Chapter 299 Luke’s Fear of Lack of Firepower
Looking at Mike’s depressed face, Luke smiled and patted his head. “Hey, I’m Elizabeth’s backup, and I’ll save those in trouble. You’re too small to fight the big monster, right?”
Mike was suspicious. “Are you really that good? Even Elizabeth asked for your help?” Luke chuckled and showed him the pistol in his holster as well as his badge. “Do you see these? Remember, keep it a secret between you and your mother. If anyone else finds out that your sister asked for our help, she’ll be in trouble.”
Mike nodded obediently.
Luke liked the kid, who was really smart; maybe even smarter than Elizabeth.
He was obviously gifted, to be able to write up those reports at his young age.
He was also quite sensible, unlike other innocent and naive kids.
After giving the kid the reminder, Luke rose and left his room.
Back in the living room, Selina was reading the files by herself. Luke asked, “Where’s Samantha?”
Selina pointed in one direction without raising her head. “She’s cooking.”
Luke nodded and walked to the kitchen. “Samantha, do you have a minute?”
A moment later, Samantha was surprised after hearing Luke’s request. “You’re not going to have dinner here? I can go with you.”
Luke shook his head solemnly. “Samantha, I think the situation is very bad, but what we have isn’t enough for us to call for reinforcements, so we better investigate it as soon as possible.”
Hearing that, Samantha untied her ap.r.o.n. “I’ll go with you.”
Luke thought for a moment before he nodded. “Alright. As for food, Selina, fetch some of the sweets from our car so that Ashley and Mike can have that for dinner.”
Selina immediately went out.
Samantha was stumped a little. That didn’t feel right. Shouldn’t she be the one entertaining the guests? Why were the guests offering her food instead?
Luke said, “Samantha, you better remind Ashley and Mike to keep the doors and windows locked.”
Samantha frowned but still did so.
It was common sense which she always told her children, and it was certainly handy now.
A few minutes later, the three of them left.
Samantha led the way in her car, and Luke and Samantha followed behind her.
They first went to the home of Peter, the deputy sheriff. The bald, middle-aged man looked upset. “Checo, my cat, just screamed in the ventilation duct and then went quiet. Is he…”
Samantha and Luke looked at each other and had everybody go into the house.
Luke went to the living room and took a deep breath at the ventilation duct.
He then stood up. “Is this the spot?”
Peter burst into tears. “Oh, yes. My poor Checo. Something must’ve happened to him.”
Luke said nothing and simply turned to Samantha. “Let’s go to the homes of the missing residents first.”
After saying goodbye to the weeping Peter, Samantha asked in a low voice, “Did you find anything?”
Luke said, “That cat is indeed dead, but I don’t think we should say that to Peter’s face, right?”
Samantha asked, “Exactly what killed it?”
Luke chuckled. “You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you. Let’s just look for more evidence for now.”
An hour later, Luke had examined the homes of the two missing residents, the homes of the missing pets, and even Joshua’s spider farm.
Regretfully, he discovered that while Peter’s unlucky cat had been dragged off by a spider, the other missing pets weren’t attacked at home.
The spiders on Joshua’s spider farm, on the other hand, had completely disappeared, and their scents were scattered all over the nearby mountain.
Luke discovered a lot of new caves on the mountain, but they were too narrow for any human to squeeze through.
Remembering the number of spiders that Mike had mentioned, Luke certainly wasn’t crazy enough to explore the caves. It wasn’t like Selina was inside one of them this time.
He still couldn’t call for reinforcements.
Backup might not come even if he exaggerated the severity of the matter. The police received all sorts of alerts every day, and would die of exhaustion if they checked every single one.
No reinforcements would be deployed unless there was concrete evidence for raising the alarm.
Luke and Selina returned to Samantha’s home, and after some discussion, left once more.
They bought a bunch of bullets and clips from the only gun store in town.
With Samantha there, they weren’t asked any questions about their purchase.
Luke simply bought a thousand bullets and ten clips each for his pistol and his rifle. Samantha was completely shocked.
Selina explained with a smile, “He has this fear that he doesn’t have enough firepower. He won’t feel safe until he has enough bullets.”
Samantha was lost for words, but affected by their att.i.tude, she borrowed an M4A1 and three clips from the store.
Earlier, she had asked Luke if he needed a gun, and offered him two models.
But Luke had declined the moment she told him what they were.
Those guns were obsolete, and weren’t even semi-automatics. Luke would be crazy to face a swarm of spiders with those guns.He had to admit that the place was too poor.
Samantha and Peter were the only officers of the town’s local police department. Boom Town had declined, and the townsfolk didn’t have the money to hire more officers. Samantha and Peter’s salaries were very low.
Other than the Glock 17 which both sheriffs carried, the rifles and shotguns which the police department had were all antiques; there were even Winchester shotguns. That was also the reason why Samantha merely borrowed an M4A1 instead of buying it.
Thanks to the sheriff’s good reputation in the area, the owner of the store offered her an automatic M4A1, which was the ultimate treasure of his store.
Luke wasn’t interested in the weapons at the police department. He wasn’t the nostalgic sort.
And even if he were, he would’ve also chosen the M4A1.
While not the best gun, it was the rifle which the American police were most commonly equipped with
Now, there were two M4A1s and one Benelli M1014 in Luke’s car.