We called Paul Mite.
As soon as the doors were open enough, Rix floored it. I had been expecting a summoned monster to attack us before we cleared the building, but we got out and were flying down the destroyed road.
The image of the black-haired Adventurer who had been my last employer appeared on the dash.
“Ozlet?” He looked offscreen. "Suna! Dacine! It’s the kids!”
The two women joined him and started asking questions. With all three of them talking, it was impossible to understand anything.
“HEY!” Rix slammed her fist in front of the projector. "SHUT UP!”
The three adults went quiet instantly.
“Mom, Dad, Auntie, I know you’re excited to see us, but we have problems. We need you to get in touch with Uncle Trent and let him know we’ve escaped so he will stop leveling Sipher.” Oz looked up. "Um, Rix?”
“I see them.” The red-haired Shooter moved the dial, so that they were looking at her again. "TELL TRENT TO GET OUT OF THERE! AND TRACK US SO THAT YOU CAN GET THESE CUFFS OFF!” She looked at me. "WOULD YOU GET ON THE GUNS? AND WILL SOMEBODY GET OUT HERE?! WE’RE GETTING ATTACKED!”
“Sorry, I’ve got to go.” Oz waved at her parents. "Justia’s okay, but don’t try to send us any messages because Sipher is intercepting them.”
She didn’t wait for them to respond as she shut off the communicator.
“WHY HAVEN’T YOU GOT UP THERE?” Rix glared at me as the RV shook.
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“I have no idea what I’m doing!” I spread my hands. I had a rough idea, but I’d never used a mounted gun before.
“GESAI! GET OUT HERE!”
Angry Rix was scary. I felt helpless as Gesai came out of the bathroom.
“What’s..? By the Gods!” The older woman pushed a few buttons on the turret and the platform dropped. She hopped up in it so that her legs were hanging through the roof, braced on the metallic platform.
“Who are they?” I had a hand on the back of each of the seats.
“Don’t know, don’t care.” Rix was entering the angry calm phase and that was even more terrifying. She hit a few buttons and a screen and trigger appeared in front of Oz. “You’re sitting shotgun, shoot something.”
The screen showed what was in front of us. As Oz moved the joystick from left to right the small gun in the front of the RV moved with it, allowing her to shoot anything that was in front of her.
There were only three large ATVs that were chasing us. With one person driving and one person shooting, that didn’t leave them much room to do anything else. The RV did have a barrier, but that was eating through the supply of crystals that they’d taken from the depot.
The one thing that the ATVs didn’t have was very strong barriers. Gesai got one, which prompted them to move to the front of the RV. Once Oz started shooting, moved back to flank us, staying as close to the RV as they could to keep either woman from being able to shoot at them. Rix jerked the RV to the side, forcing the men to try to mimic the movement.
Gesai jumped down and opened the door to the RV. She smiled as she tossed a toy she’d collected from Rix’s stash of potentially good items.
It looked like a pinecone, but as soon as it hit the ATV on or right, it exploded, sending shrapnel everywhere. And reducing the ATV into a ball of burning metal.
“Whoot!” Gesai cheered. "And then there was one.” She shut the door and walked over to the window on the left side, but the ATV had peeled off and was heading away from us.
“Do we let it go?” Oz watched Gesai climb back up in the turret.
“It’ll let others know that we’re not an easy target.” Rix sighed. "That’ll buy us a little time.”
“To do what?” I grabbed on to the back of Oz’s seat with both hands as the RV shook from a bump.
“To try to get out of the Godless zone.”