathful God. Matt and Joel could feel the ground below the car tremor.

Boom…

Boooom…

BOOOOOOOOM…!

“Stop the car,” Matt ordered.

“The hell was that?”

“Just stop the car.”

Joel hit the brakes. The car screeched rubber. They both sat there in the middle of the road, listening intently. They could still feel the car vibrating as another series of sonic assaults rippled across the sky with eerie uniformity.

Boom…

Boooom…

BOOOOOOOOM…!

Then, it stopped. Silence.

“What the hell is going

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