Mace of the Apocalypse by Daniel J Williams

Author:Daniel J Williams [Williams, Daniel J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00785KEKG
Publisher: Dark Infection Press
Published: 2012-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Mace thought about bringing Rob to submission but knew it wouldn’t do any good. He called out, “Rob!” but Rob just kept walking, flipping him the bird without turning around. Mace lowered his head, paused, then started trotting up behind him. Rob turned at the sound, slipping the rifle off his shoulder. He cocked his head, pointed the rifle in Mace’s direction, and said without humor, “I said I’ll catch up later. What’s wrong, you can’t do this without me?”

Mace was taken aback and raised his eyebrows in surprise. Rob turned again and Mace let him walk away, surprised that he didn’t feel any anger towards him. He felt some sorrow, remorse, and a little bit of guilt but no anger. He had wanted to reach Rob but felt like he had done all he could. As he stood there, he realized how fragile his own ego had become and was grateful he’d been able to pull himself back together.

Living in this new world was like being buried alive. Panic and terror were just below the surface. If you gave in you’d lose your mind and rub your fingers down to the bone trying to escape. He needed to stay calm and figure out how to stay alive in the casket.

He needed to leave Rob behind in his mind and concentrate on the task at hand. There were people that were counting on him and he had faith that he could see them through this. He stopped in his thought process and stood there, marveling at the realization he just had.

He had faith.

The concept rolled around in his head for a few minutes before he felt like shouting out for joy in the middle of all the madness. It really didn’t matter what happened next. What mattered was how he dealt with it. He was going to get them through this or he was going to die trying, and if they did all perish, at least he would know that he had given it his all.

He turned towards Gilbert and almost started laughing at the hysterical look in his eyes. “Don’t worry,” said Mace. “We’ll get through this. Let’s just get back to loading up this truck and we’ll get back in one piece.”

He could see Gilbert struggle to muster some strength, and within a few minutes he pulled himself together enough to help Mace haul the light sets out to the Uhaul, then go back to gather the extension cords and power strips. They climbed inside the truck and sat there for a second, contemplating their future.

Gilbert looked at Mace with a scared, fragile grin. “Do you think we’ll actually make it?”

Mace turned towards him and nodded slowly. “I do. I think we might actually be able to pull this off.” He fired up the truck and they began to move forward before Mace abruptly stepped on the brake. “We need to go back in. We’ve got to get some fertilizer.”

Gilbert looked at him like he was crazy. “You want to start a garden?”

Mace laughed.

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