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muties and get us to the top of the tower without firing a shot."
"I'm open to suggestions, Doc," J.B. said.
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Without another word, the old man took several steps toward the top of the
tower. The muties backed away from him, matching his movements step for step
and keeping the distance between them constant. When he reached the next
landing, Doc stopped and put about a dozen pieces of fruit on the floor, then
rejoined J.B., Jak and Dean.
"What now?" Jak asked.
"Patience," Doc said. "Give them a minute."
But seconds later the muties were coming down the stairs and tearing savagely
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into the fruit.
"Let us go," Doc said, leading the way.
The friends had their blasters at the ready as they passed the feeding muties,
who were so ravenous they didn't stop eating to even look up as they passed.
In seconds the four companions were again hurrying toward the top of the
tower, the sounds of hungry muties fading slowly behind them.
"What about on the way down?" J.B. asked.
"I think we shall find them rather cooperative at that point," Doc answered.
"They're just going to let us pass?" Dean questioned.
"No, I suspect they will all be quite fast asleep by then."
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MILDRED AND RYAN WERE led out of the barn by three sec men. Two of the white
electrically powered mini-wags were waiting for them.
"Get on the back of the wag," a sec man ordered.
The two friends climbed up onto the wag with their backs to the driver. The
other two sec men got into the second wag and when the driver pulled away,
they followed.
"Where do you think they're taking us?" Mildred asked Ryan.
"Probably to work the fields with the rest of the slaves," Ryan answered.
"What do you think they'll do with Krysty?"
Ryan shook his head slightly. "Don't know."
"She'll be all right. She can take care of herself."
"It's not Krysty that I'm worried about."
"Who then?" Mildred asked.
"The baron. I'm worried Krysty will chill him before I get the chance to do
it."
They continued to roll past the trees. Ryan tried to gauge how fast they were
traveling so he could get an idea how big the farm was, but he stopped trying
after a while. There was no point to it. Fox Farm was a huge operation,
probably growing enough fruit and vegetables to supply several eastern villes.
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The wags began to slow, and Ryan craned his neck to have a look around.
People were working in the trees, picking fruit under the watchful eyes of
even more sec men. Others crawled over the ground on all fours pulling weeds
from the earth between the trees. These people were also watched closely by
sec men, and every once in a while one would get a blaster butt slammed into
his back or thigh.
"Get out!" the sec men in the second wag ordered when the miniwags came to a
stop.
Ryan and Mildred got off the wag and stood with their hands still bound behind
them. A sec man overseeing the workers approached, pulled a knife from a
scabbard on his belt and cut them both free.
"Start picking!" the sec man in charge of the work detail shouted.
Ryan and Mildred headed toward the trees that were being picked by the rest of
the crew and started working themselves, trying to keep busy while they
attempted to figure out how things worked out in the fields.
At the edge of the stand of trees a sec man and a woman were having what
looked like a rather heated discussion. Suddenly she dropped down on her knees
in front of him and for a moment it looked as if he were going to chill her
with his blaster. But instead of shooting her, he shouldered his weapon and
began unbuttoning his pants.
The workers had stopped picking fruit and were now watching the woman provide
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the man with a sexual favor.
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"Keep working!" another sec man shouted.
Slowly the pickers went back to doing their job. Ryan and Mildred began
picking fruit like the others, but Ryan was still able to watch the couple out
of the corner of his eye.
The sec man had pulled out his cock and the woman had taken it in her mouth.
He was thrusting against her, holding her head roughly in place. The rest of
the workers had gotten back to work as if nothing out of the ordinary was
happening.
When the man was done, he pushed the woman away and did up his pants. She
walked back toward the others, a resigned expression on her face.
"What kind of place is this?" Mildred asked.
"Don't know," Ryan answered. "But before we know for sure, let's just get busy
picking fruit."
WHEN THEY REACHED the top of the tower, J.B., Jak, Doc and Dean spent a few
minutes admiring the view. Even though Mildred had said only a small amount of
water was flowing over the falls, they were still an impressive sight.
But more important than the view of the falls was that they were better able
to see Fox Farm from the top of the tower, and could get an idea of its
layout. It was located on the northwest corner of an intersection between two
roads that had long ago been overgrown with weeds. The farm had to stretch a
mile or more in each direction because the far northern corners of the fence
were just visible from their vantage point.
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Two large buildings stood near the front gate of the complex where the friends
had traded for fruit. Set back from the gate was a large rectangular two-story
building, which seemed to be the focal point. A tower rose from its center,
allowing the sec force to oversee a large portion of the farm. If they were [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]