Humanaty's Blight by Clary LeRoy

Author:Clary, LeRoy [Clary, LeRoy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic
Publisher: KLJCMTR
Published: 2019-11-05T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

We’d done it! The boat was ours. We didn’t know what brand name it was, what type of sailboat, how long it was, or even the color, let alone how to sail it. None of that diminished our enthusiasm.

No matter if we sank and died before dawn, the two of us had done the impossible. Sue’s words rang in my ears. Damn, dude! The feeling of accomplishment had my ego soaring and my feet were ready to dance until dawn.

Sue said, “So, let’s get a look at the rest of this beauty.”

She was already at the hatch. I heard her rattle it and then call, “Locked. Got the key?”

“I think the key is back here.”

Her footsteps thumped across the deck, her hand outstretched. In light, I’d have taken the cabin lock key off the chain instead of killing the engine, but in the dark, the right thing seemed to be what I did. I pulled the key from the ignition and said, “I need that right back.”

“No problem.”

She opened the padlock on the hatch and started inside, then called, “Hey, somebody was here first. They broke our window and got glass all over the damned place.”

Our window, she’d said, which made my grin grow even wider. Not wishing to admit I was the culprit, I said, “We’ll clean it up when we have more light in the morning when we have more light. Better hand the keys back.”

“Dude, this wicked stuff will slice our feet. You drive the boat. I don’t need light to get rid of the bigger pieces.” A tiny splash indicated where the first piece flew overboard. As for driving the boat, as she put it, we were drifting, no sails, no motor, and no cares until morning. More tiny splashes.

I said, “Hey, we can take care of that glass later. Right now, I need the key for the engine.”

“Engine? I thought you were going to get a sailboat.”

I laughed for the first time that day. “This one has both.”

I took the time to reload my gun’s magazine and reinsert it with a satisfying mechanical click. While I didn’t know much about guns, I did know that you have to clean them, or they get clogged up. I had no cleaning supplies and didn’t know how to do it. Just another thing to worry about. That, or steal another gun. Hell, I might steal one after that and never have to clean one. There were enough laying around to last me a hundred lifetimes.

Sue called softly, “Do you think it will hurt to have a little light in here? Just one of the cabin lights so I can see?”

I almost laughed again. One little light on the vastness of the dark water when there were no lights anywhere else would stand out like a lighthouse on a rocky coast. Anyone on land or on another boat would instantly be drawn to it. “Wait until dawn. We’ll have plenty of light then.”

“Okay, what about tonight? Sleeping, I mean? Anyhow, there are a few little lights in here so I can sort of see my way around.

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