Chapter 49: Another attack foiled
"I got to give Margaret more credit, this new pair is much better for horseback riding," mused Olga, as she and James cantered around the construction site, staying close to the perimeter walls.
Her radio buzzed to life, and the tense voice of one of the new campus security officers came through: "Ms. Olga, we have a semi truck approaching the main gate at high speed! It looks like it’s trying to ram through the gate!"
"Deploy the spikes and mobilize!" ordered Olga, as she and James galloped towards the main gate.
The massive 18-wheeler tore through the security booms, and flipped to its side as its tires exploded on the spikes.
Its momentum carried it forward, and it crashed into the gate, knocking it off its sliding grooves and down onto the ground.
Still mounted, Olga and James carefully approached the wrecked truck, weapons drawn.
The trailer opened, and a group of armed thugs staggered out, dazed by the crash.
Olga and James opened fire first, their rubber bullets knocking the thugs down into a heap.
The four new campus security guards arrived and fired on the few still alert thugs who came charging out of the truck.
Within a few minutes, all the thugs were disarmed and zip-tied.
Olga nudged her horse forward.
"You boys can do this the easy way and talk now, or we could do this the hard way and drag your asses around the campus until you talk," she said.