Chapter 26

The cool afternoon breeze blew silently across the field; from time to time a couple of grasses would be lifted off the ground and would be flown around the air, most of the time getting stuck in odd places. It was the kind of afternoon Derek loved as he aimed his gun at an eye level with the shooting range and shot twice. The second shot was the closest he had ever gotten to hitting the mark and he grinned behind the goggles and looked back to meet the approving nod of his tutor.

"Told you I'd ace the shooting training in a short time." He nearly screamed above the noise of the other practice shooters in the shooting range, the big ear-muffs he was putting on didn't help his hearing either.

The light-skinned guy who was his tutor smiled and nodded again, he pulled out a long box from among the pile of gun boxes and unclipped it open.

"Go ahead." He motioned Derek.