JDY Fiction - True Terror

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True Terror - Chapter 1

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Watson Drake

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Karri believed him. She took his arm when he offered it to her after he opened the passenger door.

An hour and a half later Watson walked Karri to the front door of a modest house in one of the nicer Chicago suburbs. The door opened and the porch light came on before they reached the door.

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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Slowly, it seemed to Watson, the buildings were being constructed. He knew, despite the feeling, that they were ahead of schedule. He

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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Clinton pointed with his chin toward a family unloading a Suburban and tandem wheel trailer.

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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]The northbound bridge was leaning slightly, but after a close inspection, Watson decided to risk using it. After rigging up to rescue anyone that might go into the water, Watson took Karri

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Finally around the worst of the storm, Watson had them angling back to the north, very slightly, and kept the speed up on the rain packed ash. They were able to keep going through another night and put the storm systems well behind them.

The hovercraft were able to make over seventy knots under the conditions they were currently running in and made good use of the capability, crossing the state line between Kansas and Colorado that afternoon.

The next day they were in the foothills of the Rockies and met the first of many challenges that Watson and Carlyl had carefully prepared for. The hovercraft could climb a significant rise, if it had speed already up. Going through the mountains was another thing entirely.

Despite a carefully mapped out route, the alternative means of forward motion were put into place and the hovercraft began the laborious trip up and over the Rockies.

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]The hovercraft had been built with hydraulically driven propulsion wheels. Normally the wheels touched the ground only when the hovercraft were at rest so they could be moved around on firm ground without firing up the lift engines. Now they were jacked down to provide traction to get through the mountains on slopes that the pusher fan couldn

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Good story! Nice details, good imagery. I especially like the Tesla touch.