Precipice: V Plague Book 9 by Dirk Patton

Precipice: V Plague Book 9 by Dirk Patton

Author:Dirk Patton [Patton, Dirk]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Voodoo Dog Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-08-16T04:00:00+00:00


26

The Hind searched the area for several minutes, the spotlight brightening the interior of the Dodge a couple of times as the helo orbited. I remained still, leaned over on the seat, only poking my head up for a look when I could tell by the sound that they had temporarily moved away. As they widened their search area the times they were too far away to spot me increased, and I took the opportunity to jump out of the truck.

My internal clock was still ticking as I had no doubt they’d already been on the radio and there was a whole host of Russians about to descend on the small town. Come down and try to stomp my ass into a big puddle of goo. Well, if I didn’t get my ass moving that’s probably exactly what was going to happen.

Keeping an eye on the orbiting helicopter I started jogging east along a residential street. The houses were small and well kept, very few of them with any vehicles still parked in the driveways or at the curb in front. Maybe the people had evacuated, or maybe most of them had been at work when one of the waves of infection rolled through.

The Hind was coming back in my general direction and I moved into a narrow side yard that separated two homes and tucked up tight against the trunk of a tree. They’d spot me with FLIR, no doubt, but I’d be well concealed from their light. I wasn’t terribly worried, reasonably confident that if they had FLIR they wouldn’t be using the spotlight.

It passed over about a block away and I stepped back into the street and kept moving. For the moment I was outside their search orbit, but that would change when reinforcements arrived. It wasn’t far from the air base and I knew I maybe had five minutes before additional helos were in the air, buzzing around trying to locate me.

Ground troops wouldn’t be far behind. If I was the on scene commander I’d load up every US Air Force truck I could find on the base and drive the troops up. It wouldn’t take long to get here and had the advantage of not tying up the airborne assets ferrying them up. The helicopters were much more valuable to the Russians if they were all on station, hunting.

The neighborhood wasn’t very big and I quickly reached a north-south street that was lined with commercial buildings. Fast food, automotive repair, gas stations and similar types of businesses. I reminded myself to not make the same error I’d made in Dodge City and take refuge in a business. But I was hopeful that I’d find someplace that might have some ammo.

The helo had continued its search pattern, shifting the center of its orbit a little farther east with every circuit. I was moving in the same direction it was, but was still outside the perimeter of each turn. Glancing up and down the road I decided to turn south.



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