The Guard by Eric S Brown

Author:Eric S Brown [Brown, Eric S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2018-12-18T23:00:00+00:00

“Yeah, that would have been him,” Deputy Cato said. “He was a whacko in a lot of ways but the man was also a doomsday prepper. Tim really believed the end of the world was close at hand and spent decades getting ready for it.”

“How does that help us?” Lancaster pressed him.

“Tim has a house not too far from where we are now,” Deputy Cato explained. “I’ve been to it before. Trust me, there’s no better place we could head for.”

Evans brought the jeep to a stop in the middle of the road. They hadn’t seen or heard any signs of the Sasquatch in the last few minutes and he felt okay doing so. He got out of the driver’s seat and motioned for Deputy Cato to get into it.

“You know where the place is at. I don’t,” Evans told him. “Take us there.”

Deputy Cato climbed into the driver’s seat as Evans got into the rear of the jeep. Cato passed the private his .30-06.

“She’s only got two rounds left in her but they’ll do you a lot more good back there than that M-16 of yours,” Cato said.

“Thanks.” Evans grinned from ear to ear. “My rifle was down to half a magazine anyway. It would have taken some real luck to stop one of those monsters with it.”

“I’ve only got a partial mag. too,” Lancaster admitted. “But you say this guy’s place is stocked, right?”

“Just wait until you see it,” Deputy Cato said, laughing. “You’ll wonder why we never went out there and arrested him.”

“Why didn’t you?” Evans asked from the rear of the jeep, honestly curious.

“Tim was a good guy,” Deputy Cato said sadly. “I guess the sheriff just decided him having what he did was safe enough. He rarely came into town, did most of his shopping online, and never really bothered anyone. In fact, if he did come out that house of his, it was to help somebody who needed it. We weren’t close or anything but after tonight, I am going to miss the old man.”

Deputy Cato drove them on to Tim’s house in silence. All of them keeping a sharp eye on the woods that surrounded the road. It wouldn’t be long until the sun came up and help rolled into Canton, assuming the National Guard could push through the small army of beasts that had kept the bulk of them out of it all night.

The jeep bounced along the gravel road that led up to Tim’s house. Deputy Cato parked the vehicle as close to the house’s front door as he could. The three of them got out of it. Lancaster reached the door first and tried it.

“It’s locked,” she told them, frowning.

“Move out of the way,” Evans said, stepping toward the door with his .30-06.

“Don’t,” Deputy Cato stopped the young private. “You ain’t going to be able to shoot the lock out. Not with that rifle and not with as many locks are on the other side of it.”

“Then how do we get in?” Lancaster demanded.

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