Sam's Reality: Cape Canaveral, Florida - Kennedy Space Center

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Leeroy wasn't too sure how the night guard at the Kennedy Space Center had acquired Sam's name. He assumed it was the Internet - everything's the Internet's fault these days - but he couldn't be too sure, as the guy looked to be about sixty and the type who wouldn't touch a computer to save his life.

"They're freakin' out the dogs," he said in a Southern accent. "And we ain't been able to photograph 'em, either." He pointed to the large behemoth of metal that could be seen a few miles in the distance. "They're always there."

It was, Leeroy recognized, launch pad 39-B. Jeimu had launched from there not even a year ago.

Why freaks were hanging out around launchpads, Leeroy wasn't certain. He turned to Sam and asked quietly, "What d'you make of all this, eh?"

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"Oh come on," Leeroy said, "let's go hunting."

[i_salted_dean]

"Let's get the Buick moved in closer." Sam was suddenly all business. "We need the base of operations at least semi-centered. And no, we don't need an office, thanks," she added to the guard.

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Leeroy looked at the map that had come with his ID card. "There'r places that cars can't go."

They were few and far between, but they were all central.

[i_salted_dean]

She frowned at it upside down, absently bracing her shoulder as Rob shoved at her playfully with his own. "Here, then. That's close to the haunted pad."

Yes, she said haunted.

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"Lookit this," he said, pointing to a very tall building in the distance. "Think we can set up some recce there? It's got a great vantage point."

[i_salted_dean]

"Yeah, but you know Hunters and Scavengers. They stick to the shadows and darkness." She considered it with a deeper frown.

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"That don't explain how they got on the launchpad; those'r usually spotlighted."

[i_salted_dean]

"Yeah." She frowned, feeling an uneasy feeling creep up her back. "And they usually don't attack just dogs, even when they're nesting. Their favorite meat is human."

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He sighed. "So what d'ye propose we do fer starters, then?"

[i_salted_dean]

"Why don't you move the car nearer, and Rob and I will go have a look at the pad?" Her eyes were absent as she talked to God and felt for any warnings. She hadn't dreamed about this... but then she hadn't been sleeping enough to dream lately.

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"Now wait just a #$%#& minute," Leeroy said, stopping short.

"You want me to move your car?"