Survival by Devon C. Ford

Author:Devon C. Ford [Ford, Devon C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vulpine Press
Published: 2017-04-09T23:00:00+00:00

NEW PLAN

Dan slept until he heard the door of the Land Rover being opened. Neil greeted him with coffee, and was awkwardly offering him one of his own cigarettes.

He shuffled in his sleeping bag towards the tailgate and sat, rubbing his eyes. He took a gulp of the coffee and lit the cigarette. A few more seconds passed before he could make words. “Breakfast?” he asked.

Neil laughed. “I had mine about five hours ago, boyo!” he boomed in a Welsh valleys accent. Dan was confused. “Lunch will be in about half an hour, mate. Nobody wanted to wake you, so I got volunteered because they all thought I was the least likely person to get shot.”

Dan took a moment to process that; he’d slept from dusk until lunchtime without stirring. He felt guilty, and also worried that things needed doing and the group would have wasted a morning without direction.

He needn’t have worried. Penny had roused them all in silence at breakfast, and they had agreed quietly to leave Dan where he was. Neil was up, a little tired but functioning, and Lexi returned reporting a quiet night. She went to get her head down for a few hours and was still up before him.

Penny had deployed the girls into the house to start emptying, cleaning, and occupying rooms. Already the trailer was full of bedding and rubbish that needed taking to the still-smouldering bonfire that Dan could smell. The men had been set to emptying the stores onto the shelves in the small warehouse attached to the kitchens, the bedding and clothing having been removed to a room in the house and laid on tables in approximate size order. By the time Dan finished his caffeine and nicotine wake-up and slid his feet into his boots, the second of the three small lorries was almost empty.

Penny breezed him along with her for a tour, starting as they entered the main door. “Your offices,” she said, indicating the security office on their right.

Dan thought this was a good idea, with maps on the wall and tasks/targets on the whiteboard. There was also a large cupboard at the far end with a sturdy, lockable door; that had to be better than keeping an alarming amount of weaponry in the trailer. He realised with a flash of excitement that he hadn’t even had a chance to check the full contents yet.

They walked through to the main reception area, which had been used as a temporary storage site for bags and boxes, then through to a large canteen complete with hot plate serveries. Already plans were being made to bring in one of the gas hob cookers, as the kitchen was lacking in natural light – better to not use all their fuel on running generators – and gas tanks were in good supply if you went to the right places.

They went through the kitchen – well stocked with large pots and pans – and into the stores area. Dan was impressed that they had enough food and water to last a few weeks and plenty of space for more stock.

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