Terror On The Two-Lane by David A. Simpson

Author:David A. Simpson [Simpson, David A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Wise Pug Publishing
Published: 2018-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

27

Gunny

They’d gotten cleaned up, grabbed some sleep and were meeting in the back of the Sunshine café for breakfast. The banquet room had the biggest tables and was where birthday parties or anniversary celebrations had been held before the fall. Despite the warm welcomes back, the crew was gloomy. They’d only made matters worse with their Mexican vacation. They’d failed to eliminate anyone of any significance, Casey was on the move, his whereabouts unknown and instead of lounging harmlessly by the seaside, he knew exactly where they were. He might even have spies watching the roads so he would know what their movements were.

General Carson’s satellites were nearly useless, the only one flying over the southwestern United States had quit transmitting a few days ago. They had no way of troubleshooting it so now they were blind. News had spread fast and a dark, somber mood hung over the town. Some were second guessing the ill-fated mission, Monday morning quarterbacking. Some telling their neighbors they knew it was a bad idea all along. Gunny was a hot head and should have let sleeping dogs lie. The same people who had cheered him on when he left, praising him for taking the fight to the enemy so the States would be safe.

When Gunny came through the door, a young man and his wife were the first to greet him, hopping up from his table near the conference room and extending his hand.

“Mr. President.” he said warmly “I’m Dustin Cross and this is my wife Lexi. We’re sure glad you took us in and we’re real pleased to meet you. We’ve heard so much about you and it’s an honor to finally shake the hand of the man that built all this, that gave us hope again.”

Gunny blanched a little for the undeserved praise, told the man he hadn’t done much, others were responsible for doing all the heavy lifting, but welcomed him, his wife and baby to Lakota.

He finally extricated himself from the awkward conversation and made his way into the room. He never had been able to take compliments easily and knowing what he knew, that one had been undeserved. He had brought war to their doorstep.

“You finished glad handing and baby kissing?” Cobb asked as he found a spot at the table, joining a dozen other people. “We’ve got business to attend to.”

Gunny just grimaced at him and gladly accepted the cup of coffee Kim-Li set down.

“I’ve heard the story these clowns were telling everyone.” Cobb started without preamble, waving his hand at Scratch and Stabby who had been entertaining the café with their overblow tales. “But I’m not sure I believe the bit about stealing an airplane. How about you tell me what happened?”

“That’s parts true.” Gunny said. “Did they say we jumped over the Grand Canyon on dirt bikes? That part would not be true.”

“Dude,” Stabby said. “We should have thought of that.”

“Yeah.” Scratch said. “And we left out the part where Griz was busting slobs with that hot Mexican guy he thought was a girl.

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