Chapter 6 (Part one)Inside the SUV, three forms stirred.
?Everyone okay?? Asked Pierce weakly.
?Yup.? Replied Frank.
?I seem to be wounded,? West answered, ??But I can keep going.?
?Okay.? All three men looked attentively out what was left of the SUV?s windows. ?No soldiers? Let?s go.? They limped out of the SUV and towards the gate. A soldier jumped out from behind a tower and started shooting. The men dove for cover until the sound of gunfire transformed into the clicks of an empty Mp5. Henry unholstered his 357 and aimed it at the soldier?s head.
?Look, I?m all alone! Everyone else went inside! I- I was just following orders!? The man backed up, towards the humming gate. He reached slowly for the pistol in his leg holster, and his arm brushed against the metal of the gate. He convulsed, twitching with electricity, and fell forwards, dead.
?Well,? Pierce said, ?I guess we can forget climbing the gate.?
?Perhaps there is another way out near here?? West volunteered.
?Maybe,? Frank answered, ?But we have to find it without being killed by these freaks and soldiers. Why do you think they?re trying to kill us, anyway??
?I dunno, cover-up?? Pierce pondered. ?Whatever it is, it?s bad news for us.?
End of Part one