Drabble: Armed and Dangerous

The geek hindbrain has a way of cataloging information even when it is of little interest to the geek in question. Simply by hanging around Ryan, Connor knew there was a choice between armour piercing and stopping power. An armour piercing bullet could pass straight through a target doing comparatively little damage. Bullets that exploded or expanded within the target were banned by the Hague Convention.

"Fortunately," Ryan had said, grinning, "The Hague Convention doesn't hold in the Permian."

He'd gone through the anomaly fully armed and dangerous. Connor stared at it, blinking back tears. Armed and dangerous. Yeah! right!