Dark Grid (Book 2): Dark Road by Waldron David C

Author:Waldron, David C. [Waldron, David C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Apocalyptic/Dystopian
ISBN: 9781479244713
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-09-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Dan and Marissa had called a halt for the day, and Dan was eyeing a flat patch of ground to set up camp for the night.

“All in all I feel pretty good about today.” Marissa said. “How are you doing, Bekah?”

“Better than yesterday, I’m glad it cooled off a little. I can go a little further if we need to.” She said.

“No, honey, I think we’ve done fine for today. Besides,” Dan said, “I think Jessie is tired of riding in the trailer for the day.”

“Yes I am!” Jessie said, half kidding. This had become the daily family joke as Jessie was the only one who didn’t have to ride a bike since she’d never been off of training wheels. She was only half kidding, though, because it wasn’t nearly as comfortable as everyone thought it should be, and her bum still hurt by the end of the day just like everyone else’s.

“Well, that’s fine, sweetie.” Dan said with a smile. “We made a little over fifteen miles today according to the mile markers, and almost nine yesterday.” He was tired and still a little sore from his battle with the fire bow but he finally felt like they were making some real progress towards what he desperately hoped was their final destination.

“Fifteen miles,” Marissa repeated as she was unloading the minimal requirements for their camp and Dan was gathering wood for their small fire. “If we can keep that pace up for the rest of the week we’ll be there.”

Dan sighed and had to shake himself. “I know, I’m trying not to get my hopes up. One day at a time though. If we can even do that much again tomorrow I’ll be happy.”

…

After they stopped, and before dark, they set aside time for practice with the 10/22. Just as Marissa had predicted, and Dan feared, Bekah was a natural. They used their cups from the restaurant and shot at them from varying distances. Marissa, Dan, and Bekah took turns trying to shoot out the middles of the letters that they could see through the scope.

Eventually, Jessie had demanded her turn and surprisingly did almost as well as Dan did, which obviously grated just a little bit. Then, Dan and Bekah got into a bit of a competition and Dan started improving by leaps and bounds. Now Dan was only taking a half a dozen shots at distant targets he designated through the scope so he could leave the rest of the ammo to Bekah and Jessie.

He was still in awe, and more than a bit uncomfortable, about having a six-year-old learn how to shoot, but she seemed to understand and take seriously the rules and the dangers. He was almost as conflicted about his own accomplishments in that regard.

He had started taking the occasional shot with the .30-30 but couldn’t put more than a couple rounds through it at a time due to the fact that he hated being kicked by a horse in the shoulder. Marissa

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