Free Bug Out! Part 3: Motorhome Madness by Robert Boren Page B

worth bringing in, that’s for sure,” Charlie said.
    “You got rid of all the bodies?”
    “Yes, they’re gone. Heard anything from the Major?”
    “Not a peep,” Hilda said. She got a concerned look on her face.
    “Where do you want us to park these?”
    Hilda thought about it for a moment.
    “Put them back behind the clubhouse, in front of the maintenance building,” she said. “That isn’t visible from outside of the park.”
    “Alright, be back in a minute. Jerry, follow me.”
    They drove the vehicles behind the clubhouse. Frank went into the store, followed by Hilda, and they went up the back steps to the roof. Jeb and Jane were sitting up there.
    “Sounds like I missed some fireworks,” Jeb said, grinning.
    “Yep, that was as hairy as the first battle,” Frank said.
    “I’d say worse,” Jerry said as he walked up onto the roof. “An old redneck got the drop on Charlie and me. If Earl wouldn’t have taken him out, we might not be alive right now.”
    “Now don’t go getting Hilda upset,” Charlie said as he got on the roof to join them.
    “Too late,” Hilda said. “What happened back there? Don’t sugar coat it.”
    “Well, the Deputy lost his nerve when these cretins showed up,” Frank said. “When we got back there, one of the Islamists was on his way up the ladder to get into the blind.”
    “Yeah, until you blasted him,” Jerry said. Jane walked over to Frank and gave him a hug. She was trembling.
    “I’m OK, sweetie,” Frank said, looking down at her and petting her head. “Anyway, we shot the guy on the ladder, and then some other guys opened fire on us. We shot three more guys in the forest during that fire fight. Then Charlie and Jerry snuck over to the parking area to disable the vehicle so survivors would be able to get away. That’s where the redneck got the drop on them. He had them covered, and was about to shoot them when Earl blasted him with his 30-06. There was another guy with him, and Charlie grabbed the redneck’s gun and shot him with it. That’s pretty much it.”
    “The rest of the time we spent getting the bodies from both of those fights out of there,” Jerry said, “and taking their truck and SUV. The SUV is chock full of supplies. That’s probably the main reason they came back, although they had also picked up the bodies of the first six and moved them over next to the pickup truck.”
    “So we’ve taken out twelve of these guys now,” Jeb said. “They’re gonna be pissed, and they know where we are. We’d better get ready.”
    Earl and Jackson came up onto the roof.
    “What’s going on?” Earl asked.
    “I just told these folks what happened back there,” Frank said. “Have a seat.”
    “So how are we going to protect ourselves against these dudes?” Jackson asked as he and Earl sat. “We’ve been pretty damn lucky so far.”
    “I agree, we’ve been real lucky,” Jerry said. “Frank and I were talking back there. We think it would be a good idea to have the blind manned with two people instead of just one.”
    “Why?” asked Jeb.
    “It will be harder for anybody to get the drop on us that way,” Frank said.
    “Alright, that makes sense,” Jeb said. “Do we have enough qualified folks to do that?”
    “Probably,” Charlie said. “I wouldn’t put two of our top people in there at a time, though. One top person and a second person that isn’t quite so experienced ought to do it.”
    “For the next 24 hours, I’d make it two top people,” Jerry said. “I agree with Charlie after that. If we are going to get hit again, I suspect it will be sooner rather than later.”
    “Hey, look,” Jeb said. “Here comes the Humvee. The Major is driving.”

Chapter 7 – Ambush!
    The Humvee drove up to the front of the park. Hilda ran down the stairs and over to the gate to meet them and let them in. She looked inside. It was just the Major, one of the privates, and somebody laying down in the back.
    “Hi,” the Major said.