caution as usual, but with a little extra care, considering the encounter with strangers the previous day. Once Nate waved them on up the driveway to the house, Mildred met them on the porch with her customary offer of fresh, hot coffee. As they proceeded into the house, Ed stood up from his seat on the couch and joined Evan and Jason in a group hug.
“Damn, it’s good to see some familiar faces,” Ed said.
“We’re glad to have you, man!” Jason added, patting him on the back. “Did you ever make it to my place to get your truck back?” he asked.
“Na, man, I wrote that thing off,” Ed replied. “It wasn’t worth risking my neck to get it back. No big deal though. I would have had to leave it behind, anyway, as all I could bring was what fit in the Maule. I’m just glad it’s the 235HP model,” he said jokingly. “About six months ago, my position with the state dissolved when the governor was arrested by the feds on some sort of subversion charges. It’s all a bunch of crap. Once they got him out of the way, they installed an interim puppet governor, which goes completely against the state constitution, but then again, since when do constitutions matter to this administration? Once their Marxist puppet was in place, the entire chain of command was dismantled; state officials loyal to the lawfully elected governor were either arrested as accessories to the crime, or they simply disappeared. Whether they disappeared under their own accord, or were simply taken out, remains to be seen. But the sad fact of the matter is, Ohio is now securely in the hands of the administration. Even though a lot of the guardsmen deserted when the feds basically seized the state, they now have their hands firmly on the guards’ assets and facilities. The last word I received before my contacts completely dissolved was that they were setting up for the arrival of United Nations peacekeeping forces. Ohio is rumored to be a staging area for their expansion into the Midwest. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia and Washington D.C. areas are already said to have blue helmets patrolling the streets.”
Evan and Jason just stood there silently, shaking their heads, trying to take it all in. Jason looked at Ed and said, “Damn. It’s hard to imagine just how this will all shake out. It’s not like we can just vote things back to the way they were. The country is so fragmented and disconnected now, just getting the states together to discuss things seems impossible. Especially considering the fact that some of the states, like Ohio, don’t have legitimate governments in place, anyway.”
“I know, man,” replied Ed. “That’s why I bugged out of Ohio and came looking for you guys. I didn’t want to just keep sitting there, waiting for it to get worse. The new governor banned the private ownership of all firearms, ammunition, body armor, and night vision equipment throughout the state. There was no chance I was going to comply with that, and rather than end up in prison or worse, I packed some gear into the Maule and left.”
“I swear, I think a zombie apocalypse would be easier to deal with,” Jason remarked.
Evan chuckled and said, “You and zombies; it always comes back to that.”
“That’s because it’s the only way I see a reset happening,” Jason replied only half-joking. “At least that way, you would have clear-cut good versus… uh, living versus dead, and once you killed off the zombies, you could just pick up the pieces and try to resume life as it was before. In this case, though, the zombies are among us. They are our fellow Americans who are taking advantage of the collapse, subverting the Constitution and our way of life in order to turn this country into just another socialist state. So many bad deeds have been committed by our own at this point, how do you even tell who is on our side?”
“They aren’t just taking advantage of the collapse, they are part of it,” Ed
“Damn, it’s good to see some familiar faces,” Ed said.
“We’re glad to have you, man!” Jason added, patting him on the back. “Did you ever make it to my place to get your truck back?” he asked.
“Na, man, I wrote that thing off,” Ed replied. “It wasn’t worth risking my neck to get it back. No big deal though. I would have had to leave it behind, anyway, as all I could bring was what fit in the Maule. I’m just glad it’s the 235HP model,” he said jokingly. “About six months ago, my position with the state dissolved when the governor was arrested by the feds on some sort of subversion charges. It’s all a bunch of crap. Once they got him out of the way, they installed an interim puppet governor, which goes completely against the state constitution, but then again, since when do constitutions matter to this administration? Once their Marxist puppet was in place, the entire chain of command was dismantled; state officials loyal to the lawfully elected governor were either arrested as accessories to the crime, or they simply disappeared. Whether they disappeared under their own accord, or were simply taken out, remains to be seen. But the sad fact of the matter is, Ohio is now securely in the hands of the administration. Even though a lot of the guardsmen deserted when the feds basically seized the state, they now have their hands firmly on the guards’ assets and facilities. The last word I received before my contacts completely dissolved was that they were setting up for the arrival of United Nations peacekeeping forces. Ohio is rumored to be a staging area for their expansion into the Midwest. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia and Washington D.C. areas are already said to have blue helmets patrolling the streets.”
Evan and Jason just stood there silently, shaking their heads, trying to take it all in. Jason looked at Ed and said, “Damn. It’s hard to imagine just how this will all shake out. It’s not like we can just vote things back to the way they were. The country is so fragmented and disconnected now, just getting the states together to discuss things seems impossible. Especially considering the fact that some of the states, like Ohio, don’t have legitimate governments in place, anyway.”
“I know, man,” replied Ed. “That’s why I bugged out of Ohio and came looking for you guys. I didn’t want to just keep sitting there, waiting for it to get worse. The new governor banned the private ownership of all firearms, ammunition, body armor, and night vision equipment throughout the state. There was no chance I was going to comply with that, and rather than end up in prison or worse, I packed some gear into the Maule and left.”
“I swear, I think a zombie apocalypse would be easier to deal with,” Jason remarked.
Evan chuckled and said, “You and zombies; it always comes back to that.”
“That’s because it’s the only way I see a reset happening,” Jason replied only half-joking. “At least that way, you would have clear-cut good versus… uh, living versus dead, and once you killed off the zombies, you could just pick up the pieces and try to resume life as it was before. In this case, though, the zombies are among us. They are our fellow Americans who are taking advantage of the collapse, subverting the Constitution and our way of life in order to turn this country into just another socialist state. So many bad deeds have been committed by our own at this point, how do you even tell who is on our side?”
“They aren’t just taking advantage of the collapse, they are part of it,” Ed
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