An Empire's War
Copyright© 2012 by James Douglas
Chapter 10
The morning light brought Ninian hope, and some fear. While he could see better, he could now be seen. It would be easier for patrols to find him and attack him. The best thing would be to find a wadi to hide the truck until nightfall. However, he is still too close to the destroyed missiles to do that, his only choice is to continue.
A few hours pass, and the hope Ninian felt is now fear. In the distance is a patrol. From the looks of it, they are not friendly, and by now, word about last night has gotten out. In an effort to try to go around the patrol, Ninian gets off the road, heading towards the Roman lines at a diagonal. His plan goes to shit when the patrol changes their direction as well, still heading to Ninian.
Ninian now had no choice he had to engage them. As they got closer, he could see they were in an open top truck. Thankfully, the truck did not have a Javelin in the back. Both trucks also had the driver's side on the right, this would allow Ninian to shoot while driving, giving him some protection. Less than 2000 ps now separated the two trucks, and they were closing fast. Ninian got his Spatha out the window, ready to fire when he got in range.
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