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Authors: Mike Evans
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wasn’t my intention to do anything stupid. I just thought that we could get out and we could show them what we are capable of. I mean, we did pretty good the first few days without any training you kn-”
Shaun punched him in the shoulder this time, and he did it hard. Greg bounced in his seat and grasped his arm. He brought up his own fists in defense and Shaun said, “I’m ready to go Greg. If you did something that damn ignorant and you think that you don't have to tell us what it was then you are crazy, so quit dicking around and speak up!”
Greg lowered his arms, at this point he’d rather of faced an entire horde then deal with the awkwardness of this. “I wanted to get out of there. So I lied, we didn’t have permission to leave the base. Nobody knows that we left. No one knows any of this is going on. We can try and call but you know as well as I do there’s probably not going to be anyone in the control room to hear us.”
Joey said, “You were over there talking to Mr. Clary and Aslin. You said that they told us we could go out on a special trip and that we were going to be going more often.”
Greg said, “Yeah I know Joey, I lied. I asked them and they said that they’d think about it. They had only wanted to talk to me about training. Starting tomorrow they wanted to have me and most likely you guys help on the range. There are some kids that don’t seem to get the process of shooting and well it’s something that can get fixed. They just need more hands to do it.”
“So as of now there’s nothing that we can do to get help. We are stranded, snow is starting to fall harder and it’s freezing outside. Seems like a great day,” Ellie said.
Shaun looked behind him at Ellie and Joey. He could see their worry and fears. He said, “It’s ok, we aren’t going to try walking back. We can take shelter somewhere around here if we want for the night and let this weather pass. We aren’t going to starve in one day’s time. I know where we are and if we can just make it a couple blocks, we will be able to see if it’s safe there.”
Greg hit the wipers on the truck and looked out and around. He asked, “Where are we going to go that you think is safe?”
“Simple, we go up to the grocery store. It’s not like those things are going to be eating Cheerios on the shelf right?” Shaun asked.
Ellie asked, “How much ammunition can we carry with us?”
“As much as we possibly can. I don’t want to be hurting for anything. I think we can carry two to three thousand rounds a person.”
“You are kidding me right? I mean that has to weigh hundreds of pounds Shaun.” Greg laughed.
Shaun stared at him and it wasn’t a look filled with joy. He said, “Ok if you are going to be helping people at the range than you better learn something that is quite simple. Each can of ammunition holds a thousand rounds. Each one of those cans weight right about ninety pounds. Is it going to suck to carry that much? Hell yes, but if you think about all of these things out there, wouldn’t it be smarter to strain in pain for a bit then to have to worry about running out?”
Greg thought about having almost an extra hundred pounds and looked at Ellie. “So what are we going to do in the event that we come up to a horde? We’re going to have to ditch everything to be able to make it. Think about it, with snow and an extra hundred pounds, we might as well scream for them to come after us.”
Joey said, “I don’t shoot so let me carry extra ammo cans and we’ll be ok. I’m big enough I can carry as much as the two of you I bet.”
Ellie patted his shoulder. “You know he probably has a point. I wouldn’t want to have to try and out lift this man. He has some serious guns going on him.”
Shaun said, “What if we each just take one ammo can, then we won’t be impacted too much? The snow will still be something that we will have to deal with. Other than having a car not crashed, thank you for that
Shaun punched him in the shoulder this time, and he did it hard. Greg bounced in his seat and grasped his arm. He brought up his own fists in defense and Shaun said, “I’m ready to go Greg. If you did something that damn ignorant and you think that you don't have to tell us what it was then you are crazy, so quit dicking around and speak up!”
Greg lowered his arms, at this point he’d rather of faced an entire horde then deal with the awkwardness of this. “I wanted to get out of there. So I lied, we didn’t have permission to leave the base. Nobody knows that we left. No one knows any of this is going on. We can try and call but you know as well as I do there’s probably not going to be anyone in the control room to hear us.”
Joey said, “You were over there talking to Mr. Clary and Aslin. You said that they told us we could go out on a special trip and that we were going to be going more often.”
Greg said, “Yeah I know Joey, I lied. I asked them and they said that they’d think about it. They had only wanted to talk to me about training. Starting tomorrow they wanted to have me and most likely you guys help on the range. There are some kids that don’t seem to get the process of shooting and well it’s something that can get fixed. They just need more hands to do it.”
“So as of now there’s nothing that we can do to get help. We are stranded, snow is starting to fall harder and it’s freezing outside. Seems like a great day,” Ellie said.
Shaun looked behind him at Ellie and Joey. He could see their worry and fears. He said, “It’s ok, we aren’t going to try walking back. We can take shelter somewhere around here if we want for the night and let this weather pass. We aren’t going to starve in one day’s time. I know where we are and if we can just make it a couple blocks, we will be able to see if it’s safe there.”
Greg hit the wipers on the truck and looked out and around. He asked, “Where are we going to go that you think is safe?”
“Simple, we go up to the grocery store. It’s not like those things are going to be eating Cheerios on the shelf right?” Shaun asked.
Ellie asked, “How much ammunition can we carry with us?”
“As much as we possibly can. I don’t want to be hurting for anything. I think we can carry two to three thousand rounds a person.”
“You are kidding me right? I mean that has to weigh hundreds of pounds Shaun.” Greg laughed.
Shaun stared at him and it wasn’t a look filled with joy. He said, “Ok if you are going to be helping people at the range than you better learn something that is quite simple. Each can of ammunition holds a thousand rounds. Each one of those cans weight right about ninety pounds. Is it going to suck to carry that much? Hell yes, but if you think about all of these things out there, wouldn’t it be smarter to strain in pain for a bit then to have to worry about running out?”
Greg thought about having almost an extra hundred pounds and looked at Ellie. “So what are we going to do in the event that we come up to a horde? We’re going to have to ditch everything to be able to make it. Think about it, with snow and an extra hundred pounds, we might as well scream for them to come after us.”
Joey said, “I don’t shoot so let me carry extra ammo cans and we’ll be ok. I’m big enough I can carry as much as the two of you I bet.”
Ellie patted his shoulder. “You know he probably has a point. I wouldn’t want to have to try and out lift this man. He has some serious guns going on him.”
Shaun said, “What if we each just take one ammo can, then we won’t be impacted too much? The snow will still be something that we will have to deal with. Other than having a car not crashed, thank you for that
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