Charged by Harvell Casey

Author:Harvell, Casey [Harvell, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-23T07:00:00+00:00

It’s the tingling I feel first. It starts in my hand and travels down my arm. It doesn’t bother me anymore. In fact, I find myself welcoming it. I open my eyes, unsurprised to see the energy coursing from an oddly mounted wall socket into my hand.

I look up to see Brie, holding my arm up, a pair of large rubber gloves over her hands. When I turn, I see Mason sitting next to me, looking sheepish and a little singed. My guess is they learned about the gloves the hard way.

I sit up, feeling much better, and hear the Jeep’s engine outside. I face Brie. “Thanks. I think I’m ready to get the hell out of here.”

She nods. “Me, too.”

Mason stands, his eyes never leaving me. “Jared found some gas, and some water. He loaded up the Jeep. We’re ready to go when you are.”

“Let’s hit it.” I say as he grabs my hand. I let him lead me out to the street.

“Are you feeling better?” He asks. Oh, no. I must have really worried him.

I stop and give him a quick kiss. “Much better, sorry about before.”

“Nothing to apologize for…” He mumbles, opening the back door of the Jeep for me.

Baby bear plasters himself to me, obviously unhappy with being left alone earlier. I snuggle him happily. Mason climbs into the back with me. I’m no longer tired, but I don’t have the usual nervous energy I usually have, after I meet an electrical outlet either. Vaguely, I wonder if I’ve found some sort of balance.

Mason begins snoring lightly, Jared and Brie talk quietly in the front seats. I bury my nose in bear fur and try hard not to face the demons I created in myself earlier. I had no choice. They left me no choice. They would have killed Mason and Jared, and done only God knows what to Brie, or me, when they found me.

It still doesn’t change the heavy feeling in my chest, though. I just killed six men. No, seven. They were not infected, just dangerous. And I took the life from all of them. I swallow hard.

“Here,” Brie hands me a water bottle. I take it, thanking her, both for the water and breaking my train of thought. I begin to focus on other things.

“Do we know if that blast earlier from the hill pushed back the infection at all?” I ask, as I notice the road is beginning to head more south than west.

Jared nods. “So far, we haven’t seen anything to indicate otherwise.”

“Good.” I go back to staring out the window and trying to ignore my conscious.

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