Red River, New Mexico
2018
“Gabe!” Rex cried, feeling the blood trickling out his back. “How?” They were all wearing bulletproof vests and already there were two of them down. How could it penetrate the thick lining of the vest?
“Go…” Gabe, unable to get up, pushed through the pain as he raised his arm, his trembling finger pointing to the door. There wasn’t time. “Both of you, go!” Rex hugged his friend tight, breathing a whisper of reassurance, before half carrying him to the side of the room, lying him on his stomach.
“We’ll be back,” Mia told him, holding her gun. Her shoulder was aching brutally but she had to ignore it.
The towering doors looming over them with the sound of guns clicking behind it, warning them of their enemies alertness. Reloading their weapons, Rex nodded to M
