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Brownout Part I: Into the night


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"Me neither, padre. We only have rice rockets and Harleys, anybody driven one of these before?"

I can probably manage it, if nobody pipes up, but sometimes it's good to be stubborn and lazy.
 

"I've never driven one before, either, but I've always wanted to." Jeremy says as he reaches for the keys.

This is turning out to be a lot more fun than I was expecting. Gun fight. Drivin' a Hummer. Hell, yeah!, Jeremy thinks to himself with a grin.

"Did any of guys say if you knew what happened to the other two where with us?"
 

Jaque raises an eyebrow.

"We do not have the time to look for them, but I am sure they can manage on their own. If they can disappear from us that easily they should not have a problem avoiding the police. Anyway, they can have the soldiers' things that we didn't take. I am sure there was enough for all," he reasons, and puts his backpack in the back of the Humvee, "Do not forget but, we need to go to Mile Marker 39, the man's dying request was that we keep whatever was under there from the military."
 

"Hmm...maybe we'll run into them again. Anyway, mile marker 39 here we come!"

Jeremy starts the HumVee and gives the engine a good rev before peeling out and heading off.
 

Adrian pets his Owl and looks mournfully at his laptop.

"Lets find out whats going on."

Edit: Did I have enough time to grab one of those metal bats before everyone decided to take off?
 
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Adrain: You can have grabbed one if you'd like.
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Jeremy: As you open the door to climb into the spacious driver's seat, the first thing you realize is that the Humvee's body is made of much heavier material than the normal fiberglass bodies you're used to.

As you climb in, you see that all instruments are digital, and there is a large LCD screen with a keyboard attached to the center console. The seats are all benches, but the padding has been modified in the center of the front bench to accomodate both the computer, and the weapons rack that currently holds two combat shotguns.

The Humvee roars to life at the turn of a key, and the instruments light up. The computer takes a few moments to boot, but the screen eventually resolves into the image of a large circle with a ping sound every five seconds, and displays a dots in the center representing both yourself and your companions. There is also a flashing cursor near the bottom of the screen, waiting for input from the keyboard.

Everyone: As you all drive down the road, traffic is non-existant. The current mile marker is 24, when you see everything around you turn a near-blinding white, before returning to darkness. The sound of thunder follows close behind. Looking back to the source of the event, you see a towering plume of smoke and fire where you can only assume Dry Creek had been moments before.
 

"Well, whoever is behind this is taking it seriously," Jeremy says. "Hey, if any of you are computer junkies, why don't you see what's on this computer here." He gestures to the dashboard computer.

Jeremy will drive a little faster after the explosion. They'll be sending out a mop-up crew, I'm sure. Probably don't want to be around for that.
 


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