Molterpocalypse by C A Gleason

Author:C A Gleason [Gleason, C A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: X08
Publisher: C.A. Gleason
Published: 2020-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

It was snowing and had been throughout the night, but it didn’t look as if it were accumulating. Just puffy flakes falling steadily beyond the tent flap, from what he could see in his view, and the sound of outside was somewhat absorbed by what was burning inside the portable stove nearby. The final sputtering of a determined winter? He was also curious if the same thing was going on at the cabin. Higher elevation there so the snow might even be sticking. If the world ever got back to normal, somebody would need to rename the seasons. Or at least extend them, especially in Germany.

At least the tent was warm, but Jonah was still shaken by what had happened. Although he had been in the military, a close cousin to prison, he’d never been locked up, and that’s what his present circumstances felt like. He definitely should have been put in jail on a few occasions, for fighting or driving while drunk, but he’d been fortunate enough to escape those risky circumstances relatively unscathed.

That certainly wasn’t the case for him now. Jonah had deduced that he was either a prisoner or only being kept alive to serve a purpose he didn’t understand yet. He’d heard the rumblings of the men as he woke up from whatever had put him out. Thankfully it wasn’t a bullet that had been shot in his back after Perry had grabbed him. It was a tranquilizer of some sort. Although he was looking for any opportunity to lash out, fight, or just plain old escape, to get back to his loved ones, Jonah tried to act as calm as possible.

Jonah was often confused by his occasional depression. Whenever it happened, it came on suddenly, similar to catching a cold. Some might call a depressed mind a weakness. Jonah knew better, of course; it was something he’d dealt with most of his adult life, but regular healthy people had no idea how hobbling it could be. And if there were ever a time for Jonah to be depressed and feeling low, it was definitely now: trapped, far from his people, but worst of all, his vulnerability was putting them in danger.

Except Jonah was on a mission, and when in the midst of one, he was in mission mode, which meant he was stronger than Perry looked. The military had made a huge mistake by kicking him out all those years ago for selling drugs. They should have changed the rules. Punished him, of course, but military punishment, and not given up on him altogether. He would have taken it, whatever the reprimand had been. He would have learned from his mistakes and could have attained a very high rank. He was sure of it. But would he be alive now if he’d been able to remain in the military?

Before he was brought inside the tent, sat in a chair, and his hands zip tied behind his back, he’d peered around the fort as inconspicuously as he could.

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