Project Dakota: Rising of the dead
I’d let a simple daydream, a childish desire for a nice car, almost get me killed.
Carlos gave my shoulder a firm squeeze before moving past me, his weapon trained on the body. He nudged it with his boot, a hard, professional motion, ensuring it was truly dead. It was. The one good eye was vacant, staring at nothing.
“Clear,” he said, his voice grim.
It was then that we heard it. A sound that, under any other circumstances, would have been a relief, but now felt like a death knell.
From the service bay, the Toyota Corolla sputtered, coughed, and then, with a wheezing, protesting roar, rumbled to life. The engine was loud, clattery, and unhealthy-sounding, but it was running.
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