Emergency Transmission by Sean McLachlan

Author:Sean McLachlan [McLachlan, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-09T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

David awoke to the late morning crowd coming into $87,953. People were sidling up to the bar and ordering beer, the more professional drinkers ordering their first shot of Roy’s special moonshine. Not three steps in front of him, a pair of scavengers were having a quiet conversation over their drinks, not paying him the least attention.

Rubbing his eyes and stretching, David walked over to the bar.

“Hey Lazarus,” Roy said with a grin. “You were so gone in that barber’s chair I was about to trade your boots to the gravedigger. He works cheap.”

“Sorry for nodding off.”

“Not at all, you looked like you needed it. Say, could you help Kyle here carry that into the back?”

Kyle was an older white man with a high forehead and large bald spot. They shook hands and Kyle told him he was a farmer. He had the hard wiry muscles to prove it. The two of them went over and lifted up the chair.

“Ugh, fine antique. Wish it wasn’t so heavy, though,” Kyle said. They started waddling towards the back room, the chair between them.

“It sure is comfortable,” David replied.

“Oh, got your hair cut, did you? Jaylen gave you the ‘start over’ option. I’d never do that myself. I want to keep what little I have.”

They set the chair down in the back room with a thud.

“I feel like a drink,” David said. “Want to join me?”

“Now you’re talking.”

They sat down at the bar.

“Best thing about being a farmer is that in winter you can have a drink at noon,” Kyle told him.

“I haven’t had a drink in ages. Roy, two beers, please,” David said.

“Coming right up. Just don’t fall asleep at the bar. We don’t allow that until the afternoon.”

Roy filled two mugs from a keg and handed them over.

Kyle lifted his. “To the rains cleaning up.”

“I’ll drink to that,” David said.

“Hell, I’ll drink to that too,” Roy said, pouring himself one.

They drank in silence for a time before David asked, “What do I owe you in trade, Roy?”

“Not much, what you got?”

David rummaged around in his pockets but didn’t have anything of value. He pulled a full AK-47 clip from off his belt.

“Here you go.”

“You buying a round for the whole Burbs? Just give me a couple of bullets, brother.”

“Well, keep it as credit for later drinks and meals. I don’t need it anymore. No, I don’t want it.”

It took until the words were out of his mouth before he understood that they were true. He was done with weapons. Just because he had broken his promise to the Lord minutes after he had made it, didn’t mean that he was free of his vow.

“That’s a big trade, David,” Roy said. “You need to see The Doctor first.”

“No one ever stops talking about this fellow. Has he replaced God?”

“No, but he’s in charge. Get your butt over there today before you cause any trouble. In the meantime, just give me a couple of bullets.”

“I’ll take him over there,” Kyle offered. He turned to David.

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