Surviving Chaos: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (The EMP Book 4) by Ryan Westfield

Author:Ryan Westfield [Westfield, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-21T07:00:00+00:00

16

Max

“So you said the name was Antrim, right?”

Max nodded. “That’s the name of the town.”

Max felt foolish for passing out. If something had really happened, if his friends had really been in danger, he wouldn’t have been able to help. He would have been more a liability than anything else.

He didn’t blame himself for passing out. It wasn’t a sign of weakness. It was just the way the human body, any human body, responded after what he’d put it through.

What he was embarrassed about was not recognizing the signs in himself, thinking that he was completely invincible, that he could push himself on and on without fuel, without resting.

Max, though, resolved to get a better handle on what he was capable of.

Pushing yourself too far was sometimes even more dangerous than any other option. It could have disastrous consequences.

Of course, sometimes there wasn’t any other option.

It wasn’t like he’d had food he could have eaten. It wasn’t like he could have sat down and taken a break.

“OK,” said Mandy, sitting down next to Max near the fire. “So I’ve pinpointed our location. We’re right here.”

Max took a look at the map and nodded. “So the compound is in Ryerson Station State Park, then?”

“That’s what it looks like. So the big question is, where do we head next?”

“Well,” said Max. “We don’t have much fuel. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get more.”

“You’re still thinking we should keep heading west?”

Max shook his head. “I don’t think so. Georgia’s getting better, but she’s not strong yet. She needs rest. And we’ve seen how dangerous traveling can be. I think the thing to do is get somewhere and hunker down, somewhere where we can survive the winter.”

“Why not right here? There’s hardly anyone out here. Our prisoner over there is the first person we’ve seen.”

“There’s not enough food,” said Max. “I don’t know why, but there aren’t any deer here.”

“We’ve got the mushrooms.”

“I don’t know much about mycology,” said Max. “None of us do. We don’t know if they’ll be available in the winter. For all I know, they’re probably seasonal. Plus, it’s a bad idea to base our entire existence on one single wild food source. Plus, I don’t know if we can actually live solely on mushrooms. I doubt it.”

“I don’t know,” said Mandy. “That field guide says they’re very nutritious. They have some protein.”

“Probably not enough,” said Max. “As far as I know, the only plant a human can subsist entirely on is the potato, and there certainly aren’t any potatoes around here.”

“You can really live on just potatoes?”

“You were just telling me you thought we could live just on mushrooms.”

“Yeah, but…”

“You just wanted to be optimistic?” said Max.

“I guess so,” said Mandy.

“That’s not going to get us anywhere.”

“I know, I know. We have to be realistic. Trust me, you’ve told me that enough times already.”

Max shrugged.

“Are you OK, Max?” said Mandy. “What happened to you when you were gone? You’re still looking totally spent.”

“Long trip,” said Max. “Had to walk the whole way.

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