Diary of a Survivor (Book 2): Apocalypse by Pike Matt J

Author:Pike, Matt J. [Pike, Matt J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2017-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

It was mid-afternoon by the time we had lugged everything to where it needed to go. We sat down and ate, having planned the next 12 months of our lives! The vibe between us got strange again as we ate and contemplated in silence. I think it was realising what we were standing on the edge of. It was a massive play – one that required some serious trust to work. Yet, we barely knew each other and trust, well, lone survivors like us don’t just hand out trust. It’s a protection thing, I guess, a survival instinct.

When I think about the chain of events that lead us both to his point and the potential win this place could be turned into, it’s hard to compete with. And two people, working together for a single goal, could be far more powerful than what one could do alone.

Clearly his mind was churning over the same thoughts as mine. Eventually I just came flat out and said it – everything – the potential, the difficulty in trusting. I’m glad I did as he pretty much echoed what I was thinking. We were adjusting to the goal posts moving suddenly and another human dynamic. We went through it all again, what we had, what we could do, what we could gain by going our separate ways. In the end, the possibilities of working together and building something instead of hiding, were too strong to ignore.

‘You can’t run forever,’ Shane said.

It stayed with me, that line. It was a sentiment that had been burning within me for the longest time. From as far back as planning the trip to Canberra I’d been feeling the need to belong somewhere again. And while my course forward had moved massively over the months, and I was a lifetime away from Canberra or Fi, the same underlying feeling never left. And now the opportunities this place – and partnership – presented, and the idea of throwing a huge flagpole in the ground and saying this space is mine, seemed more appealing than ever.

So, we agreed to give it a week – baby steps. To see what we could create in that time and to see if we could still tolerate each other by the end of it. Then we could discuss our position again, agreeing one of us could leave with half the food supply should they ever feel the need. So we’d talked through everything, given ourselves a goal and an exit plan if it didn’t work. It probably seems weird, given we were both seeing how much there was to be gained sticking together on this, but it was needed. Spending so much time alone makes you see the world in different ways. It certainly makes agreeing to let someone into that world seem a big step, especially someone you barely know.

So, that was it – decided and committed to Project: Oval, for now.

There was enough sunlight left to check out the gun stores before it

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