Final Stand: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Thriller (Surviving the EMP Book 6) by Ryan Casey

Author:Ryan Casey [Casey, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Higher Bank Books
Published: 2019-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Jack watched Jefe emerge, knife to Susan’s neck.

The late afternoon sun cast a dim glow over the shipyard. Soon, it would be pitch black. And Jack felt like he was so close to getting away from this place. So close to escaping it. He might not have all his people, but he’d seen Trent and Emma in the distance. And he was with Hazel, Candice, and Pete. Villain was safe just outside this place, apparently. Jack and his people had to make a move out of here while they still had the chance—and trust the rest of his people to work their way out of here with the help of Trent, too.

But now Jefe stood opposite.

And he had Susan.

A smile stretched across Jefe’s face. The rest of his people—around seven of them—all stood there holding knives of their own.

Jefe held his hand over Susan’s mouth. Her eyes were wide and bruised underneath. Looked like she’d taken a few punches.

Her rifle was gone.

And she was bleeding from her belly.

Jack lifted the pistol he’d snatched from Pete. “We’re armed. We could gun you down at the click of a finger. Let her go right this second.”

But Jefe didn’t budge. He just kept his knife to Susan’s throat. Held his ground. Smiled. “I know you wouldn’t risk anything. Not while I’m holding on to one of your precious friends.”

Jack steadied his grip on the pistol, which he knew damn well was out of ammo. “Don’t try me. Seriously.”

He saw something then. Jefe’s smile faltered, just a little. There was a look in his eyes as he glanced around at the bodies on the ground. The bodies of his people. A look of sadness.

And when he looked back up at Jack, Jack thought he recognised that expression in his eyes. The look on his face.

That sense of loss.

He might be a lunatic. He might be a psycho.

But he was still human, just like Jack.

So Jack did something, then.

Something he didn’t even think he was capable of doing.

He lowered his pistol.

Jefe’s eyes narrowed. The people beside him all stood there, looking just as surprised.

“Hand her over, Jefe,” Jack said. “You’ve caused enough death here. There doesn’t need to be any more.”

Jefe’s jaw twitched. His eyes glistened with tears. It’s like he was coming to terms with the fact his world had already crumbled around him. And the only scrap of power he had left was the power to lash out. The power to hurt Jack and his people.

But he couldn’t lose anyone else.

“I think I’ll be the judge of whether there’s been enough death here or not,” Jefe said, his voice shaking. “She… she slaughtered my people.”

“Just like you’d have slaughtered our people,” Jack shouted.

Jefe shook his head. “You don’t have any idea what we had planned. There may have been sacrifices, sure. But the ultimate goal of this place was to ensure humanity’s survival for years to come—”

“I don’t give a shit what your hopes or your agenda were. I don’t care how noble your motives might’ve been for this place.

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