Chapter 4 Summary

Vic makes Quilla June a shelter out of a dozen wrestling mats. He does not think that bullets will penetrate that many of them. He climbs a rope onto a girder and waits to shoot the invaders. Blood is lying in the shadows near the door. Vic hears the roverpak in the poolroom next to the room where they are. Blood and Vic kill several boy "rovers" from the pack and wait. Vic kills the next "rover" and Blood takes his rifle to Quilla June. Vic decides to feed Blood something special for his bravery. Two rovers and their dogs attack. Vic shoots one dog but drops his gun. The other attacks Blood. Quilla June shoots a rover with her rifle. Vic swings down to the floor and kills the other rover and the dog. Blood, heavily injured, says, "thanks" to Vic and...