The Black Storm (Book 1): Black Storm by Gillespie Mark

Author:Gillespie, Mark [Gillespie, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Paranormal
Published: 2018-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Cody turned the Dodge Challenger back towards the 281.

He knew he was taking a risk going back the way they came. The masks might still be there but the alternative was to find some other route back onto the highway and Cody didn’t know the roads well enough for that. It was dark too, which only added to the likelihood of them getting lost.

It was a tense journey back. Bulverde Road was a long, winding desert in the middle of nowhere. At any moment, Cody expected the masks to leap out from the side of the road and attack the car. He didn’t dare to blink. One hand was on the steering wheel, the other wrapped around the handle of the gun.

But they made it. They reached the highway without further incident.

Now they were back en route to the airport. Things felt as normal as they could possibly feel. The horizon was a reddish-orange glow once again, thick plumes of smoke billowing skywards.

Cody could literally feel the heat pouring out of San Antonio. As they got closer to the city, they passed several other cars on the road, all racing in the opposite direction like rats fleeing a sinking ship.

There were people walking on the other side of the highway too, migrating north with the flow of traffic. But there wasn’t enough human traffic on the 281 for Cody’s liking. Where was everyone? Not everyone was migrating north, of course. He guessed that others coming out of the city were heading south, east and west too. But there should have been more people traveling north. San Antonio had a population of one and a half million souls. It was the second most populated city in all of Texas. If people weren’t getting out, they were still trapped in the city.

Maybe they couldn’t leave. Maybe it was too late.

There should have been thousands of people on the road.

Cody glanced at some of the faces. He saw one middle-aged couple walking down the grassy strip along the middle of the highway. They were walking with a sense of urgency. They had no bags in their hands, nothing but the clothes on their backs. They looked at Cody as he drove past with a look of bewilderment in their eyes. Maybe they were in shock, or maybe they were wondering what the hell anyone was doing driving south.

He took the Dodge into the center of the highway, not wanting to get too close to those traveling on foot.

“How we doing kid?” he said, glancing over his shoulder.

“I’m okay.”

“You sure about that?”

There was a long pause.

“Rachel?”

“Did you have to shoot Mary Jane?” she said.

Cody eased off the gas pedal.

“Yeah I did,” he said. “I had to shoot her. Look I’m sorry you had to see all that bad stuff Rachel. I know it wasn’t easy for you.”

“It wasn’t easy for you either. Was it?”

“No,” Cody said. “It wasn’t. But it was self-defense. It was them or us.”

“Is there any blood in the car?” Rachel asked.

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