Grid Attack (Cyber War #2) by Emerson Hawk Page B
Authors: Emerson Hawk
Tags: post-apocalyptic fiction
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one of us driving around with that truck it’s like riding into town with a target on our backs. Lets take any supplies and guns, move the truck over there on the side of the road and toss the keys.”
“Good plan.” Carl said.
Carl and Evan pulled everything they could from the truck that might be useful but not identifiable. Evan backed up the truck several hundred yards and put it halfway in the ditch as well.
As he hopped out, he locked the doors and tossed the keys as hard as he could into the open field.
“Why did you park it so far back there?” Kat asked as Evan passed her and hopped back in the bed of the truck.
“Because if they see the truck, they may not find the bodies if they don’t look far enough. If they don’t find the bodies right away, maybe wolves, or other animals will take care of them and they won’t know there was a gunfight so they won’t be on the warpath to find out whoever did it.” Evan explained.
Kat nodded. It made sense. I know neither one of us would have probably thought about that. We would have probably left things and just got the hell out of dodge.
But Evan was thinking ahead. And it was a good idea.
Kat was still shaking when she started the truck and slowly began to take off down the road.
It was only 4 miles into town. We just hoped that there wasn’t some kind of road block or anything else to keep us from getting to her mother’s house.
Right now, I really just wanted an ice pack and an aspirin and a nap. I kept feeling really sleepy and just wanted to sleep.
“Stay awake, Tony.” Kat pleaded. “You most likely have a concussion. You can’t sleep, or you may not wake up.”
Isn’t it funny how our bodies seem to know what it needs. I remembered a few years back after I had been in a car accident that I learned it was a myth not to fall asleep if you had a concussion.
“Babe, that was a myth. The body knows what to do and sleeping allows it to repair any damage. I’ll be fine. A nap won’t hurt me and will actually most likely help heal me faster.” I said, hoping she wouldn’t get defiant and pissed because I knew something she didn’t.
She didn’t say anything, but instead just focused now on the road.
The sun was out and it was actually a beautiful fall day. The only thing I didn’t appreciate today was the curvy road made me feel like I was on a roller coaster. It wasn’t a bad road, but the head injury made it seem more pronounced than I remembered.
As we made our way into town, there were only a few cars on the road. We stopped at the first light to make sure no one was coming before heading down and turning at the second and then into the subdivision where her mom lived.
I was glad it was daytime. I didn’t want to startle her parents, if they were even there.
We had had no communications with anyone since the outage so we had no way of knowing if they were even alive.
It would have been horrible to have come all this way, only to find they had died or something bad had happened to them.
Either way, we would know in a few minutes.
Chapter 15 - Katherine
As much as I tried to focus on the road, I was having a hard time driving. I didn’t realize how much stress can paralyze a person.
The anxiety of what had just happened hadn’t really hit me just yet. I knew it would soon. But I couldn’t think about that. Right now, I had one goal in mind, and that was to get to mom’s.
I kept praying as we got closer into town that we wouldn’t run into anything else that was bad. As I pulled around the corner and saw my mom’s house, I felt like a weight had been lifted.
It had been such a hard month, not knowing if they were okay, dealing with all the stuff in the city, too much violence and way too many
“Good plan.” Carl said.
Carl and Evan pulled everything they could from the truck that might be useful but not identifiable. Evan backed up the truck several hundred yards and put it halfway in the ditch as well.
As he hopped out, he locked the doors and tossed the keys as hard as he could into the open field.
“Why did you park it so far back there?” Kat asked as Evan passed her and hopped back in the bed of the truck.
“Because if they see the truck, they may not find the bodies if they don’t look far enough. If they don’t find the bodies right away, maybe wolves, or other animals will take care of them and they won’t know there was a gunfight so they won’t be on the warpath to find out whoever did it.” Evan explained.
Kat nodded. It made sense. I know neither one of us would have probably thought about that. We would have probably left things and just got the hell out of dodge.
But Evan was thinking ahead. And it was a good idea.
Kat was still shaking when she started the truck and slowly began to take off down the road.
It was only 4 miles into town. We just hoped that there wasn’t some kind of road block or anything else to keep us from getting to her mother’s house.
Right now, I really just wanted an ice pack and an aspirin and a nap. I kept feeling really sleepy and just wanted to sleep.
“Stay awake, Tony.” Kat pleaded. “You most likely have a concussion. You can’t sleep, or you may not wake up.”
Isn’t it funny how our bodies seem to know what it needs. I remembered a few years back after I had been in a car accident that I learned it was a myth not to fall asleep if you had a concussion.
“Babe, that was a myth. The body knows what to do and sleeping allows it to repair any damage. I’ll be fine. A nap won’t hurt me and will actually most likely help heal me faster.” I said, hoping she wouldn’t get defiant and pissed because I knew something she didn’t.
She didn’t say anything, but instead just focused now on the road.
The sun was out and it was actually a beautiful fall day. The only thing I didn’t appreciate today was the curvy road made me feel like I was on a roller coaster. It wasn’t a bad road, but the head injury made it seem more pronounced than I remembered.
As we made our way into town, there were only a few cars on the road. We stopped at the first light to make sure no one was coming before heading down and turning at the second and then into the subdivision where her mom lived.
I was glad it was daytime. I didn’t want to startle her parents, if they were even there.
We had had no communications with anyone since the outage so we had no way of knowing if they were even alive.
It would have been horrible to have come all this way, only to find they had died or something bad had happened to them.
Either way, we would know in a few minutes.
Chapter 15 - Katherine
As much as I tried to focus on the road, I was having a hard time driving. I didn’t realize how much stress can paralyze a person.
The anxiety of what had just happened hadn’t really hit me just yet. I knew it would soon. But I couldn’t think about that. Right now, I had one goal in mind, and that was to get to mom’s.
I kept praying as we got closer into town that we wouldn’t run into anything else that was bad. As I pulled around the corner and saw my mom’s house, I felt like a weight had been lifted.
It had been such a hard month, not knowing if they were okay, dealing with all the stuff in the city, too much violence and way too many
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