Plague Wars: Infection Day: The First Trilogy: Three apocalyptic technothriller adventures (Plague Wars Series) by David VanDyke & Ryan King
Author:David VanDyke & Ryan King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reaper Press
Published: 2016-02-11T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Nine
âWhat are we going to do for money?â Python asked as they neared St. Joseph, Missouri.
Jill handed him a roll of bills the size of a packet of candy mints. âThree hundred. Should get us a tank of gas and some food.â
âWhere the hell did you hide this?â he asked.
âYou donât want to know.â Jill chuckled.
âWeâre pretty ratty looking, too,â Python went on. âWe need some new clothes.â It was true; even discounting the dirt from crawling all over and under Iowa, theyâd been wearing more or less the same few outfits for months.
âTruck stops see all kinds. We need to pick up the interstate while itâs still dark.â
âRight. I-29 South it is.â
âThereâs irony for you,â Jill said. âWeâll pass within ten miles of Fort Leavenworth.â
Python didnât respond, just slumped down in his seat. Then after a while he said, âIâm not going back.â
âOf course not.â She spotted a sign and turned the Humvee onto the on-ramp for the interstate.
âNo, I mean it,â he said, turning haunted eyes toward Jill. âIâm done with prisons, even wimp-ass prisons like Camp 240.â
âIâm with you, Keith.â
âNo, look, Reap, youâre not getting me. Dammit, whatâs your real name, anyway?â
She took a breath. âItâs Jill.â
âThanks, Jill. But listen to me good. I am not going back in. Whatever it takes. I canât do it anymore.â
âYou canât think that way. No matter what happens, we have to survive. Now that we can live to a thousand, so they say, we can wait the normals out.â
Python snorted. âOr they can just torture us for a longer time.â
Jill glanced at him, saw the resolve and determination in his eyes, and for the next half hour she worried silently.
âTruck stop.â Python pointed.
âRight.â Jill took the exit. âYou go in and pay for the diesel, and pick up two sets of clothes, sweats or something. I should fit anything you do, except shoes. I wear a womenâs nine, manâs eight. Donât forget socks, and a couple of ball caps. And get a couple of shower tokens.â Soon she pulled up at a pump in the truck section, away from the cars where the Humvee and their mismatched appearance would draw more stares.
Once she had pumped the vehicle full, she parked behind some semis, gathered her belongings, and met Python inside.
The hot shower felt incredible; water in the camp had never been more than warm, and was often barely above freezing. Ten minutes later she rejoined her partner in matching outfits of cheap sweats and hoodies. Their next stop was the burger joint inside, where they ordered eight meals in go boxes. They wolfed down two each while bagging the other ones for later, another decided contrast to the bad, bland camp food.
Thus fortified, they headed out to the Humvee.
Jill grabbed Pythonâs elbow and steered him off at an angle when she saw what waited where she parked. Two SS vehicles sat next to their stolen truck, and several uniformed troops milled about.
âWeâre blown,â she said as they walked across the tarmac toward the on-ramp where the semis made their long runs up to cruising speed.
Download
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.
Sita - Warrior of Mithila (Book 2 of the Ram Chandra Series) by Amish(53745)
The Crystal Crypt by Dick Philip K(36389)
Cat's cradle by Kurt Vonnegut(14721)
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han(14433)
Ready Player One by Cline Ernest(13925)
The Last by Hanna Jameson(9774)
Year One by Nora Roberts(9274)
Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey(8919)
The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro(8348)
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro(8260)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown(8211)
Dark Space: The Second Trilogy (Books 4-6) (Dark Space Trilogies Book 2) by Jasper T. Scott(7883)
The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood(7414)
The Circle by Dave Eggers(6814)
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6 by Frank Herbert(6670)
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood(6450)
Legacy by Ellery Kane(6371)
Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1) by A.G. Riddle(6156)
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty(5791)
