The Jared Chronicles (Book 1): A World Slowed by Tippins Rick

Author:Tippins, Rick [Tippins, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2019-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Over the next two hours, Jared marveled as Bart prodded, manipulated and, at times, softly cajoled Adam into divulging almost more information than Jared could digest. Adam explained how the city had become so dangerous, not even children were safe. Women were fast becoming a common currency, making it dangerous to have women as part of your group. Most people were hiding in their homes, which wasn’t proving to be very smart since it made it easier for those who sought to victimize them. Gangs were going from neighborhood to neighborhood, searching homes for food, weapons and women.

Adam told Bart he and his dead friend, Erik, were neighbors living across town in a fairly normal suburban neighborhood when the event happened. Both men worked together at a recycling center not far from their homes. He said they had been at work when it happened, and immediately made the walk home, getting in after nightfall. He and his family had treated it like every other power outage they’d been through. Adam said he knew something was different this time.

Adam was married to Mary, and they had a twelve-year-old daughter, Maggie. The following day Erik and Adam got together and went for a walk around the neighborhood, looking for answers regarding what was happening. It seemed everyone they encountered was in the same boat as they were. No one knew a thing, and nothing having to do with electronics worked for anyone.

Adam told Bart not much changed for the first few days, but then they started hearing gunfire at night, along with the even more unnerving sounds of people screaming. In the span of four days, the neighborhood went from a safe place to a place where people huddled inside their homes, peeking fearfully from behind curtained windows, watching as bands of strangers moved through the streets, looking for food and much more. Adam said he and Erik decided to consolidate the families in Adam’s house in order to set up a watch rotation. Erik was married to a woman named Betty, and they had three kids: two teen boys, Erik Jr. and Edward, and Erik’s daughter, Tammy, was the same age as Maggie, and they were best friends.

The families moved all the food from Erik’s house to Adam’s house and set up a watch rotation using the two men, the wives, and the two teen boys. Erik Jr. and Edward stood watch together in order to keep each other awake and for peace of mind for both them and their parents. Erik had a small .38-caliber pistol, the same one he shot at Jared and Bart with, and the families were relying on Erik and the small handgun to keep them safe till the government could get going with some sort of relief.

Close to a week into the event, Erik’s family’s house was ransacked in the middle of the night. The two boys were on watch and woke their father to tell him people were in their house, breaking things.

Adam

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