Apocalypse (The Wasteland Chronicles, #1) by West Kyle

Author:West, Kyle [West, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: dystopian, alien invasion, post apocalyptic, science fiction, adventure, zombies, apocalypse
Publisher: Kyle West
Published: 2012-12-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 16

As soon as we were in, I collapsed on the floor.

“Hope the storm gets to Brux and the rest of them,” Makara said. “That would make things a lot easier.”

Makara and I sat in our chairs as the first wave of sand slammed against the house’s eastern wall. From the groan of the wood, I thought it would cave in right there. But it held up, and only creaked.

From the windows, lightning flashed, so close I thought it would hit us. Living underground, I had never seen lightning. I didn’t expect it to be so blinding and so...terrifying.

We ate a quick meal – the last of the rice bread, and some water, and went to sleep along the western wall.

Well, Makara went to sleep. It was much harder for me. The lightning and the storm were too much. The house was cold and pitch black, and I could only see when lightning flashed outside. I watched Makara’s form, wondering how she could sleep through it.

Outside, the wind roared, and the temperature dropped until I could see my breath clouding the dry air. All I wanted was to be warm. The wind seeped through the cracks, and I could feel the dust settling on my face, getting in my mouth. My hands and feet were numb. Makara’s breaths were still even with sleep.

“Makara?”

She didn’t hear me. I got up, and began pacing the house. I was tired, sore, and cold – and, as always, hungry and thirsty. I wanted nothing more than to be back underground, where it was warm, where it was safe, and where there was always food. I would have killed for a hot shower.

I lay down again. If I had the guts, I would have woken Makara up and asked to share our blankets.

Finally, I was drifting off again. I was on the edge of dreams when a guttural scream shook the entire frame of the house, jolting me awake.

Makara’s eyes opened and she shot up from where she had been laying. She reached for her gun, and held it close. She looked at me and held a finger to her mouth.

“Don’t move,” she whispered.

I heard something, something big, scratching on the ground outside. It was barely discernible above the roar of the wind. I heard what I thought were heavy breaths. I hoped it was only the wind.

“It’s one of them,” she said.

“Here?”

We lay in the house, quiet. My heart was pounding. I hoped that if I breathed softly, if I didn’t move, it would go away. The storm raged on outside. We waited for what seemed an hour.

We didn’t hear the thing again.

“It is gone,” Makara said.

“What could be that big?” I asked.

“I don’t know,” Makara said. “That virus can do weird things – make animals much bigger than they were meant to be. We must be near a Blight. Now, go to sleep.”

I lay down, and closed my eyes. I didn’t know how I could sleep with what she just told me. Yet, despite that scare, I found myself soon drifting off.

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