Maniacs by Lee Wise

Author:Lee Wise [Wise, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2019-03-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

I woke up six hours later at 4:00 the next morning. I hadn’t heard any vehicles outside or any commotion which surprised me since the soldiers were only supposed to be gone for a few hours. I sat up and started getting dressed which woke Cathy up.

“What’s going on?” She whispered.

“I’m going to see. I didn’t hear anyone come back yet.” I said. Cathy’s eyes widened and she and Jill started getting dressed also.

“What’s going on?” Jenny asked.

“Shh!” Cathy replied. “Go back to sleep.”

“I can’t!” Jenny responded.

“Lay down quietly then and keep an eye on the others please?” Cathy said.

“Okay.” Jenny responded. Emma had slept through all of that. Megan looked at me but I held my pointer finger to my mouth to tell her to stay quiet. She curled up with Jenny.

Cathy, Jill and I went downstairs. No one was in the kitchen, but I put on a pot of coffee and then went outside.

Some guys were standing in a circle talking. Chase was with them. We walked over. “What’s going on?” Cathy asked.

Robert sighed. “We haven’t heard anything from the soldiers yet.”

“Oh no!” I exclaimed.

“They would have radioed once they picked up the scientist.” Chase worried.

“Unless they’re maintaining radio silence.” Gary replied. Chase shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, he said a few hours and it’s been less than six hours. I’m sure everything is fine.” Jill assured everyone.

Chase shook his head. “I’m not sure. I’m just so worried.” Chase started pacing.

“Well, let’s get back to work now. Worrying isn’t going to do us any good!” Gary ordered. The bodies had already been cleared and you could hear a few hammers in the shed.

“Who’s at the end of the driveway?” Cathy asked.

“John, Angela and Luke.” Gary responded.

“Ethan, Mike, Rose, Jeremy and Ryan are inside the shed. Jacob and Ben are getting some rest.” Robert updated us. We talked for a little bit about plans. Chase told us some things about his and Emma’s experiences before being rescued, which were scary.

Finally, I looked at my watch. “It’s 4:30, I’m going to start breakfast.”

“I’ll help.” Cathy said.

“And I’ll see what I can do to help in the shed.” Jill said. Cathy and I went inside.

“What do you think?” Cathy asked me quietly.

“I think they ended up holing up somewhere because it just turned out to be too dangerous.” I responded.

“Maybe.” Cathy said. “I hope so.” We made a big breakfast and everyone, except John, Angela and Luke came inside to eat.

“Smells delicious.” Ben said coming downstairs to eat. “Is everyone up?”

“Just about. Jacob, Allison, Mrs. Ford, Bill, Naomi and the kids are upstairs still.” I responded.

“And my sister.” Chase said.

“Yes, sorry. I included her in with the kids count.” I replied.

Chase smiled. “It’s nice that she can be her age again and not have to be an adult.” We agreed.

“Any news from the other soldiers?” Ben asked. Chase shook his head.

“They are probably holed up for the night somewhere.” Gary repeated my thoughts.

“This is delicious!” Chase said shoveling food into his mouth.

Mrs. Ford came into the room.

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