Blackout Dawn: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller by Ash Carter

Author:Ash Carter [Carter, Ash]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

It was only then that Ojo finally came to an abrupt stop on the road.

“Okay, amigos, now we can rest. Twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy three steps. Both of you remember that, okay? I’m gonna ask you both later so you better remember.”

Spider and Jonah were relieved. All day of walking up and down the long winding road and they had covered nearly fifteen miles, but to them, it had felt more like fifteen hundred.

Jonah crumpled to the grass beside the road to relax his legs and feet. He pulled off his boots to reveal that both feet were covered in blisters and red skin marks. The fact he wasn’t wearing socks didn’t help.

“We’ve been walkin’ all frickin’ day,” complained Spider. “And still no sign of that man, Ojo.”

“Well, he had a car, dumbass,” Ojo retorted. “Did you honestly think we would catch up so soon?”

“So you mean we gotta keep walking tomorrow?” Jonah asked dubiously.

“No, we keep walking tonight,” Ojo turned around to face them both. “One hour break.”

“One hour?!” Jonah exclaimed. “Are you mad?! What about sleep?! We need sleep!”

“Yeah, you don’t want to catch up to the man only to be half asleep, do you?” Spider chose his words carefully, trying to reason logically with Ojo.

“Fine, two hours then,” an annoyed Ojo spat onto an ant crawling along on the dirt. “Go ahead and get your precious beauty sleep. And hand me a can of black beans in the bag there. More important to be fed than rested, right amigos?”

The three ex-prison members each wolfed down a can of beans from one of the canvas bags and then sprawled out over the cool grass along the side of the road to rest. Ojo rambled on about his past life as a criminal before the EMP had gone off, sharing stories of he and Dominic when they were younger and a part of other gangs, while Spider and Jonah tried their best to ignore him to get what little badly-needed sleep they could get.

“Look, campfire, amigos!” Ojo suddenly blurted out to interrupt one of his own rambling stories that neither Spider nor Jonah were paying attention to.

Spider opened his eyes to see that Ojo was pointing out into the distance.

Ojo excitedly pulled himself to his feet.

“Look, look!” he exclaimed again, like a little kid in the toy store.

Spider tilted his head to see that in the pitch darkness there was a small, faint blaze in the distance, like an orange speck in the middle of a black wall.

“So?” Spider mumbled, his eyes only half open.

Ojo recovered his revolver from the ground and swung open the cylinder to confirm it was fully loaded.

“Let’s pay it a visit, amigos!” he said with an unnatural wide grin that revealed his several golden teeth. “On your feet! For all we know, it could be the man who killed Dominic! If it is, revenge at last! Fate is with me!”

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