IMPACT_A Post-Apocalyptic Tale_The Complete Series by Matthew Eliot

Author:Matthew Eliot [Eliot, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi, impact series book 4, impact series book 2, meteorite strike, impact, armies, Science Fiction, apocalypse, Post-Apocalyptic, love, meteorite zombie horror, Battles, War, sci-fi dystopian fiction, Zombies, british, meteorites, asteroids, wraiths, England, dystopian, matthew eliot
Published: 2018-05-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The Flying Machine

Sean held his breath and gripped the leather armrest. This was impossible.

They were flying.

Flying.

He felt like laughing, screaming, fainting. Thoughts darted through his mind like explosive streams of data flowing too fast to be processed. He had to fight the urge to turn towards his mysterious fellow passengers and shout, Hey, we’re fucking flying here, do you realise that?

It had all happened so quickly. Once he’d stepped out of that battered Jeep, just a couple of hours earlier, everything had changed. An instant, and he was torn from his old life and thrust into a whole new world.

It was still dark, when they had got there. He’d caught glimpses of shadows – people moving around, busying themselves with the preparations. Sean had felt eyes upon him, heard words whispered in low voices. But nothing had mattered, not these unknown figures, not Jeremy, not even the fate of Bately. Everything lost importance, when he saw the plane.

It sat, strange and majestic, in that open field, faded drops of moonlight dappled on its wings like shiny remnants of some ancient spell. It was so big, so pristine, like it didn’t belong there. As if it had just flown out of a dream.

Sean didn’t know for how long he stood there, open-mouthed. Jeremy had chuckled, at some point. “Yes, Sean. It’s a plane,” he’d said. “And you’re booked to fly tonight.” He rested his hand on Sean’s back, and gently pushed him towards it. “Come now, there’s someone I’d like you to meet.”

As they walked forth, the other men stood to attention, like Sean and Jeremy were some sort of generals inspecting their troops. Maybe that’s what Jeremy is, he said to himself. A weird hippy-general combo. As soon as they walked past them, the men got back to work, packing boxes and loading them on the plane.

Sitting under a wing, with a laptop computer open on his knees, was a young man. He was about Sean’s age, skinny, dark curly hair pouring over wide doe eyes. He hastily began to stand, almost dropping the computer while doing so. His lanky arms darted down, trying to grab a hold of it. Then, with an awkward smile, he straightened his back and said, “Sorry, I–”

“It’s okay, Alec,” said Jeremy warmly. He patted the boy on the shoulder. “I’m happy to see you again.”

“So am I.” The boy’s voice was sincere, and it struck Sean as odd that anyone would be happy to run into Jeremy.

The boy looked at Sean. “Is this…?”

Jeremy smiled. “Indeed he is,” he turned towards Sean, a proud smile curling his lips. “Redpill, the legendary hacker.” There was no irony to his tone.

Alec was flustered. He opened his mouth to speak, but all he could manage was a weird croak. His fixed stare was making Sean feel uncomfortable. He extended a hand towards the nervous guy, just to try and get him out of that weird freeze state. “Hi mate, I’m Sean.”

The other boy shook himself out of his daze.

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