Rocky Mountain Die by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

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Our hangar turns from a refugee flop house and into a machine shop in about three seconds. We can fit a couple of RVs in there at a time and the folks that can weld get to work. Once the supports and reinforcements are added on then the RVs are replaced by the Humvees and the welders get to work on those.

You see, my idea of having the fence go with us, isn’t totally dead.

Like anything is really dead in this world anymore. Ha!

The sun is coming up in the East as Charlie rolls me outside to watch as the chain link is secured to the frames that are ready. One of the RVs is close to us and several men and women lift up the framed fencing and walk it over to the vehicle where it is bolted to the supports sticking out from the sides. It takes a good half an hour, but they finally get the whole vehicle framed in. Then the wheels are added onto the fence frames and we are set to go.

“I get to drive!” Charlie yells as he ditches me and hurries to the RV.

“Dude! You can’t just bail on me!” I shout after him as he gets to the first layer of fencing and climbs up and over.

It takes him a second to stretch and reach the second layer before he can hook a leg over and jump down inside. He runs up to the driver’s door and pounds his fist against it. Marcie is inside and she grins at him, shaking her head the whole time. The looks on both their faces tell me that there might be more than just flirting going on.

“I am going to hand Elsbeth her ass when we find her,” Stella growls as she walks up to me.

We watch as our son negotiates the driver’s door open. Marcie grabs him and yanks him up inside. Their faces get close, but they stop short of kissing as Marcie looks past him and sees us watching. Charlie turns and glances over his shoulder. His broad grin becomes a frown and he rolls his eyes before Marcie pulls him inside and slams the door closed.

“Oh, yeah, El is dead,” Stella says.

“Lighten up,” I say. “Who else do you want him with?”

“Not a trained killer that used to be brainwashed,” Stella snaps.

“Really?” I reply. “You think he’d be safer with someone else? Because, and this is just me talking, knowing our son’s new girlfriend could probably kill half of us before we could bat an eyelash is sort of comforting. At least he’ll always be safe when he’s with her.”

“Shut up,” Stella says. I open my mouth and she glares. “I said to shut up.”

“I was going to ask how you like my design,” I say. “Ignore our son’s new love life and tell me what you think about the rolling cage.”

Stella sighs and looks out at the newly outfitted RV.

My original idea, back when I didn’t think we’d have

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