No Man's Land by Jacqueline Druga

Author:Jacqueline Druga [Druga, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vulpine Press
Published: 2017-10-02T22:00:00+00:00

15

Without Sight

When I mentally planned my family’s exodus to sanctuary, I truly believed I’d thought of everything. From clothing to food, the red wagon for walking and carrying our things. What I didn’t think about was the actual walking.

I debated on whether to stay on the highway. Even though it was a clear shot, there was nowhere to hide if needed.

Hannah’s knowledge of the area only extended about thirty miles beyond Sissonville, WV, after that she was done.

We ran out of gas just outside of Huntington, and looking at the map, we were beyond all the marked safe zones. Our best bet was to follow the Ohio River for a few miles, then cut back up to be near the road.

It was easier said than done.

I didn’t take into account that the wagon wouldn’t move all that great if we weren’t on a smooth surface, or the weather. I never planned on the weather. Autumn had set in early, the air was chilled and an overcast sky didn’t help. I also didn’t think about my injuries. I had been beaten so badly it hurt with every move I made.

The walking did seem to keep Edward calm. Leah followed us from the car down to the river, but with each step we took, she lagged further behind. That was until we paused then she’d catch up again.

“Should we find a sidewalk or something?” Hannah asked, as she stopped and picked up a bottle of water that fell from the wagon.

“We will, just a little further.”

“Do you know this town?”

“No. I’m looking at the map.”

“Too bad there’s no internet. Could do that earth thing and see what it looks like.”

“It would be nice.” It wasn’t that far to the river or to the town of Huntington, I kept trudging along. Edward to my chest and Hannah picking up the items that flew about whenever I hit a bump.

“I don’t get it,” I said.

“Get what?”

“Where is everyone? I mean, this virus or whatever it is couldn’t have killed everyone or turned them into those things.”

“Yes, it could have,” she said. “You should have seen Morgantown. One day it was fine, the next day the whole city was hit. We survived because my dad had us in the basement, sealed in. We weren't exposed to it.”

“Okay, I understand that, but even though it seems like a lifetime, it wasn’t that long ago that we found out about sanctuary happening and our area was scheduled for fire bombing.”

“It was long enough that people left. When we did, there were a ton of people leaving. Roads got jammed fast.”

“Wait. Wait.” I waved my hand about to stop her. “I am really confused. Your parents have been gone for a month. They just told us a couple days ago about Sanctuary Sixteen.”

She paused in walking and squinted her eyes are me. “Wow. You must have been far away. The radio was reading them off for over a month.”

“A month?”

She nodded.

“There was no news, no television.”

“There was radio. It wasn’t a live person.

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