another
fire?”
“ Yea, see the smoke.” They
all noticed.
“ Ohh shit.”
“ Ohh shit.” Someone else
said, in a higher pitch, “What the fuck is that?”, Perry
was looking North in the valley. There was a
beam of light shining down into the trees, cruising over the
forest. It was too dark to see the flying object, but at first it
seemed like a police helicopter using its search light. But after
watching how it moved, it was too small and agile to be a
helicopter.
“ A drone.” Tony
realized.
“ It’s searching the
forest.”, Perry continued.
“ It’s heading right
towards that other fire.”, Eric noticed.
L quickly began kicking dirt over their
fire, extinguishing it.
“ Good idea.” Everyone
said.
Perry started getting his pack ready, even
though they were probably a few miles
away. The others watched the search light.
It zig zagged a bit, but it was on a collision course with the camp
fire on the other side of the valley.
Perry sang and finished with a flourish,
“Someone’s in trouuuubleeeee.”
The light swung by the edge of the camp
fire, and then the drone quickly stopped moving and focused the
search light on the camp. A small red light turned on and began to
circle on the drone, like a red-only police siren lamp. The group
was too far away to hear or see the details of what happened, but
suddenly the camp fire seemed to ignite, catching the surrounding
trees on fire. For a second the shape of a person stood out,
because it was on fire. The flaming person ran under some trees and
disappeared. Another flaming human silhouette ran into view, it
tumbled over and fell motionless into the dirt. The drone sat
motionless, hovering over the campfire.
A few moments later, two more search lights
slid over the horizon of the treeline. They were heading straight
towards the former camp fire, which was now a mini forest fire.
“ Backup.”, Eric
noted.
The first drone hovered silently, red siren
spinning slowly. Just as the other two
neared it, the siren turned off. For a
second, they all hovered near each other, no doubt exchanging
information, a forest fire growing underneath them.
“ That fire is getting out
of control.” Tony thought out loud.”I wonder if we should
move.”
The drones all turned off their search
lights. A few seconds later they spread out
and began shooting out a white spray over
the fire area.
“ Holy shit, they’re
putting out the fire.” They sprayed a bit here and there
and
before long the growing fire was no more.
The two backup drones kept their lights off, turned back and
silently glided North. The first drone turned on it’s search light
and resumed searching the forest.
“ That’s not good.”, Tony
stated obviously.
“ Not good at all.”, Perry
agreed.
“ It might not be good for
our health to be on this side the fence.” Eric added.
They all were staring at the search light,
it was combing the forest, searching
every part methodically. It turned.
“ It’s coming this way.”, L
projected. It kind of adjusted it’s trajectory and did seem to be
headed towards them now. They all looked intently.
“ It is!”
Everyone started helping cover all traces of
a fire and camp. Eric was quickly in
a bush with his pack, Perry bounded into a
short, but very bushy tree. L pointed towards a rock grouping up
the hill a few meters. L, Tony and Fozzie ran for it. There was a
small cave, the 3 of them could hide deep enough to not be seen,
they crammed in.
The search light seemed to be making a
beeline straight for their campsite. It
menacingly and quietly surfed up the hill at
their location. The search light was still scanning back and
forth.
Perry looked back from watching the search
light and saw the bong sitting out in
the open, in the middle of the camp. He made
a sound, like a grunt, sigh and “Fuck” all at once. Everyone heard
and noticed what he was looking at. Perry looked like he was going
to jump down and try to run and grab it,
fire?”
“ Yea, see the smoke.” They
all noticed.
“ Ohh shit.”
“ Ohh shit.” Someone else
said, in a higher pitch, “What the fuck is that?”, Perry
was looking North in the valley. There was a
beam of light shining down into the trees, cruising over the
forest. It was too dark to see the flying object, but at first it
seemed like a police helicopter using its search light. But after
watching how it moved, it was too small and agile to be a
helicopter.
“ A drone.” Tony
realized.
“ It’s searching the
forest.”, Perry continued.
“ It’s heading right
towards that other fire.”, Eric noticed.
L quickly began kicking dirt over their
fire, extinguishing it.
“ Good idea.” Everyone
said.
Perry started getting his pack ready, even
though they were probably a few miles
away. The others watched the search light.
It zig zagged a bit, but it was on a collision course with the camp
fire on the other side of the valley.
Perry sang and finished with a flourish,
“Someone’s in trouuuubleeeee.”
The light swung by the edge of the camp
fire, and then the drone quickly stopped moving and focused the
search light on the camp. A small red light turned on and began to
circle on the drone, like a red-only police siren lamp. The group
was too far away to hear or see the details of what happened, but
suddenly the camp fire seemed to ignite, catching the surrounding
trees on fire. For a second the shape of a person stood out,
because it was on fire. The flaming person ran under some trees and
disappeared. Another flaming human silhouette ran into view, it
tumbled over and fell motionless into the dirt. The drone sat
motionless, hovering over the campfire.
A few moments later, two more search lights
slid over the horizon of the treeline. They were heading straight
towards the former camp fire, which was now a mini forest fire.
“ Backup.”, Eric
noted.
The first drone hovered silently, red siren
spinning slowly. Just as the other two
neared it, the siren turned off. For a
second, they all hovered near each other, no doubt exchanging
information, a forest fire growing underneath them.
“ That fire is getting out
of control.” Tony thought out loud.”I wonder if we should
move.”
The drones all turned off their search
lights. A few seconds later they spread out
and began shooting out a white spray over
the fire area.
“ Holy shit, they’re
putting out the fire.” They sprayed a bit here and there
and
before long the growing fire was no more.
The two backup drones kept their lights off, turned back and
silently glided North. The first drone turned on it’s search light
and resumed searching the forest.
“ That’s not good.”, Tony
stated obviously.
“ Not good at all.”, Perry
agreed.
“ It might not be good for
our health to be on this side the fence.” Eric added.
They all were staring at the search light,
it was combing the forest, searching
every part methodically. It turned.
“ It’s coming this way.”, L
projected. It kind of adjusted it’s trajectory and did seem to be
headed towards them now. They all looked intently.
“ It is!”
Everyone started helping cover all traces of
a fire and camp. Eric was quickly in
a bush with his pack, Perry bounded into a
short, but very bushy tree. L pointed towards a rock grouping up
the hill a few meters. L, Tony and Fozzie ran for it. There was a
small cave, the 3 of them could hide deep enough to not be seen,
they crammed in.
The search light seemed to be making a
beeline straight for their campsite. It
menacingly and quietly surfed up the hill at
their location. The search light was still scanning back and
forth.
Perry looked back from watching the search
light and saw the bong sitting out in
the open, in the middle of the camp. He made
a sound, like a grunt, sigh and “Fuck” all at once. Everyone heard
and noticed what he was looking at. Perry looked like he was going
to jump down and try to run and grab it,
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