Resistant, no. 1 by Ryan T. Petty

Author:Ryan T. Petty
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: teen dystopian virus, dystopian teen fiction, post apocalyptic fiction no zombies, end of the world survival, virus teen, post apocalyptic teen fiction, post apocalyptic virus
Publisher: Melange Books, LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Two soldiers escorted me into a conference room in the women’s building. It was set up much like the one I had met the viceroy in when I had first arrived. The room seemed smaller though and felt more cramped even though there were fewer people in it. Michael grabbed my arm at the door and pulled me aside.

“These are your agents,” he said quickly, before I was pushed ahead to the chair at the end of the table. Viceroy Stevenson sat on one side of the table now, while three men I didn’t know sat at the far end. I looked down at my infinity symbol around my neck.

“May we last forever,” I whispered to myself.

“Jennifer has just gone through our training to be a soldier here at the compound, so you will have to excuse her for being so...camouflaged,” Stevenson said.

The men smiled.

“That’s quite alright, Viceroy, we understand there must be a constant strain on living out here. Better be safe than sorry.”

“Our sentiments exactly.” Stevenson nodded and then looked down the table at me. “Jennifer, these men are here from the newly-created government of the United States. They said they have been searching for you.”

“I know they have,” I said. “I told you they were when I first got here. The only one who believed me was—”

“All water under the bridge now, Jennifer,” Stevenson said, cutting me off. “From what they told us, you are a very smart young lady. It seems you were in the process of creating a cure for the virus when you came down with amnesia. Somehow, you got it into your mind you were being held captive by these men and you escaped.”

“I was being held captive.”

“At any rate, they finally have tracked you down and are here to take you back to do your research.”

“But I don’t—”

“Viceroy, if I may, we don’t know who these men are,” Michael interjected. “They say they are from a new government, but why haven’t we heard of them yet? We send out messages every day through the transistor. We know there are other groups out there living like us,” he looked directly at the men, “you could’ve answered us by now.”

“Nonsense.” Stevenson shook his head.

“Gentlemen,” one of the men said from across the table, his double chin and puffy cheeks making his voice sound thicker than it should have, “we can sit here and try to discuss and debate every scenario out there. The truth is, the East Coast is nearly virus free now, but to get it there, we must have Jennifer come back and finish her research so the people there can stop living like this. She is an essential part in making a cure. I know she may look young, Captain, but she is actually a genius. We just need to take her back and help her recover from this horrible bout of amnesia.”

“I don’t know what you are talking about!” I shot back. “I don’t remember any of you or doing research or finding a cure.

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