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.When mother and daughter were settled Tina chased Doc back to bed.“We can take it from here, shoo,” she said, physically pushing her out the door.“I'm only letting you get away.” Sandra yawned.“.with this because I want to get off the clown shoes I call feet,” she said.She yawned again.“Sure, sure, Doc,” Tina snorted.“Now get.Go play with your hubby or something.”“Right,” Doc said, stretching and then rubbing the small of her back.She got an idea and smiled.If she had to be up, so could he.And he could give her a rubdown while he was at it.She left the infirmary with a smile.------*------When they had decided to stay the mountain expedition radioed back their location and the good news.“It's perfect.It's got a nice flat spot for the airstrip nearby, plenty of rocks for gravel and stuff, cliffs on two sides to form a natural wall; we're good.We've got some shallow caves and a lot of rock nearby too,” April reported.“I think we can form a castle fortress here with enough equipment,” April reported excitedly.The reporter had decided to tag along with the second crew that had gone up the mountain.She'd hitched a ride with Sam, then caught up with the scouts on the mountain, surprising and scandalizing when they found out the impish red head had braved the climb on her own.She had attached herself to the new community as their local radio person and reporter.Apparently the gunny had signed off on it.“That's good to hear,” Pete said, making a note.He was glad April was out of his hair.He liked her.He'd had a bit of a crush on her briefly, but she had been cold to him treating him like he was some kind of kid.That had destroyed his ego for a couple days before Jolie had dragged him out of his moping and self-pity.Now he just wanted the red head out of his eye sight so he wouldn't feel embarrassed every time she came into the room.“There is some sulfur, big patches of yellow further up the mountain.This must be an extinct volcano,” April reported.“We've got plenty of timber, and I think we found deposits of copper sulfide and baking soda near the hot springs.Doctor Oshiwa is going to test samples later tonight.”“Hot springs?” Jolie asked, looking up from her tablet.She grinned.“Too cool! Spa!”“Well, maybe later,” April said with a snort.There was a bit of a self-satisfied grin in her voice.She liked the idea of being one up on the soft people in the base.“We're going to need it; we've got a lot of work to do Gunny said.He and the chief want a wood palisade up.We've got it all staked out; we're working on cutting trees for a fire break? No?” They could hear her talking with someone near her.“Oh, no, fire lanes, whatever,” she said crossly.Pete nodded.He remembered the chief's lecture on clear fields of fire and staking out on the high ground to get a commanding presence on any potential battlefield.It was the most defensible position.With rocks and timber around they had plenty of material on hand to expand on their village's defenses.“Sounds good,” he replied back, making a note.From what he understood of what she said, the plan was for that village to mine sulfur, cut trees and mine baking soda and copper from the nearby hot springs for trade with the other communities.They were also going to hunt and fish locally.The baking soda would be stockpiled by all communities to protect against the leviathan's acid slime he thought grimly.That was far more important than baking or any other thing the stuff could be used for.No wonder Mitch and the others were going along with the project.------*------Sandra filled out, swelling up to what she described as hippo size.Mitch worriedly hovered so much it got on Sandra's nerves.“Look, I'm not made of glass,” she said testily to him as he stood in the doorway to the infirmary.“I appreciate the help, honest I do honey, but go do something.You can't tell me the base doesn't need work!”“Hang the base.This is more important.You are more important,” he said petulantly.She caught his face and kissed him, then pushed him away.“Thanks for that.Now scoot,” she said firmly.He turned uncertainly.“Get!” She smacked him on the fanny, grinning devilishly at him.He dodged another smack and then sighed, shaking his head.He put his hands up and then walked out.Sandra went into labor while Mitch was out and about a few days later.She briefly thought about the perverse luck as the contractions hit her.“God, I forgot about this part,” she groaned as Cassie helped her walk.Mitch got the news from Pete over the radio and raced home.He arrived just as the baby crowned.He washed up and then held Sandra's hand.“Cheater! You missed the hard part,” she said, panting as Tina instructed, in short breaths between bearing down.“But I didn't miss the best part,” he murmured, watching her eyelids droop with exhaustion.He got her a drink of juice holding the straw so she could sip [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.When mother and daughter were settled Tina chased Doc back to bed.“We can take it from here, shoo,” she said, physically pushing her out the door.“I'm only letting you get away.” Sandra yawned.“.with this because I want to get off the clown shoes I call feet,” she said.She yawned again.“Sure, sure, Doc,” Tina snorted.“Now get.Go play with your hubby or something.”“Right,” Doc said, stretching and then rubbing the small of her back.She got an idea and smiled.If she had to be up, so could he.And he could give her a rubdown while he was at it.She left the infirmary with a smile.------*------When they had decided to stay the mountain expedition radioed back their location and the good news.“It's perfect.It's got a nice flat spot for the airstrip nearby, plenty of rocks for gravel and stuff, cliffs on two sides to form a natural wall; we're good.We've got some shallow caves and a lot of rock nearby too,” April reported.“I think we can form a castle fortress here with enough equipment,” April reported excitedly.The reporter had decided to tag along with the second crew that had gone up the mountain.She'd hitched a ride with Sam, then caught up with the scouts on the mountain, surprising and scandalizing when they found out the impish red head had braved the climb on her own.She had attached herself to the new community as their local radio person and reporter.Apparently the gunny had signed off on it.“That's good to hear,” Pete said, making a note.He was glad April was out of his hair.He liked her.He'd had a bit of a crush on her briefly, but she had been cold to him treating him like he was some kind of kid.That had destroyed his ego for a couple days before Jolie had dragged him out of his moping and self-pity.Now he just wanted the red head out of his eye sight so he wouldn't feel embarrassed every time she came into the room.“There is some sulfur, big patches of yellow further up the mountain.This must be an extinct volcano,” April reported.“We've got plenty of timber, and I think we found deposits of copper sulfide and baking soda near the hot springs.Doctor Oshiwa is going to test samples later tonight.”“Hot springs?” Jolie asked, looking up from her tablet.She grinned.“Too cool! Spa!”“Well, maybe later,” April said with a snort.There was a bit of a self-satisfied grin in her voice.She liked the idea of being one up on the soft people in the base.“We're going to need it; we've got a lot of work to do Gunny said.He and the chief want a wood palisade up.We've got it all staked out; we're working on cutting trees for a fire break? No?” They could hear her talking with someone near her.“Oh, no, fire lanes, whatever,” she said crossly.Pete nodded.He remembered the chief's lecture on clear fields of fire and staking out on the high ground to get a commanding presence on any potential battlefield.It was the most defensible position.With rocks and timber around they had plenty of material on hand to expand on their village's defenses.“Sounds good,” he replied back, making a note.From what he understood of what she said, the plan was for that village to mine sulfur, cut trees and mine baking soda and copper from the nearby hot springs for trade with the other communities.They were also going to hunt and fish locally.The baking soda would be stockpiled by all communities to protect against the leviathan's acid slime he thought grimly.That was far more important than baking or any other thing the stuff could be used for.No wonder Mitch and the others were going along with the project.------*------Sandra filled out, swelling up to what she described as hippo size.Mitch worriedly hovered so much it got on Sandra's nerves.“Look, I'm not made of glass,” she said testily to him as he stood in the doorway to the infirmary.“I appreciate the help, honest I do honey, but go do something.You can't tell me the base doesn't need work!”“Hang the base.This is more important.You are more important,” he said petulantly.She caught his face and kissed him, then pushed him away.“Thanks for that.Now scoot,” she said firmly.He turned uncertainly.“Get!” She smacked him on the fanny, grinning devilishly at him.He dodged another smack and then sighed, shaking his head.He put his hands up and then walked out.Sandra went into labor while Mitch was out and about a few days later.She briefly thought about the perverse luck as the contractions hit her.“God, I forgot about this part,” she groaned as Cassie helped her walk.Mitch got the news from Pete over the radio and raced home.He arrived just as the baby crowned.He washed up and then held Sandra's hand.“Cheater! You missed the hard part,” she said, panting as Tina instructed, in short breaths between bearing down.“But I didn't miss the best part,” he murmured, watching her eyelids droop with exhaustion.He got her a drink of juice holding the straw so she could sip [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]