The Watchers Trilogy Box Set: The Watchers of Eden, City of Stone, War at the Wall by T C Edge

Author:T C Edge
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: young adult adventure, young adult dystopian, young adult, young adult sci fi, teen action and adventure, teen post apocalyptic, teen dystopian
Publisher: Amazon.com
Published: 2016-08-31T06:00:00+00:00

18 - Fossor

Progress the following day is slow as we advance further from the wall. Still a long way from the coast, the fear of capture becomes a very real concern. More patrols are spotted, more Custodians roam the landscape. Occasionally we pass straight by them, zooming past us on the roads. Each time I instinctively sink lower into my seat, Ellie doing the same beside me.

But we don't stop, and we don't slow. And neither do they.

“There's nothing suspicious about a couple of cars filled with Custodians on these roads,” announces Markus confidently.

He's probably right. Taking these cars and uniforms might just have been, as Drake put it, a stroke of luck. Without them, I doubt whether our inward journey would be quite so seamless.

Of course, I hardly expect that to last. Naturally sceptical as I am, I fear it's only a matter of time before we run into trouble. I suspect the others think the same.

But on we go, creeping forward, hiding down quiet roads and paths, navigating our way towards the coast. I sit and stare out of the window, no one saying a word, and wonder where exactly we are.

From what I can tell, we're not in a functioning region. As yet, the only people we've spotted have been Custodians and the odd patrol of soldiers, scanning up and down the country in search of possible threats.

As we go, however, that changes. Ahead, the sight of giant plumes of smoke and smog fill the sky. I'm reminded of the region of Arma, on my initial trip to Eden. There, giant factories were constantly in operation, building the weapons of war that are now being used against us.

This isn't Arma, though. We're way too far North for that. I look over at Ellie, and see the melancholy in her eyes.

“Fossor,” she says, without turning to me. “This must be Fossor.”

Link's home region. A place of mining and metal work. I remember him telling me about how it has the highest casualty rates of all the regions. How his father was one of those casualties, killed in a factory fire as he tried to save him. It was what he experienced each day in the Grid.

The sight of buildings appears amid the smoke, collections of small, single story blocks in groups along the horizon. They look like accommodation for the miners and factory workers. Beyond, much grander buildings rise high into the black sky, and the sight of giant pits, dug into the earth, dot the landscape.

The lead car ahead begins to slow, pulling over to the side of the road. Markus follows, parking behind it. We all step out and gather into a group.

“This is Fossor, according to Tommy,” says Drake. “It's a busy region, and one we're going to have to pass through. There may be checkpoints. Tommy will do the talking. Sit tight, and don't do anything stupid. And you three,” he says, looking at Ellie, Theo, and I, “put on your morph marks so they don't recognise you.

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