Defending Home: An EMP Survival Story (Surviving The Shock Book 4) by Mccoy Connor

Author:Mccoy, Connor [Mccoy, Connor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Tom shielded his eyes from the sun as he watched Theo Park and a couple of other young men finish fitting the latest solar panel on the roof of the Criver home. Beside him, Obadiah Stone kept watch on the work taking place above their heads.

“Amazing how beautiful it looks.” Tom averted his eyes from the roof. “Still, I don’t like the idea of getting our panels before everyone else has had a chance to get theirs.”

“Lee and the boys already worked it out while you and your lady were gone. They actually wanted to test these boys out on a few homes before they gave the okay to spread them out to all the folks. It’s okay. No one seemed too peeved about it. I think we’re all well-adjusted to life without power.” Stone rubbed his shoulder. “Besides, not everyone’s so keen on getting electricity back. Some folks wonder if it’s all just a curse, since our great technology did so much damage, killed so many.”

Tom understood Stone’s sentiment. It was hard not to wonder if the wonders of their age had been the Pandora’s box that, once opened, ravaged the world with all the plagues and horrors contained within. Still, Tom couldn’t bring himself to condemn their advanced technology so broadly.

“Machines aren’t the problem, Obie, it’s the people. Machines don’t have minds. They’re not good or evil. It’s just the hand that uses them.” He glanced at his older friend. “Maybe we’ll have a chance to start things over again, not repeat the same bullshit all over again.”

“That’s a tall order, Squirrel. Human nature is what it is.” Stone massaged his shoulder again.

“In a few hundred years, we may be back to the same old nonsense again.” He chuckled. “Makes me glad I’m getting older, you know? I figure I’ve already lived through the worst of my lifetime.”

“Speaking of getting older,” Tom said, but very quietly, not loud enough for Stone to hear. Then he raised his voice. “You doing okay? You’re rubbing your shoulder a lot.”

“Just old war wounds,” Stone replied.

Of course, that was the shoulder that Stone took a bullet in during the first uprising against Volhein’s soldiers. Tom hadn’t thought about it a lot, but the ordeal had slowed Stone down somewhat. He was sure the man had gained a little more age in his face. Stone originally had shepherded a large group of survivors from up north, until they made their home in Eagleton. But Stone had seen a few tragedies along the way, particularly when Volhein killed Stone’s friend Hernando Ramirez and a number of other men from Stone’s “tribe.”

Before Tom could say anything, Theo lost his grip on a wrench. “Whoa! Watch out below!” The silver tool slid down the slope before dropping into Tom’s front yard.

“Sorry!” the teenager called.

Shaking his head, Tom hurried over and retrieved the tool. “I think we should stick caution tape around any place that has you working above head level.” He raised his arm as high as he could.

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