Headaches & Hazbins: Book 1: New Kind of Life, New Kind of Hell

Chapter 16: Cutthroat Competition: Part 2

About A Minute After The Last Chapter...

[Asher tightens his grip on the wheel. He keeps his left hand on it as he reaches into his vest with his right. He takes out a pack of cigarettes, slides one out, and places it between his lips. He puts the packet back into his vest and seems to rummage around for something else.]

Asher: Dammit... I left my lighter in my bag...

[He stops checking his vest and places his hand back on the wheel. He quickly glances around the cab of the truck. Eventually, his gaze stops on the truck's glove box. He leans over and punches the glove box with his right hand causing it to pop open. The contents of it appear to be what's left of the medical kit Asher used when he got his throat slit, what looks to be a few pistol magazines, and a pack of matches. He grabs the pack of matches and opens it revealing about a dozen inside. He picks one out, tosses the pack back into the glove box, and closes it. He then moves his cigarette to the corner of his lips and opens his mouth. He places the tip of the match against his sharp teeth and quickly drags it across them with pressure. It flicks and lights up within a second. He closes his mouth and lights the cigarette with the match before throwing it out the driver's window. He blows a puff of smoke out of his mouth out the window.]

Asher: *Chuckles* Still got it...

*Boom*

[Another explosion, just like the ones from before, goes off far ahead of them in the dead forest. Seconds later a smoke column rises to the sky from the dead forest below. There are now three smoke columns in the sky in the direction the glowstone hit the ground violently.]

Asher: (In Head) Another one huh?

[Asher raises his left hand and knocks on the truck roof which gets Jerry's attention. He's still standing in the back of the truck looking ahead with his binoculars. He then lowers them and gets on his knees so he can see Asher through the truck's rear panel window.]

Asher: That wasn't glowstone was it?

Jerry: As if we would be lucky to have two of 'em fall. No, it was just another explosion.

Asher: Huh. Any idea what exactly is blowing up?

Jerry: Do you mean what is exploding or what is causing the explosions?

Asher: Ehhhhh– Both.

Jerry: Well– Considering that the demons who are out here knew what they could be getting themselves into they must have brought some heavy firepower. There's a good chance that heavy firepower so happens to be some sort of explosives. To make things interesting of course.

Asher: Sooo– Grenades?

Jerry: No, it's most likely dynamite. Grenades are for killing and they can be a bit difficult to get. Dynamite on the other hand is for killing, turning things into itsy-bitsy pieces, and it's easy to get your hands in.

[Jerry points over at the smoke clouds in the distance.]

Jerry: Those smoke clouds indicate killing and blowing shit up. Thick black smoke can indicate some sort of fuel fire. The ones we're seeing are probably from some kind of vehicle that was blown to bits...

Asher: There are other vehicles out here? I didn't see or hear any other cars or trucks while we were keeping watch.

Jerry: Chances are they were being kept hidden between the trees and out of our viewing distance. Exactly how many of them are out here with us...

[Jerry raises his binoculars back up to his eyes.]

Jerry: I haven't the slightest clue...

Asher: Crap... Well then... Keep your eyes open. Shout if you see anything potentially dangerous to our health.