Despite the foxes' seeming appetite, the approaching monstrosity wasn't entirely edible.
Whatever was coming, from miles away, seemed like it growled and roared so loudly that it could be heard all the way over at the light. The thing clumsily navigated the dirt-road leading upto the town, tearing it's way trough the occasional bush and plants that were scattered about it. Untill, abruptly, the sound stopped.
The Sherman tank turbulently came to a halt, flinging over forward from the resistance of her engine suddenly cutting out, as various small metal items could be heard falling over, and clinging around in the hull.
"God-DAMMIT..." *CLANG....* "What is it this time!?..."
"Easy there, James. We'll have to make it sometime..." Another voice sounded from inside the Sherman.
Henry sighed, as he deprecatively tossed the map down on the massive shaft housing next to the driver's position.
"We should've been there at least 4 hours ago!"
"So, what? We have a valid excuse for being that late. They decided that it was a good idea to send us trough this Christ-forsaken "shortcut"!"
"Maxwell.... I'm starting to think that at this rate we're not going to get there at all..." Henry frustratedly wispered.
Both german shepherds distraughtedly threw themselves back against their seats.
They had been on the road for almost the entire day after they've been sent to transfer the experimental tank from Fort Devens to Westover airforce base. But, at some point the roads that they were following began turning smaller, cruder, and more desserted, untill they couldn't longer keep track of where they were.
"Why did they even send us to litterally drive the tank over to Westover, instead of doing the normal way?" Maxwell exclaimed.
"Because it was experimental, and they needed to know if it worked. Well, guess what!? It doesn't..."
Henry twisted the starter switch and the engine began spooling up, but after a few puffs, bangs, and lots of blue smoke, the only thing that remained was the hissing of the starter motor.
"Where even are we!?" Maxwell asked, as he picked up the map. "Do you have a clue?"
"Nope, I do not." Henry sighed. "It's like the terrain I'm seeing out there isn't even mapped..."
"Soo, what now!?" Maxwell said, while peering trough the assistant driver's periscope to observe the terrain.
"I don't know... Ofcourse, we'll have to take a look at the engine, see if we can get it running again, but if that fails, and we still can't get a hold on anything via the radio, well then..."
"Then I think we have one serious problem..."