Oasis of the Damned by Gifune Greg F

Author:Gifune, Greg F. [Gifune, Greg F.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: DarkFuse
Published: 2014-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

6

Beneath the burning sun, standing atop a dune not far from the outpost, they scattered the ashes on the wind. Richter watched them dissipate and rain across distant sands like gray snow. It still didn’t seem real to her, but the ash was evidence, a reminder that in this awful and ancient place, nightmares were real, alive in a land of the dead.

They stood there a while, sweating and tired, drained.

“We need to bring some water up from the well,” Owens finally said, staring down at the sand near his feet as if he’d dropped something. “Make sure we have enough to get us ready for tonight and through until tomorrow.”

If there is a tomorrow, Richter thought.

With the horrible visions of the creatures continuing to haunt her, Richter nodded, but she was already drifting away, morphing those hideous faces into something else. She’d been practicing for several minutes, and had nearly tricked herself into believing if she listened hard and long enough, she could hear beautiful music, the sounds of angelic voices singing and chanting like the choir at the church she’d grown up attending. Those memories reminded her she hadn’t set foot in a church in a very long time, not since the service for Malcolm’s funeral, and had no plans to ever return to one.

“We need to get ready while the sun’s still high,” Owens sighed, “lots to do.”

“The gasoline, the food, the bullets—it’s all dwindling down—once it’s gone, then what? If no one’s ever coming for us, we can’t stay here much longer. You know that, don’t you?”

“You want to take your chances out there?” he asked, motioning to the desert with a sweep of his hand. “Because there is no chance out there.”

“And there is here?”

“We’re still alive, aren’t we?”

“For now.”

“Now is all there is.” Stone-faced, Owens stumbled down the dune and back in the direction of the outpost.

Without response, Richter followed.

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