Darkest Storm: Book 3 of the Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series: (The Long Fall - Book 3) by Logan Keys & Mike Kraus

Author:Logan Keys & Mike Kraus [Keys, Logan & Kraus, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2018-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Just outside Chicago

“That’s the third gas station we’ve passed.”

“I know,” Brittany said. “I know. But I can tell no one’s there so it’s not open. How can we pump it without it being turned on?” She ran a hand through her long hair, her temper growing short. It was no one’s fault that they were coasting on fumes, or that they had yet to find a place to get more gasoline since the big quake. Some places were empty, others full of people waiting in a line at the door to see if the station opened.

“I’m not sure what the protocol is for a station trying to use lines after a quake,” Colton said thoughtfully. “It might be too dangerous until the integrity is verified.”

“But—” Bart tried.

“No,” Brittany said cutting him off. She shook her head. Every time they found another station empty, he’d offered to break in and turn on the pump. Bart even seemed excited to MacGyver his way through this problem.

“If they don’t have power,” Bart said, “they have a backup generator. I know I can get the pumps up and running.”

Brittany sighed, glaring at the sun to the left of her. It was late in the day, and time was running out. She was almost willing to go with Bart’s crazy plan, just to make sure they made it to Chicago before nightfall.

“Do you even know how it works?” Colton asked.

“I’ve worked at a station a time or two in my day. I don’t think you had to because you always worked with dad, but I never got along with him on a job.”

“What does your father do?” Brittany asked, glancing in the mirror to see Colton and Bart back in the third row behind the sleeping children. Several times she’d wanted to ask someone to come sit with her, but it felt…strange. Since the life or death situations they had all been in, there was still a distance between the three somehow. It was as if they knew each other better than they knew anyone else in the world, but at the same time, not at all.

“My father’s a plumber,” Colton said, and then his face darkened. “Hope they’re okay.”

They’d tried to make calls at every place they stopped, but no one had service.

“I still think we should try it,” Bart said.

Brittany wouldn’t budge. “I don’t want to break in some place and get one of you guys shot. Some of the owners might be expecting trouble, right?”

“That’s true,” Bart said.

“We’re not thieves,” she reiterated for the millionth time. Brittany didn’t glance down at her clothes—though she almost did—because they had stolen those to get by.

The highway they were on was cracked in places, some parts so potholed it nearly chipped their teeth, but otherwise it was passable. People weren’t driving in their direction so there wasn’t any traffic. The other side was full of people leaving Chicago, which made them guess they would find the city as wrecked as the others nearby. At

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