The Storm by K.C. Crowne

Author:K.C. Crowne [Crowne, K.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Jackson

"Shit!"

I slammed my hands on the wheel as we reached yet another standstill, the snow blocking the wheels no matter how much I accelerated.

"This is impossible. We're getting nowhere!"

We'd been driving for a solid half an hour but had made little progress up the mountain. The snow was falling heavier by the minute, making the road impossible. Not a single other person was brave enough or stupid enough to venture outside, and we were in the only vehicle on the mountain.

"I can't see shit!" Dylan moaned as he wiped the condensation from the window with his sleeve.

The wind howled in response, shaking the truck from side to side.

"Jesus Christ, you hear that?" Lucas asked. "You ever hear wind like that?"

"I’ve never seen snow like this," Jared commented.

He was sitting on the edge of the seat beside me, unable to stay still.

"We can't go on like this," he said. "We need help."

"Dax is on his way," Dylan assured him.

"Call him again."

"I've tried, but there's no signal up here. Can't even get online."

"This is fucking unbelievable," I said, stepping on the accelerator.

Below us, the wheels spun but the truck moved nowhere. Meanwhile, the snow was falling thick and fast, covering the truck like a blanket.

"We're gonna need to get out," I said. "How close are we to the Gianni estate?"

"Not close enough," Dylan grumbled. "There's no way we can hike from here. It would take us hours on a clear day. But on a night like this, chances are we wouldn't even make it."

"Don't get soft on me," I said, spinning around to look Dylan in the eye. "We've been through worse. We crossed the desert together thinking we were walking to our deaths. We've walked right into the line of fire thinking we would never see the other side. You're telling me you're afraid of a little snow?"

Dylan shifted in his seat and looked back down desperately at his phone again as though he was hoping a signal would magically appeared.

"This is different," he said. "The sand wasn’t up to our asses in the desert."

"Well, I'm sure as shit not going to just sit here and do nothing," Jared announced. "My sister's up there, and Gabby too."

"I agree," I said. "I'm not sitting in here waiting for help to come when nobody knows where we are. I mean, come on, guys. We can do this."

Dylan looked doubtful and gazed out the window. We couldn't see a single thing apart from the headlights glinting through the sheets of snow crashing down diagonally onto the truck. It looked as though we would step out and fall right off the edge of the planet.

"What do you say, Lucas?" I asked.

"I've never seen snow like it," he said, "and I don't reckon we'll make it either."

"Lucas, come on!"

"I've got a wife and kids to think about."

That was true, and as we all thought about Sandra back home waiting for him, we all fell silent with the realization of just how serious the situation was.

"I understand," I told him.

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