EMP Backdraft (Dark New World, Book 4) - An EMP Survival Story by J.J. Holden & Henry Gene Foster

Author:J.J. Holden & Henry Gene Foster [Holden, J.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00

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1300 HOURS - ZERO DAY +149

Amber’s daughter Kaitlyn had spent the lunch hour with her older teenaged friend Brianna. The two had grown even closer after they barely escaped some attacking dogs, and now Kaitlyn had an idea to share.

“Grandma Mandy says people need to be recognized for the good things they do, right?” she asked Brianna, who nodded. “Well, this was like twice that Jaz and Choony came in at the last minute and helped the Clan drive off invaders. And everybody treats them like, yawn, yeah, thanks, good job, what’s for dinner. And that’s not right.”

Kaitlyn was obviously as sure as any early adolescent could be about right and wrong, and Brianna kind of agreed that what Choony and Jaz had pulled off deserved special mention. From the advanced age of fourteen, she could see that it would be good for Kaitlyn and her to do something special for the two older crazies, too. Young people need encouragement, Brianna told herself wisely.

Plus, it was kinda ravey. A pacifist Buddhist and a Philly street girl jumping into battles together like that… Who knew such a pair could be, like, almost superheroes! “They’re having an assembly after dinner so Mom can tell everybody what the whole battle seemed like from the boss point of view,” Brianna said thoughtfully. “I bet we could do something special for them then, like an announcement.” She saw Kaitlyn looking at her from the corner of her eyes—yeah, her young friend was definitely up to something. “What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Kaitlyn grinned. “I wrote a song about them.”

“What? You can write music?” she whooped, grinning.

“No, not really. But I wrote some words to a tune my dad used to sing when he had too much beer. Mom didn’t like the song, said it was crude, but I thought it was pretty funny.”

“Let’s hear it!” As Kaitlyn’s eyes widened, she added, “The Jaz and Choony song, silly, not your dad’s beer song.”

Kaitlyn shook her head no. “Not here. People will listen, and it has to be a surprise. And anyway, we need something more. We need to give them something. Medals, maybe.”

Brianna frowned. “How can we get medals?” Kaitlyn was onto something with this idea, for sure, but she hoped the little kid knew where to get them and wasn’t just hoping Brianna would know where to get some.

“I bet Mr. Jepson has some. He seems like an old soldier.”

Brianna laughed. “You’re going to ask that grumpy old farmer? He always just scares the little kids away when they try to watch what he’s doing. Half of the younger ones think he bites.” Oh, that would be perfectly funny, wouldn’t it?

“He never chases me away. I spend a lot of time learning cool stuff from him,” Kaitlyn answered defensively. “He can make anything! He’s a genius. I like him.”

Brianna tilted her head at her younger friend. “Really? Let’s go over and see what he says.”

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