The Vermilion Strain : Post-Apocalyptic Extinction by S.A. Ison

Author:S.A. Ison [Ison, S.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-24T22:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

Emma’s breath was coming in harsh pants. She was terrified, but they needed to find out who was in the store with them. If they were a threat. Why would they just not announce themselves? She’d only seen the movement of someone going past. She watched as Paadi’s flashlight bounced around the aisles. They came around and Emma ran into Paadi when she stopped abruptly. Looking around Paadi’s shoulder, she saw two little girls, cowering in a corner.

“Oh my gosh, it’s two children.” Emma breathed.

“Girls, where are your parents?” Paadi asked softly, squatting down in front of them. Both girls were thin and filthy. The older one looked to be near ten years old, the other, perhaps about six. The older one held the younger one protectively. The older one was black, with wild tangled hair. The younger girl was white, with dark hair, in wild knots. Their eyes were large and fearful.

“Girls, I’m Emma, and I’m a nurse and Paadi, she’s a police officer. We won’t hurt you; we want to help you.” Emma said softly.

The older girl looked from her to Paadi, then back to Emma. Emma could see that the girl was thinking.

“I’m Amanda. This is Lisa.” The older girl answered cautiously.

“Hi Amanda, I’m glad to meet you. You too Lisa. Are your parents still alive honey?” Emma asked gently.

“No, they’re dead. My mom, my dad and brothers.” Amanda said and her voice broke and tears slid down her thin cheeks.

“I’m so sorry Amanda. Are Lisa’s parents alive? Does she have any family?”

“No, but she doesn’t talk either. I think something bad happened to her. I found her, I don’t know her real name, I just gave her the name Lisa.” Amanda said in a small voice.

Emma felt her heart break for the girls. They’d found each other and Amanda had taken the smaller child into her care.

“Amanda, me and Paadi live over at Winter park. We have a nice home; we have a lot of food and water. We have two nice dogs that help keep us safe. We also have another boy, Cooper, he’s four. We have plenty of room there, we can build you a nice room. Would you like to come live with us? We’d take good care of you and keep you safe.”

Amanda seemed to think about it and Emma held her breath. She could not leave these children here to fend for themselves. They would take the children regardless of what Amanda said, it would just be easier if the two girls agreed.

“I think that would be a good idea. There are some scary men around and we’ve been hiding a long time. I got Lisa from them.” Amanda whispered in confidence. Emma felt her blood begin to rise with rage, but she tamped it down. She needed to stay calm. She could feel fury burn off of Paadi and she looked over. Paadi’s dark brown eyes were burning with an inner blue flame.

“Well, you’ll be safe with us. We’ll make sure no one hurts you, ever again.

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