Tempest of Tennessee (Episode 1): Tempest of Tennessee by McDonald Terry

Author:McDonald, Terry [McDonald, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2018-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

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Before going to the Causley’s, I made a trip to my cabin where Vikas and family were staying until their home was ready. I warned them about the planned raid and told them that tomorrow morning they should take my tent and supplies and go further into the woods and stay there until they heard me calling for them.

“What will you do when they come?” Vikas asked. “You and John should not face them alone.”

I heard the shock in Preeja’s voice when she said, “Don’t be the fool. You know not of guns and rifles. Your family is where you should think, not a cowboy gunfight.”

I agreed with her about his unfamiliarity with weapons and about his duty to family.

“She’s right; we haven’t had an opportunity to teach you about weapons. I appreciate you wanting to help, but tomorrow your family will need you.”

I left them, carrying with me the memory of Preeja’s worried expression along with the terror written on their children’s faces. I thought how scary it must be for them in the middle of a disaster among people who might kill you. Then I thought; heck, they have as many friends as you do and tomorrow the man who used to be your daddy is coming to rob you.

A mess all around, mess enough for everybody, and I still needed to think of a way to get more medicine for John.

Again, John answered my knock at their door. I followed him into the dining room where he motioned me to sit at the breakfast table and then brought me a cup of coffee.

“Is Bella still laid up?” I asked.

“She’s not laid up, but she is abed, just tuckered. How’d it go over there with your mama?”

It took a while to relate everything, long enough to finish my coffee and refuse a refill.

“So how do we handle the gang,” John asked.

From his expressions during the telling and the tone of his voice asking me, I knew he was worried, frightened.

“What do you thing we should do.”

“I don’t think they’ll be content with just the taking. They’ll kill Vikas and his family just because, and they’ll kill us so as not to leave witnesses. We should pack up and leave tonight.”

John had voiced what I thought he would. I felt the weight of decision making fall on my shoulders. “Yes, we could do that, but the way I see it is we have two other options.

“One is for all of us to gather here and try to fight them off. I don’t like that option because these walls won’t stop high powered bullets and because we won’t have an escape route.”

Grim faced, John said. “I hope you have a better option.”

“We split our forces. You here in the house, me in the barn, up in the loft at the hay door and Vikas and his family across the road hiding in the trees.

“The way I see it going-down is the gang will come, first to your house, take care of you two.

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