Charles had expected invaders to hit Westlake at Pine and roll on through Halloweener territory. The pickup must have been full of Halloweeners who were late for the party, because Charles’ troops had been stationed another 100 meters down Westlake, facing the direction from which they had expected folks running into their domain. They’d jammed a big delivery truck across the street as a roadblock and had gathered debris on the sidewalks to split Westlake in half. The nail-jacks at this end of the street were probably just an afterthought to prevent anyone from attacking from behind.