Fractured- Part 1 by L T Ryan

Author:L T Ryan [Ryan, L T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Mind Media
Published: 2018-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Sean stared ahead, past Medrick’s lingering glare in the vanity mirror. He saw the first outlines of what appeared to be a settlement. A razor-wire-topped fence surrounded multiple grey buildings interconnected by covered walkways. Smoke rose from stacks above three of the buildings.

“Seen anything like this?” Medrick said.

The drive took no more than twenty minutes at low speeds. They weren’t but a mile or so from the highway. Sean had passed not too far from here a couple of days ago, had no idea what was hidden in the woods.

Had they spotted him then, and tracked him?

It was possible, but it didn’t make sense. They’d have come down on him sooner rather than waiting all night.

A man appeared behind the front gate. He threw up a half-salute, ran to the side, and began tugging on a chain which draped across the middle of the fence. The line tightened as he yanked arm over arm. The gate opened up wide enough for the SUV to pull through.

Medrick’s window slid down. The man hurried over after securing the entrance. There was a tower about ten yards further down. A man armed with a rifle leaned over the ledge to sneak a peek into the vehicle.

“Anything happen while I was gone?” Medrick asked the sentry.

The man puffed his bottom lip out and shook his head. “Quiet here. Haven’t even seen any dead stragglers this morning.”

They pulled forward and drove to the left on a gravel road, past the first row of three buildings. There was a large, square structure behind them with high walls and a low-pitched corrugated steel roof. The side they were on had three tall roller doors, with regular doors set in between them. Windows were cut in fifteen feet or so off the ground, six of them. Behind the large building were three more, identical to the first three. A cracked concrete sidewalk ran the length between the outer buildings amid brown grass, dormant for the winter.

Parked near the corner of the lot were four green box trucks and six late-model sedans.

“Bet you folks are thinking you’ve died and gone to heaven,” Medrick said, wearing a shit-eating grin. “Am I right? Or am I right?”

“You been here since the beginning?” Sean said.

“Someone else was here. But they weren’t running things the right way. Change of management was deemed necessary.”

“What’s that mean? You came in and slaughtered them?”

Medrick turned in his seat. “Guy like you, I figure you’d know it doesn’t take killing everyone to make a point. Chop off the head, then replace it with your own.”

“These guys here, they come in with you? Or were they part of the previous group?”

Medrick stared at Sean for a few moments through narrowed eyes. “You ask a lot of questions.”

Sean shrugged and said nothing.

“Why is that? You thinking you want to take this place for yourself?”

“I got no intentions of sticking around here.”

“Where is it you think you’re going?”

Sean turned to the window and stared past the fence at an open field that led to a hill.

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