Leroy Poole stopped momentarily in the shadow of a Joshua Tree and switched his HUD to Manta's IR feed. He was pleased with the progress to that point, and determined the range to the objective was slightly less than 400 yards. A click turned the HUD display off and he swung the personal dual function eyepiece into position over his left eye, tapped the control panel and a ten power digital optical image appeared. Leroy turned his head to the compound and scanned it for movement. Seeing none, he slid the monocle out and up into his helmet and started to take a step. A menacing buzz turned his blood to ice and he froze in mid step. Looking down, he saw a six foot Western Diamondback rattler as thick as his arm, coiled and poised to strike. In the bat of an eye, the deadly viper stuck the side of his upraised calf. The two inch long fangs hung in his BDUs as deadly snake venom stained the tan cloth. He grabbed the agitated reptile behind its triangular shaped head and pulled it clear. The big rattler wrapped his body around Leroy's right arm as his left hand reached for the Randall combat knife in his vest. In a flash, the snake head was on the ground with its mouth still open. He wiped the blood off the razor sharp blade on the snake's body, slid the knife back into its leather scabbard, unwound the still writhing body and dropped it to the ground.
"Thank you Jesus," Leroy said softly as he gave thanks for his impenetrable Graphene full body suit underneath his BDUs.
Posted by co-author, Ken Farmer
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