The Purge of Babylon by Sam Sisavath

Author:Sam Sisavath [Sisavath, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Road to Babylon Media LLC
Published: 2014-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

LARA

Lara didn’t pray. She didn’t come from a praying family, and her parents didn’t believe in a “mythical being in the clouds,” as her mom would say. Her dad was a little more open-minded, but even he enjoyed the occasional eye roll whenever someone with a heavily religious persuasion came on TV.

Lara wondered what her parents would say now, in the days and weeks after The Purge, as Will and the others called it.

As she sat in the bank manager’s office and listened to footsteps moving above her on the rooftop, she wanted to believe that all of this could be explained away by science. But it was hard to hold fast to everything she grew up believing—and disbelieving—when the dead didn’t stay dead. She thought about all those stories in the history books of people returning from the grave, fantastical tales eventually explained away by science. There had to be explanations for what was happening now, right?

Maybe…

She sat on the floor with Vera and Luke, who sat with his back against the wall, heavy gauze wrapped tightly around his abdomen. He looked much younger than the first time she had seen him this morning. He craned his head upwards, listening to the ghouls. She didn’t know what they were doing, but their constant movement unnerved her.

She felt safe in here, with the LED lanterns spread out along the ceiling and walls. Ironically, the room was much brighter with the lanterns than in its normal daytime setting. She found a strange sort of comfort in the humming sounds of the lights and the unnatural brightness.

Even the exposed weapons in the room didn’t disturb her nearly as much as she thought they would. There were four shotguns and two military rifles leaning against and on top of the weapons crate to her left. There were pouches of ammo, filled with rifle magazines and shotgun shells, scattered about the floor along the side wall next to the crate. She wasn’t sure what Will intended to do with all the weapons, but she guessed there was a reason he had chosen the office as their fall-back position. It was the biggest room, safely tucked between the lobby and the employee lounge. If all else failed, they would come in here.

She marveled at these people she had fallen in with, who had saved her from the Sundays. Even the little girl, Vera, seemed to have adjusted surprisingly well. Or maybe that was just a coping mechanism. Kids were highly adaptable, but they could also quickly retreat into a state of mind that cut them off from the real world. She hadn’t known the kid long enough to know for sure either way, and Carly didn’t seem overly concerned.

Carly was leaning against the opened doorframe, looking out to her left at the bank lobby. They had seen Kate and Ted go by a few minutes ago. The employee lounge was farther up the hallway, hidden by the bend.

She looked down at the Glock in her hands.

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