Safe Haven (Novella 2): Before Safe Haven [Alex] by Artinian Christopher

Author:Artinian, Christopher [Artinian, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2018-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

chapter nine

Day 186

It was just after six a.m. when Sammy burst into Alex’s bedroom. “Daddy,” she said, with fear in her raised voice. Alex jolted up and quickly blinked himself awake. “Daddy,” she said again, shaking him this time.

“What...what is it darling?” he asked, climbing out of bed.

“There are soldiers everywhere,” she replied, tightly gripping hold of her father’s hand. “Are we being invaded?”

“Soldiers?” asked Alex, rushing into Sammy and Jake’s bedroom. He peeled back the curtain and looked out as the sun was just waking from its slumber. His thundering footsteps had woken Mike and Emma, who had both joined him at the window.

Their normally quiet street was packed with armed soldiers. A slow moving, curtain sided lorry had more soldiers in it, who were passing boxes to a ground team, who were then distributing them to each house in the street.

“What is it? Can I see?” asked Jake. Mike picked him up, and the six-year old’s eyes widened as he looked up the street to see the armed procession. “I’m scared,” he said.

“Daddy, are we being invaded?” asked Sammy again. When no answer came, she pulled hard on his arm, “Daddy!”

“No! Sammy. No, we’re not. These soldiers are here to help. I’ll explain to you later. Be a good girl, take Jake and go put the telly on. Don’t worry about anything that’s going on outside, it’s fine.”

“But I…”

“Now, Sammy! Please,” interrupted Alex.

Mike put Jake, who was still looking scared, down on the floor, but as had happened so many times before, the moment he took his eight-year-old sister’s hand, things didn’t seem quite as bad. When the children left the room, nervous glances shot between the three adults.

“What the fuck?” asked Mike.

“I know,” replied Alex.

The three of them continued to watch as each house had a plastic delivery crate dropped off in their respective gardens. A soldier looked up at the window and stared a grim stare towards them. The lorry rolled past the front of their house and Alex, Mike and Emma watched as the six-foot wooden panelled gate to their small enclosed front garden swung open. The barrels of two rifles swung round from each side of the gate as the soldiers swept the area, making sure it was clear of danger for the delivery team. When they were happy there was no risk, they both nodded towards the waiting crate carrier, and they moved on to the next house.

A muscular soldier, strode over the threshold, placed the crate down carefully, closed the gate and repeated the procedure for the next house. Within a few minutes, the soldiers and the lorry were all out of sight. “I suppose we’d better go see what’s in there,” said Alex.

Mike and Alex went out to retrieve the crate while Emma headed into the kitchen to put the kettle on. Although ill at ease, the children were a little happier knowing the soldiers were gone and that the risk of being invaded had subsided for the time being. Emma gave them both bowls of cereal which they munched while watching cartoons on TV.

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