“Axle, how’s the car coming?”Dobby called.
“Almost there.”
He heard a shout from inside the house and footsteps pounding towards him.
“We’ve got trouble.”He readied a flash grenade and ran after his teammates.
The door opened behind him and he threw the grenade towards it, closing his eyes.“Flash grenade.”The others would protect their eyes.
Radar, Hawk and Vance sprinted through the garden.The flash came and went along with a bunch of confused cries.
Gunshots rang out and dirt spat up around him.
He fired back as he turned the corner and raced to the car.
Joker grabbed Vance as they made it to the car.“Get in.”
Radar and Hawk took positions on either side of the vehicle as Joker got into the passenger side.
Dobby checked the house and spotted lights moving towards the front door.He pushed harder.“Get in,” he called.
Dogs barked from inside and the front door flung wide.
Radar jumped into the backseat, but Hawk took position at the rear, ready to cover Dobby.
It would be a squeeze to get them all inside.
The engine roared to life.
Good work, Axle.
As the dogs raced out of the house, Dobby fished the jerky from his vest.He whistled, getting their attention, and threw it towards them.
The dogs slowed, sniffing.
Hawk leapt on the rear bumper of the four-wheel drive and opened fire as guards burst out of the house.
Dobby added cover fire, splitting their attention before he reached the car and jumped in.
“Go!”Hawk yelled.
Axle gunned it as Radar lay down cover fire out of the car window.Hawk clung to the roof rack as they sped down the hill.
When they were clear, Joker grabbed the drone controller.“Wave’s coming in fast.”
Hopefully the buildings would slow it down.
Axle slowed as he went around the corner of the village, the jungle to their right, buildings to their left.
Dobby checked on Hawk.He seemed stable on the back of the car and they didn’t have time to stop to let him in.
“Where to?”Axle asked.
“The road up to the mountain.”They weren’t making it back to the boat.All he could hope was the boat survived and would be stuck somewhere in the trees when they searched for it.
As they raced down the road, Dobby saw the wave coming through the buildings, pushing debris in front of it.“Faster!”
“I go much faster and I’ll lose Hawk off the back,” Axle yelled.
