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said, leaving it open.
    “Amanda, I know what you mean. My legs are numb, but I’m not in the mood to kill more people today just because they want our stuff unless I have to. If this keeps up, ammo is going to become an issue,” he said.
    “Okay, so where are we going?” she asked, taking a drink.
    “There’s another spot a mile up about two hundred yards off the side of the road,” Nathan said.
    “Out across the fields?” John asked.
    “You two are getting good with remembering the map,” Nathan told them. “Yes, we cross the field into the woods and find a spot to crash.”
    Only half the sun was peeking above the horizon as they entered the field then walked into the tree line. The mosquitos were waiting as they stepped into the woods. With the exception of Jasmine, the others just let the damn things feast, only swatting when the little bastards tried to fly in their noses.
    They reached a small clearing half a mile in and Nathan dropped his pack, pulling out the ThermaCELL, followed by Amanda. No sooner than the things were on then the torrent of bloodsuckers abated. Praising his holy ThermaCELL, Nathan set it down and started pulling out gear. “Just get what you need to sleep. No washing or anything else, we will do that at our next camp. I’m sure there are others in these woods,” he said in a low voice and turned to see Jasmine had a holy ThermaCELL held out against the bloodsuckers of the night.
    “Jasmine, do you have a gun?” Nathan asked.
    “No, I have pepper spray and a Taser,” she said proudly.
    Blinking his eyes rapidly, Nathan was caught totally off guard. “Okay, you and John go to sleep. Amanda and I will take first watch and wake you after midnight. No talking above a whisper,” he warned them, feeling Amanda moving beside him. He looked down to see her spreading out Ares’ woobie.
    The woobie was barely on the ground when Ares walked over and just flopped down. Nathan sat down and pulled out the night vision scope and his monocular. Putting the head harness on, he clipped the monocular on and reached in his tote bag and pulled out two stripped down MREs.
    He and Amanda ate the MRE’s as total darkness sat in. When they were finished, he picked up Amanda and put her between his legs and leaned down to whisper, “If you hear something, move slow and use the scope to look. If you see something, tap my leg. Let’s tap each other’s leg every so often to make sure we don’t sleep,” Nathan explained to her and she nodded.
    It was only ten minutes before Nathan felt her breathing fall into a regular pattern. Nathan patted his leg and Ares moved over, putting his head on Nathan’s leg. Slowly wrapping an arm around Amanda, Nathan sat watch in a light doze, waking when he heard the slightest noise and letting the others sleep through the night.

Chapter 4
    Day 9
     
    Amanda awoke with a startle and felt an arm tighten around her. She started to panic till she felt it was Nathan’s arm by his elbow pad on his shirt. Blinking her eyes to get the sleep out of them, Amanda noticed it was still dusk. It was darker than that a few minutes ago , she thought. She grabbed Nathan’s arm and turned it till she saw the face of his watch. It was almost 5:30 a.m.
    She leaned her head back and looked up at Nathan. “You didn’t tap me to stay awake,” she whispered.
    “You just looked too cute to wake up,” Nathan said and she smiled up at him.
    “My butt hurts big time and my legs are numb,” she said with a grimace.
    “Well get up and wake the other two, we’re leaving,” Nathan said. “Tell them to be quiet. There are people in the woods to the north. I’m guessing but I figure less than a hundred yards from us,” he whispered.
    Not liking others that close, Amanda slowly eased over to John and Jasmine, shaking them awake and telling them to get ready and be quiet. In just that little bit of time she was gone Nathan was packed and rolling up Ares’s woobie. Amanda turned to get