The Harvest by Anne Ferretti

Author:Anne Ferretti [Ferretti, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-09-24T07:00:00+00:00

22 VISITORS

Inside the control room Zack stood watching the screen. When the door opened and the group crowded in behind him to look at the monitors he wasn’t surprised. Human beings were an animal on the brink of extinction, which made the sight of one an extraordinary situation. And they were currently staring a four.

“More people.” Colin exclaimed when he saw the four figures wandering around the porch, much in the same manner Madison had when she first arrived.

“And who said you weren’t a genius?” Zack commented dryly.

“Fu…” Colin glanced at Madison, “Shut up dork.”

“Who calls people dorks? Do you call people dorks?” Zack glanced at Luke, who shrugged. “Of course you don’t. Only a dweeb uses the word dork.”

Colin ignored his brother, his focus being on the action outside. They all stared at the odd group which from their vantage point seemed to consist of three men and a woman. There was nothing unusual about the men, but the woman’s clothing wasn’t right. She wore a long black wool coat and what appeared to be bright orange pants. On her feet were galoshes, which were great in water, but couldn’t be keeping her feet warm. A dark scarf was wrapped around her head and neck, hiding everything except her eyes.

“She must be freezing.” Edward commented. “Are you going to let them in?”

“Don’t know yet.” Zack responded, without taking his eyes off the monitors. One of the men stood close to the door and ran his hands along the face, trying to find a way inside. Madison observed the woman, who never looked up and was never left alone. One of the men stayed close to her side. “Something’s off.” She commented more to herself than her companions.

“What do ya mean?” Zack asked.

“The woman. Something’s off about the woman.”

“Like her clothes?” Edward offered.

“Well that and how she keeps her eyes on the ground. And the men stay very close to her. Like they’re afraid she’ll run off.”

“Don’t you have sound?” Edward asked.

“It’s currently malfunctioning.” Colin answered.

“It’s malfunctioning because someone forgot to replace the batteries.” Zack clarified.

While the boys bickered, Madison continued to analyze the group. The men were dressed head to toe in government issue winter gear, their heads covered with camouflage neoprene face masks, which made it difficult to ascertain much of anything about them. The most she could determine was they were of average weight and height.

They could be American soldiers, but she had no way of knowing for sure. They could be radicals dressed in camo or maybe they raided a military surplus store. At this point anything she surmised was merely an educated guess. As for the woman, Madison didn’t have much to go on there either. She was shorter than the men and her coat sleeves hung past her finger tips. Although the men stayed glued to her side, they paid little attention to her.

At one point, while the men searched for a way into the house, the woman was left unattended at the end of the porch next to the grizzly bear on the swing.

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