Legacy: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Story (The Traveler Book 6) by Tom Abrahams

Author:Tom Abrahams [Abrahams, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Piton Press LLC
Published: 2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

NOVEMBER 23, 2034, 1:17 PM

SCOURGE +2 YEARS, 46 DAYS

MERCURY, TEXAS

Lou dragged her boots across the dirt. She was shuffling along the shoulder of the crumbling highway, kicking up the mixture of dry earth and chunks of asphalt. It crunched under her boots like she was stomping on freshly poured gravel. It was warmer than it had been in days, the humidity was low, and it didn’t feel like November. They were mostly through Mercury, a speck of a town smack-dab between San Angelo and Waco.

“I’m guessing they named it Mercury because it’s like another planet,” said Lou.

David finished taking a swig of water. At Lou’s insistence, he’d been drinking more than his usual share since his injury.

“It’s so small here it reads ‘Now Leaving Mercury’ on both sides of the sign,” he said.

Lou started to ask if he was joking, but recognized the impish grin on his face before she bit. She reached for the canteen and he handed it to her. She shook it and then took a reserved sip.

They were halfway through their third full day on the road. They’d gone more than eighty miles east since leaving San Angelo. Aside from a boy playing with an injured bird along the side of the highway outside Doole, they hadn’t seen another soul along the way.

It was a meandering, dusty path that led them toward Killeen. And while they’d walked through countless small towns, Mercury was unique in its lack of size. There was the Baptist church, which they now passed as they turned south for a short distance before heading east again, and virtually nothing else.

“We could stop here if you want,” David said. “It might be alien, but it’s pretty here. I’m guessing there’s nobody to bother us. Ever.”

His mood and color had improved greatly over the past couple of days. The travel was much slower than their usual pace. Lou had indulged him and, in fact, enjoyed not having to keep pace with his normally long strides.

After a night’s sleep and a good, bountiful meal of possum and squirrel, he’d started to come around. The wounds were healing. He’d praised her craftsmanship every time they changed the dressing. The stitches would leave scars, but the wounds were healing cleanly and, so far, they’d avoided infection. Copious amounts of raw honey were doing the trick.

Lou kicked a larger chuck of asphalt and watched it tumble ahead of her before bouncing into the air and skittering on the road. There were veins of excess tar that spread out across the two-lane highway.

She scanned one side of the road and then the other, eyeing a couple of large properties with decent-looking houses. Nothing, though, had her excited about the prospect of staying in Mercury. She’d rather keep walking.

“I’m fine with Killeen,” she answered. “I like the idea of living in a library.”

“I thought you would,” said David. “I like the prospect too. An endless supply of books is never a bad thing. You can learn a lot while we’re there.

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