The Savageside (The Flipside Sagas Book 2) by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2018-10-13T22:00:00+00:00

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With the storm past, Ivy stepped out of the speed roller, barely able to squeeze through the gap the wall of the rock outcropping allowed for.

Cosio had done a good job in finding them cover. Both speed rollers were able to back into the space as long as the passenger in the follow roller and the driver in the lead roller didn’t want to open their doors. They had to fold the side mirrors in order to get the two rollers to fit side by side.

Water dripped from the edge of the outcropping, creating a muddy trough a meter in front of Ivy. She watched the water splatter in the dirt, watched the rivulets form, the puddles merge, the trough grow.

“We should fill that in,” DeLuca said, joining her. “Or it’s gonna be a bitch to drive through when we leave.”

“The rollers can handle it,” Ivy said. “They’ve stayed tough so far.”

“For now,” DeLuca replied. “But we have no idea how long the shielding will last. Yesterday may have been our last good day of driving.”

“We’ll be fine…” Ivy turned her eyes away from the dripping remnants of the storm. “How’s Nochez?”

“She’s holding it together,” DeLuca said. “Still dehydrated, but overall, she’s good.”

“Great,” Ivy said.

She rubbed at her face and looked out past the dripping water and into the muddy landscape beyond. She paused as movement caught her eye.

“You seeing that?” Ivy asked.

“Yeah,” DeLuca said. “Dinos?”

“Smaller ones,” Ivy said. “But a lot of them.”

“I’ll grab a rifle,” DeLuca said and hurried off. She clambered up over the hood then windshield then was gone through the speed roller’s top hatch, her head reappearing a few seconds later. “They still there?”

“Still there,” Ivy said.

DeLuca eyed through her scope. Ivy waited patiently.

“I count a dozen, at least,” DeLuca reported. “Maybe a meter in length.”

“Teeth?”

“Maybe…? They’re weird looking.”

“How so?”

“They’re hind legs stretch out in front when they walk.”

“Huh? I can’t picture that.”

Ivy walked back to the roller and squeezed into the cab to grab her rifle. She returned to her observation point, put the rifle to her shoulder, and sighted through the scope.

“Well, shit. You’re right. They’re like kangaroos when they walk on all fours, but their front legs are longer.”

“And no pouches,” DeLuca said. “And the whole looking like big lizards instead of boxing rats.”

“Boxing rats?”

“My grandma called kangaroos boxing rats. No idea why.”

“Those are the ones that surrounded us,” Nochez said, climbing out of the other speed roller’s top hatch. “Some are looking this way. They’re going to get curious and come have a look.”

“Let’s give them a reason to stay away,” Ivy said.

Ivy put the crosshairs in the mud directly in front of the lead couple of dinos and squeezed the trigger. The report was deafening in the confined space, but Ivy didn’t even flinch. She waited until the mist of mud she’d created with the shot floated off then grunted.

“That only got their attention more,” Ivy said.

The dinos were standing up on their haunches, looking directly at the outcropping and the two rollers.

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