Breakdown_A Post-Apocolyptic Survival series by Bruno Miller

Author:Bruno Miller [Miller, Bruno]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wordstream Books
Published: 2018-05-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Ben backed the Blazer out of the garage just far enough for Joel to close the overhead door manually and lock it. Joel then made his way out of the small side door, locking it behind him as well. As he climbed into the passenger seat, he looked back at the house.

Gunner stared longingly at them as they pulled out of the driveway. Joel wondered if Gunner would really deter someone from breaking in. He had witnessed Gunner’s aggressive side a couple of times before and thought it was a pretty convincing performance.

Ben navigated the gravel road out of the subdivision slowly, with the headlights off.

“No lights?” Joel asked.

“No, trying to use a little stealth to our advantage. No need to advertise,” Ben said.

As they made their way down the mountain, Joel tried to look down the driveways they passed to see if he could spot any signs of life.

All the houses were dark, of course, which he expected, but they seemed different in some other quiet kind of way. There seemed to be a sense of finality hanging in the air. It was hard to describe, but he didn’t like the way it made him feel.

Once at the bottom of the road, they made the right onto Rt. 240 and set out for town. As the sun rose higher, Joel noticed random black plumes of smoke here and there. Some were small and faint but others where massive and billowed up into the atmosphere for miles. The closer they got to town, the more there were.

“I guess there are no first responders. Probably have their hands full taking care of their own,” Ben said, as if he had read Joel’s mind.

“I guess,” Joel shrugged.

Joel tried to imagine for a moment what exactly that meant. No firefighters to put out fires or at least keep them under control or from spreading. No police to keep law and order, and no paramedics to respond to medical emergencies. For all he knew there were no medical services available at all. To what level would the government shut down? The local government would almost surely dissolve or be reduced to a skeleton crew. What then? Would the federal government send in the Army or something to maintain order, or were they too busy dealing with North Korea if that was in fact who had sent the EMP nukes? They had just recently talked about some of this in school in his social studies class. Wishing now that he had paid more attention to the boring details concerning the politics, Joel wondered if he would ever go to school again.

Joel’s thoughts turned to his brother and sister in Maryland. He hoped they were safe but was very troubled at the thought of them being that far away and only having their mother to take care of them. The thought of never seeing them again briefly crossed his mind, but he pushed it away as he was reminded again just how fortunate he was to have his dad with him.

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