Hideaway (Book 2): An Emp Thriller by Hayden Roger

Author:Hayden, Roger [Hayden, Roger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | EMP | Suspense
Published: 2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00

The charred cabin lay in near ruin, an incredible sight. The massive holes in the roof and sides were even more startling in the daylight. A smoky haze still drifted above the embers. Carol stood with a hand over her mouth, staring at the destruction in shock. Larry squeezed her shoulder as tears dropped from her eyes. The cabin they had owned for five years, their personal refuge, was no more. It wasn't beyond repair, but without the means and resources to rebuild it, there was nothing they could do. The location had been compromised as well. Even if they were to fix it, the inmates now knew where they were. It was no longer safe.

“I can't believe it,” Marla said as they stood in front of their former home. “Why?”

“Revenge,” James said. “Bill Mosley, the man who I took the Dodge Challenger from… they were going to kill him. I intervened and... I guess this is what we get for that.”

Marla turned to him with a blank expression. “Why didn't you tell us?”

“I don't know,” James said. “I'm sorry.”

Marla put her arms around him, pulling him close. “It's not your fault.”

James glanced at Larry and Carol, who were still facing away, toward the cabin. They hadn't moved for several minutes, but he could hear Carol sobbing as Larry rubbed her back. “We should check on our stuff,” he said quietly to Marla. She nodded as they walked ahead, passing the anguished couple.

“You shouldn't go in there just yet,” Larry called out to them. “The whole roof could collapse.”

They stopped and looked at each other. “I'll just run in and run out.”

Larry shrugged as though knowing the decision was out of his hands. “Don't say I didn't warn you.”

Carol's truck sat parked in front of the house, covered in ash. Its presence remained a constant illusion of false hope. They couldn't get it started before, and James doubted that would change. Still, it was worth another try. First, however, he wanted to know if their cash survived. There was no telling what kind of conditions awaited them at their next stopping point.

“You stay here,” he told Marla.

He stood back and observed the nearly collapsed roof as he moved inside. He slipped through the door frame and into the burnt cabin with its fallen beams and burnt wood. Half of the wall had collapsed directly inside the kitchen, where a light breeze swept through the open ruins. James walked carefully through the cabin with his attention on what was left of the roof above. It was hard to believe that only a few short hours before, the cabin was completely habitable.

He walked down the hall, across the warped floorboards and into the bedroom where the roof had collapsed halfway. Entering the room in a hurry, he found their bags on the floor, sheltered under the dresser and unscathed. He grabbed the two suitcases and his backpack and rushed out of the room, feeling as though he had found an enormous treasure.

Passing Larry and Carol's room, he saw that most of it had been burnt beyond recognition.

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