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I stopped pedaling abruptly, squeezing my brakes so hard,both of us to the blacktop in a pile of bike parts and li to untangle s from my bike I had a skinned elbo and at least a bruise onto see if it would affectabilities I was relieved to find it was okay

"Dammit, Winky? What about da" Winky had gotten up and was brushing herself off "I have a tear intoo close," I uys hear that?" asked Rob

"Dat’s a truck," said Bodo, straddling his bike and walking it over to us

"That’s a big truck," said Paci "Really big"

"Can you tell what kind?" I asked Rob

"Big" He looked at in’ big That’s all I need to know"

I rolledpickup or a se?" asked Winky, leaving her bike to stand byif it’s a semi with a trailer, we can use it to haul stuff! We wouldn’t needinwe’d need to support our coine sound ere hearing felt like good news I could totally envision us off-loading a loo up and dohile squealing like a girl I so wanted toso hard to make all of us comfortable, he deserved it

"Do you kno to drive one of those?" asked Winky She sounded impressed

"No, but how hard can it be? I can drive a stick"

Bodo laughed "Dat’s funny"

I frowned at hi, but it was only totruck will be easy Do you know dey have ten gears or more? Maybe twenty"

"What? That’s nuts Why not just five like a car?" I asked

Bodo just rolled his eyes

It ht It needsat Bodo He apparently didn’t approve of Bodo’s attitude any lad to see I wasn’t the only one thinking ears or fifty, I’ure it out We’re woot back onBodo’s idiocy to the back ofon"

"Shouldn’t we be a little stealth about it?" asked Winky

"Yeah Let’s ride over on the shoulder until we catch a glimpse of it and then decide what to do"

Everyone started pedaling again, and we ure of a se trailer at the back of it cahway, a trail of pushed cars to either side of its forot off our bikes and laid the at the truck

"Noe sneak up on the driver and see what he’s all about" I grabbed my weapon and moved down into the ditch on the side of the road It wasn’t very deep, and if the guy driving bothered to look in our direction he’d probably be able to see us without any probleun in the backs of our pants

When ere about fifty yards back, we shifted our course so that we’d be behind a bunch of high, scruffy bushes e got even with the truck

"Can you see anything yet?" asked Winky, coh the bushes, wishing I had eagle eyes "I need so I can’t see crap fro from the cab and no people were visible

"Your wish is lasses

"What the hell?" I took theed "Peter He put theet the best use out of them"

I shook my head "That boy scares me sometimes with his efficiency"

"For serious," said Winky "But I’lad for it Especially on this trip"

I turned to the truck again, raising the glasses toBut then a ht my attention

"I see someone," I whispered, excitedly

"Who? Is it anyone we know?" asked Winky

"No No one I know at least And he’s wearing regular clothes, so I don’t think he’s froe froer, cli?" asked Rob