A Life in Darkness by Heinreich T Sioson

Author:Heinreich T Sioson [Sioson, Heinreich T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heinreich T. Sioson
Published: 2015-04-14T23:00:00+00:00

Part III

“We’ll do it.”

The sudden break in the silence pulled me from memories of an old life and I turned to Fiona with a blank look.

“I said we’ll do it. We’ll go with you.”

“Are you sure?” I looked at Fiona and she bobbed her head in a resolute manner. I turned to Kari and asked her the same question. While her answer was not nearly as confident and she looked to her mother for permission, she also nodded.

I breathed so heavy a sigh I expelled almost all the oxygen from my lungs. After all I’d been through, I was grateful for something to go right. I sat back in my chair and rocked back but didn’t topple over.

“Are you okay?” asked Fiona.

“Yeah,” I said. “It hasn’t been an easy day.” I looked at the two of them and winced, suddenly remembering how much easier I had it when compared to what they’d lived through. I said as much as I apologized but Fiona shook her head.

“It’s all right. I understand.”

I tipped my head in a gesture of appreciation.

“So what happens now?” asked Fiona.

“You can bring a few mementos and some clothes but that’s it; we’ll supply you with everything you’ll need. I recommend you pack light so we can move quickly through the streets and not encounter any of those things.” Fiona nodded.

I continued. “We should also try to get a couple hours of sleep.” Fiona voiced her agreement. I looked over at Kari, leaned in and said, “You should get some rest as well, Kari. A little girl like you needs to sleep to grow up to be strong, just like your mommy.”

Kari giggled and hid her face in her teddy bears. I smiled.

“Honey,” said Fiona. “Go bathe and get ready for bed, okay?” Kari nodded and hopped out of the chair and went off to do as she was told. Now only Fiona and I were at the table and a heavy silence encroached upon us. A few minutes passed with neither one of us saying anything.

“Thank you,” said a small, quivering voice. Fiona was looking down at the table, her black hair shielding her face from me.

“You don’t have to thank me.”

“I do…” Tears were falling on the surface of the table. “We were stuck down here for so long. I never thought I’d see another human being again, let alone get the chance to leave.”

“When the Day of Dark happened, were you the only ones in this bunker?”

Fiona wiped her face with a hand but she still didn’t look up. “No. We didn’t find this place until much later. When the sky blackened and those things came raining down we hid in a much larger bunker along with two other groups of people. There were nine of us.”

I folded my hands on the table as I leaned in closer.

She continued. “Days turned into weeks, and then weeks turned into months as we heard what was happening on the surface. The bunker was connected to a broadcast

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