Prepping For The Unknown: A Fighting Chance (A Preppers Journey to Survival Book 1) by Jason Alters & Chad Evercroft

Author:Jason Alters & Chad Evercroft
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

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After walking for hours and only having a few breaks to take a sip of water and catch our breaths, it was time for a real pause. The heat from the sun was slowly but surely draining the energy from my body.

‘Twenty minutes is all we get,’ mom informed us, setting a timer on her watch to make sure that we wouldn’t be a second over the given time.

‘Twenty minutes,’ I turned to Anton who was trying hard to make himself comfortable on a boulder he was adamant to turn into a chair.

‘That’s what the boss said,’ he smiled.

‘I don’t need twenty minutes,’ I panted. ‘I need a bed and at least nine hours.’

Anton reached for a small towel which he had tucked into the waist of his pants. ‘It feels great,’ he said, using the towel to wipe an excessive amount of sweat from my face.

‘Feels great. Not even that zombie thing managed to take my legs off, but this hike, it’s pretty close to doing it.’

‘She’s complaining, isn’t she,’ mom intruded, removing the wrapper from her granola bar.

‘I’m not complaining,’ I replied defensively.

The smile on Anton’s face and the constant nodding of his head, told her the truth.

‘I told you that you needed to get in shape, Liz. So, maybe this will be a lesson to you.’

‘Way to kick me when I’m down, huh? What happened to being nice and telling me that I can do it, that I’m brave.’

Mom laughed, ‘you’re brave Elizabeth. You can do it.’

‘That’s not my name,’ I insisted.

‘Well, the Elizabeth you were named after was a pretty brave lady, so draw strength from that.’

I rolled my eyes and resumed my conversation with Anton. ‘You’re telling me that you’re not the least bit exhausted.’

‘I didn’t say that. But it does feel pretty good. The air’s fresh, clean and crisp. There’s just something about being out here that makes me feel rejuvenated.’

‘That’s nature for you.’ I took a bite of my cereal bar, moistening it with a drink of water. ‘Mom,’ I raised my voice enough to pull her attention away from Brandon, ‘when are we going to settle down for dinner?’

Everyone laughed but I didn’t get the joke.

‘We’re having lunch now,’ Brandon snorted, ‘and you’re already thinking about dinner.’

‘I don’t care about the food, you idiot. I wanna know when we finally get to stop walking.’

‘We get to stop walking when we’ve made it to the bunker,’ Brandon laughed again.

‘What!’ I exclaimed. ‘You’re not seriously trying to tell me that we’re going to be walking all night.’

‘Brandon’s just messing with you,’ mom said, patting Brandon on the back. ‘I’d say we need to settle down for dinner at around seven or eight o’clock, depending on how dark it is.’

I checked my watch to see that it was shortly after four. ‘Another three to four hours. I can make it,’ I encouraged myself out loud.

‘Liz, do you remember how to make the Dakota fire hole,’ mom asked.

‘Yeah, absolutely.’

‘Great. Then when we’ve decided to stop walking for the day, I’m going to need your help with that.

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