The Legion by Melissa Delport

Author:Melissa Delport
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Published: 2014-06-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

We streak through the trees, Adam’s binoculars hanging from my neck and banging against my breastbone. When we get to the point where we can just make out the convoy, I raise them to my eyes.

“How many vehicles?” Reed asks.

“Three Humvees.” I squint through the lenses trying to make out the occupants, but there is too much dust and the sunlight reflecting off the glass makes it impossible to see inside the vehicles.

“That truck must be a real heap of junk if it can’t outrun those,” he drawls. “They’re built for terrain, not speed.”

“Yeah, well the truck isn’t built for either,” I reply. “Did you not notice how long it took us to get here?”

“I had a lot on my mind,” he peers down at me and I quickly change the subject.

“What’s the passenger capacity of each of those?”

“Eight, but they didn’t get this far without provisions and fuel. That would take up a fair amount of space. I’m guessing four soldiers per car, five max.”

“Between twelve and fifteen then,” I peer one last time through the binoculars and then I hand them to him. He takes a brief look.

“They’re less than three miles off, we need to get ready.” Without any further discussion, we sprint back to the others.

“I don’t think they’re going to pose a problem,” I announce, missing Adam’s astonished look.

“We’re looking at anything up to fifteen,” I address only my Legion members, and Jethro, David, Tim and Morgan nod.

“But there are only six of you,” Adam points out, unnecessarily.

“Yes, we can count, thank you,” Reed replies rudely, rolling his eyes.

“How can you be so confident?” he presses, and I turn to face him.

“Because Adam, this is what we do.”

“Yeah, and because we have them,” Tim jests, jerking his head at Reed and me.

“Don’t be too cocksure there, big guy,” Reed cautions. “The last person that said that didn’t make it through the day.”

“I suggest you get your people to hide, out of harm’s way,” I tell Adam. “And hurry!” I add, as I hear the faint roar of the powerful engines in the distance. The Ordinary scatter, vanishing like shadows into the surrounding buildings.

“They are so freaky,” Tim quips, as we form a line in the middle of the street, right in the path of the three monstrous military vehicles approaching us.

The Humvees advance in single file and creak to a halt about 20 yards from where we are standing. There is an interminable silence and then suddenly all the exterior doors of all three Humvees open in unison, and the NUSA convoy disembarks and walks purposefully towards us.

I can hear Tim counting under his breath.

“Care to revise your previous estimation?” I whisper to Reed, who just shrugs his broad shoulders, unfazed by the twenty men standing before us.

They cross half the distance between us and the Humvees and then they stop, fanning out across the street. The man in the centre regards us warily before he calls out, his voice echoing down the deserted main road.

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