Evolution

CHAPTER 34 | the eleventh hour

Somewhere in Pennsylvania 

Murphy checked his phone, and his brows drew together. Still no signal.

"I don't think we can wait," said Joshua as if reading his mind.

He stared out the back passenger window. All that could be seen was farmland with a few houses dotted every mile or so. Joshua was right, this secluded part of Pennsylvania was Amish country. Even if one of them happened to witness what was about to happen, who would believe them. They'd have a story of biblical proportions and no proof.

Their only risk was cellular coverage. They were not supposed to attack until they knew Parker had jammed Elise's ability to communicate with her team of butchers.

He reached for the door handle. They couldn't wait. It was now or never. "Let's go."

The plan was simple. Take out as many vehicles as possible. Then take care of the rest. Hopefully, fast enough they didn't have time to transform into their hybrid form. One run in with a Lycan was enough. Something he didn't wish to have a repeat performance of.

The double cab Toyota Tundra raced down the secluded highway as he swung himself into the cargo bed. Joshua reached out and closed the door as soon as he was free.

He reached across and pulled the large green tarp off the large metal boxes carefully positioned on either side of the side tailgates. After unclipping the first, he threw open the lid and pulled out the FIM-92 Stinger, and swung it on his shoulder with the long tube facing behind and the firing unit in front. He switched on the night vision through the scope and checked that everything was in working order. Once that was done, he returned it to the box and repeated the process with the second rocket launcher. They would only have two goes at this.

Satisfied everything was ready, he banged on the roof of the cab and held on to the roll bar. The Toyota turned off its lights and picked up speed. He didn't need to look behind to know the rest of their convoy were doing the same. It wouldn't do for Elise's men to realize they had company before they got within range. However, knowing what he was about to do, they kept a safe distance behind.

In less than ten minutes they had closed the five-mile distance they'd retained throughout the journey.

Shows about to start.

He planted his legs apart to steady his movements. This would be challenging in normal circumstances, but from a moving vehicle would require a little more concentration... and luck. After taking a deep breath, he clipped the battery coolant unit into place and rested his finger on the trigger as he focused on the night vision scope. If the missile were to hit its target, he needed to make sure the infrared seeker tagged the right one.

As soon as the high-pitched beep from the seeker indicated it had locked onto its target, he pulled the trigger. The missile shot out of the launch tube faster than the loud boom, then low hum that followed its path through the air. Within a blink of an eye, the launch engine fell away, and the rocket's engine's lights flared. The tiny ball of light shot through the dark. Even the car's engines couldn't drown out the whine of the thrusters as it sped towards its mark.

Not having the luxury of time, he tossed the now empty tube back into its box and reached for the second. Just as his fingers curled around the cold tube, the first hit its mark, and the pickup exploded in a fiery ball. As expected, the cars in front and behind, were impacted by the force of the explosion and were flung into the air and tossed aside as if they were skittles in a child's game.

The Toyota skidded to a halt, and he again took aim.

Joshua jumped out from the back seat and joined him at the back. "They turning back?"