The Night of the Triffids
“@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE WITHDRAWAL CAREERING downhill, faster now, much faster, the Jumbo thundered towards the canteen building. Jazmay was firing from a window with her sub-machine gun. From behind a door Sam aimed his revolver.
The situation didn't look good. Perhaps thirty invaders were closing in on the building, peppering the walls with shots from their carbines.
'We got to move fast,' Gabriel shouted. 'When we... pull up alongside the building open the hatch, then get those two in as fast as you can. Got it?' I nodded, holding on to the grab rail in front of me.
We seemed all too vulnerable, sitting high in those cabins at the front of the Jumbo. There seemed to be nothing but glass surrounding us. While I knew it was toughened I didn't want a bullet to put it to the test.
Our Jumbo hit level ground, its nose dipping just enough to gouge a yard of blacktop from the roadway, and then we were powering towards our target.MoreLess
The situation didn't look good. Perhaps thirty invaders were closing in on the building, peppering the walls with shots from their carbines.
'We got to move fast,' Gabriel shouted. 'When we... pull up alongside the building open the hatch, then get those two in as fast as you can. Got it?' I nodded, holding on to the grab rail in front of me.
We seemed all too vulnerable, sitting high in those cabins at the front of the Jumbo. There seemed to be nothing but glass surrounding us. While I knew it was toughened I didn't want a bullet to put it to the test.
Our Jumbo hit level ground, its nose dipping just enough to gouge a yard of blacktop from the roadway, and then we were powering towards our target.MoreLess
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