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.None approached the Team and only one other appeared from the shadows, amiddle-aged man wearing farmer's overalls and a jagged gash from his left earto left shoulder.Felix shot him three times, twice in the chest, once in the head.He fellshrieking to the floor like the rest.Page 84 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlJack, staring as transfixed as the others at this incredible display of cooldestruction, managed to gather himself and everyone else up and get themtoward the door while Felix guarded their rear, emptying clip after clip intothe monsters."Okay, Felix!" he called as the door came open and the sunlight flooded thechamber."Come along."Felix was in the middle of reloading.He paused, looked at his boss, nodded,and trotted toward the sunlight.A few seconds later all of them, Jack, Cat, Adam, Felix, and the young deputywere standing in the sunlight beside Carl's winch.And amazingly, none wereseriously hurt.Incredible, thought Jack.Five minutes ago I thought we werealldead.Andthen, like everyone else, he just stood and stared at the gunman for a while.Felix didn't seem to notice.He sat down on a curb and lit a cigarette andstared at a spot on the street between his feet.Carl watched them watching Felix awhile."What happened?" he asked at last.Jack looked at him, thought a minute."Silver bullets," he replied.Carl smiled."They worked?"Cat nodded toward Felix."They worked for him.""Did they kill 'em?" asked Carl excitedly.The gunman surprised them all by answering."No," he replied firmly, looking at Carl."They didn't kill them.""Well, no," conceded Jack after a moment."But they sure as shit got theirattention."And everyone who had been there laughed.Except Felix."Ithurtsthem, Carl," added Adam excitedly."It reallyhurtsthem!""It sure did that," added the deputy, shaking his head and putting his ownpistol back in its holster."That reminds me," said Jack Crow, "thanks, deputy.What's your name again?""Kirk Thompson.Only I didn't do much."Cat smiled."We'll get you some silver bullets."Kirk looked at the others."Are they silver? Really silver?""Blessed by Holy Mother Church," replied Adam."Reckon I could use some at that," smiled the deputy.Page 85 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"We could all use 'em," Jack Crow said brusquely, "and we all will." He lit acigarette and announced a decision."Carl, get everybody that goes inside agun with silver bullets.And you, Adam, are gonna tote the extra crossbow ifyou're still sure you can handle one.""I'd be happy to demonstrate," offered the priest confidently.Jack gave him a wry smile."I'll take your word for it, padre." Then heturned to the others."This is the new deal: Cat, you're on the far right todo the detecting.Adam, you stand inside Cat next to me with the othercrossbow.Then it'll be me and then Felix on my left.Cat, you tell us whenthey're coming.Felix'll hold 'em off until I can shoot one, with Adam backingme up.Then we go straight out the door, with Felix holding the rest of 'emoff until we can get to the sunlight.Nobody else shoots unless Felix or Itells them to."He looked at the gunman, still sitting on the curb staring between his boots."That okay with you, Felix?"Felix looked at him, nodded dully."I'd like some more light," he saidcalmly."We got more light, Carl?""I think there's one or two in the motorhome.I'll have to look."Jack shook his head."We'll look.C'mon, Felix, let's.Hey! Hit thewinch."All turned and followed Jack's gaze to the cable running from the winch tothe warehouse door."It's stopped moving!" noticed Carl.Jack tossed his cigarette angrily to the street."Hell, yes, it's stoppedmoving.Did you expect the damn thing to stay caught forever while we stoodaround yappin'?"But it hadn't gotten loose.Carl's winch dragged out the crossbow bolt stilltangled in the monster's clothing.But the monster was dust."We killed it!" cried Cat, amazed."Indoors! Without sunlight!""Yeah," muttered Jack."I don't understand," said the deputy."You've never done this before? In themovies, they always.""Forget the movies," growled Jack."They don't change into bats or wolves,either.""But stakesdokill them," offered Adam."Yeah," replied Jack, lighting another cigarette.He walked over and shiftedthe dusty clothes with a chain-mailed boot."You know, weknewthe stakes hurt'em.I guess we just never managed to keep one on one long enough.Before,they always tore loose if we didn't get 'em out and burning pretty quick."Page 86 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"That," suggested Cat with a smile toward Felix, "was before the Lone Ranger,here."Felix eyed him blankly."Could be," he said at last.Jack laughed."Damn well 'could be,' gunman.Those bullets keep 'em toomiserable to get loose until it's too late." He walked a fast circle aroundthe dusty clothes, surveying them from all sides.Then he stopped and staredat the locals, still too scared to approach."Ha!" he said at last, clapping his hands together and smiling."C'mon,Felix! Let's see about your light.""Hey, Cat," snarled Carl suddenly, reaching down for the first-aid kit at hisfeet, "did you know you and the padre are bleeding?"Cat grinned."Weassumedso.We were so popular.""All right, dammit!" snarled Carl after he had tended their minor wounds,"what the hell happened in there?"Cat and Adam exchanged a look."Well," began Cat, "first Felix froze."And then they told Carl about Cat fixing the light and about the little fiendwrapping him up and about Adam getting whipped by the cable and then aboutJack getting Cat loose just in time for the wave of ghouls and then Kirk camein and."And then Felix saved us," he added with a smile."And here we are."Carl snarled."I thought you said Felix froze."Cat shrugged."He unfroze.""And that's all it took?""You should have seen him.""Pretty good?"Cat looked at him."More than 'pretty good.' You ever see a spaghettiwestern?""That good?"Cat and Adam exchanged another look."Better," they replied in unison.Carl lit a cigarette and looked at them thoughtfully."Fast draw?"Adam shook his head."More like a fastshot."Cat nodded."Like a goddamn machine gun.""Hmm," muttered Carl to himself."Did he aim?"Cat stared at him."Did he what?"Adam spoke up."I know what Carl means.No.He didn't.He just sort of.pointed?"Page 87 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlCarl grinned and nodded."I knew it! Only uses one hand, too, right?"Adam nodded.Carl laughed."I knew it," be repeated."It's why he uses that tiny gun.It'sthe heaviest thing he can use with one hand." He stood and carried thefirst-aid kit back to his chair by the winch controls."We got ourselves agunman."Jack Crow hadn't given a damn about the light.He had just wanted to getFelix alone [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.None approached the Team and only one other appeared from the shadows, amiddle-aged man wearing farmer's overalls and a jagged gash from his left earto left shoulder.Felix shot him three times, twice in the chest, once in the head.He fellshrieking to the floor like the rest.Page 84 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlJack, staring as transfixed as the others at this incredible display of cooldestruction, managed to gather himself and everyone else up and get themtoward the door while Felix guarded their rear, emptying clip after clip intothe monsters."Okay, Felix!" he called as the door came open and the sunlight flooded thechamber."Come along."Felix was in the middle of reloading.He paused, looked at his boss, nodded,and trotted toward the sunlight.A few seconds later all of them, Jack, Cat, Adam, Felix, and the young deputywere standing in the sunlight beside Carl's winch.And amazingly, none wereseriously hurt.Incredible, thought Jack.Five minutes ago I thought we werealldead.Andthen, like everyone else, he just stood and stared at the gunman for a while.Felix didn't seem to notice.He sat down on a curb and lit a cigarette andstared at a spot on the street between his feet.Carl watched them watching Felix awhile."What happened?" he asked at last.Jack looked at him, thought a minute."Silver bullets," he replied.Carl smiled."They worked?"Cat nodded toward Felix."They worked for him.""Did they kill 'em?" asked Carl excitedly.The gunman surprised them all by answering."No," he replied firmly, looking at Carl."They didn't kill them.""Well, no," conceded Jack after a moment."But they sure as shit got theirattention."And everyone who had been there laughed.Except Felix."Ithurtsthem, Carl," added Adam excitedly."It reallyhurtsthem!""It sure did that," added the deputy, shaking his head and putting his ownpistol back in its holster."That reminds me," said Jack Crow, "thanks, deputy.What's your name again?""Kirk Thompson.Only I didn't do much."Cat smiled."We'll get you some silver bullets."Kirk looked at the others."Are they silver? Really silver?""Blessed by Holy Mother Church," replied Adam."Reckon I could use some at that," smiled the deputy.Page 85 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"We could all use 'em," Jack Crow said brusquely, "and we all will." He lit acigarette and announced a decision."Carl, get everybody that goes inside agun with silver bullets.And you, Adam, are gonna tote the extra crossbow ifyou're still sure you can handle one.""I'd be happy to demonstrate," offered the priest confidently.Jack gave him a wry smile."I'll take your word for it, padre." Then heturned to the others."This is the new deal: Cat, you're on the far right todo the detecting.Adam, you stand inside Cat next to me with the othercrossbow.Then it'll be me and then Felix on my left.Cat, you tell us whenthey're coming.Felix'll hold 'em off until I can shoot one, with Adam backingme up.Then we go straight out the door, with Felix holding the rest of 'emoff until we can get to the sunlight.Nobody else shoots unless Felix or Itells them to."He looked at the gunman, still sitting on the curb staring between his boots."That okay with you, Felix?"Felix looked at him, nodded dully."I'd like some more light," he saidcalmly."We got more light, Carl?""I think there's one or two in the motorhome.I'll have to look."Jack shook his head."We'll look.C'mon, Felix, let's.Hey! Hit thewinch."All turned and followed Jack's gaze to the cable running from the winch tothe warehouse door."It's stopped moving!" noticed Carl.Jack tossed his cigarette angrily to the street."Hell, yes, it's stoppedmoving.Did you expect the damn thing to stay caught forever while we stoodaround yappin'?"But it hadn't gotten loose.Carl's winch dragged out the crossbow bolt stilltangled in the monster's clothing.But the monster was dust."We killed it!" cried Cat, amazed."Indoors! Without sunlight!""Yeah," muttered Jack."I don't understand," said the deputy."You've never done this before? In themovies, they always.""Forget the movies," growled Jack."They don't change into bats or wolves,either.""But stakesdokill them," offered Adam."Yeah," replied Jack, lighting another cigarette.He walked over and shiftedthe dusty clothes with a chain-mailed boot."You know, weknewthe stakes hurt'em.I guess we just never managed to keep one on one long enough.Before,they always tore loose if we didn't get 'em out and burning pretty quick."Page 86 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"That," suggested Cat with a smile toward Felix, "was before the Lone Ranger,here."Felix eyed him blankly."Could be," he said at last.Jack laughed."Damn well 'could be,' gunman.Those bullets keep 'em toomiserable to get loose until it's too late." He walked a fast circle aroundthe dusty clothes, surveying them from all sides.Then he stopped and staredat the locals, still too scared to approach."Ha!" he said at last, clapping his hands together and smiling."C'mon,Felix! Let's see about your light.""Hey, Cat," snarled Carl suddenly, reaching down for the first-aid kit at hisfeet, "did you know you and the padre are bleeding?"Cat grinned."Weassumedso.We were so popular.""All right, dammit!" snarled Carl after he had tended their minor wounds,"what the hell happened in there?"Cat and Adam exchanged a look."Well," began Cat, "first Felix froze."And then they told Carl about Cat fixing the light and about the little fiendwrapping him up and about Adam getting whipped by the cable and then aboutJack getting Cat loose just in time for the wave of ghouls and then Kirk camein and."And then Felix saved us," he added with a smile."And here we are."Carl snarled."I thought you said Felix froze."Cat shrugged."He unfroze.""And that's all it took?""You should have seen him.""Pretty good?"Cat looked at him."More than 'pretty good.' You ever see a spaghettiwestern?""That good?"Cat and Adam exchanged another look."Better," they replied in unison.Carl lit a cigarette and looked at them thoughtfully."Fast draw?"Adam shook his head."More like a fastshot."Cat nodded."Like a goddamn machine gun.""Hmm," muttered Carl to himself."Did he aim?"Cat stared at him."Did he what?"Adam spoke up."I know what Carl means.No.He didn't.He just sort of.pointed?"Page 87 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlCarl grinned and nodded."I knew it! Only uses one hand, too, right?"Adam nodded.Carl laughed."I knew it," be repeated."It's why he uses that tiny gun.It'sthe heaviest thing he can use with one hand." He stood and carried thefirst-aid kit back to his chair by the winch controls."We got ourselves agunman."Jack Crow hadn't given a damn about the light.He had just wanted to getFelix alone [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]