The day had just broke and Burt was up with the dawn. He had perimeter
checks to make, graboid monitors to check, and make sure no damn tourist
had come into the area the previous night. As he entered his kitchen
stretching he noticed some of the things were out of place. Doing a quick
check he found a pan dirty, two plates freshly washed and four eggs and
some of the ham gone form his fridge. Some one had to be awake for this to
happen so he did a quick check of the house and found no one. Figuring
that maybe they had gone back to the spare bedrooms Burt decided to go back
and knock.
Knocking on the door to Val's room there was no immediate answer. After the second time he added, "Damnit Valentine aren't you awake yet? Don't you know it's six o'clock all ready? The days wasting away. Get up you lazy piece of filth." Hearing moans from the room he decided his job was done. Well it wasn't Val and Rhonda who were awake it must be Earl and Kate.
He banged on Earl's door but no answer. He banged louder still no answer, just then Val came out of his room and looked up and down the hall. Seeing Burt he came up to him he had a look of bewilderment on his face. "But you seen Rhonda? She aint in the room."
Upon hearing this Burt opened Earl's door, his mind had put two and two together and he didn't like what they added up to. Sure enough it was exactly as he had thought. There was Earl asleep and snoring and Kate was gone. "Valentine you get his lazy ass up and meet me in the kitchen once you do." Burt stormed off into the kitchen pulling the radio down and thumbing on the switch. "Jodi This is Burt come in." No answer. "Jodi wake up this is Burt, over." Raising his voice a little, "Jodi this is not time to be sleeping we got to boogies out in the desert trying to study El Blanco. Wake up, over."
Burt's truck bounced over the dessert terrain as he drove in hot pursuit of the direction El Blanco was headed. If they hadn't been eaten yet the worm was probably headed towards Kate and Rhonda. "What are those two thinking? I swear you're the only two men who don't know when their wife's get up to get into trouble." He wasn't really mad at Fred and Val but he had to vent. It wasn't like these four people didn't know what these worms did. After all they all had lived through them at least once.
"Listen Burt," Val started, "We aint got no control over them woman. Hell you should know that with what you went through with Heather." The next thing Val knew Earl and smacked him upside the head and he was being propelled forward as Burt slammed the truck to a stop.
Under his breathe Earl muttered, "Way ta go hot shot. Talk your self out this one."
Burt looked at Val with contempt in his eyes; he had his sunglasses in one hand and the other in a fist. "Don't you ever talk to me about that you understand Valentine. It isn't any of your business knowing what did and did not happen. Alls I care I could leave these two to the mercy of El Blanco."
"Calm down Burt," Earl just couldn't let Val handle this. After all his wife was out there too. "You know he talks before he thinks. Just some stupid punk kid. But we love him anyway." He glanced at Val with a keep your mouth shut look and then added, "Lets just keep rolling."
Knocking on the door to Val's room there was no immediate answer. After the second time he added, "Damnit Valentine aren't you awake yet? Don't you know it's six o'clock all ready? The days wasting away. Get up you lazy piece of filth." Hearing moans from the room he decided his job was done. Well it wasn't Val and Rhonda who were awake it must be Earl and Kate.
He banged on Earl's door but no answer. He banged louder still no answer, just then Val came out of his room and looked up and down the hall. Seeing Burt he came up to him he had a look of bewilderment on his face. "But you seen Rhonda? She aint in the room."
Upon hearing this Burt opened Earl's door, his mind had put two and two together and he didn't like what they added up to. Sure enough it was exactly as he had thought. There was Earl asleep and snoring and Kate was gone. "Valentine you get his lazy ass up and meet me in the kitchen once you do." Burt stormed off into the kitchen pulling the radio down and thumbing on the switch. "Jodi This is Burt come in." No answer. "Jodi wake up this is Burt, over." Raising his voice a little, "Jodi this is not time to be sleeping we got to boogies out in the desert trying to study El Blanco. Wake up, over."
Burt's truck bounced over the dessert terrain as he drove in hot pursuit of the direction El Blanco was headed. If they hadn't been eaten yet the worm was probably headed towards Kate and Rhonda. "What are those two thinking? I swear you're the only two men who don't know when their wife's get up to get into trouble." He wasn't really mad at Fred and Val but he had to vent. It wasn't like these four people didn't know what these worms did. After all they all had lived through them at least once.
"Listen Burt," Val started, "We aint got no control over them woman. Hell you should know that with what you went through with Heather." The next thing Val knew Earl and smacked him upside the head and he was being propelled forward as Burt slammed the truck to a stop.
Under his breathe Earl muttered, "Way ta go hot shot. Talk your self out this one."
Burt looked at Val with contempt in his eyes; he had his sunglasses in one hand and the other in a fist. "Don't you ever talk to me about that you understand Valentine. It isn't any of your business knowing what did and did not happen. Alls I care I could leave these two to the mercy of El Blanco."
"Calm down Burt," Earl just couldn't let Val handle this. After all his wife was out there too. "You know he talks before he thinks. Just some stupid punk kid. But we love him anyway." He glanced at Val with a keep your mouth shut look and then added, "Lets just keep rolling."