Crimson Rage: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Crimson Rage Series Book 1) by Sam J Fires

Author:Sam J Fires [Fires, Sam J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5 - JANE

“All right, be honest; how bad does it look? And now would not be a great time to tell me you’re squeamish, cause I really don’t need you puking on my shoes.”

Donna leaned in close. The eye was completely destroyed. It was as though someone had driven a knife directly into the socket and twisted it.

“It looks…” Donna struggled to find the vocabulary to match the sight before finally settling on, “…Okay?”

Jane scoffed. “Don’t bullshit me, honey. It’s alright, I can take it. I’m officially a fucking cyclops, right?” She managed a mirthless chuckle. “Still, thanks for coming along when you did. I’d have probably lost both eyes had I’d stayed out any longer.”

Jane took out a pocketbook and pen. “This is some crazy shit going on. We need to be organized. This storm…” she began writing. “This is some highbrow Mother Nature retaliation or something. People get caught up in a snowstorm, they take all kinds of steps; they clear roads, coordinate traffic. You don’t really worry about losing too many people. But this? Never seen anything like it in my lifetime. And probably not in anyone else’s lifetime. I don’t know how we can work around it. So, until some bigwig with a desk comes around and tells me otherwise, we’re going to need to work out as much as we can about this fucking storm.

“Now, as to where it came from… fuck knows. Environment fighting back, toxic clouds, aliens invading, the list of possibilities is endless. But what we do know is it turned the sky red… which doesn’t really help us one iota. So, I’m presuming everyone felt the burning sand, correct?”

Both Donna and Eric showed the marks on their clothes and skin caused by the microscopic incisions.

“Okay, we need to find some way to protect against that. Padded clothing is probably the best bet for now.”

“’Padded clothing’?” repeated Eric incredulously. “That’s seriously your best defence?”

Jane glared at him pointedly. “It’s the only one that’ll be easily available to us. There’s plenty of clothes stores around here we can raid. And I didn’t get round to reading the Idiot’s Guide to Sandstorms from Hell yet, so forgive me if I’m not a fountain of knowledge.”

Jane turned to Donna. “You seem like a fairly sensible woman. What are your thoughts?”

Donna blinked. “Who, me?”

“Can you see anyone else around here fitting that description?”

Donna couldn’t remember the last time anyone had bothered to ask for her opinion, or at least hold it in any esteem. “I say we try to make contact with someone in government, or some sort of official. We need people to help set up boundaries. I saw looting everywhere.”

“That doesn’t surprise me,” remarked Jane, nonplussed. “When the world goes to shit, people aren’t far behind.”

“Have you heard from anyone?” asked Eric.

“Can’t say I have” said Jane. “I tried getting them on the radio, but I lost the signal.”

“What do you think they’ll be doing?” queried Donna.

“Well, knowing these fat cats as I

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