Alive (The Dead Room Trilogy Book 3) by Stephanie Erickson

Author:Stephanie Erickson [Erickson, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pickles Press
Published: 2017-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

14.

“I don’t know. It still seems like we have all we can handle right here. Look at all the problems we’re facing. We can’t even see the landscape around us anymore, for Ashby’s sake,” the weathered man said, clearly frustrated with their situation.

“Okay, think about it this way,” Mason said, sitting down on the picnic table. Vega followed his lead and sat as well. “What if you didn’t have to struggle anymore? What if they could lift most of our burdens out of our hands? Then what would you say?”

“Does she really have the power to promise something like that?” the weathered man asked, eyeing her skeptically.

“Yes, I do, actually. My superiors have given me carte blanche.”

A hush fell on the crowd. “I think it’s a fair offer. You agree to help us survive, we agree to help you in any way we can. I have no idea what our future holds, or even if we will be able to maintain our lifestyle in the coming years, months or even weeks. But we will certainly care for all of you the best way we can.” The promise Vega made hadn’t fallen on deaf ears. The crowd was silent as they considered her offer.

“Well, we certainly can’t expect to live this way forever. Perhaps we can come up with a better idea, using their technology,” Marshall suggested.

“That’s a great idea, Marshall. Once we get up there, and see what they have to offer, we’ll be able to understand how we can move forward in this life.”

“But you just said everything is failing, right? The airships are falling out of the sky. How can you make a promise like that and expect us to believe you’ll keep it?” the skeptical woman asked.

“Louisa, let me set your mind at ease,” Mason said. “We won’t do anything until we’ve had a consensus on where everyone stands with this, okay? Personally, I believe helping is the right thing to do. But if I’m the lone ranger, we’ll stay here, and the folks from the ships can figure out what to do on their own.”

Vega snorted, and Mason looked at her with a mischievous smirk.

“Fine. What does everyone think?” Louisa asked.

“All in favor of helping the…sky people,” Mattli said.

More than three quarters of the hands raised. But those who were opposed looked angry. Vega wasn’t sure what to think of that.

“All right, it’s pretty clear what the answer is here. To those of you who opposed, I’m sorry,” Mattli said.

“Listen, if it helps, I can only take a few of you back with me at the moment. We’ll come back for the rest of you later, okay? If you’d prefer, those who opposed can stay here indefinitely and continue setting up. There won’t be as many mouths to feed, and your limited resources will go further. How does that sound?” Vega suggested.

“Wait a minute, Captain Fowell,” Major Burridge said. “That will take multiple trips. You can only take about ten people in the shuttle before the weight gets squirrely.

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