Fragments Chapter 22 Page 31

to be a safe distance and crouches down behind a wrecked car.

Pushing back the orange safety cover he looks up at the plane as it turns and heads in the direction of the islands. He wanted somebody to witness this, it wouldn’t really count otherwise, and he watches it line up with a side on view, he presses the button on the detonator.

A second later and the resulting explosion rocks the entire motorway. Tremors rock the ground beneath his feet and fragments of white hot glass shower him from the bus and the cars next to him.

The blast even looks huge from the plane. With bodies thrown far and wide by the violently expanding mushroom cloud the shockwave causes the wings and cockpit to shudder.