When a woman moves into the sleepy town, it rouses everyone's tongues to start wagging. She is strange and distant in her manner. Tia Frost is blissfully unaware of the townsfolk's discomfort with her. With Burt at her side, she wonders about the wo...
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I watched Maverick disappear west. Tobin touched my shoulder with two fingers and then dragged them left. I turned my head slowly in that direction and watched the cultists walk past us. I moved slowly and knocked them out.
We moved to where the tunnels were and I opened one. Burt and Tobin jumped in. I slipped in after watching for anyone. I closed the hatch then I sat against the wall feeling tired. I don't know if we should move yet...
Tobin used his hands to ask if we were moving on. I shook my head. Burt came to my side and gave me a silent indication of problems.
I put the gun to one side. Tobin asked if I was ill I told him yes. He sat next to me and hugged me. He seemed calm about this even though he was unarmed. I put my arm around him and felt something. He's wearing padding! Maybe the chief can be trusted.
He moved between one eye blink and the next. One moment he was next to me cuddled into my side and the next he was in front of me. Burt was digging my leg with his paw. I forgot to bring my pills with me! Fuck!
Tobin was sitting in front of me using his hands to give me another group of signals to say something. I missed the first bit so asked him to start again. He did, he was saying there are people out there. He had a look of panic on his face and I put my hand up. He nodded letting out a little sigh.
"This way." I heard the voice before the footsteps.
"You sure?" One of them stopped almost on top of the hatch.
"I'm sure. They must be out here, that guy was knocked out."
Their footsteps carried on away from the tunnel entrance. "You're sure it wasn't one of your lot?"
"Don't be an idiot. We are here for them not each other."
Their footsteps got more distant with their voices. I picked up the gun and Tobin moved aside so I could show him the path back to the cave. We moved slowly up the maze of tunnels to the cave at the end. I slipped into the cave first then Burt jumped up. Tobin was the last to come in and I left the hatch open. He looked at it and then to me.
I called Burt to me and Tobin looked worried. I whispered in Burt's ear. "You protect Tobin." Burt licked me. Tobin came closer and leaned into me. I put my arm around him and felt my muscles ache from the fit I'd had and all the movement I'd been doing since then. I felt tired and without my pills, I knew I would have another fit.
Tapping Tobin on the shoulder made him move so I could see him. I told him to hide in the hole with the gun and Burt if said I would have a fit. I told him if I was found he was to stay hidden until he was sure that he could leave safely and then to find Maverick. He nodded and hugged me. I reminded him not to use the gun. He held up a trigger lock from the box and I nodded. I asked him if he remembered where the food was and he nodded.
