The Loki Variation by James Riley Sabrina

Author:James Riley, Sabrina
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-12-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26.

“Just outside of Raleigh.” Hud announced. He was pulling the Mauler off of the highway again, he hadn’t stopped since earlier when he and Travis had refueled courtesy of an abandoned semi-trailer truck, and everyone was antsy and needed to get out of the vehicle.

They stopped on the side of the road near a wide field with a shallow row of trees. Sasha and Nora headed for the trees first, and trying as hard as he could to be a gentlemen, Hud kept an eye on them. The trees were the only area he couldn’t see clearly and it made him uneasy. It was just beginning to darken outside, dusk was falling. Derek was still wearing the sunglasses; his dilated eyes still couldn’t handle the brightness. He felt handicapped and weak, useless, so he stayed in the Mauler and did something that was not really in his character. He sulked.

Chewing on a granola bar that tasted like artificially sweetened cardboard, he was dismayed to realize that his somber mood from last night had not been alleviated by almost an entire day’s worth of sleep. He didn’t feel rested at all. He was thinking about Sasha. He felt like he was mourning. Of all the reasons for mourning! His Aunt Cheryl, mauled by his own dog. His missing parents, he hadn’t dared think about his mother since he realized he would probably never speak to her again when he had failed to find a way to contact her from the base. The loss of hundreds, thousands, maybe more lives, people who he didn’t even remember yet but who would surface to his memory later, and he would realize they were gone. Instead of all these, the one thing that had put him over the edge was being so close to Sasha, and then knowing that it was futile. Better to have loved and lost? He shook his head.

Outside, Hud was pacing. It was taking Sasha and Nora a while, and they were hidden across the field. He wanted to head over to them, but kept his distance. It wasn’t so much manners, it was more that he had learned how Sasha reacted when she felt anyone was being overprotective. She took it as an insult, stubborn thing.

Adam and Travis had given up waiting for the girls and had headed to the opposite side of the Mauler to relieve themselves. They were just heading back around the corner when a shrill scream ripped through the still late evening air. Hud was running before the scream ended, and Adam and Travis were right behind him.

Hud crashed into the woods, his gun ready to fire, and yelled for Sasha. His call was met with another scream, deeper into the woods than he wanted to go. Travis and Adam were frozen, they were unarmed and Hud put his arm up, silently telling them to wait right where they were.

Heading in the direction the shriek had come from, Hud raced through the juvenile trees and into the denser woods.

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