The Spread: Book 4 (The Road) by Iain Rob Wright
Author:Iain Rob Wright [Wright, Iain Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ulcerated Press
Published: 2021-10-28T23:00:00+00:00
Chapter Six
It had been one week since Sophie and Nancy had left Mike and Maisie in the woods. Since then, they had not met another friendly person. They had been forced, several times, to fend off attacks from strangers. The only reason they had survived was because most attackers were too weak to put up much of a fight when people fought back. The human predators sought defenceless prey, and for the time being at least, Sophie and Nancy were not defenceless.
But we will be soon. The last of our food is about to run out.
Scavenging supplies was difficult, not because everything had already been looted, but because so much of the Earth was now covered in green fuzz. Heading north had been an ordeal. They had just passed Carlisle â tantalisingly close to the Scottish border â yet, each day their available passageways narrowed. A recent attempt at passing through a town named Penrith had turned into a lost cause, forcing them to trek east, halfway towards Newcastle. They had found scraps of food along the way, but Sophie must have been two stone lighter than when they had set off over three months ago.
âI could just eat a Sunday roast,â said Nancy as they strolled along the narrow country road, âwith all the trimmings. Yorkie pud, stuffing, and loads of cheesy cauliflower. I would trade anything for that.â
âNot helping,â said Sophie. âIf you havenât noticed, weâre starving, and the chance of having a Sunday roast rests right alongside meeting Jesus.â
She chuckled thinly. âMaybe we will meet Jesus. This could all be some kind of biblical end-of-the-world thing. Makes me wish Iâd gone to church more.â
Sophie raised an eyebrow. âNever really thought of you as a Christian, Nance.â
âIâm as Christian as anyone else,â she said, shrugging. âNicer to believe in something than nothing, but I canât say I ever gave it as much thought as it deserved. Perhaps that was my mistake. Maybe the world has reached a point where we needed a reminder.â
âThis isnât God, Nancy. Itâs aliens, or something cooked up in a lab somewhere. We both heard what they were saying on the news when all this started. The fungus came from the sky. Naga Munchetty threw one of her fits about it.â
âAnyway, say youâre right, and it is aliens; is that any easier to believe in than God? At least with God thereâs a Heaven.â
Sophie chuckled. âSo you base your beliefs on whatever comes with the best rewards?â
âHey, you got to go where youâre most valued. Whoever wants me can pay for me.â She chuckled. âWhat are we even talking about? I think Iâm so hungry that Iâm starting to go mad.â
âYou went mad long before this started, Nancy. I still remember when you heckled Roy Keane at the Arndale Centre. Youâre lucky he didnât tackle you.â
âHe was a dirty bugger on the pitch and he needed to hear about it.â
âYeah, he looked really repentant after you called him an overpaid thug.â
Nancy laughed out loud, but then she suddenly lost her balance.
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