Dark Days (Book 1): The Collapse by Davis James & Aldridge James

Author:Davis, James & Aldridge, James [Davis, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | EMP | Thriller
Published: 2019-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

"You ready?" Karen asked, stuffing one more shirt into her small black bag.

Ashley took in a deep breath, "I think so." she replied zipping up her own bag.

"I guess we're just waiting on the boys. I'm gonna spend some time with my baby."

Me too." Ashley said, following Karen out of the room. The women exited through the front door to find the two children giggling uncontrollably as Dub pulled a quarter from behind Toby's ear for probably the hundredth time.

"Never gets old, eh Dub?" Karen said with a wink.

"Gotta give my fans what they want." Dub chuckled, slipping the quarter into the front pocket of his shirt.

"Mommy!" The toddlers screamed in unison as they turned and barreled toward their mothers. Each woman reached down to pick up their child, lifting them up and hugging them tightly. Clay and Hank returned a while later. Ashley and Karen kissed their kids and walked over to their husbands.

“Alright, the guns are hidden behind the dumpster on the women’s side of the camp. Should be real easy to grab without being spotted.” Hank said.

“They are inside a blue gym bag. The dumpsters are almost right up against the fence, so you two can sneak out there and grab them whenever they let people go outside.” Clay added as he pulled a cigarette out of his pack.

“In two days we will be in the truck about a half mile away waiting for you to make your move,” Hank said.

“If there is an emergency, fire your gun three times real fast to let us know you need our help,” Clay said, leaning in to hug and kiss his wife goodbye. Ashley and Karen finished saying goodbye to their families and turned to start the five-mile walk to the FEMA camp. They each carried a three-day pack of supplies, their AR-15’s and a sidearm. They knew the soldiers at the camp were going to search them and their stuff so they planned on stashing most of their gear outside somewhere close by so they could grab it on their way out with Betty.

“We need to get in and out of here as fast as possible,” Ashley said.

“Yeah, but we need to stay in just long enough to keep anyone from getting suspicious. We can’t have eyes on us when we go find those guns,” Karen said. Ashley looked at Karen and nodded her approval as they continued walking. Four hours later they walked up on a corpse laying on the side of the road. The body had its hands and feet tied behind its back, and a bullet hole was plainly visible in its forehead.

“We must be getting pretty close to this place,” Karen said as she kneeled down to inspect the wound in the dead man’s head.

“Do you hear that?” Ashley asked as she cocked her head to listen closer.

“Truck,” They both said at the same time, running toward the edge of the forest to hide. Moments later, the same kind of truck Chris had seen hauling people in last month, drove by.

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