Zompocalypse Part One by Toby Neighbors

Author:Toby Neighbors [Neighbors, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: Mythic Adventure Publishing
Published: 2015-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

That night everyone settled in bed early. Once the movie ended, Todd showed the children and their nanny his stateroom down below the main cabin. Todd took his regular place on the leather sofa and the man who still hadn’t given Todd his name slept outside with his wife on the bench seats on the stern deck. It was a warm night, and Todd was exhausted.

The next morning he forced himself up as soon as the sun rose. The man and his wife were sleeping on opposite sides of the deck, which didn’t surprise Todd. The woman, Ruth, had such a suspicious nature that Todd doubted she could ever let her guard down even for her husband. Todd checked the battery banks in the ship’s cockpit. Thanks to the sunlight, he had enough power to run the sub engines for a few hours, more than enough to find his passengers a safe haven.

He was busy piloting the Great Escape and didn’t notice that Laura had come onto the upper deck of the yacht. She knocked softly on the open door of the cockpit. Todd turned suddenly, expecting to see Helen. His heart seemed to shrivel a little when he remembered that she was gone. He wouldn’t ever see her again.

“Hi,” Laura said. “I hope I’m not disturbing.”

“No,” Todd said, trying to keep the bitterness of his loss from his voice.

“This is really amazing,” she said, looking at the satellite dish and the array of solar panels. “Do those power the ship?”

“Yes,” Todd said. “And I still receive feeds from some of the weather satellites. The yacht was built to be piloted by a single person.”

“It’s amazing.” Laura looked as if she wanted to say something more, but didn’t. She just smiled.

“Is everything okay with the kids?”

“Yes, they’re fine. Thank you so much for giving up your bed.”

“I haven’t been using it lately,” he said. “The couch is a better fit for me.”

“Well, it’s generous just the same. I kind of hate to ask, but the children are hungry.”

“Oh, of course. Feel free to fix them whatever you can find. I’m mainly eating MREs, but there are some powdered eggs, I think… maybe even some powdered milk. My wife has some things stored in the pantry for our…”

Todd’s voice caught in his throat. He couldn’t say that he’d lost his baby and his wife. It was as if the grief had punched him in the stomach, knocking the breath out of him. He leaned his head down.

“I’m sorry,” Laura said. “I didn’t mean to pry.”

“It’s okay,” Todd said, unable to stop the tears from dripping down his face. He hoped she couldn’t see how upset he really was. “Use whatever you can find.”

The nanny slipped away, and Todd was thankful that she seemed so sensitive to his pain. He did his best to focus on the task at hand and ignore the pain of his grief, which felt as if it were eating him alive.

The shoreline slowly moved past. There

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