The Final Warning
Chapter One
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Windsor State Forest, Massachusetts
Ssssss.
The soldiers' armor made an odd hissing noise. But besides the
slight sound of metal plates sliding smoothly, flawlessly over one
another, the troop was unnaturally quiet as it moved through the
woods, getting closer to the prey.
The faintest of beeps caused the team leader to glance down at his
wrist screen. Large red letters scrolled across it: ATTACK IN 12
SECONDS ... 11 ... 10 ...
The team leader tapped a button, and the screen's image changed: a
tall, thin girl with dirt smears on her face and a tangle of brown
hair, glaring out at him. TARGET 1 was superimposed on her face.
... 9 ... 8 ...
His wrist screen beeped again, and the image changed to that of a
dark-haired, dark-eyed, scowling boy. TARGET 2.
And so on, the image changing every half second, ending finally with
a portrait of a small, scruffy black dog looking at the camera in
surprise.
The team leader didn't understand why Target 7 was an animal. He
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