The Survival Chronicles (Book 2): Angel of Mercy by Nally Fergal F

Author:Nally, Fergal F. [Nally, Fergal F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dystopian | Infected
Published: 2018-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14 Fugitives

Mercy watched with cold detachment as Rose killed Shaw. A ragged bunch of kids armed with bows and knives emerged from the forest. Some were dressed in camouflage hunting jackets others in ordinary clothes. They were all ages, she remembered similar gangs in New York City, usually led by an older kid. She counted twenty four in all, they pulled her towards the youth who was speaking to Tawny.

“So who’s your friend?” Leo asked Tawny.

“The name’s Mercy Dawes, you’re Leo, I heard,” Mercy said.

Leo pointed at the three dead NSA soldiers. “Jade, Willow, Rueben get their weapons and anything useful.”

Mercy looked at the bodies. “Nice work, thanks for freeing us.” She knelt beside Shaw’s body and found the handcuff keys on his neck chain. She unlocked her cuffs and did the same for Rose, Tawny and Rites. “There’s more NSA coming from Halifax in a few hours, we don’t want to be here when they arrive.”

Leo nodded. “Makes sense, we can get you out of here. First things first. Are any of you tagged?”

Rose and Tawny nodded.

Mercy looked at Rose. “Me too, I removed one chip from my neck but I found another near my shoulder blade.”

Leo raised his eyebrows. “Chipped twice? You must be important to them. Let’s go into the lodge then and remove them. The last time the NSA used this airstrip was a few months back, they stashed some stuff here. We left it alone, didn’t want to draw attention to ourselves. We’ll check it out now—”

They broke into the lodge through a window. The house was well furnished, having an office section and separate living quarters. They found a military first aid kit and dressings. Tawny removed GPS tracking devices from Rose and Rites and crushed them under her heel. Mercy removed Tawny’s chip and Tawny did the same for Mercy.

“Why did you decide to intervene?” Mercy asked Leo.

Leo watched as Tawny applied a dressing to Mercy’s back. “Wasn’t my call, one of my kids; Ruby, she’s our crossbow ace, she’s the one who shot the first guy. Ruby’s got a mind of her own, she had a sister about the same age as your Rose there. Let’s just say her sister didn’t make it, Ruby doesn’t like men pushing women around sometimes it’s as simple as that—”

“Remind me to thank Ruby then,” Mercy said. She looked around the room, Leo’s crew had stripped the house of anything useful, they had even managed to find some tinned food and matches. “OK, so we’re done here, it’s only thirty miles to Halifax, the NSA will be here soon. Have you got a plan?” Mercy asked.

Leo looked at Mercy then Tawny. “I’ve always got a plan, for me and my kids. We’re good here, we know the territory, so yeah, we’ll be on our way.”

Mercy leant forwards. “OK Leo, I know you weren’t expecting this today, but we need your help. My friend Rites over there is in a bad way, we need to rest up and regroup for a few days, get our shit together, decide what we’re going to do.

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