The Cabin Boxset by James Hunt

Author:James Hunt [Hunt, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

6

It was the ringing in Mary’s ear that woke her, combined with the sound of her son’s voice breaking through the high-pitched whine from the explosions.

On her back, body aching, Mary sat up. At first she thought that something was wrong with her eyes, but the more she blinked, the more she realized that it was the world that had blurred, not her vision.

A cloud of dust cast a hazy filter over the city streets, limiting visibility to only a few feet in front of her face. Once on her feet, Mary grabbed hold of her son’s hand and saw that he was covered from head to toe in dust.

Mary spun in half circles, disoriented from the explosion. Screams penetrated the clouds of dust, and she reached for her revolver, only to realize that she had lost it after the explosion.

Mary scoured the ground, stumbling around, bumping into bodies that emerged from the dust like apparitions and then evaporated a few feet later in the distance as they sprinted in random and chaotic directions.

Gunshots echoed in the distance, and Mary flinched, ducking and bringing Jake down to the ground with her. She leaned them both up against a nearby vehicle, staying low, the gunfire growing louder. Closer.

Mary’s heart pounded wildly, her lungs choked with dust. She scanned the ground for the weapon, not wanting to move forward into the unknown until she had the revolver.

Another gunshot. Another scream. The violence was made more terrible by the cloak of haze that had befallen the city. It sounded like the fighting was right on top of them, and just when Mary thought she was about to run out of time, she saw the revolver camouflaged in the grey dust.

Mary reached for the weapon, but another gunshot echoed and a body fell from the dust, landing on top of the revolver with a heavy thud. Mary recoiled her outstretched hand. The man’s face was tilted toward Mary, his lifeless eyes locking with Mary’s own.

Another gunshot broke Mary from her paralysis. She thrust her hand beneath the dead body, feeling around for the weapon, her fingertips scraping against the handle. She tried to pull it out, but it wouldn’t budge.

The hammer was caught on the body’s shirt. Mary pulled harder, breaking the corpse’s hold on the weapon and ripping a piece of cloth from the shirt.

Not bothering to stay still any longer, Mary grabbed Jake’s hand and pulled him through the cloud of dust that had descended upon the city and then picked a direction she believed was west.

“Just stay close, Jake.” Mary kept the revolver aimed in front of her, finger on the trigger as she moved forward through the haze.

People sprinted past her and in front of her, the scene growing more chaotic.

Finally, at a cross street, Mary confirmed she was still headed in the right direction. She hastened her pace, but Jake tugged at her arm, slowing Mary down, and she turned to find him hunched over and coughing.

“Jake,” Mary said, placing her hands on his shoulders and trying to pull him forward.

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