Incursion by M.D. Massey

Author:M.D. Massey [Massey, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Modern Digital Publishing
Published: 2015-05-23T05:00:00+00:00

2

Swift

I beheaded the ’thrope, which was already showing signs of recovery despite the 6.5-inch blade sticking through its skull. I had no doubts that it’d fully recover in a few days if we left it as is, and decided to finish the job I’d started earlier. Once I took my golok machete to its neck, I carved “XCVI” in its chest, and propped it up against the front gate with the head in its lap for shits and giggles.

I checked on Donkey, and thankfully she was none the worse for the wear. She’d been to the Outlands with me enough times to know when it was time to head for high ground, so I figured she split at the first scent of wolves. I swear that mule was smarter than some hunters I knew, and twice as ornery at that. Good thing Bobby brought her back before he tried to take a bite out of her; I might have actually killed him if he’d have touched her.

As for the little mustang I rode in on, I didn’t have the heart to make it pull double duty as a relief mount on the trip back. So, I rubbed it down good, made sure it got some water, and turned it loose in a pasture outside the gates. I worried a bit about whether it’d be okay in the wild, but common sense told me its instincts would kick in once it realized there wasn’t anyone around to keep it penned. After that, I checked out the other horses, and while they wouldn’t win the Kentucky Derby, they’d serve for the intended purpose.

With the transportation taken care of, it was time to get strapped. I headed back into the garage to get what I originally came for in the first place, thinking all the while on what my options were for the coming mission to the Corridor.

Whether or not I decided to accept Captain Perez’s offer to turn me into some sort of occult super soldier, that wolf attack proved that I needed an edge if I was going to take on an entire pack of ’thropes. As far as the “treatment” was concerned, I still wasn’t entirely certain that I wanted to go through with it, but at the moment my options were limited. Even with an entire platoon of experienced operators at my back, meat eaters all, I still might not make it back from taking on that pack.

And the fact was, I didn’t have much in the way of backup to choose from. A surf-bum werewolf, albeit one who could take care of himself, and who frankly scared the shit out of me at times, and an eleven-year-old science experiment with an identity crisis, who couldn’t decide if she was iCarly or La Femme Nikita from one moment to the next. One thing I knew for sure was that both were stone killers, albeit damaged ones, but I worried about the effect it was going to have on them both long-term.

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