Rhiannon Frater - As the World Dies Untold Tales 01.3 by Eric's Story

Author:Eric's Story
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-01T11:49:41+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

An Unexpected Turn

The hope that was born in Eric when he first made communication with what was being called “the Fort” in Ashley Oaks, Texas, grew each day that his surroundings remained zombie free. It was also a relief to talk to Peggy on the Internet. She was funny and warm in her chat and he felt comforted by the fact she was out there. When she told him the fort was actually talking to quite a few people that were holed up in their part of Texas, it was an enormous relief to know that pockets of humanity was still surviving. Even though the phones were down in the area of the fort, the cable was still working and Peggy explained they had a communication center up where they were talking to survivors over CBs and ham radios as well as the Internet.

At one point, Peggy grouped all the survivors that still had access to the Internet into a chat room to explain what was going on at “the fort” and Eric was amazed to see twenty different people pop onto his list. After that, he never felt alone again as he chatted occasionally with the others. But mostly, he talked to Peggy. She was obviously the town gossip and had all the news about what was going on in the fort. She began to feel like an old friend as they chatted on and off during the day.

“You still free and clear over there,” she asked one morning.

“Yeah, so far,” Eric typed back. “They’re all still in the community center. I don’t think they’re getting out any time soon.”

“That’s good. When we come pick you up, we shouldn’t have any major problem there. Some of the other survivors are surrounded and that ain’t going to be an easy rescue,” Peggy wrote back.

Even though he had a renewed sense of hope, he felt overwhelmed at times with the loss of Brandy and his family. He would sit at Brandy’s grave while Pepe did his business and tell her how sorry he was. Sometimes, he could not even speak he was so overcome with emotion, but he knew in his heart that she was at peace now even if he was not.

He kept trying to call his family, but no one ever answered at his sister or brother’s place. The phone’s busy signal at his parent’s house told a sad story he did not want to consider for long. None of his friends wrote back and his email box remained empty. A few messages from old school chums were posted on his MySpace, but most of them were holed up and fighting to survive. The questions on the boards and chat rooms for survivors were the same.

Was the army coming soon?

How long before FEMA would open secure shelters?

Was the government up and running?

Was anyone getting updated news reports in their area?

He watched Calhoun’s regular broadcasts every night while eating dinner. The old guy always rambled on about clones, aliens and Amazons, but he was highly amusing.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
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.