Salvation by Brad Knight

Author:Brad Knight
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781511810685
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-04-21T13:48:30.939897+00:00

Chapter 9

: The Highway

“Looks like this is about as far as we go,” said Mack as he turned off the engine of the jeep the marines generously let them take. The soldiers didn’t try to make them stay at their camp. They were good men. Instead they gave the duo a vehicle, water, weapons and a box of rations.

Part of Mack wondered if he’d made a mistake by not taking Lt. Spence up on his offer for sanctuary at their camp. There they’d have protection, food, water and shelter. But they’d have to put their safety and trust in strangers.

The other part of Mack’s mind was glad that he didn’t take the kind marine up on his offer. Sure, they seemed like they were nice. Problem was the last time they trusted anyone and settled down, they both almost died.

“I’m sure we can find a way around them,” suggested Amber.

No, there really isn’t. And even if there was, it would take us hours to make our way around them. “We go on foot. First we need to hide the jeep, in case we need it later.”

Amber looked around. The highway in front of her seemed to be endless. It stretched out to the horizon. And it was stuffed with cars. Los Angelinos tried to get out of the city when the nanite virus hit the city. Evident from the amount of abandoned vehicles, most of them never made it out.

“Where are we going to hide it?” asked Amber. They were out in the open. Where could they hide a military grade jeep?

“In plain sight.”

Amber followed him out of the vehicle. “We’re just going to leave it here?”

Mack walked over to a nearby minivan. He chose it because its interior was covered in blood. To Amber’s disgust he stuck his hands into the gore.

With hands covered in stranger’s blood, Mack started making streaks on the jeep exterior. It became clear what he was trying to do. He wanted to disguise their vehicle as just another abandoned car.

“That should do it,” said Mack as he wiped the strange blood off on his pants. He reached into the driver’s side of the jeep. When he came back out it was with a modified assault rifle. The weapon had several attachments including a night vision scope that would almost certainly come in handy. Amber had the same.

Guns, food and water wasn’t all the duo got from the marines back in Nevada. They gave them belts with extra ammo, backpacks and even flashlights. Once Amber and Mack put on all their gear, they looked like paramilitary.

After stuffing their packs with as much food and water as they could carry without slowing them down, they started walking down the car clogged highway. The teen periodically looked up in the air to make sure there weren’t any infected crows like the ones that attacked her back at the Oklahoma and Texas border.

Mack kept an eye out for human infected. With so many vehicles on the highway, some of their occupants must’ve gotten turned.

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