Survive (Day 5) by A.R. Wise

Author:A.R. Wise [Wise, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction | Post-Apocalyptic | Infected
Published: 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Day Five – 1:51 pm

Red backed away, terrified and distraught. “No,” he shook his head. “Not you. Not you, June.”

She held her hand out to him, grasping at the air as if unable to tell how far he was. She struggled to speak, weary from the drugs. She opened and closed her hand like a beggar hoping for kindness. “Give me a gun. I can help.” Her eyelid slowly closed.

“Are you one of them?”

She struggled to stay awake. It was a losing battle. She flopped back down, taken by the drugs.

“June,” he said without daring to step closer. “Are you infected? June!”

She was unconscious again.

“Fuck!” He screamed out in frustration. “What do I do?” Porter joined him, leaving bloody paw prints on the floor as he paced the room. The dog had vanished during the fray. Red had assumed he’d been hiding, but the way the dog favored his side hinted at injury. Red knelt to console the dog, and search for a wound. There was no visible wound, but Porter was acting as if he’d been hurt. “Did one of them kick you, bud?”

The dog leaned his head into Red’s hand, appreciating the consoling attention.

“What would Porter do?” asked Red as he thought of his lost brother. He considered his options, and then said, “He wouldn’t leave June. That’s for sure.”

Red put the assault rifle down, and lifted June into his arms. He struggled with her dead weight, and tried not to slip in the blood as he made his way down the stairs and to the back door that’d been kicked in. He hurried to the squad car parked beside the farmhouse, and put June in the back seat. Porter followed slowly.

There were other cars parked here now, nearly blocking the squad car in. Red searched for any sign of other helpers, but saw none. He returned to the house to gather supplies, weapons, and medicine, and packed the back of the squad car before leaving.

“We’re going to be okay,” said Red to the dog in the passenger seat. He started the car.

It wasn’t worth the risk to drive through Boise City. Instead, he found a dirt road that led east. After following the road for a bit, he drove through a field to meet another county road that would eventually lead him back to where US-385 met US-412. June moaned in pain as she bounced on the hard, plastic back seat.

“We’re getting back to a smoother road,” said Red as he neared the end of the field that met up at the intersection of the two state roads. This wasn’t the path he’d originally intended to take, but it would do for now. He could stop later to try and plan a new route through Oklahoma and Texas. For now, he needed to stay out of sight.

There was nothing scenic about the view from US-385. The most dramatic change in landscape came as they passed a series of center pivot irrigation farms. If viewed from above, these fields would appear as pale green, perfect circles dotting an otherwise brown canvas.

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