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Toby listened tensely to the sound of engine's and gunfire getting more and more distant. He panicked briefly that there may be some other road out of the camp that Aidena and Johnny would be forced to take, but it was too late to change his plan. If something went wrong, those two would be forced to fend for themselves and Toby would be left sitting like a lemon behind a pile of logs.

He gasped with relief when he heard the sound of engined coming back in his direction, along the same path just as he'd instructed Aiden to follow. The jeep came into view, scooping up out of the depression that formed the lumber yard. Hot on it's heels was the white truck.

Toby dropped his head slightly so as not to draw any gunfire. He had cover enough, but he needed to time this just right, and bullets whizzing past his head wasn't going to improve his concentration any.

"Man I could really have done with a couple of dummy runs...." he mumbled to himself, waiting until the two cars were only a short distance from passing, and the pulling with all his might, levering the few logs on top of the pile free, so that they tumbled down the ridge.

They moved a lot faster than he expected, and his heart sank as it became apparent he'd pulled too soon, and the logs were going to hit the jeep! In a vain recovering attempt he lept over the remaining logs and sprinted down the hill.

By a stroke of luck, the first log rotated slightly and got it's end caught in a slight pit in the embankment. The log behind it impacted against the first one, clipping over it. The delay was enough so that it missed the jeep, and landed squarely on the windshield of the white truck. It crashed so heavily that the rear of the vehicle actually came off the ground, and the front of it twisted causing the whole truck to roll dramatically.

"Alright!" Toby whooped, leaping over the logs which were piling up at the bottom of the slope, and running full pelt towards the jeep. In tandem with his hopes, the jeep slowed just enough for him to catch up, grab a door open and jump in.

"Good work guys!" he said, finally allowing a grin to grace his sweat-soaked face, "Now let's get out of here, head north-east, towards the greenhouses."