Thirst by Iris Sweetwater

Author:Iris Sweetwater [Sweetwater, Iris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2020-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

The plan was simple. One of the remaining elders and two of the young men, including Atlas, would approach Colony 88 without a single weapon in hand. Now that the bodies had all been disposed of and a ceremony held out of respect for the dead, their focus was on future protection from the Raiders as well as getting to the bottom of what they knew about the Oasis papers. Brenna, against Atlas’s wishes, had volunteered to go with a few of the other young women who were good in combat and hide out nearby in case the talks went bad. Brenna was tired of hearing news secondhand and wanted to be there when they were asked about the Oasis.

Brenna crouched behind some of their half-built buildings on the surface as Atlas and the other two men approached the gates into Colony 88. It didn’t take long for Brenna to hear the harsh voice of her mother, clearly annoyed by the presence of Batista on her doorstep. It figured.

“And how can we help you today, gentlemen?” she asked, but her voice was mocking and annoyed.

“We came to discuss some things with you peacefully. As you see, we have no weapons. We wanted to ask for a few more weapons from your excess supply or at least materials to make more. We lost many Batista to the fight with the Raiders, as well as weapons, and I do not think we should be unprepared again. We want to be able to protect both our people and yours if they strike again.”

“I appreciate you coming in peace to ask, but we too have been shaken up by the Raiders Raiders invasions. We have lost some citizens, including our leader. It would be quite a sacrifice to give up any more supplies or weaponry. I can see your dilemma, so we could strike a deal. Give us more farmland to grow on, and we can give up some more weapons and scraps for supplies to make more. We have some pregnant women, which means new mouths to feed any time now. We could use it.”

Brenna seethed from where she sat at the audacity of them to ask for more land when they had already taken so much. More land would mean that there would be no extra in times of crisis with the crops. Half the Batista could easily starve and die if that happened. It wasn't like Colony 88 would share in a time of famine. She had to hand it to the men for keeping their cool like they did.

“Alright, we will discuss the offer with everyone and let you know. But there was one more thing. We found a small camp the Raiders Raiders had set up not too far from here, burned it down so that they didn’t have anywhere to regroup. But when we did, we saw some odd things and didn’t know if maybe they had stolen them from you at some point. We know they are often trying to get into your supplies.

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