Neighborhood Watch: After the EMP by EE Isherwood

Author:EE Isherwood [Isherwood, EE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Iserhwood Media
Published: 2021-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

I grabbed my combat shotgun from the back of the trailer and handed the pump to Luke. “You get everyone to your house. I’m going to see what those guys are doing sneaking around here.”

“Are you sure? I can come with you.”

“No,” I said with more force than I’d intended. I wasn’t trying to be the hero, but someone had to stay with his wife and the four kids. There might be more men and other threats, so we couldn’t both go out and leave everyone else virtually defenseless. “I see Penny and Carmen standing by the island. You need to get them and your family to safety inside. Have the shotgun ready.”

“Come on, dad, Gandalf knows what he’s doing,” Tyler said matter-of-factly.

I wasn’t some all-knowing wizard like the boy thought I was. Instead, I was the guy who already thought about a lot of these scenarios from reading my novels. We were standing in the open, which those books and common-sense advised was the worst place to be when enemy forces were around. Rather than spend more time talking about it, and possibly getting spotted, it was better to spring into action.

“Alright, everyone, let’s do as Frank says,” Luke said in a low voice.

Once the group continued on, I jogged to the back corner of the house across the street from Evelyn’s place. It belonged to the two workaholics we hadn’t seen, yet. The backyard was filled with young trees of many different types, most I didn’t recognize, which made it seem like an arboretum. The foliage gave me plenty of cover to watch the pair of men.

I watched for a few moments until I saw the two men emerge from the ground cover at the edge of the woods. I gripped my shotgun, aware that I’d made a big deal telling Luke I wanted to hold off using it as long as possible. However, I was prepared to defend my friends with whatever level of violence was required.

The pair of men went around a large tree behind Trevor’s property line, then they changed directions and came into his grassy backyard. For a split second, I was torn about what to do. There was a certain cosmic justice to allowing strange men to tangle with the smarmy young guy and his frat buddies. However, I knew I wasn’t going to let harm come to any of my neighbors, even those I found distasteful.

Ready for anything, I cut across the yard until I was closer to the mystery men. I watched as they approached Trevor’s pool and headed onto his huge screened-in recreation area.

“Aw, shit,” I said under my breath. I recognized the lead guy as my asshole neighbor.

Wherever he’d been, I had no doubt Trevor had caused problems for someone. He and his larger partner walked with purpose the whole way, as if they were attempting to get inside before someone spotted them.

I was the someone he was likely avoiding.

He’d have no idea I wanted to avoid him, too.

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