Dead Cities and Deader Men (Operative Title) Day 10 of 30 11/28/2020

 Dead Cities and Deader Men (Operative Title)

Day 10 of 30

11/28/2020

As the monster turns away from the Track, “Check Fire again, heading outbound, no need to maybe piss it off. Check for damage, recall Deployed Suits.”

 

Reach down and slow the Track as much as possible to let the Suits catch up. They should be able to sprint and make it.

 

Look over the inventory, down a little, not as bad as maybe it might have been. Overall been a quiet patrol, this is the most amount of combat the whole time.

 

Look at the kid, he seems calm enough in the aftermath.

“Check the cameras, see if the suits have caught up yet, we are at the slowest speed we can be.”

 

It takes the deployed a little while, but they all remount and once they are secured, confirmed by the kid on the Deploy Panel, increase the speed back to where it was before the sighting and engagement.

 

“Good work kid, nice use of the distractors and other Auxiliaries.”

 

“Thank you, sir.”

 

Guess no need to open up the hull, need them till we get back. Back to checking the route ahead based on maps and radar for any obstacles. Looks pretty clear for a while.

 

“Kid, going to close my eyes, trying to rest a little bit. Can you watch for a while more?”

 

I see him move his head in the affirmative direction. Lean the chair back and close my eyes to the humming of the machinery.

 

I feel a shaking in the chair, eyes open up and can tell that it has been a while that I was asleep. The sun has changed position and checking it has been a good three hours that I slept. Look over and the kid has the Driver Panel out on his side, looks like he has been exploring the various functions. Might have a new Driver on our hands here after some formal training back in The City. Can hardly wait to get back. Only a while longer and then I can sleep as much as I need to.

 

“Kid you in charge, going to go eat something and clean up a bit. That ok?”

 

He motions affirmative and glances at the displays before opening up the hatch.

I hear and feel it close behind me and suddenly I am worried. What if he does not let me back into the Driver Section? What if he takes over, kills us all and just drive back to The City all on his own? There is no way to stop that from back in the main section. I go grab an emergency air pack and carry it with me to the cleaning station. It sit right next to me the entire time I am in there. I grab a couple of rations and take them back up front with me.

 

The door opens when I approach and I step through back into my part of the Track. He didn’t kill me, he didn’t kill us, we are all still alive. Will limit my time out of here as much as I can, will limit it, will limit it.

 

Need more sleep, I think.