Sanctioned Catastrophe by Thomas A Watson

Author:Thomas A Watson [Watson, Thomas A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-09T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Day 3

Nathan stretched out his arms, yawning, and noticed light coming in. He looked down at his watch and saw it was after six. He sat up suddenly and started putting his boots on. They had taken some cots out of the trailer and put them in the casino for everyone to sleep on. Looking around, he could see the kids but no one else.

He walked out to the diner to see everyone writing and Brad still at the laptop downloading flash drives. Walking over to the brothers, he stopped and looked down at them.

“I was supposed to have guard duty after you, Andy,” Nathan said looking at him.

Andy started to blush. “Connie sat with me on guard duty and I took your shift too,” he said.

Nathan smiled. “Well thank you,” he said, turning away as Fred and Billy elbowed Andy. Nathan walked over to Brad. “How many have you done?” he asked.

“I’m downloading your books now,” Brad said, looking up with a tired face.

“You better get another battery ready then,” Nathan told him.

“Already changed it out,” Brad said, stretching his arms over his head as Lenore brought him a cup of coffee.

Nathan took a sip of coffee. “What’s everyone writing?” he asked.

“Monica took notes last night and they’re copying them,” Brad said, taking out a flash drive and putting in another.

Nathan saw Abigail writing and looked at Brad. “Did she finish my maps?” he asked.

“Of course, there in the office,” he said.

Nathan sipped his coffee while heading to the office, where he found his maps on the desk. He had Abigail cut out the pages of the route he was taking. Instead of him taking ten books with hundreds of pages, he was only taking sixty or so, all laminated and joined together. He had the topo/satellite program on his laptop and tablet but he didn’t want to use it. There would be too many people around here for him to be using electronics when he left.

He studied the maps as Lenore came in and handed him the uniforms she’d washed. “Here you go,” she said, smiling.

“Thank you,” he replied. He set one to the side and put the knee and elbow pads back in, then put the others in a compression bag and rolled the air out. Then he laid it on his pack. He saw everyone’s boxes were now stuffed full, and he knew everyone had more boxes in Jessie’s truck and trailer. He had talked to them till midnight, then they had all grabbed cans of spray paint and painted the trailer. Nathan never even remembered laying his head down.

Ares came in and looked up at him, whining. “Hey, I’ve been here, you could’ve found me,” Nathan told him, walking out of the office to the front door and opening it for his dog. Ares shot out, heading to the ditch. Nathan chuckled and watched him, then heard a lot of gunfire to the north, close to the Interstate and town. “I need to hit the road before I get tied up in a freaking war,” Nathan said, looking to the north.

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