by Max Lockwood
She caught sight of Dante running into his house, and followed behind him. Of course he'd take his wife and their kids with them.
"Clara?" Michelle said in surprise, watching her follow Dante inside in a rush. "What the hell is going on? What is it?"
"There's another attack," Clara said, stopping to give her the information as Dante ran ahead. "We don’t know how it happened, but they must have gotten around us somehow. It's only a matter of time before they get here. And they have a lot of people."
Michelle looked ready to panic, her eyes shooting to the way her husband disappeared to. "What are we doing?"
At least she was quick on the uptake.
"We're leaving. We have some cars, and I'm taking all the food my family has stored, it should last us a while. Just help me get your kids and some things packed and we can go, okay? I don’t know how much time we have."
Aware of the danger, Michelle moved quickly, Clara heading in the direction Dante disappeared.
She helped him pack up their kids’ things, Michelle was getting the rest of the stuff and let them run out to one of the cars. With that done, she went and knocked on a few doors herself. This was her neighborhood, so a few people listened to her and came out, and she told them the situation and what the plan was. A few refused to go, but they got enough.
With the cars loaded and people warned of the impending attack, Clara piled into a car with Cooper, Tessa, Felicia, Barbara, and Alice with her kids. They had food in the trunk, but they filled up their space to make room for more in the other vehicles. They were all cramped, but Clara knew they would all be safer together.
Clara watched her street disappear behind her as they drove away and wondered if she’d ever get to go home again.
About Max Lockwood
Max Lockwood writes suspenseful, post-apocalyptic thriller and dystopian fiction while living in New York.
Growing up with parents who were preppers and always planning for the worst, but hoping for the best, got him interested in writing in the first place. “What would happen if the world were to change?” is something he asked himself his whole life. Until one day he decided to put it down on paper.
His stories will have you reading on the edge of your seats…you have been warned!
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Also by Max Lockwood
Zero Power Series
It Began (Book 1)
Trying To Survive (Book 2)
They Invaded (Book 3)