Absolute Darkness - A CME Survival Thriller by Kellee L. Greene
Author:Kellee L. Greene [Greene, Kellee L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-15T22:00:00+00:00
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We didnât need to be told twice. I pulled on Samâs arm, taking ten steps backward before bolting back on the same path.
Our knife and gun wouldnât have done us any good. I glanced back several times to make sure we werenât being followed.
My vision started to close around me as my breaths quickened. I couldnât get enough oxygen.
âSam,â I said in a gasp.
âNo, Mel. You canât,â Sam said, her words begging me to hold on to whatever I could just to make it into the trees and out of sight. âYou can do it, okay? I know you can.â
My breath pinched my lungs. âSam. I. Canât.â
âYou can. Itâs not much further,â Sam encouraged.
She slowed her pace slightly to run beside me. Sam had always been faster. A faster walker, a faster runner, a faster typer, everything was faster with Sam.
âWeâll get back, and weâll go to Erikâs. Heâll know what to do,â Sam said. âWeâre almost there. Just keep going a little more.â
I glanced back again. The top of my head was completely numb from the lack of oxygen I was taking in. Panic was trying to encapsulate me.
They werenât chasing after us. The group was small dots as we sprinted to put distance between us.
It was foolish. The peninsula wasnât large. If the group wanted to find us, it likely wouldnât take them long.
âOkay,â Sam said, slowing her pace to a jog. âI think weâre okay for now.â She turned to me and studied me. âAre you okay?â
I nodded, but my breaths were still too fast. The numbness was spreading down my neck. If it went any further, Iâd collapse.
âTake a deep breath,â Sam said, noticing my frantic breaths. âIn and out as slow as you can. Itâs okay. Nothing happened. They just wanted to scare us.â
âThey. Did. A. Really. Goodâ¦,â I said, my exhale slowing, âjob.â
âI wonder if they killed all those people,â Sam said. âAnd if they did, why did they let us go?â
I pulled in a slow breath as my vision widened. My shoulders tingled as the numbing in my head subsided.
Sam gasped. âMaybe they were the ones snooping around that night.â Her eyes popped out. âMaybe they took your medicine!â
âWhy would they take only my medicine?â I asked rhetorically. âTheyâd leave the water and food but take the medicine and lock up after they left?â
âPerhaps they were just messing with us,â Sam said with a shrug.
âI guess itâs possible, but they didnât really seem like they were the type to just go around messing with people.â I pressed my hand hard against my forehead in an attempt to push what had happened further away. âDid you see how they were all dressed? Like a uniform.â
Sam nodded. âAnd with guns. Like, do you think thatâs necessary?â
âI donât know. What if they know something we donât? What if things are even worse than we know?â
âMaybe Erik will know,â Sam said.
âIâm sure he told us everything he knows,â I said, gripping the bat tighter.
âAnd maybe he didnât,â Sam said.
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