The Last Disaster by Kellee L. Greene

Author:Kellee L. Greene [Greene, Kellee L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kellee L. Greene
Published: 2018-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

16

It had been two days since we’d left the brick house behind. The path had been clear as far as we could see. Not a single track of any kind in the snow, not even animals.

Shawn was healing rather quickly. The wound on his wrist still needed to be bandaged, but the cut near his eye was significantly improved. He still needed to hold his bad arm tight to his chest.

Everyone was mostly in good spirits. We had refilled our water bottles before we’d left the house and had enough food to last for days. It wasn’t like we were able to have extravagant feasts, but we were fed.

We hadn’t traveled far over the last couple days, but we’d been making progress. Everyone was still tired since we hadn’t been getting nearly enough rest. Sleeping at night wasn’t easy.

When I’d left my home, I don’t think I had realized what I was in for. Maybe if I had been traveling alone, I would have made it further, but if I was being honest with myself, I felt safer having the others with me. Although, every time I had that thought, I could hear my dad’s words repeating in the back of my head.

The weather hadn’t improved. It was still just as cold as it was the day I’d set out from my home. Walking through the wet, heavy snow was hard on our tired legs, but we kept going, and surprisingly with very few complaints.

We’d only been walking for a few hours when clouds filled the sky, blocking out the somewhat warming sun. The temperature felt as though it had dropped at least ten degrees, if not more, in a matter of minutes. All we could do was keep moving. The faster we moved the warmer we’d be.

“I hope we can find another house soon,” Charlie said crossing her arms, rubbing her hands up and down to warm herself.

“That would be nice,” Ryder said, his head moving side to side as he looked out at our surroundings. “But it’s not something we can count on.”

Just looking around the area, I could see how empty our world was. There wasn’t anything around except for a few trees in front of us. Two of them bent to the side, leaning as if they’d been broken, and another had been uprooted and was lying flat on the ground.

There weren’t any buildings in any direction for as far as the eye could see. It was just us. Alone.

“I wonder if it’ll ever warm up,” I said instantly wishing I could take the words back. It wasn’t as though I’d wanted to scare anyone with the dreary possibility that we had nothing to look forward to. They didn’t need to worry that we’d be stuck in the cold world forever. That was my worry, and I shouldn’t have burdened the others with it.

“I think it will. It was warm before, and it’ll be warm again. I don’t think it can stay like this forever,” Ryder said locking his eyes with mine.

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