fucking worried and you’re a fucking tit!” he finished grinning.
“Fuck you, too, mate!” I said with a small smile.
“I tell you one thing, if Amy and I hadn’t come looking for you, you would have had Tessa, and, mate, that is the last thing that you would have wanted. She had this long piece of fishing line and she said ‘If you don’t go bring his skinny arse back here, I will find him tie this fishing line around his balls and drag him back. Mate, when I saw her face I knew that she meant every word.”
The thought of someone tying fishing line around my balls and dragging me along like some dog had the effect of shrivelling my pride and joy and making my two best buds try to climb back inside. My face must have shown what I was thinking because Chris just nodded.
“Let’s get some sleep.” Chris said, moving away from the door and pulling it open.
I walked out following him and headed to the bed I had chosen. Amy was already lying down, and by the regular movement of her chest, I guessed that she was asleep. I sat down on the edge and pulled my boots off before lying down. Just as I was closing my eyes I felt the bed dip slightly, and opening my eyes I saw Spirit lay down across my legs. Reaching down, I gave her a gentle pat on her head. I lowered my head and closed my eyes again and this time I let the darkness behind them take me.
Chapter Nine
I woke up to the smell of hot coffee and slowly opened my eyes. I looked around and saw Chris and Amy sitting a few beds down from me with their heads together, whispering. I lay there straining my ears trying to hear what they were talking about but I couldn’t make any of it out. Sitting up, the bed creaked and Chris looked over to me.
“Morning, you two!” I called pulling on my boots.
“Fresh coffee here if you want any.” Amy said, turning around on the bed to look at me.
Standing up, I gently stomped my feet to settle my boots and walked over to them.
Amy passed a cup to me and I said “Thanks.”
Chris stood and went to look out of one of the small windows. From where I was standing, I could see a small piece of grey sky through it.
“Looks like it might rain later.” He said without turning round.
“Marc?”
I turned to look at Amy “Yeah? What’s up?” I asked.
“Are you sure that we need to do this?” She asked.
This must have been what they were whispering about as I woke up.
I sighed and took a sip of the hot, bitter coffee trying to figure out what I should say.
“Look, I know that this might just look like I am being paranoid, but if Benton ever manages to get hold of the Bunker and the people there, well, let’s just say that there wouldn’t be many left afterwards, if at all. I set out on my own to try and take them down and I stand by that thought.” I said.
“Look, we are not saying that it shouldn’t be done, just why now?” Chris said, turning away from the window to look at me.
Again I paused before answering “I don’t know! I just thought that if I could take them down now then the rest of you back at the Bunker would be more secure.”
Turning away, I walked back to my rucksack and started to pack the little amount of gear I had pulled out the night before. Spirit trotted in from the other end of the room and headed over to Amy.
“Ok!” Chris said and headed for his own gear.
“Ok?” I said looking up.
“Yeah! Look as long as you think it is worthwhile then that’s good enough for me.” He said, lifting his rucksack onto the bed and shoving a shirt in the open end.
“Amy?” I asked.
Amy stood up and headed for the toilet.
“Amy?” I asked again.
She turned around and said “Oh, for fuck’s sake, ok, let’s get going! And for the sake of argument I would have come anyway.”
I smiled as she turned her back to me and headed into the toilet to empty the coffee into the drains.
“She was all for knocking you out and dragging you back to the Bunker.” Chris said as the
“Fuck you, too, mate!” I said with a small smile.
“I tell you one thing, if Amy and I hadn’t come looking for you, you would have had Tessa, and, mate, that is the last thing that you would have wanted. She had this long piece of fishing line and she said ‘If you don’t go bring his skinny arse back here, I will find him tie this fishing line around his balls and drag him back. Mate, when I saw her face I knew that she meant every word.”
The thought of someone tying fishing line around my balls and dragging me along like some dog had the effect of shrivelling my pride and joy and making my two best buds try to climb back inside. My face must have shown what I was thinking because Chris just nodded.
“Let’s get some sleep.” Chris said, moving away from the door and pulling it open.
I walked out following him and headed to the bed I had chosen. Amy was already lying down, and by the regular movement of her chest, I guessed that she was asleep. I sat down on the edge and pulled my boots off before lying down. Just as I was closing my eyes I felt the bed dip slightly, and opening my eyes I saw Spirit lay down across my legs. Reaching down, I gave her a gentle pat on her head. I lowered my head and closed my eyes again and this time I let the darkness behind them take me.
Chapter Nine
I woke up to the smell of hot coffee and slowly opened my eyes. I looked around and saw Chris and Amy sitting a few beds down from me with their heads together, whispering. I lay there straining my ears trying to hear what they were talking about but I couldn’t make any of it out. Sitting up, the bed creaked and Chris looked over to me.
“Morning, you two!” I called pulling on my boots.
“Fresh coffee here if you want any.” Amy said, turning around on the bed to look at me.
Standing up, I gently stomped my feet to settle my boots and walked over to them.
Amy passed a cup to me and I said “Thanks.”
Chris stood and went to look out of one of the small windows. From where I was standing, I could see a small piece of grey sky through it.
“Looks like it might rain later.” He said without turning round.
“Marc?”
I turned to look at Amy “Yeah? What’s up?” I asked.
“Are you sure that we need to do this?” She asked.
This must have been what they were whispering about as I woke up.
I sighed and took a sip of the hot, bitter coffee trying to figure out what I should say.
“Look, I know that this might just look like I am being paranoid, but if Benton ever manages to get hold of the Bunker and the people there, well, let’s just say that there wouldn’t be many left afterwards, if at all. I set out on my own to try and take them down and I stand by that thought.” I said.
“Look, we are not saying that it shouldn’t be done, just why now?” Chris said, turning away from the window to look at me.
Again I paused before answering “I don’t know! I just thought that if I could take them down now then the rest of you back at the Bunker would be more secure.”
Turning away, I walked back to my rucksack and started to pack the little amount of gear I had pulled out the night before. Spirit trotted in from the other end of the room and headed over to Amy.
“Ok!” Chris said and headed for his own gear.
“Ok?” I said looking up.
“Yeah! Look as long as you think it is worthwhile then that’s good enough for me.” He said, lifting his rucksack onto the bed and shoving a shirt in the open end.
“Amy?” I asked.
Amy stood up and headed for the toilet.
“Amy?” I asked again.
She turned around and said “Oh, for fuck’s sake, ok, let’s get going! And for the sake of argument I would have come anyway.”
I smiled as she turned her back to me and headed into the toilet to empty the coffee into the drains.
“She was all for knocking you out and dragging you back to the Bunker.” Chris said as the
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