Torment by W.J. Lundy

Author:W.J. Lundy [Lundy, W.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Thriller
Published: 2018-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Day of Infection Plus Ten, 1330 Hours

GW National Forest, Morgan’s Corner Store, Virginia.

It took them the better part of two hours to load the truck and trailer with all the food, water, and diesel fuel it could hold. Gyles made sure that Mike and Mathews delivered the man to his home, along with a detailed list of what they had taken. If the man had family, they wanted to make sure the government paid its debt. While they delivered Morgan to his home, the rest of them finished loading the supplies and ensuring everything was tied down.

Gyles carefully walked around the front of the Humvee, where Weaver was opening a new can of tobacco. He had a log of the chewing tobacco sitting on the hood of the vehicle. Weaver looked back toward Collier, who was standing near the Ford pickup, loading cases of water. “Can you believe this? With all the killing going on, and this man found a way to kill even more,” he said. “What the hell was he thinking?”

Gyles stared at the wreckage in the road. “He was running away from something, and we both know what. The infected have got to be close.”

“What are you looking to do?” Weaver asked. “You want to go find them?”

“No, I don’t want to find them,’’ Gyles said, shaking his head. “I’m going to send M and M back to camp with the truck and the trailer; that’s the priority.” Gyles had not taken his eyes off the wrecked cars. “I’ll have them let Luke know about the supplies here and everything we got. If he’s smart, he’ll send a team for everything else, get it all moved back to camp.”

“We’re not going then?” Weaver said. “We’re not going back?”

“Can’t,” Gyles said. “That old man said there could be a checkpoint up ahead. We need to move on up the road and see if we can find this military roadblock.”

Weaver turned his head and spit a wad of tobacco. “You think they are still there, boss?”

Gyles shook his head then heard footfalls behind him. Turning, he saw Mike and Mathews returning from Morgan’s house. Both men were holding their rifles loosely to their front, their heads hanging. They walked past the pumps and stood between the Ford and the Humvee. Collier finished with a tie-down and stepped back.

Gyles looked to Mike. “How is he?”

The officer sighed and shook his head. “He’s gone.” He held out a brown leather hygiene bag. “The old man had a virtual pharmacy in his bathroom, everything from some pretty high-strength pain killers to antibiotics. Figured we could use them. You want me to take this stuff back to that doctor?”

Gyles took the bag and looked at the bottles, considering his answer. He still didn’t have much trust or faith in Doctor Howard. He decided he would hold onto them until he could talk it over with his medic, Corporal Rodriguez. “This is good, Mike. I think I’ll hold them for now and talk it over with the Doc when I get back.

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