Chapter 5 - Nulla - Safe HouseNulla led the boys back down the same track they had walked up. The sentry came forward and wished them good luck then faded back into the bushes. Their rifles were heavy, so too the ammunition. The two young men felt both proud and overawed.
“Righto, boys, we'll ride from here and you follow my lead in everything. Your lives, as well as mine, depend on your immediate action. You, young fella, Simon is it, right, get on behind me. You, Luke, keep up. If we get hit by enemy fire we go bush regardless. If I go right you go right too no matter what, got it?” Nulla kicked the bike into life and took off at speed. Luke was hard pressed to keep up on the rough dirt track.
They spent the next fifteen minutes on the track when Nulla unexpectedly took a right turn st
