♠ Tailgunner ♠

“Sniper. Not yours?”

Noecker turned in a complete circle. Very slowly. Partly because he was old as the hills, but mainly so as not to make any sudden movements. “Not mine. Why the hell would I have a sniper take pot-shots at us?”

Connor shrugged. “I’ve given up trying to make sense of anything you do these days. If this was a book or a movie, nobody would know what the fuck you were up to.”

“If you two old fucks are quite finished?”

They both turned to look at Gertie, who had, quite honestly, been the least of their worries.

“I told you. When my people get here, they’ll take me somewhere safe. So we can watch, while nature takes its course and the Earth is cleansed.”

“Did she tell you that?” Noecker’s hairy eyeballs interrogated Connor from a few feet away. “And you didn’t think to tell the rest of us?”

“But I thought… Aren’t you…?”

Another rifle shot dug a hole in the concrete.

“Mother. You know how I feel about this. I can’t be a part of it. But I won’t stop you trying. That’s one of the things I always loved about you. No matter how bad things got, you never stopped trying.” She waved one miniature cannon at Connor and Noecker. “One of these two fossils obviously has the same DNA, so you no longer need me. No!” She held up her other hand, halting Francina’s response. “I don’t want to know. Really.” She looked as if she might throw up as she shook her head at both men.

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