I’ve got my own problems. Fuel gauge reading half full. Or was it half empty? Connor had always been a half full kinda guy. That was good. What was not so good were the several black specks appearing in the bike mirrors.
The second buggery of drones in one day.
Connor twisted the throttle and gave the bike an extra kick of speed. He ramped over a speed bump and steered towards a more built-up part of the city.
The suburbs were no place to hide from drones. The mostly single-storey houses and wide roads provided no cover.
Did the roads still go that far? Would there be a road block? No time to worry about that now. Faded rusty road signs partially hidden by weeds directed him to the CBD.
There was no other traffic on the road. Lockdown law 28-C strictly prohibited that. If he did encounter a vehicle it would be bad news.
He checked the mirrors. He hadn’t lost the drones. They seemed to be getting closer. He wasn’t going to be able to outrun them.
“Petrol station. Perfect.” Connor steered the bike into the forecourt.
He slid the bike to a halt between the pumps and sprinted to what used to be the shop. The glass from the door had long been smashed. Shelves emptied, turned over, looted. Helpless people with their livelihoods taken away had to eat. Eat or die. He covered his nose against the smell and crouched behind an upturned shelf, drawing his weapon.
“They’ll have to come under the canopy to see where I am,” Connor told Shell.
“Who the fok are you?” the owner of the smell called from the far corner of the building.
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