Chapter 40

Thirty minutes later,two vans headed down the valley to the warehouse.Jake drove one,with Jethro in the passenger seat and Rex beside him.Josh and Caleb occupied the other van,and both vans were pulling trailers.They stopped at the warehouse long enough for Josh to tell Claire where they were going,then headed out of the valley.

Each of the vans was now equipped with a walkie-talkie,and Jake picked his up and pushed a button.“Jake to Josh.Over.”

“I read you five by five,”Josh said.“Over.”

“Just testing,”Jake said.“Over and out.”

“That’s so cool,”Jethro said.

“What’s cool?”

“That thing you had in your hand.”

“It’s called a walkie-talkie,and they’ve been using them in the military for yearsand years.”

“How old is it?”

Jake chuckled at that.“It’s a lot older than I am,but it still works,and that’s all that matters.”