car.
He drew his knife and cut a length of the man's top, making him flinch. He tied it tight around his savaged arm as a tourniquet.
"Don't want you passing out before you've told me everything you know, do we treacle?" He said, giving him a less than playful slap around the face.
He stood. "Now. Who are you and why are you here, scaring my friends?"
"Fuck you" the man said through gritted teeth. Ok, try the hard man act. Dan bent down to his face and spoke quietly to him.
"Let's get something clear. There's nobody going to drag me away if I get too rough. There's no solicitor arguing for you. There's nobody to complain to. There's just us, and chances are if you don't tell me what I want to know then you'll die slowly in a great deal of pain"
He stood, receiving an angry state through teary eyes.
"Are you going to answer my questions?" He asked calmly.
"No. Comment." He said, smiling through the excruciating pain as though he felt he had made a great joke.
"Very well" said Dan in a formal tone as he walked to open the door of the discovery.
"I'll give you a choice; talk to me, or talk to my colleague." With that he whistled once and Ash bounded out of the car and stalked over to him. He circled around his owner’s legs like a hunting wolf, never taking his eyes off the bleeding man.
"Watch him" Dan said, and Ash slowly stepped closer. Inches from his face he gave him the full display of big, sharp teeth as he pulled his lips back and snarled.
"WATCH HIM, ASH" Dan shouted again, making the dog snap at his face and intensify the display with barking as he kicked it up a gear.
Good boy.
"Now" he said again "which one of us would you like to talk to?"
He decided to talk to Dan, who told Ash to sit.
"Billy gave us the orders, his 'dog' told him everything about you" he said in between gasps of pain.
"From the beginning" said Dan patiently "who is Billy and how did his dog tell him about us"
"We found him around Christmas. Wanted us to come and kill someone for him" he said.
"Who?" Dan asked impatiently, fearing the answer.
"You" he said, smiling through gritted teeth.
Dan turned to Steve in horror as the truth dawned on him.
"Kyle. He's coming for the house" he said.
He considered putting two bullets in the wounded man's head, but he would have to wait.
"Cedric!" He bawled, running over to the rest of them.
"Radio the house, tell them this was a diversion. Lock this place down and give those sawn offs out" he turned and ran to the discovery.
"And tie this piece of shit up, Ash wants another word with him later" he yelled as he climbed behind the wheel. He reversed at speed, dumping the laughing man on his back painfully.
RAIDERS
Pete heard them first.
"Get yourself up there, lad" he said to James, pointing to a higher patch of ground ahead to his left.
"Stay behind the big tree, and only come out shooting if I shout for you”
James was white with terror but fought to control his breathing and find his courage. He nodded and ran, carrying a shotgun and cartridge bag.
Pete settled down on a large tree stump to look down the scope. He saw the two vehicles approaching, and rested the reticule of his scope on the driver of the lead car.
He 1agonized over whether he should shoot or not. Everything told him that these people were coming to take what they had built. Wait, he told himself. Wait.
~
Neil had worked fast. With Rich helping the GPMG was sat ready and proud in front of the house in the bed of the truck. Nobody would risk driving straight up to it.
That made him pause. If they wouldn't come here, they would go somewhere else.
Somewhere undefended.
He yelled inside for Ian. Jimmy poked his head out to say he wasn't there.
"Can you grab the keys to one of the lorries?" he shouted back. He told him what he wanted and Jimmy didn't hesitate.
~
Leah lay flat in sniper pose; right leg cocked at an angle to allow her diaphragm to move without affecting her shot. She
He drew his knife and cut a length of the man's top, making him flinch. He tied it tight around his savaged arm as a tourniquet.
"Don't want you passing out before you've told me everything you know, do we treacle?" He said, giving him a less than playful slap around the face.
He stood. "Now. Who are you and why are you here, scaring my friends?"
"Fuck you" the man said through gritted teeth. Ok, try the hard man act. Dan bent down to his face and spoke quietly to him.
"Let's get something clear. There's nobody going to drag me away if I get too rough. There's no solicitor arguing for you. There's nobody to complain to. There's just us, and chances are if you don't tell me what I want to know then you'll die slowly in a great deal of pain"
He stood, receiving an angry state through teary eyes.
"Are you going to answer my questions?" He asked calmly.
"No. Comment." He said, smiling through the excruciating pain as though he felt he had made a great joke.
"Very well" said Dan in a formal tone as he walked to open the door of the discovery.
"I'll give you a choice; talk to me, or talk to my colleague." With that he whistled once and Ash bounded out of the car and stalked over to him. He circled around his owner’s legs like a hunting wolf, never taking his eyes off the bleeding man.
"Watch him" Dan said, and Ash slowly stepped closer. Inches from his face he gave him the full display of big, sharp teeth as he pulled his lips back and snarled.
"WATCH HIM, ASH" Dan shouted again, making the dog snap at his face and intensify the display with barking as he kicked it up a gear.
Good boy.
"Now" he said again "which one of us would you like to talk to?"
He decided to talk to Dan, who told Ash to sit.
"Billy gave us the orders, his 'dog' told him everything about you" he said in between gasps of pain.
"From the beginning" said Dan patiently "who is Billy and how did his dog tell him about us"
"We found him around Christmas. Wanted us to come and kill someone for him" he said.
"Who?" Dan asked impatiently, fearing the answer.
"You" he said, smiling through gritted teeth.
Dan turned to Steve in horror as the truth dawned on him.
"Kyle. He's coming for the house" he said.
He considered putting two bullets in the wounded man's head, but he would have to wait.
"Cedric!" He bawled, running over to the rest of them.
"Radio the house, tell them this was a diversion. Lock this place down and give those sawn offs out" he turned and ran to the discovery.
"And tie this piece of shit up, Ash wants another word with him later" he yelled as he climbed behind the wheel. He reversed at speed, dumping the laughing man on his back painfully.
RAIDERS
Pete heard them first.
"Get yourself up there, lad" he said to James, pointing to a higher patch of ground ahead to his left.
"Stay behind the big tree, and only come out shooting if I shout for you”
James was white with terror but fought to control his breathing and find his courage. He nodded and ran, carrying a shotgun and cartridge bag.
Pete settled down on a large tree stump to look down the scope. He saw the two vehicles approaching, and rested the reticule of his scope on the driver of the lead car.
He 1agonized over whether he should shoot or not. Everything told him that these people were coming to take what they had built. Wait, he told himself. Wait.
~
Neil had worked fast. With Rich helping the GPMG was sat ready and proud in front of the house in the bed of the truck. Nobody would risk driving straight up to it.
That made him pause. If they wouldn't come here, they would go somewhere else.
Somewhere undefended.
He yelled inside for Ian. Jimmy poked his head out to say he wasn't there.
"Can you grab the keys to one of the lorries?" he shouted back. He told him what he wanted and Jimmy didn't hesitate.
~
Leah lay flat in sniper pose; right leg cocked at an angle to allow her diaphragm to move without affecting her shot. She
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