A Winter Wasteland by Silas Vale

Author:Silas Vale [Vale, Silas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-14T22:00:00+00:00

City Life

"Up and at 'em. It's morning."

It was, in fact, morning. Morning as all hell. It was probably five AM, considering the sun was barely reaching above the treetops. Who the hell knows why Erile woke up that early, but he did, and now he was dragging Saythe and Aisling awake with him.

Saythe, of course, resisted. "It's not even light outside, go away."

Erile chuckled, but continued to pester him until he was up.

"There, fine, now go away." Someone was grumpy about waking up early.

Aisling groaned, sitting up as she sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Come on. Get your coat and boots on. We're leaving." She kept her voice down as to not wake the others, standing up and stretching her stiff muscles. She supposed one perk of the apocalypse was that she was always in good shape, considering the amount of walking she did every day. The malnutrition kind of countered that, though.

Aisling grumbled to herself, putting her shoes and jacket on as she bundled herself up. She grabbed her bag and heaved it up onto her shoulders. She grabbed Saythe's, lightly dragging it over to the door as she waited for the other two to get ready.

She noted Saythe's grouchiness. "You want me to carry this for you for the first little bit?" She raised an eyebrow and gestured towards his bag.

Saythe, always the little independent child trying to help his mother, shook his head. "No, it's okay. I can carry it by myself." He heaved it over his shoulder, and even though he teetered on his feet for a few moments, he managed to remain standing.

"And here we go." Erile said, throwing open the front door. The sun shone down beautifully upon the snow, casting rainbows in every direction the light reflected off the miniature crystals. Erile sighed, obviously content, before taking his gun out of his bag. No need to have to rummage around looking for it in the case of an emergency.

They made their way out to the forest, in the direction that Aisling dictated with her compass. They would be able to cover a lot of ground that day, considering they'd rested well and were getting out early.

Perhaps they could make it to her parents in just a few days.

Aisling hummed, trudging along through the snow. "We're gonna start heading Southeast now." She glanced back at everyone, tucking her hair behind her ears. "Which means we might come across ruins. In that case, you know what to do." She glanced to Saythe. She had hammered in the rules of going into abandoned towns and buildings, and as such, Saythe knew them by heart.

Erile didn't.

"Here's what you do." Aisling shifted her pack. "So listen. Because it could cost you your life. Make as little noise as possible. That means no talking unless absolutely necessary." She shifted. "Also, no gunshots. That's like getting a megaphone and shouting 'I'm here!' to all of the Aurans in the area. Stay off the ground as much as possible. That means traveling along the rooftops as far as you can.

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