Reboot

Published by Carl Rauscher at Smashwords

Copyright 2010 Carl Rauscher

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Chapter 1

Oscar checked underneath the balled-up sock clutched to his side and saw the wound was still bleeding. It didn’t hurt as bad as before, but hiding jacketless in a ditch most of the night had left him numb all over. He put it back, rolled onto his good side, and peered over the edge of the ditch to see if his pursuers were still there.

The gas station across the road appeared deserted except for two men in black and their jeep. The full moon, which earlier helped him escape, illuminated a third man taking a leak on the corner of the abandoned storefront. Oscar guessed it was probably light enough for them to see his head poking from the grassy embankment if they glanced in his direction, so he settled back out of sight and waited for them to leave.