The Flipside by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2018-05-02T07:00:00+00:00

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“Tell them not to use the stun thumpers!” Mike and Ivy shouted at the same time.

Cash nodded and put the handset of the portable radio back to his mouth. “Barbara? Whatever you do, do not use the stun thumpers on the combots. Do you read?”

“Yeah, I read! Why?” Barbara replied. “Never mind, I don’t care why. No stun thumpers. Okay, so what then? How do we stop these things?”

“They don’t,” Amanda said quietly off to Cash’s right. She was busy hunting through the crates of weapons and supplies for something that could help them against the combots. “Got ya!”

She held up a handheld scanner that looked like a cross between a Nerf dart rifle and a Dust Buster, but with a small screen on top. Amanda began sweeping it from left to right, left to right, as she pressed a button and the small screen irised on.

“Go use that,” Cash snapped. Amanda gave him a look and he rolled his eyes. “Yes, I know, you’re technically in charge.”

“I’m going to see how many we have out there still,” Amanda said with a wry smile. “Who’s covering my ass?”

“I will,” Haskins said. “But I’ll use that while you cover my ass. Scanning is a one-armed job.”

“Cash? What do we use?” Barbara cried over the radio.

“What other weapons are on that crawler?” Cash asked.

“Hold on,” Barbara said. There was static for a few seconds. “Just the stun thumpers and extra power packs full of shockround things.”

“Power packs. That’s good,” Mike said, holding out his hand. “Let me have that.”

Cash handed the radio handset over without argument.

Mike depressed the button and said, “Barbara? This is Mike DiCenzo. Don’t ask why I’m here—very, very long story—just listen to me, okay?”

“Ok… I’m listening,” Barbara said.

“The power packs. They can be used to make mini-EMPs. You might only need one, but more is good. Grab those up and get somewhere safe so you can work—”

“Safe! SAFE! Please explain to me where in this nightmarish hellhole would be considered safe? We are in an upside-down crawler that is dangling from the broken rods of a radio tower that could probably collapse at any moment and eight combots are climbing this not-so-stable structure to come kill us! Where is safe, Mr. DiCenzo? Huh? Where?”

“Mike. Call me Mike,” Mike replied. “And I’m sorry my request sounded simple, but you are going to need at least five minutes per power pack to do the work that will trick the packs into overloading and collapsing their fuel cells which will trigger the mini-EMPs. Can you get somewhere that will allow you five minutes?”

“I don’t know if… Hold on.”

Mike waited as Cash watched Amanda and Haskins squeeze by Ivy. They were lost from sight and he turned his attention to Tressa and his father. She was wiping the old man’s brow as he lay on the floor of the armory. She briefly looked up and met his gaze. She gave Cash a small smile then went back to their father.

“Anyone want to grab me a water?” Dr.

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