Cole jerked awake when he heard Junebug's gravelly voice come over the headset in his ear. "We're gonna stop in Stanton to refuel, so we don't have to fight with Midland International. I wanna have enough fuel for us to search when we get where we're going." Cole looked over at him and nodded, then sat up straighter in his seat and looked over his shoulder at the other guys. He laughed when he saw Luke sitting in the middle seat, between Elmer and Gabe. Luke's face was green, his eyes tightly shut and his knuckles were white on the arm rests. "Hey, Slick...you doing okay?" Cole asked with a chuckle. He nodded his head then rested it against the seat back and swallowed hard. Cole heard Gabe chuckle and he winked at him. "Got your weapons ready there, El?" He saw his Chief Deputy checking and rechecking his weapons, sliding the clip in and out of his handgun. "Yep, just making sure they're good. How far are we from the LZ?' Cole grinned widely, holding back a chuckle at Elmer's use of the pilot term for landing zone.
