Re: In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud
In reply to Elliot Charles Pendergrass (msg # 85):
The slowly approaching men looked bored but wary. These were not simple maritime travellers, but soldiers or mercenaries. No vests or helmets, but boonie hats and beards. They were dressed in old, worn camouflage fatigues, with webbing festooned with ammo pouches, grenades and knives. For guns they both had holstered pistols. One carried a well-worn AK-47, possibly predating the war but it might be a copy. Only examination would tell. But, somewhat alarmingly, the other was armed with a fairly new-looking Stoner M22 rifle. They both wandered closer, following the sandbar. There was quiet except for the wind in the trees above them and the waves lapping on the beach.