The Chronicles of Benjamin Jamison: Call Sign Reaper by Thomas Wright

in. She pounced on him, throwing her legs across his sitting form and pulling his face to her chest. He was kissing her neck and unhooking her thermal shirt from the pants. His hands moved up and down the skin of her back. He could feel the muscle under the soft smooth skin. He unsnapped her bra and she pulled her arms out of her sleeve, pulling the bra from under her shirt. She leaned back so his hands could cup her breasts and he stroked them gently. She knew she was about to come unglued. He was kissing her neck in all the right places and his touching was very gentle and felt wonderful.
    They heard the hover craft coming down the road. It was after 2200, and it had been all fighting and foreplay for over an hour. She slide off his lap and sat next to him with his arm around her. They waited and watched to see who and what was approaching. It didn’t go on by. It was a hover truck and it landed in the field behind Harold and Janet’s barn. She felt Ben tense up and reach for the door.
    “Wait, I’m coming with you,” Andrea said, grabbing his elbow.
    “No you’re not,” he replied.
    “Yes I am!” she said firmly, taking his face with both hands.
    He thought about it for a moment. “Alright, let’s go,” he said finally.
    He pushed the door open, grabbed his katana and ran towards the farm house. Andrea tucked in her shirt and zipped her vest. She popped the trunk and grabbed a rail gun rifle and three extra power packs with projectiles. She slipped her night vision goggles back on and adjusted them. Ben was halfway back to the house and the spacers were still standing around the hover truck. They had not seen him yet, which showed what amateurs they were. A laser blast went off and one of their people fell to the ground.
    It looked like someone didn’t want to be doing whatever the rest of them had planned.   One down and five to go, Ben thought. The hover truck lifted off and went straight up 30 feet. Andrea knew whoever was flying would see Ben running to the house.
     
    Mike was hovering above everyone. He knew he was high enough to monitor everything. As he was rising, he saw a figure running across the field towards the house. That had to be their target. He put the window down and stuck the laser rifle out, using the door to steady it. I can’t miss , he thought.
    Ben didn’t see the hover truck, but he heard it and immediately changed direction slightly, but not enough to take him away from the direction of the house. He ran ten steps and changed again. Mike got pissed and just opened up with multiple shots, hoping one might score a hit on the guy. The rest of the crew saw the light show and then saw Ben running towards the house.
    Two of the spacers made their way towards Ben and two ran for the house. Ben saw what they were doing and ran full out now, not caring about the hover truck. Mike saw he wasn’t changing course and took aim. Suddenly, he felt something hot in his midsection and looked down to see the huge hole in his body. The hover truck was spiraling down on a collision course with the ground. Mike was dead before it hit the ground. The spacers paused for a moment and realized they were committed now. Spaz and Jen were headed to intercept Ben and the captain had Smoke in tow trying to get into the house.
    Spaz tried to fire his laser pistol, but even Ben could see the light was red in the dark, indicating it wasn’t ready to fire. He was running at him at full speed. Spaz threw the pistol at him and drew his combat knife.
    Ben never slowed down as the katana came out of its sheath and took Spaz’s arm off at the elbow. He stopped five steps past Spaz and turned to see him staring at the blood pumping out from his elbow onto the ground. He spun and swung the katana again, lifting Spaz’s head off his shoulders. He took off at a sprint for the house again.
    Andrea watched as Ben dispatched Spaz and ran on towards the house. The body falling, he sprinted away.. ” The captain kicked