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the rattle of gunfire.

From the direction the slug took in entering the cab

of the pickup, Ben knew it had been fired from his

right, from the south side of the highway. Ben spun the

steering wheel.

A six-wheeled V-300 roared up beside Ben's

pickup. It passed the truck and wheeled about in the

cracked and pitted highway, its twin Browning

M2 .50-caliber machine guns yammering,

spitting out death, clearing the thick underbrush by the

roadside of all living things. An APC had

rolled up beside Ben's pickup, on the south side,

a buffer of protection for the general and his lady.

Rebels sprang into action. They were

Gray's Scouts, and they knew their jobs, performing

without any wasted motion. Small arms fire

rattled over the thick timber.

A few screams were heard. Then a quiet

settled over the area. The screaming ceased.

Ben's radio crackled. "All clear, sir.

We got them all."

"Stay in the truck, sir," Colonel Dan

Gray said, appearing by the driver's side of the