SUDDENLY, IN THE MIDDLE of the yard, Detective Lieutenant Nolan Brice disappeared into thin air! Nick heard him yell for help, but he could see nothing. The yelling kept going straight up into the air until it grew faint in the distance.
Nick stared dumbfoundedly at the area where the cop had suddenly faded out of sight. What the hell was going on in this screwy place? Then he heard the shout below him and he twisted to stare at the borders of the small creek. It was the two men from Andy Hocum’s gas station - the blond giant and the sandy haired guy. Panicky, Nick snapped off a shot and the blond dived for cover.
“The dumb bastard is shooting,” the blond yelled to his companion several yards away. “Let’s get the hell out of here, before he hits something!”
He got a brief glimpse of the
