The Watchers- end game (the watchers sequel)

Chapter 6-investigation

*as the firefighters pull away i walk up to the wrecked car and investigate and find a playing card in the floorboard* "the shrouds calling card" *i mutter and flip it over and read whats on the back*"your move sky, signed, The Shroud" *i frown* "well..shit" *i say after a moment turning to the others* "there's something i didnt say about that day" *long pause* "what was it?" *luke asks* "he had the type of thing that keeps operatives like myself awake at night, dragonskin armor stitched into his cloths, invisible, rubberized, lightweight and nearly undetectable until you shoot at it making him near indestructible"*dawson smiles slightly* "no one's indestructible" *he says after a moment* "all through human history all armor has had a kink in it, steel plate couldn't stand bullets, kevlar couldnt protect the head and this? well i dont think it will stand an explosion" *i nod slightly and walk to the back of my truck as blayke tosses me the keys i unlock the now slightly bullet peppered tailgate and open the bed cover pulling forward a pair of large ammo containers then unlock them and fling them open* "i happen to have just the thing" *i say as dawson walks over to view the 40 pounds of explosive ordnance i have* "man with a plan' *he says with a smirk and i nod* "most of the time" *i say latching the crates back up and sliding them back into the truck bed*"thats gonna be a lovely insurance claim " * i say relatching the cover and closing the tailgate* "and you're the one making it" *blayke says*"fine" *i say after a moment* "lets move!" *i say to everyone before climbing in the drivers seat of the truck and everyone else climbs in as well and we head towards town*"black suburban 6 o'clock, we're being followed" *i say after about 15 miles and turn sharply onto a back road and floor it as the engine roars and the sudden strain* "breaker box in the upper compartment" *i say to blayke* "pull the breaker third from the right" *i say and as she does so the running and tail lights go out and i slam on the brakes hard so the truck comes to a stop fast and then i hope out as the dust comes rolling forward pistol in my hands and i run up to the driver door and open it though as i do his corpse falls out foaming at the mouth*"cyanide" *i mutter then check it for anything that might confirm what im thinking and i find what im looking for* "be hero they said. join the CIA they said. itll be fun they said. WRONG" *i say to myself before getting back in the truck*"this day is just freaking terrible""why?"*dawson asks* "The Shroud knows where we are, one of his was tailing us"* i say tossing the phone i found on the body onto the console* "shit" * luke says *"that is bad" *i nod slightly when truck suddenly dies* "it just got worse" *i say after a moment of trying to get the engine to turn over then grab my tools pop the hood and get out of the truck to see a massive oil slick underneath it * "we arent going anywhere soon" * i say sticking my head in the door after about ten minutes* "oil pan was punctured with what im sure was a screwdriver and i think this was the idea, strand us in the middle of nowhere"