Escape: The Wasteland Chronicles Book Two by Rashad Freeman

Author:Rashad Freeman [Freeman, Rashad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

THE PACT

“I trust them,” Robert whispered in the dark.

“Well, I don’t. Any of them…any of them could be one. How can we trust them with something like that?” Benjamin responded.

“They were in Florida for Christ’s sake and in Nashville. You know they have to be clean. Besides, we can’t do this without them, not now. They don’t need to know everything, but I have to tell them something.”

“Tell them what?” Rebecca asked as she emerged from the shadows behind them.

Robert was startled. He jumped and then quickly tried to recompose himself. “Hello Rebecca,” he said in a nonchalant tone.

“Robert,” she replied coldly then turned to Benjamin. “I know we...we’re not friends, but Tim was a good man and a great friend. I’ll miss him.”

Benjamin smiled and tilted his head. “We’ve all lost people, but I appreciate it.”

Rebecca stared at him for a moment longer. She looked like she wanted to say more, but decided not to. She turned back to Robert and raised an eyebrow. “Well, you had something to tell?”

Robert looked at Benjamin and then back to Rebecca. “It’s probably better if I tell you all at once.”

“Well let’s do that,” Rebecca said and started to walk off.

Benjamin and Robert shared a look and then stared after her.

“Keep up,” she yelled back.

With annoyed faces, they stood up and slowly moved forward. Reluctantly, they followed Rebecca down the dim tunnel. The moss, rock and dirt mixture that made up the floor muffled their steps. Silently they floated deeper into the abyss until the cave opened up into bulb-like structure.

Robert and Benjamin cautiously walked inside. The room was large and opened up like an igloo with a high ceiling and stone walls. A small torch was nailed to the rocks. The flame flickered brightly, projecting an amber glow that danced across the knobby walls.

Lenny, Mark, Crimley and Maddox were sitting on the ground, circled around a map. They were talking in hushed voices, pointing at different spots and drawing lines with a marker.

Lenny looked up when he heard Rebecca walk in. He smiled and looked past her to Robert and Ben.

“I guess you guys are ready to get on your way. We’ve been talking and Crimley here put together a bag with some things. I know you were pretty low on supplies.”

Robert smiled at him and stepped forward. “I have to thank you for all of your hospitality. Especially after everything that’s occurred. Haven’t met many decent people since this all started.”

“He’s actually got something he’d like to share with us,” Rebecca interrupted. “Go ahead.”

Robert looked back at Rebecca and smiled. He cleared his throat and swallowed. “Yes…yes, Rebecca is right. We understand your group is heading to D.C. Any reason for that?”

“Tim’s idea really,” Mark said. “Figured it might be safe there, government folks and all.”

“I see. Well, we happen to be heading to D.C. as well. Any chance we can tag along?”

There was a moment of awkward silence as Lenny looked to Rebecca and then Mark and Maddox. He cleared his throat and gave Robert a smile.

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