Deep Black

14

Rockman studied the sensor grid. “They got them all,” he told Telach finally. “Tommy took out the machine gunner with a grenade. Got him right in the head. Big mess.”

“How’d you miss the dogs?” asked Telach.

“The spread,” he said. “They must have been in the back of the truck sleeping. We just weren’t close enough to hear. We knew where the people were. They would have stayed in the shed and the truck if the dogs hadn’t gone crazy.”

Telach frowned.

“Got movement on the road,” he told her.

“Tell them.”

“I’m about to.”