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them, you have the total weapon. We need fear to still the opposition, keep
them down and under us. Every strong society needs its menials. They stay
menial by fear. So why don't you show me where Alien stored that little ol'
bomb he got from Sunchild?"
"COMING THIS WAY. Back!" Jak whispered as they came to a crossroads in the
tunnels. Ryan had sent the albino on slightly ahead of himself, changing his
usual practice to lead the way. It seemed to the one-eyed warrior that Jak's
ability to detect direction would be better employed leading until they had
some idea of the situation in the center of the ville. In such a maze of
passages and tunnels, Jak's ability to pinpoint sounds was a vital weapon.
They had heard the pitched battle commence, and the occasional blasterfire
told them that the armory hadn't yet been raided to a full extent. As they
were all armed, apart from the baron, this gave them an edge. Ryan handed the
baron his
SIG-Sauer as a defensive weapon, feeling that Alien would cope better with the
handblaster than with the Steyr.
They had advanced this far without a pause, and with hardly a word between
them. J.B. kept point as was usual, Downey close to him. Blake was beside
Ryan, following hard on Jak's lead. Strung out between them in the narrow
tunnel were Krysty, Dean, Alien, Mildred and toward the rear Doc.
At Jak's command, they flattened against the tunnel wall, closing ranks so
that they were ready to flank across the narrow space should an enemy round
the corner.
But it was no enemy. Voices, indistinct, became clearer as they neared: the
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"Shit, bro, I hope we find them soon."
"Ain't nowhere else to fuckin' go, dude. They've got to be around here
somewhere."
"Sure as shit hope so, 'cause I think my lungs are gonna fuckin' burst!"
The twins laughed despite themselves, coughing hard but still keeping the
pace.
Ryan and Blake exchanged glances as the footsteps neared. The wizened sec man
nodded, agreeing without the question even being voiced.
"Hey, boys," he called, "who you lookin' for?"
The footsteps pulled up short. Ant called, "Shit, Blake, man, where the fuck
you been? We've been all over here looking for ya. You got Ryan and his crew
with you?"
"Mebbe," the sec man replied cautiously. "What you boys wantin'?"
"You, dude. You gotta get back, man, 'cause all hell's broken loose. Harv and
that bitch have got some sort of takeover goin' down, and we need all the help
we can get."
Ryan and Blake exchanged glances once more.
"Trust them?" the one-eyed warrior asked.
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"With my life. Crazy fuckers, but too crazy to lie if they even wanted to," he
replied.
"Good enough for me," Ryan said.
"We're coming out, boys," he called to the twins.
Ryan and Blake stepped out simultaneously into the junction between the
corridors, blasters ready as a precaution.
"Whoa, dude, easy!" Ant exclaimed as he and his twin held their shotguns away
from their bodies. "I know what one of those fuckers can do, so 'scuse me
being nervous," he added, gesturing with his free hand at J.B.'s M-4000, which
Ryan had borrowed.
The one-eyed warrior allowed himself a small grin as he lowered the M-4000.
"Okay, so fill us in," he said as the rest of his party, including the baron,
stepped out into the junction.
The twins explained the situation, keeping it as concise as they could without
contradicting each other too often. When they had finished, Ryan turned to the
baron.
"Seems to me that most of your sec force want to take their chances with
Harvey."
Alien shook his head sadly. "Whatever happens, I can't go on now."
"Worry later. Get Harvey chilled first," Jak snapped pithily, not allowing
Alien
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"What's the state of play with the armory?" J.B. asked. "Right now, only sec
and us have blasters. But if everyone on Harvey's side gets them& " He trailed
off, feeling it unnecessary to go on.
Ant shook his head. "I guess he's headed straight for it, but the problem the
dude's got is that our side is between the armory and his side, ya know?"
"Then he'll need another tool to bargain with," Ryan stated flatly.
"By the Three Kennedys," Doc whispered, "he wouldn't."
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