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"You can stop looking," Ryan said, pointing. "She's found us. There."
Mildred followed the line made by Ryan's finger. "That's the baron's new sec
chief. Name's Fillinger."
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Fillinger stood on the roof of the main building with Krysty in front of him.
Her hands were bound behind her back, and he had a large blued blaster pressed
to the side of her head.
"One-eye!" the sec chief called.
Ryan looked up but said nothing.
"I got something you want."
Ryan said nothing to the man on the roof, but just under his breath he
muttered to Mildred, "He's too far for me to try with the SIG-Sauer."
Mildred gauged the distance, wind, the slight movements of the target and
shook her head. "He's got Krysty too close. If I'm a fraction off, she's on
the last train west."
"I want to make a deal," the sec chief shouted.
The last thing Ryan wanted was to make a trade or strike some deal for the
lives of his friends. Trading blasters and goods for food and shelter was one
thing, but trading humans for those same items was just plain wrong. But this
wasn't just
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Axler,_James_-_Deathlands_61_-_Skydark_Spawn any human the sec chief was
holding hostage; it was Krysty. His friend and lover. He'd listen to the man's
offer, and try to figure out some other solution in the meantime. "I'm
listening."
"You leave now and take your friends with you the fish traders, the muties,
all of them."
There were a few moments of silence. So far the deal wasn't sounding very
good.
"And?" Ryan asked.
"And Red won't be chilled."
"That's not much of a deal," Ryan said.
"Best one you get, One-eye."
"Let her go and we'll leave."
The sec chief shook his head. "The baron wants her. We need to rebuild the
breeding stock, and she's just what we need."
"You sure you can't take him?" Ryan muttered.
Mildred made a second assessment. "Sorry, Ryan."
"If you don't let her go, there won't be a piece of this farm left standing by
the time I'm through with it."
"I'll take that chance," Fillinger said.
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"What are we going to do, Ryan?" Mildred asked.
"I don't know."
THE REICHEL VILLE raiders had made it all the way through the orchards and had
taken a dozen slaves with them nine of them women. The entire operation had
gone easier than they'd expected, and they were about to leave with eight more
than they arrived with.
The ville would survive and flourish.
As Rhonda led a party of six toward the large group of buildings at the far
end of the complex, she was looking for something to give sec chief Ganley.
He'd been a selfless leader to the raiders, and they had all expressed their
wish to thank him in some way. A mate of his own would be a excellent show of
gratitude, but what sort of woman would suit him?
They turned the corner on the cabins housing the men and women living on the
farm, and Rhonda caught sight of a sec man standing on the roof of the biggest
building on the farm. There was a woman with him, a woman with the most
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amazing red hair. He seemed to be shouting down at someone on the other side
of the building.
"Dwayne," she said.
"Yeah," came the response from a middle-aged man as he came up behind her.
"That first night we camped out on the south shore of the lake, what did the
sec chief say when we asked him what he'd like in a mate?"
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Dwayne thought about it a moment. "Uh, he said she'd have to be healthy, and
that he always liked red hair. Red hair, or dark skin, one or the other."
"Look up there." She gestured with a flick of her head.
"That's red, all right."
"Take two others up onto the roof. When we take the sec man out, you bring the
redhead down to the staging area. We'll cover your back along the way."
"Right."
"As soon as we're on the other side of the fence, we're outta here."
"WELL, ONE-EYE!" sec chief Fillinger said. "I don't see you leaving."
"Can't leave her behind," Ryan said.
"Sorry to hear that."
"You chill her, there won't be a farm left to rebuild."
"It's already gone to shit."
"Let her go!" Ryan shouted, then turned to Mildred and whispered. "Take your
best shot."
Mildred raised her target pistol slowly, knowing that once the sec chief saw
the blaster she'd only have a split second to take the shot.
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But then the sec chiefs body suddenly jerked to the right. The man let go of
Krysty and stumbled to keep his balance.
With several feet of darkness between the sec chief and Krysty, Mildred had no
trouble marking the target. She raised her ZKR and fired off two rounds,
catching the sec chief first in the chest and then in the head.
But he didn't fall.
Instead he turned away from Krysty and in the dim glow of the auxiliary
lights, the arrow that had pierced his neck and shattered his throat became
visible to the friends on the ground.
"Let's get up there and grab Krysty," Ryan said, already running toward the
main building.
Mildred followed him, five steps behind all the way through the building and
finally up the ladder that brought them to the roof.
But when they got there, all they found was a dead sec chief.
Krysty was gone.
Chapter Forty-One
J.B., Doc and Dean had taken up a position outside the barn where they'd been
told the baron kept a LAV and a few transport wags. They had considered
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Axler,_James_-_Deathlands_61_-_Skydark_Spawn storming the barn and capturing
one of the wags, but a dozen or more sec men had already gone inside and
following them in would have brought on a firefight.
So instead they parked the wag about a hundred yards from the barn doors with [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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"You can stop looking," Ryan said, pointing. "She's found us. There."
Mildred followed the line made by Ryan's finger. "That's the baron's new sec
chief. Name's Fillinger."
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Fillinger stood on the roof of the main building with Krysty in front of him.
Her hands were bound behind her back, and he had a large blued blaster pressed
to the side of her head.
"One-eye!" the sec chief called.
Ryan looked up but said nothing.
"I got something you want."
Ryan said nothing to the man on the roof, but just under his breath he
muttered to Mildred, "He's too far for me to try with the SIG-Sauer."
Mildred gauged the distance, wind, the slight movements of the target and
shook her head. "He's got Krysty too close. If I'm a fraction off, she's on
the last train west."
"I want to make a deal," the sec chief shouted.
The last thing Ryan wanted was to make a trade or strike some deal for the
lives of his friends. Trading blasters and goods for food and shelter was one
thing, but trading humans for those same items was just plain wrong. But this
wasn't just
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rk%20Spawn.html (331 of 362)16-2-2006 16:53:28
Axler,_James_-_Deathlands_61_-_Skydark_Spawn any human the sec chief was
holding hostage; it was Krysty. His friend and lover. He'd listen to the man's
offer, and try to figure out some other solution in the meantime. "I'm
listening."
"You leave now and take your friends with you the fish traders, the muties,
all of them."
There were a few moments of silence. So far the deal wasn't sounding very
good.
"And?" Ryan asked.
"And Red won't be chilled."
"That's not much of a deal," Ryan said.
"Best one you get, One-eye."
"Let her go and we'll leave."
The sec chief shook his head. "The baron wants her. We need to rebuild the
breeding stock, and she's just what we need."
"You sure you can't take him?" Ryan muttered.
Mildred made a second assessment. "Sorry, Ryan."
"If you don't let her go, there won't be a piece of this farm left standing by
the time I'm through with it."
"I'll take that chance," Fillinger said.
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"What are we going to do, Ryan?" Mildred asked.
"I don't know."
THE REICHEL VILLE raiders had made it all the way through the orchards and had
taken a dozen slaves with them nine of them women. The entire operation had
gone easier than they'd expected, and they were about to leave with eight more
than they arrived with.
The ville would survive and flourish.
As Rhonda led a party of six toward the large group of buildings at the far
end of the complex, she was looking for something to give sec chief Ganley.
He'd been a selfless leader to the raiders, and they had all expressed their
wish to thank him in some way. A mate of his own would be a excellent show of
gratitude, but what sort of woman would suit him?
They turned the corner on the cabins housing the men and women living on the
farm, and Rhonda caught sight of a sec man standing on the roof of the biggest
building on the farm. There was a woman with him, a woman with the most
Page 143
ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html
amazing red hair. He seemed to be shouting down at someone on the other side
of the building.
"Dwayne," she said.
"Yeah," came the response from a middle-aged man as he came up behind her.
"That first night we camped out on the south shore of the lake, what did the
sec chief say when we asked him what he'd like in a mate?"
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rk%20Spawn.html (333 of 362)16-2-2006 16:53:29
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Dwayne thought about it a moment. "Uh, he said she'd have to be healthy, and
that he always liked red hair. Red hair, or dark skin, one or the other."
"Look up there." She gestured with a flick of her head.
"That's red, all right."
"Take two others up onto the roof. When we take the sec man out, you bring the
redhead down to the staging area. We'll cover your back along the way."
"Right."
"As soon as we're on the other side of the fence, we're outta here."
"WELL, ONE-EYE!" sec chief Fillinger said. "I don't see you leaving."
"Can't leave her behind," Ryan said.
"Sorry to hear that."
"You chill her, there won't be a farm left to rebuild."
"It's already gone to shit."
"Let her go!" Ryan shouted, then turned to Mildred and whispered. "Take your
best shot."
Mildred raised her target pistol slowly, knowing that once the sec chief saw
the blaster she'd only have a split second to take the shot.
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But then the sec chiefs body suddenly jerked to the right. The man let go of
Krysty and stumbled to keep his balance.
With several feet of darkness between the sec chief and Krysty, Mildred had no
trouble marking the target. She raised her ZKR and fired off two rounds,
catching the sec chief first in the chest and then in the head.
But he didn't fall.
Instead he turned away from Krysty and in the dim glow of the auxiliary
lights, the arrow that had pierced his neck and shattered his throat became
visible to the friends on the ground.
"Let's get up there and grab Krysty," Ryan said, already running toward the
main building.
Mildred followed him, five steps behind all the way through the building and
finally up the ladder that brought them to the roof.
But when they got there, all they found was a dead sec chief.
Krysty was gone.
Chapter Forty-One
J.B., Doc and Dean had taken up a position outside the barn where they'd been
told the baron kept a LAV and a few transport wags. They had considered
file:///J|/sci-fi/Nieuwe%20map/James%20Axler%20-%20Deathlands%2061%20-%20Skyda
rk%20Spawn.html (335 of 362)16-2-2006 16:53:29
Axler,_James_-_Deathlands_61_-_Skydark_Spawn storming the barn and capturing
one of the wags, but a dozen or more sec men had already gone inside and
following them in would have brought on a firefight.
So instead they parked the wag about a hundred yards from the barn doors with [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]