The Long Road: Book 6 of the Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series: (Surviving the Fall Series - Book 6) by Mike Kraus

Author:Mike Kraus
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-09-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Somewhere between Ellisville, VA and Blacksburg, VA

When Jason finally pulled the truck to a stop, Dianne slowly released her death grips on the overhead handle and her left armrest. It had taken nearly three-quarters of an hour for Jason to get them to within half a mile of the gas station and Dianne had been holding on for dear life most of the way. The journey off-road had resulted in three near misses at rolling the truck over on its side, two instances where they had nearly gotten stuck in the soft dirt and at least seventeen new dents and scratches in the vehicle’s paint.

“Jason?” Dianne whispered his name as she stared out the front windshield.

“Yeah?”

“Can we find a different way back next time?”

“I’d like that.”

“Yeah.” Dianne nodded. “Me too.”

After taking a few minutes to collect themselves the pair got out and retrieved their gear from the truck bed and the back seats. Once everything was set Dianne turned up the volume on the radio and pressed down on the microphone button.

“Dianne to Sarah. Dianne to Mark. Anybody home?” A few seconds of silence passed before the radio screeched and a static-laden voice replied. “Hey mom, we’re here. Any updates?”

“None yet. We think we may have figured out where they are but we won’t know for certain until we get there. We’ve got half a mile of walking to do and we’ll know then. We’re going to go quiet on the radio for now and we’ll call you in a couple hours or so.”

“Sounds good. Stay safe out there.”

“You too.”

Dianne switched off the radio and slipped it into her backpack before hoisting the bag onto her shoulders. “You ready for this, Jason?”

“Ready as I can ever be, D.”

“Let’s get going.”

Leaving the truck parked far off the side of the road hidden in a dense cluster of trees and bushes, Dianne and Jason headed out. They followed the path of the highway, staying well clear of the road as they crossed the rolling hills, open fields and occasional lightly forested areas of southern Virginia. Their pace was slow—mostly due to Jason—but after an hour or so they finally found themselves approaching the location of the gas station.

From their vantage several hundred feet across the street on a hill it was easy to see that what used to be a large, clean and well-lit building had been radically altered and turned into something completely different.

Sandbags were piled high along the perimeter of the property around the gas station, surrounding both the main building and a few sheds that were located to the sides and back. Barbed wire had been crudely attached to the sandbags which stood about four feet tall and were at least four or five bags in thickness. Burned-out cars had apparently been pulled into position around certain parts of the sandbag interior, helping to shore up sections where the ground sloped sharply in one direction or another. The roof of the building and the covering over the pumps

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