Cities on Fire by A J Newman
Author:A J Newman [Newman, A J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Newalk LLC
Published: 2017-04-23T04:30:00+00:00
Greg’s team consisted of Tony Fulkerson, Wilma, and her husband George Downs; they drove George’s old GMC Suburban and pulled a large cargo trailer. They headed to Highway 25 first then some of the other state highways later to find stalled semis that contained anything useable. Greg decided to head east because he had already emptied three trailers heading to Hartsville and thought they had a better chance toward Carthage.
They only drove a short distance until they saw a semi that had plowed into three cars just before the turn to the racetrack. The driver’s body had gone through the windshield, and everyone in the cars was dead. The truck had a sign that said Association of Independent Grocers on the door.
“It looks like a grocery truck. Hope it was delivering and not on the way back to the Distribution Center. George, fetch the bolt cutters.”
George walked up and said, “No one locks empty trailers. I think we hit pay dirt.”
He cut the lock and opened both doors to expose two full pallets of laundry and cleaning supplies.
“Well, we’ll need this stuff to wash the clothes and keep the germs down. Load it up.”
Greg backed the cargo trailer up to the back of the semi and lowered the tailgate to match up with the trailer floor. This allowed them to use the two hand trucks they had brought along to speed up loading.
“Wilma, take my AR15 and stand guard while we load this stuff into the trailer.”
“Greg, I’d put the bottles of detergent, bleach and other cleaning supplies in the back of the Suburban, so they don’t contaminate any food if one gets broken.”
“Good idea.”
They filled the back of the Suburban with the cleaning supplies and then placed the remainder on the ground. Greg climbed on top of the next pallet of cleaning supplies and yelled down. Now we hit pay dirt. There are canned goods, cereal, and some kind of hygiene or medical supplies further up.
They had been loading for a couple of hours when Wilma yelled, “We’ve got company. Two men are walking towards us from the race track, and three more think they are sneaking up on us from the woods along the river.”
“Grab your guns. Wilma, get your shotgun and give me the AR.”
Greg walked to the front of the Suburban and stood behind the front of the vehicle for cover. The two men were fifty feet away when Greg yelled, “That’s close enough. What do you want?”
The taller of the two men yelled back, “That’s our grocery truck, and we thank you for loading the food into our new Suburban and trailer.”
The two men had stringy long hair that hadn’t been washed for months and had biker gang jackets on their backs. One had a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun, and the other had a pistol.
Greg whispered to his team. George, you and Tony take out the three in the woods. Wilma, shoot the short one, and I’ll shoot the tall asshole. Wait until I shoot.
“My friend, this stuff belongs to us now.
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