The Extinction Series | Book 3 | Brink of Extinction by Ellis Tara & Kraus Mike

Author:Ellis, Tara & Kraus, Mike [Ellis, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Survival
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2021-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

JESS

Amazon Jungle near Kumalu, Suriname

Northeast interior of South America

Jess had never considered the old, drafty barn to be particularly spooky. But as she stood there hunched over her father’s laptop, she found that every little noise made her jump and she was certain more than once that she wasn’t alone.

“Get a grip, Jess,” she muttered aloud while glancing nervously over her shoulder for what felt like the hundredth time. It didn’t help that it was starting to get dark out, and the weak lighting didn’t do much to hold it at bay.

Her dad left before lunch, taking Kavish and Mr. Van with him. Although the other two men had managed to come back with over fifty gallons of gas the day before, he insisted it wasn’t enough. He demanded they get more, along with “other” provisions while helping him look for survivors.

It meant all of the work at the preserve fell onto her and Akuba again, and resulted in another back-breaking day of endless chores in the sweltering heat. Though already sore from the day before, Jess succeeded in tending to all of the gardening, yardwork, animals, and finished doing the inventory of their food. Akuba helped with the animals in the morning, and then finished washing all of the linen before starting in on a massive canning operation. Anything that could be preserved was at risk of making its way into a jar.

When the men still weren’t back after dinner, Jess got up the nerve to go in search of her father’s laptop. She doubted he would have taken it with him. It turned out to be a short quest, since it was sitting out on the dresser in his bedroom. She’d been feeling optimistic until she got it plugged in and hooked up to what she thought was the satellite uplink. That was when she discovered her dad had changed the password. He wouldn’t have even had one to begin with, if the system didn’t demand it. He’d kept it simple and made it 1111. Why would he lock her out?

Jess had been trying different assortments of dates and words for nearly half an hour, and was getting more frustrated by the minute. Why? What reason would he have to keep her or anyone else from accessing the computer?

Huffing, Jess stepped back from the table and blinked rapidly when she looked away, the bright square of the screen burned into her field of vision. “I just want to message Grandpa,” she said to the empty building, while doing her best not to cry.

Over an uncomfortable breakfast, her dad had given her and Akuba an academic report on the state of the rest of the world. More eruptions, earthquakes, and The Kuru surpassing everything. He made it sound like whole cities around the world were being wiped out by the disease. Jess wasn’t upset about not being able to read more news reports, she just wanted to get into her email.

Feeling even more isolated than before she found the computer, she yanked the cords from it angrily and slammed the lid shut.

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