The Devil's Colony by Bill Schweigart

Author:Bill Schweigart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Davis pulled Ben into the trees and clamped a hand over his mouth before he could scream.

“It’s Davis,” he whispered. “Settle down.”

“Christ,” seethed Ben, who spun around to face his friend. When he saw him, he did a double take. “What the fuck are you wearing?”

“Ghillie suit.”

It was a variation of the shaggy camouflage suit he’d worn as an operator in Afghanistan, only now adorned with pine needles and matching the muted April colors of the ghostly Pine Barrens. Dressed in the suit and with his slow, deliberate movements, he had been invisible to the cameras and the passing eyes of guards.

“You look like a shrub. I could’ve pissed on you.”

“And I could’ve killed you.”

“It’s about the joke, isn’t it? I’m sorry about the joke. I had no choice…”

“I don’t give a shit about the joke,” spat Davis. “You blew the fucking RV.”

At first Davis thought something had gone terribly wrong. There had been rifle fire earlier in the evening, forcing him to get closer to the camp than advisable, but he was still concealed inside his ghillie and armed to the teeth. As soon as he heard the shot, he pushed toward Välkommen, circumnavigating the perimeter, scanning the entirety of the camp in his night-vision goggles, his heart in his throat as he tried to detect Ben or Lindsay. Fuck it, he thought, and took two steps out of the trees and into the open field, a crouching bush carrying an MR556 rifle. If they were in trouble, he’d grab them and shoot his way out. He was outnumbered, but he’d have the element of surprise. He took two more steps into the dark clearing when he heard the roar of motorcycle engines. He froze as tent flaps in the clearing flew open and the denizens of Välkommen began walking toward the commotion. Finally he saw Ben emerge from the barn, alone but unhurt, walking toward the roundabout in front of the main house. When he saw the man Ben was trailing, he froze. He backed to the edge of the woods and blended into the trees, his bowels quaking.

“You have no idea who you’re dealing with, Ben.”

“I have a pretty good idea. I’ve been living with these shitbags, remember?”

“We’re leaving now. Go get Lindsay.”

“She won’t come. Not tonight.”

Ben explained about the map he had seen in the garage with Felix and his men. Lindsay finally getting an audience with Drexler. And the real reason why they had missed the rendezvous, the horse. It was just as well, continued Ben, when the bikers came, since it solidified their status as part of Välkommen.

“I was drinking with them. And when Breaux kicked that dude, it was suddenly us versus them. We’re in, Davis. The plan is working. I hate to say it, but we need more time.”

Davis wanted to tell him about Breaux, but Ben seemed confident. Even if he was just putting on a show, he did seem more at ease now that he was actually in the camp than when Davis had been prepping him in D.

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