Armageddon Run

Chapter Twenty-Eight

She jammed on the brakes and the speeding jeep drew to an abrupt stop.

He was still up there where they had left him.

She threw the gearshift into Park and hopped from the vehicle. Her remorse was overwhelming, her sorrow affecting her to the core of her being.

His eyes were open and watching her as she approached.

Tears crisscrossing her scaly cheeks, she gazed up at him, at the symbol of all she despised. “He’s dead!” she wailed. “I know he’s dead! I can feel it!” She fought to control her grief. “I wanted to go with him, but he wouldn’t let me. He made me stay behind. He must have known what was going to happen!”

“I’m sorry,” the figure croaked in a barely discernible voice.

“I don’t want your sympathy!” she screamed at him. “I hate you!” she shrieked. “I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!”

His eyes were pools of sadness.

“I hate all of you!” she raved. “I won’t rest until every one of you has paid for what you’ve done! I will avenge him!” She threw back her head and cackled. “He’ll have the last laugh yet! He dispatched a surprise package for your precious Home. If there is someplace we go to after we die, then you can die knowing you will see your friends there very shortly!”

His chin slumped to his chest.

She whirled and returned to the jeep, her purpose set, her determination firm. Denver was her destination. Denver was the first step in her plan. Exterminating Blade was the second!