The Changlings by J. J. Thompson

Author:J. J. Thompson [Thompson, J. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-09-23T06:00:00+00:00

To their relief, the rain finally let up about an hour later. The sky remained heavy with clouds, but the day was quite warm and the ground dried out quickly, as did Sarah and Bobby.

They crossed several main roads and made sure to search for street signs to help them find their way to the Diefenbunker. Many of the signs had fallen down or were covered with vines or other vegetation and it took time to find them.

Bobby pulled out the road map each time and traced their route carefully. It would be very easy to get lost; nature had begun to rapidly reclaim the countryside and young trees, tall grasses and heavy brush had transformed what used to be fairly open land into a new forest. It was very confusing and, without a map, the pair would probably have lost their way.

Even so, they retraced their steps a few times, turning what might have only been a hike of an hour or two into an exhausting journey that lasted most of the day.

The sun was actually dipping toward the western horizon by the time Sarah and Bobby found the cracked and rubble-strewn road that led to the bunker. Fortunately for them, there had been no further sign of pursuit from the drakes and they hoped that meant that the monsters had lost their scent.

Several times during their hike, the pair had spotted a winged creature in the distance, menacing against the heavy clouds. But it remained far behind them, over the city, and they assumed that the dragon was still hunting for Changlings back in Ottawa.

Sarah was incredibly anxious to contact their friends, but she couldn't take the time to try until she and Bobby were in a relatively secure spot. She could only hope that the bunker was still sealed the way that they had left it years before. It was quite possible that someone had broken in to loot the place, not knowing that the Changlings had left nothing of any value behind when they had deserted it. Well, they would soon find out.

Bobby slipped the canteen out of his backpack and offered it to Sarah before drinking his fill. They had filled it twice from small, fast-moving streams that they'd crossed during the journey. Neither had wasted the time it would have taken to open and consume the cans of beans that they'd found in the cottage and Bobby was looking forward to getting indoors and eating. His stomach was growling constantly now and he was doing his best to ignore it.

Just as they spotted the outline of the building that led into the Diefenbunker, it began raining again. The falling gloom suited their mood as they stared at the place. It was covered in thick vines, and a half dozen trees had taken root around it and grown higher than the flat roof of the building.

Sarah and Bobby slowed down and approached it cautiously, and a little fearfully. They had been away for ten years,

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