The End of an Era by Johnson Nate

Author:Johnson, Nate [Johnson, Nate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0BS1PMRJH
Goodreads: 75889168
Published: 2023-01-09T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Sydney

I was shivering under a dozen blankets, thinking about going downstairs and starting a fire when there was a soft knock at my door.

“Sydney, I need you,” Evan said from the other side of the door.

My heart jumped until I realized he hadn’t sounded seductive. No, this was Evan needing me for something other than needing me, if you know what I mean.

I quickly pulled on a robe and opened the door. He stood there in a white T-shirt stretched across his broad chest and PJ bottoms. We all slept in PJs. It was just too darn cold all the time.

“There’s a fire, in the city,” Evan gasped.

My forehead crinkled in confusion.

“I need you to wake the others. We might have to bug out.”

My stomach dropped. Okay, this was serious. Evan didn’t fluster easily but I could see it in his eyes. He was worried. Even worse was that Mack looked worried.

He headed back downstairs. I banged on Justin’s door then Kevin’s. Liz opened the door and frowned. “Downstairs. Evan needs us.”

I ran back into my room and got dressed. No way I was facing a possible tragedy in my pajamas. When we got downstairs Evan was standing at the back door looking out. Framed in an orange glow, he looked like a powerful statue standing at the gate to hell.

Liz gasped, Kevin cursed, and Justin just shook his head. “When are we going to find a world that isn’t always trying to kill us?”

“We need to get on the road,” Evan said without looking away. “Before this thing wraps around behind us and traps us.”

“But the streets are flooded,” Liz said. “How can there be a fire?”

Evan shrugged. “The buildings aren’t wet on the inside. This thing looks so big it is probably jumping from building to building. And the fire department is sort of absent.”

I winced inside as my mind scrambled to make sense of it all.

“Sydney, you come with me. We’ll get transportation. You guys get stuff packed. Food, clothes. We can get more. But we don’t know when or where.”

The others nodded. Evan ran upstairs to get changed then slipped his rifle’s sling over his shoulder and checked the magazine before holstering his pistol. He shot me a look, silently asking if I was ready then told the others to keep Mack with them.

“Where are we going?” I asked as I looked at the glowing sky. I swear it had gotten brighter and closer. An orange that turned the black sky into some kind of Halloween hell. Then something exploded sending yellow flames shooting into the air.”

Evan turned to run but I saw it in his eyes. He was scared. Not just for him. But for us. I knew him. He didn’t scare easily.

I charged after him, my boots sloshing through the slush and deep puddles. Snow and debris had clogged the storm drains covering the streets with six to ten inches of water.

“Where are we going?” I asked again as I fought to keep up with him.

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