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The Pit: Watchmaker’s Hell: Book One
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Chapter 39
Marcus and Lauren discuss the Regan problem
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The Pit: Watchmaker’s Hell: Book One
PAST USELESSMarcus, Regan, Lauren and MaxThe river, Hell2011AFTER THE NECESSARY AND requisite healing, Marcus and his team remained by the river for a little R&R. Regan, relieved to be out of the Pit for once, tried to get her best flirt on with Max. This was received with, at best, polite attention from the messenger. Her ego boosting exercise gave Lauren and Marcus time to sit along the bank of the river and go over the necessities of the next phase of the plan.“The Arab mongrel,” Marcus whispered to his lieutenant, “has a gun.”Lauren responded to his announcement with a stunned stare. Then she turned to narrow her eyes at the beautiful woman laughing and splashing water at the messenger. “Was it loaded?”“No idea,” Marcus answered.“And how did a banker who can’t handle two days at the beginning of a week in the Pit manage to get his hands on something that dangerous and valuable?” Lauren asked, in a tone that implied she already knew the answer.“When they still believed I was just a poor Dead kid,” Marcus began, “we all sat together mourning our dear friend Alex. We were huddled close, and it wasn’t in his waistband then.”“So between the first battle…” Lauren prompted. “…and when we brought his friends out of the Pit,” Marcus concluded.“Around the time,” Lauren looked at Regan, “a certain idiot went looking for weapons.” Lauren sighed. “It would be like her to find something that valuable and then lose it. She’s that useless.”“Worse,” Marcus groaned. “If that gun makes it to our enemy, she’s past useless; she’s actively harming us. She could lose us this war with that stupidity.”
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