Evacuation Earth (Comet Clement series, #5) by Kevin George

Author:Kevin George
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

JUNE 5, 2020

TWO MONTHS, SEVENTEEN DAYS UNTIL IMPACT…

For the six days since President Brighton announced Comet Clement would soon smash into Earth, Colin McKay and John Fare had not ventured beyond the Fare mansion’s long driveway. For the first time since he’d lived in the huge house, John closed the entrance gates to their large property, heeding the advice of newscasters on TV. John and Colin had not heard of any violence around their area, but the news continued to report that crime and looting were increasing across the country.

Besides being housebound at all times, the biggest difference in their lives was no longer attending school. It was only a few months since they enrolled in public school and John was glad he could stop going. Public school wasn’t any worse than the Zwier Academy, but it was a hassle that was suddenly gone. It freed up time for him to do other things, like sit around, smoke pot and watch continuing coverage of the “Comet Crisis” story on TV.

“We’re starting to run low on food,” Colin said as he entered the smoky living room. “You need to give it a break on that stuff. It’s killing your brain cells a lot quicker than you think.”

John laughed at the irony of the situation.

“I’m not going to need my brain cells after August 22,” John said.

“Fine,” Colin said, avoiding the same ‘just say no’ speech he’d already given John a hundred times. “Then that stuff is killing our food supply. The way you get the munchies, we’ll be out of everything by the end of the week.”

“So what?” John said. “I got an endless supply of cash on my debit card. We can run to the store when we need to.”

“Hello? Haven’t you been listening to what they’re saying?” Colin asked. “It’s not safe to leave the house. And who knows if the banks are still running as usual, or the food stores for that matter.”

“First you complain about being cooped up inside all day, now you complain because we can’t go anywhere. You’re impossible to please,” John joked. “News flash: the end of the world is coming, what does it matter anyway?”

Colin munched on a granola bar and drank water he’d taken from the tap. He sat down on a chair nearby and stared at the television, though he was bored from watching the same story over and over. The amount of fresh news about the comet was minimal and mostly consisted of some foreign leader making a statement stressing the importance of remaining calm. The more worldwide governments stressed this, the less confidence the public had in the chances of a positive outcome to this situation.

Don’t think like that, Colin reminded himself. Stay positive. With all the incredible technology humankind has invented in recent years, it should be no problem for scientists to develop a plan to avoid disaster.

“I wish the president had the guts to come out and tell the world the truth,” John said.

“And what truth is that?”

“This comet is going to hit,” John said.

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