Legion of Despair: Book Three in The Borrowed World Series by Horton Franklin

Author:Horton, Franklin [Horton, Franklin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-07T18:30:00+00:00

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Gary lived eight miles from his office and it normally took him ten to fifteen minutes to get there, as long as he didn’t get behind a school bus. The first half of the trip was on a winding two-lane mountain road. The last half was on a four-lane highway. The two-lane road didn’t have any shoulders for vehicles to pull off on if they ran out of fuel, so drivers had coasted as far as they could get, then abandoned their vehicles where they sat. In some places, it created traffic jams that had been difficult to get around. One had been impassible until Gary released the emergency brakes on several vehicles, put them in neutral, and let them roll over an embankment. The only houses in sight had shown no signs of life so Gary hoped that he didn’t draw any undue attention from his actions. In better times, vehicles crashing over hillsides drew a crowd.

The truck he hoped to return in was bigger than the Nissan he was driving now. If he didn’t create a return lane of sufficient size, he had no hope of getting back. It was still early in the day and he hoped that there wouldn’t be many people out walking or stirring about. He didn’t want to have any confrontations or have to turn down any hitchhikers needing rides. He just wanted a smooth day for a change. He couldn’t remember the last one he’d had. That was kind of funny when he thought about it. Most of his life had been fairly uneventful, even boring at times. Now, he’d give anything for a boring day.

When he reached the four-lane road, he was pleased to find it clear. There were vehicles on the side of the road that appeared to have run out of fuel and many of them showed signs of impact. He knew that both the state police and the National Guard had vehicles capable of clearing highways under these circumstances. It looked like such a vehicle, or a piece of heavy construction equipment, had been used to clear the road.

This section of highway was relatively unpopulated, and he saw absolutely no one for the remainder of his drive. When he turned off the main road and onto the campus of his employer, he was shocked by the condition of the buildings. All of them appeared to have suffered damage. The oldest building, a single-story clinic, had windows broken out and showed signs of looting. He wasn’t surprised since that building had stored medications. Gary also thought that he may have seen a body lying near the building but he didn’t investigate. Bodies were becoming a common sight and he didn’t want to see any more dead people than he’d already seen.

The maintenance shop was at the rear of the ten-acre complex. As Gary drove by the two-story administration building that had housed his office, he had a thought. Prior to leaving on his ill-fated trip, he had ordered some ammunition from an online retailer.

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