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.

guys will be tough to shake. They might set

that bridge when we come

to stir up trouble, but if trouble came knocking, she

trio and their four-legged friend didn't wander aimlessly. They broke out

kept watch, and Stella seemed to be napping in her room, but in reality, she was loading

had enough to fill two big rigs, but

she covered everything

were trading for a submarine and couldn't afford any mishaps. If they ran into highway robbers, the tarp would give

for two days, they judged the timing right and prepared to haul their cargo back

let their guard down either. They'd take a

clunkers back towards base, only to spot something suspicious.

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

sides of the road, hunkered down in a

an open confrontation, so they had to deal with these

stopped out

attached a silencer

could have helped, but Stella wanted to make

a detour to bring the previously

for Stella, she crept back to flank the ambushers, finding cover without

trucks into view from the opposite end

high alert. "Boss, that's the truck.

crawled forward, bulging with cargo that

they'd have

low, the thought

the approaching vehicle, completely oblivious

arrived, and both Jasper and

"Thwip! Thwip!"

the

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

"Boss, the driver's a young woman with a mask,

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