Preppers of the Apocalypse - Part 1: Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival
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“I thought the tunnel would be dangerous in the present situation.”
“Depends how desperate you are to get home, I guess.”
Within a few hours a plan was formed. Tony was generously going to loan Ash one of his vehicles, as well as enough supplies to make the journey home. Chad was going to come with him, because he said he would only get bored if he just stayed at the ranch. Surprisingly, Ellie also wanted to come with Ash.
“I got business near the city,” she said.
Ash gave her a questioning look. Ellie looked at Ben, and then she looked back at Ash and, mouthed the words “His father.”
After sleeping straight through the night, he woke the next morning and felt like he could have stayed in bed for another day. He got out of bed, went downstairs and ate breakfast. Chad and Ellie helped him load up one of Tony’s pick-ups.
“You gotta understand,” said Tony. “This is a loan. When you find Georgia, I want you to bring it back. And I want to meet the woman stupid enough to marry you.”
Ash smiled. “Is this your way of saying I can stay here?”
Mags glared at Ash. “We talked about it last night. I still think you’re a son of a bitch, but Tony told me how much you helped him. So go and get your wife, and then come back here.”
In many ways Ash didn’t want to leave the Shore ranch. They had everything set up for them to survive here, and they seemed like a warm couple who would do anything to help others. Tony was an encyclopaedia of survivalist knowledge, and even though he was leaving with a police sheriff and a soldier, Ash still felt cold when he thought about the world they were journeying into.
Things had been bad enough in a small town like Pasture Down, so he couldn’t even imagine what it had been like in the city. Ash had a strong feeling that he wouldn’t make it; that something was going to happen to him. It didn’t matter, though. He was beginning to realise that being a man meant thinking about people other than yourself. On top of that, he was starting to remember the lessons his dad had taught him.
He thought about the old man. He’d be out there somewhere, holed up somewhere safe, smiling to himself because he’d finally been proven right. He thought about Georgia, at home or wherever she was, and hoped to God she was alright. It didn’t matter what the world had become now. Ash would travel through it.
He turned and looked at Ellie and Chad.
“We ready?” he said.
The young recruit grinned. Ellie threw a cigarette to the floor and crushed it under her boot. She nodded.
“Then let’s go,” said Ash.
With regret in his heart he drove the pick-up truck away from the Shore ranch and into the wider world, or whatever was left of it.
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