Safe Harbor - 33

Bobby patted Cry’s shoulder. "That’s why you got us, to make sure they don’t get you. We just gotta figure out how to stay close but not obvious."

Arch nodded. "They’re not going to go after them in the middle of some busy street so it’ll be harder to do that."

"When do they hunt?" Tank asked.

"Late. It was like what, four in the morning when they came after you all the first time?" Bobby looked at Jo-Jo.

"‘Bout then, yeah, and they got Bets pretty late too."

"Same with the time I saw them in the alley, so we gotta figure that’s when they go looking."

"But we gotta make it look real," Cry said, obviously beginning to get into the planning now. "Jo-Jo and I don’t hang around in alleys unless we have a john to take care of."

Looking at the two other boys Bobby nodded. "And none of us would pass as johns so alleys are out. So are streets with no traffic. Do you have a regular corner?"

Jo-Jo shrugged. "A couple of them, yeah."

"So we start with one of them and see what happens."

Tank frowned. "What do we do if these dudes do show up? No way we can call a cop."

"Especially if they’re really cops, yeah, and it’s still possible they are but I don’t think so. So we gotta catch them by surprise." Bobby glanced at the girls. "You two carry spray?" Jo-Jo nodded. "Good, keep it where you can get to it fast and use it if you get the chance. It’ll give us time to get to you."

"I shoulda used it the first time," Jo-Jo muttered. "But they caught us by surprise."

"They won’t this time ‘cause you’ll be prepared. Anything we’re missing in this?" Bobby asked.

Arch nodded. "Yeah, how will we know it’s them?"

"Duh, they’re dressed like cops," Jo-Jo muttered acerbically.

"I can see it now, some real cop rousts you and we come rushing to the rescue. We’ll all end up with our asses in jail."

"Good point, Arch." Bobby drummed his fingers on his thigh. "We need a signal."

Jo-Jo grinned slightly. "I think a loud scream might work."

With a snort of laughter Bobby agreed. "Since you know what they look like, yeah just scream if they come after you. We’ll take it from there."