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.

tough to shake. They might set ambushes on

bridge when we come

one to stir up trouble, but if trouble came

wander aimlessly. They broke out the RV, taking care of all their

Jasper kept watch, and Stella seemed to be napping in her room, but in reality,

fill two big rigs,

she covered

they ran into highway robbers, the

the timing right and prepared to haul their cargo

but couldn't afford to let their guard down either. They'd take a roundabout route just

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

and driving vehicles that looked ready to fall apart at any moment, they slipped by the ambushers unnoticed. The

were spread out on both sides of the road, hunkered down in a no man's land just

open confrontation, so they

stopped out of sight

quietly attached a silencer

but Stella wanted to make

the previously hidden trucks to

Stella, she crept back to flank the ambushers,

came, Rosie drove one of the trucks into view from the opposite end

expected, the ambushers were instantly on high alert. "Boss, that's the truck.

forward, bulging with

heist and they'd have enough

hunger and morale low, the thought of

all eyes glued to the approaching vehicle, completely oblivious

arrived, and both Jasper and Stella made their

"Thwip! Thwip!"

silencers swallowed the sound of

decided to act, she didn't hold back. One by one, the

"Boss, the driver's

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