Dark Days of the Enclave: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Dark Days of the After Book 4) by Ryan Schow

Author:Ryan Schow [Schow, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River City Publishing
Published: 2020-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Quan knew the time to leave Five Falls had been coming soon. He knew he needed to get to Yale, that it was getting close. This was where the last fight for control of the West Coast would take place. This was how they’d get to Zheng and his henchmen, and quite possibly President Hu.

Now, with the traitor exposed and dealt with, with his contact’s message to get to Yale riding every single thought, Quan was anxious to leave.

Longwei threw him a curveball, though.

“You can take half the crew, but I’m not coming with you. We can’t leave until Ryker, Skylar, Logan and Noah get back.”

“The town’s defenses are good,” Quan argued softly.

“Not against a real threat.”

Quan was forced to relent. Longwei was right. And none of the men he wanted to take were his team. He was a loner. But the team was Longwei’s, and inevitably, they would take orders from him and him only.

“How many?” Quan asked, uncomfortable.

“You can have half of the crew,” Longwei said. “But I choose and they get final say on whether or not they want to go with you.”

“That’s fine,” Quan conceded. “Don’t forget about Harper, though. Or Clay, or Boone. Those guys are plenty capable, and they’re locals”

“Boone’s a ghost, man, you know that.”

“I just need to get to Washington, assess Yale, see if there’s a way to tear down this regime from the inside out.”

“Don’t let hate be the poison in your blood that blinds you,” Longwei said.

“I remind myself of that daily,” Quan replied.

“And don’t rush in for the first opportunity. If you find Hu, or Da Xiao Zheng—even if you have that perfect opportunity to gut it all—think of the bigger picture. One man can be replaced, but if these people are going to make this their new paradise, then we need to think long term. A year, two years, five years.”

“That’s too long,” Quan said, his words intensified by the anxiety burning inside him.

“I trust your instincts, my friend.”

Longwei gathered up the crew, talked to them aside from Quan, asked for volunteers. Most of them raised their hands. Like Longwei, though, there were a few who had fallen in love with Five Falls, with the idea of peace as opposed to a prolonged war.

In the end, he chose a little less than half of his crew and brought them to Quan.

“These six soldiers want to accompany you to Yale,” he told Quan. “They were given the chance to volunteer, as I indicated earlier, so you will not need to worry about mixed loyalties.”

“Is the second bug out location solid?” Quan asked. “Just in case I return and don’t immediately find you.”

“Roderick drilled down on the proposed site yesterday,” one of Longwei’s men said. “He hit the water table at about twenty feet. They’re getting a pipe down there now, along with pea gravel and the hand pump. From what Roderick says, the well should be fine, which means we’ll be building out the proposed site upon confirmation. They’re going to prime the well tomorrow, then test for pump volume and water quality.

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