To Steal a March_Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series by Mike Kraus

Author:Mike Kraus [Kraus, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Ellisville, VA

Mark had been a heavy sleeper for many years, much to the annoyance of both his parents. His ability to fall asleep within minutes in virtually any position or situation was convenient for him, but it often took multiple tries to wake him in the morning, a fact that irked his mother nearly each and every day. Ever since the event, though, Mark’s sleeping habits had changed. No longer was he able to fall asleep wherever and whenever he wanted and the slightest noise woke him, often causing his heart to start pounding as his mind jumped to assigning the sound to some terrible calamity.

After being on his feet for so long, though, the damp ground at the deepest part of the ditch seemed like a feather mattress and he had barely put up any sort of a fight or argument when Tina told him and Jason to get some rest. He was asleep within seconds of putting his head down and he quickly fell into a dreamless slumber. The hood of his jacket was pulled up and over his head and eyes to help block out the fading sun, and Jason laid down a few feet away in a similar position. Tina, meanwhile, stayed leaning up against the slope of the ditch, alternating her gaze between the magnified optic on Jason’s rifle and off of it to take in a wider view of the movement across the road.

Hours ticked in painful slowness, the mental note-taking and constant watching of the center doing nothing to alleviate the sheer boredom of the task. Occasionally, when a cluster of the men would gather together, Tina felt the urge to shoulder the rifle and try to take several of them out at once, but common sense quickly overtook her and she resumed her watch.

It wasn’t until the late afternoon that the bleak situation took a sharp turn toward the unexpected. A car with a pair inside of it pulled up in front of the center and the driver and passenger went inside, carrying a few bags between them. Later, as a group of men gathered out in front of the community center, near the vehicles parked there, they began to move a large covered trailer into position behind one of the trucks. After connecting it to the truck they began working on the back door of the trailer—which was apparently broken and wouldn’t shut correctly—though they didn’t make much progress. As they worked, the volume of their shouts and cursing at the trailer and at each other increased, and Tina began to hear bits and pieces of their conversation. After listening for a few minutes, she finally caught a phrase that made her eyes grow wide. She turned and slid down the slope of the ditch to Jason and Mark, putting her hands on their chests and shaking them.

“Wake up!” She whispered to both of them, one after the other, then threw herself against the slope again and looked at the center.

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