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  • longbow

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    The noise and shockwave of the explosion caused the hikers to stop and turn around. Seadog said to the others, “It might be worth it to see what we can find”. The three others laughed and listened for other sounds of gunfire or more explosions. “Somebody had a bad day,” whispered Wayne as he smelled his hand after rubbing his neck.


    Dexter leaded against a burned tree and said our best efforts might be focused to the west. The four of them checked to make sure the weapons were loaded, and started walking back to town. Bruce was last to turn back, and was already forming a plan in his head.


    Bruce was the quiet one; he was the person who would end any arguments between the others, or fix any unfinished business. He considered this tight knit group the judge and jury for those who have done wrong. What wrongs they did were not their business; just that they judge them in the ways they felt appropriate. The four horsemen of death is what he envisioned this group to be, and that purpose was to clean the earth of those who did not want to follow them. The search for followers had been difficult. They have judged 19 members, and none could endure the tests of virtue. No one has been able to answer the three simple questions asked by the four horsemen. Those that fail the test are left tied up and slashed for nature to take them back and recycle their bodies. It is only a matter of time before they find other likeminded people, as they continue the hike across the land.



    The sound of a helicopter caused them all to seek cover in a Starbucks with a collapsed drive through wall. The four of them stared at the first Blackhawk helicopter they have seen in over a year, head north and drop down below the tree line. Thirty seconds later is heading southwest and climbing with three persons attached to a heavy cable underneath. Bruce stepped out of the damaged building and pointed at it in the air. “We need to judge them all! Those people could be our first new hikers. We have to give them the test. One by one, I will judge them. Time is on our side."



    The four continued to walk to the west. Just before dusk, they found a road that had been recently repaired. They set camp for the night and talked about new tests of virtue they will try. “Soon enough,” one of them said, as they all laughed. They shifted to do other things as the four of them fell asleep together under the big tarp.
     

    csaws

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    Ok. I can't read this posted here with all the interjection so I copied and pasted the whole thing thus far to word. I have intermixed you copyright stuff at the beginning somewhere in the middle'ish and at what I am calling the current pause.

    In case you are wondering it is 105 pages and 70,402 words thus far.
     
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    Ok. I can't read this posted here with all the interjection so I copied and pasted the whole thing thus far to word. I have intermixed you copyright stuff at the beginning somewhere in the middle'ish and at what I am calling the current pause.

    In case you are wondering it is 105 pages and 70,402 words thus far.

    Good idea I can do the same and make the print larger...
     
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    Can't wait just read the first installments on page 1...don't anyone ruin it for me lol. Do you write professionally Longbow? Maybe what I am saying is ..have you been published.
     

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    At first light, the burial group had already started to dig the grave in the small field for the four persons that were killed in the ambush. Killed is a nice term; ground up and spread around is a better description. Eight shoes with the feet inside were mostly untouched. Everything above the ankles to the shoulders was mixed together and tossed in a wide pattern. Some gear in the backpacks was undamaged but was soaked in blood. We left them in the road and will let the rain wash them a few times before we want to handle them again.

    Flat shovels are being used to get the smaller parts worth putting in the grave. Those parts are put in one of two feed buckets. When they are full, the smaller parts and pieces are gently dumped into the grave and the task starts all over. The bigger parts were placed on a silver tarp, folded over and dragged by two of us to the hole.

    To pass the time, we were trying to figure out why these four dead persons smelled so bad. The smell of freeze dried human is mild compared to this. The rotting criminals in the van smelled bad, but most of the smell was contained within the van. The consensus is the blast mixed everything together at one time and the bacteria and the bugs had a feast. The warm weather, the still air and the humidity made the conditions ideal for decomposition. We did at least prevent spread of more flies and many of the death bugs were already moving into the grave as we toss the 8 filled shoes and what was left of the 4 skulls. No one wanted to clean the tarp so we left it in the hole. Dirt was tossed in till it was mounded up. A stone border was framed on the grave, and nobody had a clue whom these people were. Everyone paused to say some words over the grave, and then we headed home.

    A hot shower or a hot bath will hopefully get rid of the smell and grime. The ride back in the pickup was short and was much better than a long walk that would take most of the day. The air smelled of rain, and conditions should be perfect for a thunderstorm or two today. No one in the truck noticed the four people that dove for cover when the pickup rounded the curve. They watched the pickup go over the hill while hiding behind a burned out and fallen tree trunk.

    Dexter was first to get up and head west. The others followed. The days of eating wild onions, small animals and anything they can find might be coming to an end. They all moved quietly, like the predators they have become. The prey they were going after were organized and from what they have observed, very well stocked. They were going to follow the same plan they had used countless times. Pick off the weak, panic the rest and in time, they will prevail. They will lay back and learn the daily routine of this group and exploit any weakness. Just after 6 PM, they reached the hill and could see smoke rising from a farmhouse with a metal roof 2,500 feet to the west. A few other smaller buildings were near the home and several persons could be seen moving around the house

    Wayne and Bruce were scanning the site with cheap binoculars for several minutes. Some farm animals were moving about, several helicopters were in a field to one side and the gate at the entrance was closed. They could see one person watching the front; he was on the front porch and was spending half his time looking out, and the other half talking with two of the ladies. Dusk came and they went down the far side of the hill to hide from the night vision gear they assumed the group had.

    Nightfall came to the farmhouse and under the cover of darkness they had a meeting to review what was spotted to the east. The front OP, that is very overgrown and well hidden spotted three or four flashes just before sunset. Two flashes were seen at the same time and one of the adults on the porch saw it at. Calmly he made a note as to what part of the hill the flash came from, and went inside to get a spotting scope. From the doorway in a shadow, he was able to see two persons in the bushes watching them from the far hilltop. No weapons could be seen, but they were being watched and that means trouble is not far away.

    The meeting was brief; the number of guards was doubled for the night. Several of the ladies were holstering pistols again. At about 2 am, three scouts are heading out with a thermal sight to see if they can find the visitors who were watching us. Roger was leading the group. The plan is to observe only. If they are a threat, they will be dead before morning. If they are friendly, they will be eating breakfast with us

    Just before 3 AM the scouts spotted several hot spots near the bottom of hill. The “visitors” were asleep. A few clicks on the radio confirmed the sighting and they settled in to just watch. Night vision was worthless because the visitors used the tarp and bushes to hide what they had. The scouts had a good view of the visitors and made sure they could see 360 degrees around them.

    Ears perked up when a beeping sound came from the visitors about 4:10 AM. The sound was an alarm on a watch and the visitors quickly woke up and started talking. Roger had turned on the thermal scope and was seeing 4 shapes moving around. He watched all four go to the bathroom and knew they were men.

    The scouts just listened to the conversation of the visitors. The more they talked the less friendly they became. The talk of making converts, tests and purifying turned stomachs of the scouts. Laughing about women and taking over the farm house sealed the fate of the visitors. They could tell the visitors were getting ready to head out and cause trouble. The sounds of weapons being checked and a flashlight being used to look some items over made it very easy to see the four people. Roger had 4 shots taken before the other two scouts opened up. The flashlight and the tarp being removed allowed the night vision scopes to work. They had clean targets and fired for about 20 seconds. Three of the visitors fell in those first 20 seconds.

    Dexter was hit in the ankle and was behind the others. They were screaming and none of the others were firing back. He had a pump shotgun and was shooting slugs and buckshot at the source of the gun fire. He was reloading when he got a bead on the spot they were being shot at. The shooting stopped. His ankle was on fire, and any movement he made almost caused him to pass out. He lay on his back looking up at the stars, and held the shotgun on his chest like a shield. The screaming around him had stopped, but choking sounds and heavy breathing filled his ears. The smell of blood, human blood overloaded his sense of smell. His heart raced in panic and he could not get enough air. He was hyperventilating, but he could not calm down. Dexter was going into shock. His ankle was shattered from one bullet and bleeding. In the short gun battle he took another round in his chest. He never felt it. The pain from his ankle masked it. He had a collapsed lung and his chest was filling up with fluids. Dexter was the last to die.

    At sunrise, all four were shot again, just to make sure they were dead from the scouts on the hill. They walked down to survey the visitors and halted. An inch from Roger’s boot was a trip wire. The three retreated to survey the area. After 40 minutes they located three shotgun shell tripwires and secured them. They left the bodies for the vultures and took the back packs and weapons.

    While walking back, Roger got on the radio and said breakfast will only be for three.
     
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