18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 379

Chapter 379

Stella was behind the wheel of her eighteen-wheeler, and Jasper was tearing up the road in his rugged SUV. They hadn't even left the base when they realized someone was tailing them. But they played it cool. Grabbing their walkie-talkies, they coordinated a plan and split in different directions.

Duke, the ringleader, was flabbergasted. "Split up! Chase 'em down! They can't get away," he barked.

Don't let the mud and grime fool you; those vehicles were beasts under the hood.

Stella, now decked out in a bulletproof vest and a steel helmet, floored it. She handled the big rig like a pro, quickly leaving their pursuers in the dust.

Taking a hidden detour through a ravine, she slipped her truck into the safety of Arcadia.

The ragtag pursuers, pushing their beat-up jalopies to the limit, arrived only to be left scratching their heads.

Where'd the trucks go?

Before they knew it, a loud bang echoed, sending them diving for cover.

Turned out, one of their tires had blown out.

"Damnation!" they cursed, scared out of their wits.

With no trace of their quarry, they had to slink back to base, tails between their legs.

Stella arrived at the base of Mount Murray to find Jasper and their canine companions already waiting. "Everything good?" he asked.

"Just a bunch of riff-raff," she replied.

Those who made it into the Kindle Society were usually tough, but this lot? They were smooth-talking slackers. Any edge they had was dulled by life's grind, reduced to conning newcomers into doing their dirty work. If real trouble came knocking, they'd probably run faster than anyone.

"And you?" Stella shot back at Jasper. "Any close calls?"

"None. Lost 'em easy," Jasper replied. His SUV was a beast and had left the pursuers in the dust.

will be tough to shake. They might

that bridge when

up trouble, but if trouble came

four-legged friend didn't wander aimlessly. They broke out the RV, taking care

and Stella seemed to be napping in her

fill two big rigs,

she covered everything with

ran into highway robbers, the tarp would give them a chance to pull

at Mount Murray for two days, they judged the timing right and prepared to haul

seriously, but couldn't afford to let their guard

well even their own parents wouldn't recognize them, they drove their clunkers back towards base, only to spot

out in disguise and driving vehicles that looked ready to fall apart at any moment, they slipped by the ambushers

sides of the road, hunkered down in

couldn't risk an open confrontation, so they had to deal with

out of sight

attached a

make it clean,

bring the previously hidden trucks to the rendezvous

for Stella, she crept back to flank

trucks into view from

expected, the ambushers were instantly on high alert. "Boss,

bulging with cargo that promised a hefty

one successful heist and they'd have

morale low, the thought of imminent

readied to strike, all eyes glued to the approaching vehicle, completely oblivious to

and both Jasper

"Thwip! Thwip!"

silencers swallowed the sound

act, she didn't hold back. One

driver's a young woman with a mask, and

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