The End by Jr Herman Grobler

keeps silent, he is
too scared to tell them how it is and how it really feels as he
finishes taping up the weapons he gets up and said he's going to
rest a little more. Emma didn’t find this strange at all, after
all, he is sick he needs all the rest he can get; William seems to
have many plans that will surely require everyone to work hard.
    The last few days have been long; it’s hard
to believe they have managed to get this far except for William,
for him the progress is going slow barricading the fort where it
was needed wasn’t supposed to take four days, with everyone in
healthy conditions this was to be much faster.
    At least all the work is done food is on the
downside and a fast run will be needed, not only food but other
much needed items to. William suggests to the small group that he
and Danny will go on a scavenger run for three days, three days to
gather all the needed, build materials, food, clean water, fuel and
medicine all of the above is divided into three days. William
passed out a piece of paper containing the details and asks
politely to write down what they need most, this is mostly just to
keep the peace even if William don’t really care what they want. He
is sure that he covered most of what’s needed beside you never know
what you would find out there and risking your life for something
stupid is not worth it.
    Emma reads the list and it seems pretty
good.
    Day 1: The day will go out to collect food,
clean water, and fuel for the rest of the runs.
    Day 2: Until twelve o’clock we will try and
get anything that we missed, we will then spend the rest of the day
preparing for the final day and, if possible, start on this day
gathering materials to barricade Fort Taylor and to use around our
camp.
    Day 3: We will continue gathering materials
the entire day, this is also the final day of scavenging we will
then take two days for resting and to do minor tasks.
    Medicine and any other medical supplies will
be collected throughout the days we are out there, this also
include any of the requested items that should be listed below with
your name in brackets.
    Emma likes this list, she writes down what
she would need and passes it on to her mother, she writes awfully
slow finally after finishing she passes it back to William, without
even looking at the writing and just a fast view of sally’s face
William can tell that she is upset, William passes the paper and
pencil to Emma’s daughter, instantly putting a smile on her face
she writes fast and neat before handing the paper back to
William.
    William automatically assumes that everyone
is happy with the list since they all wrote down what they want,
William knows that it's risky not just for him and Danny but for
Emma as well in the world today nothing is impossible, it’s a must
to expect the unexpected, they will be alone here for twelve hours
a day for three days long, anything can happen in twelve hours on
any day.
    William devotes himself to at least get a toy
the only request from the young one, the rest written down is
pretty much covered except for toilet paper that was entirely
forgotten, Emma’s mom have the most stupid requests but William
says nothing he really doesn't have the patience to deal with her
nor hear her nagging for the rest of the day.
    Danny snap out of it, we need to prepare for
the next three days it’s a lot asking since we haven’t really
gotten time to rest, but we will soon, just three days then we can
rest our muscles and clear our heads, Danny nods his head sure
thing captain he replies sarcastically as he walks away.
    This work is driving me nuts; it’s exhausting
I’m not used to this type of work, wish it can all go back the way
it was. I suppose that’s why I have no excuse not to help; the
faster we get this done the faster we can get back to normal times
or well, at least, close to normal living as nothing will ever be
normal again.
    William hates his attitude but his acting
like this as he really hates