Colt bounded up the outdoor staircase and unlocked the door to his room. He barged in and grabbed his sleeping children. They both awoke and stared at him curiously as he wrapped them together in the same blanket and heaved them into his arms. Combined, the children were actually quite awkward and heavy, but Colt had ample strength for the task. He shifted most of their weight onto one arm in order to free up the other for his gun.
Everything else in the room was abandoned. He hurried back down to the parking lot.
The one puppet whom Colt had not killed was back up, his smashed-in face still just as vacant amidst all the blood.
At this distance, Colt wasn’t confident that he could get a headshot with only one hand, so he shot him in the chest instead. And when the guy dropped, Colt walked up and blew his brains out.
Stephanie and Thomas both started crying.
“Sorry about the noise, kiddos.” He fastened them into the backseats of the car before jumping behind the wheel and driving out of the parking lot.
He got on the highway. It didn’t really matter where he went, as long as it led out of the city, so he chose west. After a minute, however, he had to slow down.
Traffic was deadlocked ahead. He could see a massive pileup of vehicles and an overturned 18-wheeler.
Colt growled. He doubted the coincidence. He backed up, cars honking at him as he pushed them out of his way. Then he drove over the median in the road and started back the other direction. He exited the highway, searching for a small street out of town. Before long, he had to stop again.
A line of three police vehicles blocked the road. Six uniformed officers exited their cars in perfect unison.
Colt switched to reverse and slammed his foot on the gas pedal. Gunfire pierced the windshield, making him duck his head and squint as he turned backwards onto a side street.
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My guess of Geoffrey waiting for Colt was technically correct.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, It was Geoffrey, Geoffrey and Geoffrey, followed by a squad of six Geoffreys.
DeleteYeah, I'd say it counts.
DeleteI have never seen a thirteen-month-old that could fit in a carseat carrier, the kind with handles.
ReplyDeleteThat said: Yikes! Poor Colt! What a terrible situation to be in, trying to protect your children and being stymied by supernatural forces and the usual authorities, too.
He's going to run out of ammo eventually too.
DeleteHmm. Good point. Decided to change it so there're no carriers. He just wraps them in one blanket and carries them like a big sack of babies.
DeleteDid Geoffry straight up murder an entire city just to get to Colt?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. For once, it's late in the night, so most people will be out of the streets. Also, Geoffrey's Red Ribbon of Imagination can be quite precise, and fast. And he still has mafia conections, PLUS now he has even better conections.
DeleteFurthermore, you're forgetting that Colt IS a wanted man, by the police. So having them to set LEGIT roadblocks wouldn't be so hard. Heck, if if wasn't for the "perfect unison" thing, you'd believe that was an ACTUAL police unit.
Now, the question is: Is Geoffrey in town, adapting as the situation unfolds, or is he masterminding this from a far distance? Cause the possibility of a Geoffrey controlling people HUNDREDS of miles away is scary.
Small correction: this scene takes place during the daytime, not at night. Page 228 specifies a "brisk afternoon wind."
DeleteYeah, I'm not sure why I assumed it was late in the night. I guess it comes from the clerk commenting on the sunglasses. Where I'm from, we use sunglasses indoors quite often, specially in summer.
DeleteI was still very much aware that Colt is a wanted man. It's precisely because the "perfect unison" happened just after Colt was ambushed by a group of guys being controlled by Geoffry that I was questioning whether or not he murdered an entire city.
DeleteAlso, going on my impression of Geoffry's personality, while he would likely use the connections of his new-found friends to get information (which, as we know he already did) for his "relationship" with Colt, it seems to me that he wants to do the "hands-on" stuff personally.
What the fuck? Wasn't Geoffrey told not to kill a bunch of people at once or he'd have Vanguard after his aberration ass?! Is he just throwing caution to the wind then?
ReplyDeleteI hope this ends well at LEAST for the twins...
Now Geoffrey is a bit like the agents and agent Smith in Matrix
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