Panic in Year Zero! Page #5

Not much use for it

if you ain't got gas for a car to pull it.

You don't leave me much choice.

Dad, that was quite a belt.

You get in that trailer

with your mother and Karen.

What for?

It's going to get rough from here on.

I may need some cover.

If I stop the car, grab a shotgun.

Don't get trigger-happy.

But don't be gun-shy, either.

If you have to use it, use it.

All right, hold it.

Just one of you come forward.

All right, hold it!

Don't worry, mister. I ain't coming

any closer to you than I have to.

What do you want?

We're not letting any of you people

from LA into our town.

We don't want any trouble.

Just turn around and go back.

We won't stop. We're going right through.

That's what some other men said.

Before they left,

they busted up our drugstore...

and damn near killed the owner.

You're gonna have to double back.

All right, we'll go.

Now get back with the others.

Sorry, mister,

we've got to protect ourselves.

We can't turn back.

Our only chance

is to get to Shibes Meadow.

- What are we waiting for, then?

- Get in the back seat.

When I get going,

fire a shot over their heads.

- Maybe it'll throw them off balance.

- Right.

- Boy, I bet the women are shook-up.

- We'll stop as soon as we can.

This road parallels the main highway

for about 40 miles.

And we have to cross it, don't we?

Yeah, the next intersection

is 30 miles from here.

I was hoping to make it before dark.

Inside the trailer, all of you.

- Daddy, you can't be--

-inside the trailer!

- Man, dig.

- We're in business.

- Take it and get out of here.

- What was that? What?

- You got any money?

- No.

- Extra gasoline, maybe?

- No.

- What you got in the trailer?

- Nothing.

- You got a girlfriend in there?

- No one.

There's one way we

could find out, I guess.

Stay away from that trailer!

What are you going to do? Call the cops?

They're busy.

We're the new highway patrol.

Somebody dropped a bomb, dad. Crazy kick.

- Mickey, take a look.

- Maybe we ought to settle him first.

Now, Rick!

Put the gun down, mister.

We were only kidding.

Yeah, some joke, buster.

I ought to kill the bunch of you.

Please.

He's not hurt badly,

just caught a little buckshot.

- You could have killed him.

- Shut up, Andy.

Pick him up and get him out of here!

Go on!

You almost missed him. What happened?

- Mother pushed the gun away.

- You pushed the gun when he fired?

He was going to kill that boy.

That boy, as you call him,

was going to kill me.

Then he was coming after you and Karen.

Would that have suited you better?

I just couldn't let Rick...

Would you rather see one of us

lying dead at your feet?

Make up your mind!

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