A Perilous Journey by Darrell Maloney

Author:Darrell Maloney [Maloney, Darrell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

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The following afternoon Pete and Sid hiked to a house on Hein Road, four blocks away from their own street.

For part of their trek the going was treacherous.

Other parts were much easier to deal with, as they followed the paths others had made on previous journeys.

None of it was easy, for the snow pack had melted very little during those precious few hours temperatures went above freezing.

But walking along the same path over and over again packed it down a bit, and some travelers helped a little by bringing shovels on their journeys and tossing some of the snow out of their way.

Pete and Sid seldom left their houses, except to go to their alleys to retrieve food packages which FEMA left them twice a week.

Neither of them knew there was a whole other world out in front of their houses, as survivors went here and there to conduct their business.

Once he was sure no one else was coming, Mike Suarez called the meeting to order.

“For those of you who haven’t been here before, my name is Mike.

“I’m a retired Air Force major. Lackland was my last assignment, and I loved living in San Antonio so much my wife and I decided to stay.

“My wife was murdered by marauders in the early days of Saris 7. She was walking down the street carrying a few cans of food when someone shot her. They took her food and left her there to bleed to death.

“The police never found out who did it.

“I’d like to think her killer is rotting in hell now, but I know there’s a good chance he’s still out there. In any event, she’s gone, and now it’s just me.

“Kayla would want me to put aside my hatred for that man, whoever he is. I can’t do that.

“The best I can do is to try to make my community a better place in other ways, and I hope and pray she’ll settle for that.

“These days I spend my spare time trying to save the lives of others who’ve been wronged.

“I know Morris Medley. We were both doctors at Wilford Hall. I like him a lot and consider him a friend.

“I knew Tim Wilcox as well. I didn’t like him. He was a good doctor, but an insufferable jerk. We butted heads several times. But he was a brother in arms. He did not deserve to be jailed on trumped-up charges. He did not deserve to be driven to suicide.

“We’re here today to do two things. To avenge the death of Tim Wilcox, and to save the life of Morris Medley.

“With that I’ll turn it over to Mason, who will bring everyone up to speed with our plan and the things we still need to do to implement it.”

Another man stood up, took a deep breath, and got started.

“Okay, for those of you who are new, we are going to block traffic at every gate at Joint Base Lackland. We’re going do it methodically and peacefully. We will not cause any fights and in fact will walk away from them.

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