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gear and headed for the meadow. Black smoke billowed out of the exhaust pipe as he drove.
    Earl came walking up. “Hey, guys, there’s a small wagon in the barn…a little bigger than a kid’s wagon. Might be good to bring weapons and ammo and such from the bodies.”
    “Good idea,” Jerry said.
    The men walked out to the meadow, talking.
    “What do you think the prisoner was talking about?” Frank asked.
    “You mean his comments about the army?” Jerry asked.
    “Yeah,” Frank said.
    “Probably just BS,” Charlie said. “That kid was defiant as hell. I’m not sure if I believe much of anything he said.”
    “By the way, where did you learn the interrogation technique?” Jerry asked. “You and the Sheriff have obviously done that before.”
    “I was a Sheriff for a while,” Charlie said. “That was one of the offices that I got elected to back in the day.”
    “Oh, should have guessed,” Jerry grinned. “You did that well.”
    “It probably wouldn’t have done any good,” Charlie said. “That kid wasn’t going to talk. I can usually tell right away.”
    “I think you’re right there,” Jeb said. “That kid was brainwashed, big time.”
    “Pretty much,” he replied. “I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop, here. I don’t think we’ve heard the last of these guys…not by a long shot.”
    “I’ll kill more of ‘em,” Jeb said. “It’ll be a pleasure.”
    “Me too, but how much longer are we going to be this lucky?” Frank asked.
    “I still want to know why they’re bothering with us,” Jerry said. “I mean, really, what do we have that they want enough to risk their stolen chopper on?”
    “Good question,” Jeb said. “I want to know how they got that chopper, too. Did they steal it, or was this an army detail that was compromised. Maybe that prisoner was telling the truth.”
    “So you think the army is more compromised than we’ve been told?” asked Frank.
    “Possibly,” Jeb said.
    “I don’t think I’m buying that,” Jerry said. “Did you notice that most of these guys didn’t really look like army guys?”
    “In what way?” Frank asked.
    “Haircuts. Demeanor. Hell, skill level. These idiots weren’t too difficult to take out.”
    “You have a point there,” Charlie said. “They should have been able to take us, but they came at us like a bunch of hillbillies…and you tell me which branch of the military lets in 60 – year - olds like that sniper. His uniform doesn’t even fit right….look at it.”
    The men looked down on the pile of bodies as they walked up.
    “Yeah, you’re right,” Jeb said. “He looks about like I would look if I had that on.” He laughed.
    “Hey, maybe we ought to save these uniforms,” Frank said.
    “Why?” Charlie asked.
    Jerry and Jeb looked at each other, grinning.
    “I know why,” Jerry said. “We could use them the same way they did. Infiltration.”
    “Exactly,” Frank said.
    “Let’s strip ‘em,” Jeb said.
    The men got to work on that as the utility truck rolled up next to them.
    “What the hell are you guys doing?” Kurt asked as he and Jeb got out of the cab.
    “We’re getting ourselves some disguises,” Jeb said, laughing.
    “Hey, that ain’t a bad idea,” the Sheriff said. “That’s obviously what these guys did. They weren’t regular army…I can tell you that for sure.”
    “Yep, that’s what we were just talkin about,” Jeb said.
    “Hey, look…Humvee!” Charlie said, pointing to the road. The Humvee pulled over to the side of the road by the meadow, on the other side of the creek. The driver jumped out and took a look at them and the chopper with binoculars.

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    “What do we do?” asked Frank.
    “Here’s what I think,” Charlie said. “Two or three of us walk over, armed, and find out what they want. Leave some of us snipers around keeping watch.”
    “I’m for that,” Jeb said. “We have to assume these guys are the enemy until we know differently.