MOMO by Kevin Kraft

Author:Kevin Kraft [Lightfoot, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Indie Author Project
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Evan had finished wrapping his dad’s ankle but worried that, despite his injuries, Dad seemed more excited, apt to do more damage in his zeal.

“All right,” he was saying, as he sat at the table and arranged the radio parts before him, “I'm guessing we have maybe two more hours of power left before the generator runs out of gas. I'm gonna try and fix the shortwave. Get the toolbox.”

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“Right here, Dad,” Evan said, picking the toolbox up from the floor and setting it on the table. “Be careful.”

“Don’t worry.”

Evan couldn’t pretend to understand the logic behind Dad’s seemingly anal attention to the placement of the pieces.

And he worried when he started coughing again…that fluidic cough that spoken too well of internal bleeding and blood entering the lungs. He almost repeated his admonishment to take it easy, but there was no use. Dad was driven and determined to fix the radio, which was likely the only thing that could save them.

Just about set, Dad looked at Evan with a sigh. “OK, you're gonna have to stand guard, while I do this. Take the crossbow, load it. Watch and listen.

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Anything comes through the door, shoot it.”

The thought both alarmed and revolted Evan. “I don't know if I can.”

“You can.”

“I've never fired the crossbow. I should get the other bow.”

“Crossbow is actually easier to use and has more penetrating power. Use it.”

“I don't know,” Evan started to say, all too aware that he sounded like a wimp.

But Dad was having none of that.

“EVAN, WE ARE GOING TO DIE!”

The look on his face…it frightened Evan because he couldn’t read it, didn’t recognize it. He couldn’t tell if his father was angry, which Evan could almost understand, or terrified, which seemed almost implausible. No…hopeless. He hoped his typically fearless, even foolhardy, Dad wasn’t afraid, because 146

that would mean they didn’t have a snowball’s chance of seeing daylight again.

Dad immediately sighed with regret, rubbing his face with both hands hard, wincing at the pain in his side. “I'm sorry, Evan. Look, I need you to do this.

OK? You have to do this for both our sakes, understand? It doesn't matter whether you think you can do it. You have to. There is no other choice.”

Evan swallowed and then he stepped slowly to where Dad had previously been prone on the floor and took up the Excalibur and the quiver there. Dad went to work on the transmitter, while Evan loaded another bolt and watched the door. If he was going to be the sentry, he would be the very best he could be, regardless of his bent.

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He heard Dad pause in his work, felt his eyes upon him. “Just remember: Beyond your own strength is God's. Push yourself there. Right? C’mon, say it: Beyond my own strength…”

“Beyond my own strength is, God's. I'll push myself there.”

Dad resumed his tinkering. “Say it again.”

“Beyond my own strength is God's. I'll push myself there.”

“Good.”

“Amen,” whispered Evan, wanting, needing so much to believe the words he had said, wondering how they would be proven.

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