The Chronicles of Benjamin Jamison: Call Sign Reaper by Thomas Wright Page A
Authors: Thomas Wright
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the door in with a crash and Smoke followed him into the dark house. Jen saw Spaz go down. Knowing she had no chance against Ben, she ran for the barn.
Andrea was still moving across the field towards the house when she saw Jen run into the barn. She made her way in that direction. The main door of the barn was standing open when Andrea got to there. Andrea switched her night vision to thermal vision and stepped into the barn. She pulled the door shut behind her. She slowly scanned the lower level and picked up no signatures. Taking a couple of steps up the ladder to the loft, she saw the outline of a body in a stack of hay.
“Hey you upstairs!” she called out. “Why don’t you come down and surrender now so we don’t have to dance around here in the barn? I know exactly where you are.”
She switched the rail gun to fire; it whined as the power built up. “This, she said, “is me getting ready to shoot right through the floor and you and the roof and send your body parts into outer space.”
Jen knew she wasn’t bluffing. “Wait! Please don’t shoot,” she yelled. She climbed down the ladder and put her hands in the air. Andrea was standing in darkness. She held the gun behind her so the ready light didn’t give away her location.
“Walk to your left and walk straight. Stop when I tell you to,” Andrea instructed. Jen turned to her left and walked straight ahead even though she couldn’t see a damn thing.
“Stop!” Andrea said, moving up behind her. “Put your hands behind your back.” She zip tied Jens’s arms behind her back and helped her sit down on the barn floor. Andrea knelt down in front of her and lifted her goggles. Jen saw the look in her eyes as she explained about the nice old couple who was in the house and how she hoped for Jen’s sake that nothing happened to them.
“I will try to talk him out of killing you, but I’m not sure he will listen to me if they are hurt,” Andrea said.
“Please go help him save them,” Jen begged.
Ben came through the front door of the house not long after the captain and Smoke had busted in. He stopped and listened. There were four people in the house and no one was moving or making a sound. Suddenly, a laser blast hit the wall above his head and he dove down to the floor. The laser shot had come from the sitting room and Ben was in the living room. Ben crawled to the kitchen and then the dining room working his way back to the sitting room. They kept all the doors propped open. He could see Smoke crouched in the corner between the loveseat and the wall. He was still pointing his pistol towards the living room where Ben had been. Ben didn’t have a gun; he needed to draw him out so he could use his knife.
He decided to toss his katana into the living room and see if that would make anything happen. It did. He watched Smoke and saw he would close his eyes every 10 seconds for a couple of seconds then open them. He waited, counting the seconds between, then got ready. It was a 10 second count and toss. The katana arched through the air and stuck in the wall.
Smoke jumped out of his hole and started firing, once, twice, three times — then click . The laser needed to recharge. He had taken a step forward towards the living room with each shot. The air smelled of ozone and he was looking at his pistol when the knife entered the back of his skull. Ben lowered Smoke’s body to the floor as quietly as possible.
The captain called out. “Smoke, did you get him?” Ben smiled a deadly smile. Now he knew where the last one was.
Andrea could see the flashes of the laser fire as she walked quietly up to the house. She looked through the open door and saw Ben’s katana stuck in the wall with laser holes and burning wall paper all around it. She eased in and looked to her right. There was a body on the floor. She turned the goggles to clear and saw it was the small guy — Smoke, she thought his name was. She didn’t see any damage to his body,
Andrea was still moving across the field towards the house when she saw Jen run into the barn. She made her way in that direction. The main door of the barn was standing open when Andrea got to there. Andrea switched her night vision to thermal vision and stepped into the barn. She pulled the door shut behind her. She slowly scanned the lower level and picked up no signatures. Taking a couple of steps up the ladder to the loft, she saw the outline of a body in a stack of hay.
“Hey you upstairs!” she called out. “Why don’t you come down and surrender now so we don’t have to dance around here in the barn? I know exactly where you are.”
She switched the rail gun to fire; it whined as the power built up. “This, she said, “is me getting ready to shoot right through the floor and you and the roof and send your body parts into outer space.”
Jen knew she wasn’t bluffing. “Wait! Please don’t shoot,” she yelled. She climbed down the ladder and put her hands in the air. Andrea was standing in darkness. She held the gun behind her so the ready light didn’t give away her location.
“Walk to your left and walk straight. Stop when I tell you to,” Andrea instructed. Jen turned to her left and walked straight ahead even though she couldn’t see a damn thing.
“Stop!” Andrea said, moving up behind her. “Put your hands behind your back.” She zip tied Jens’s arms behind her back and helped her sit down on the barn floor. Andrea knelt down in front of her and lifted her goggles. Jen saw the look in her eyes as she explained about the nice old couple who was in the house and how she hoped for Jen’s sake that nothing happened to them.
“I will try to talk him out of killing you, but I’m not sure he will listen to me if they are hurt,” Andrea said.
“Please go help him save them,” Jen begged.
Ben came through the front door of the house not long after the captain and Smoke had busted in. He stopped and listened. There were four people in the house and no one was moving or making a sound. Suddenly, a laser blast hit the wall above his head and he dove down to the floor. The laser shot had come from the sitting room and Ben was in the living room. Ben crawled to the kitchen and then the dining room working his way back to the sitting room. They kept all the doors propped open. He could see Smoke crouched in the corner between the loveseat and the wall. He was still pointing his pistol towards the living room where Ben had been. Ben didn’t have a gun; he needed to draw him out so he could use his knife.
He decided to toss his katana into the living room and see if that would make anything happen. It did. He watched Smoke and saw he would close his eyes every 10 seconds for a couple of seconds then open them. He waited, counting the seconds between, then got ready. It was a 10 second count and toss. The katana arched through the air and stuck in the wall.
Smoke jumped out of his hole and started firing, once, twice, three times — then click . The laser needed to recharge. He had taken a step forward towards the living room with each shot. The air smelled of ozone and he was looking at his pistol when the knife entered the back of his skull. Ben lowered Smoke’s body to the floor as quietly as possible.
The captain called out. “Smoke, did you get him?” Ben smiled a deadly smile. Now he knew where the last one was.
Andrea could see the flashes of the laser fire as she walked quietly up to the house. She looked through the open door and saw Ben’s katana stuck in the wall with laser holes and burning wall paper all around it. She eased in and looked to her right. There was a body on the floor. She turned the goggles to clear and saw it was the small guy — Smoke, she thought his name was. She didn’t see any damage to his body,
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