Survival of The Fittest | Book 1 | The Fall by Fawkes K.M

Author:Fawkes, K.M. [Fawkes, K.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Published: 2021-01-09T22:00:00+00:00

I pulled Simone into the electronics room—my sanctuary—and slammed the door behind her, then shoved her into one of the chairs. Turning to the shelves at the front of the room, I reached for the radios and turned them all up to maximum volume.

There was nothing to hear. I already knew there’d be nothing there. It was radio silence up there, and no matter how much I strained my ears, I couldn’t change that. I also didn’t know why I kept trying. Unless someone had managed to survive and somehow found their way into one of those radio stations and decided to use the mic to try to communicate with other people, I wasn’t going to hear anything at all.

It didn’t make sense to keep trying. But my heart wouldn’t let me stop. I wanted desperately to believe that there were still people up there. That the attack had failed, that it hadn’t taken out the entire population. That we would go up there and find that maybe a few people had died, but that society as we knew it still existed.

And right now, it was going to serve another purpose. Because there weren’t any human voices coming through, but there was a lot of static. And that gray noise was all I needed to disguise the sound of me having a hurried conversation with Simone.

“My uncle’s losing it,” I hissed. “Going completely crazy. He just blamed me for a plant that’s been dead for what looks like weeks, or at least days. He’s off his rocker, and I don’t think it’s going to get any better.”

“I’ve noticed,” she said dryly. “But I’m no doctor.”

I flicked my fingers at her, annoyed. “And the doctor we do have, as far as I can tell, is on Jeff’s side. I don’t think he’ll be very open to hearing my guesses about my uncle’s mental well-being. He'll probably tell me I’m not qualified.”

She snorted and gave me a nod. “You aren’t qualified, Michelle. In case you’d forgotten.”

My shoulders sagged. She was right. But that didn’t take the whole story into account.

“I’m also his only family,” I reminded her. “And I’ve known him longer than anyone else here. I knew him when he was normal. And I’m telling you, something’s wrong. Something’s going sideways in his head.”

There was a deep silence from Simone, and when I looked up at her, she was giving me a look that was equal parts frustration and sorrow.

“What do you want to do about it?” she finally asked.

“We have six days until we can get out of here safely, right? If you’re correct about the VXM?” At her nod, I continued. “Then we have six days to convince the others that we have to get out of here. Jeff is sick, and he needs help. I want to get him back to the surface, and to some kind of help, as soon as we can. Whatever it takes.”

“And if the others disagree?” she asked. “If your uncle disagrees?”

I bit my lip, trying to think through that version.

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