“I wasn’t aware of that, tell me more,” Conway said.
“He put the people against me, all voting Danny should die, after he did that and managed, he asked the people to give him an hour in order for Danny to say his last words, when I finally decided to go check he was torturing him, he did many terrible things to him,” Emma said.
“What did he do?” Conway asked.
“If I must explain this,” Emma said.
“You must, I need to know everything,” Conway said.
“He pretty much destroyed his manhood by proceeding in castrating him, and then circumcised him, what person right in his head, does things like that?” Emma asked.
“This is all done without any proper treatment, Bobby simple tied him down and proceeded with the cutting,” Emma said.
“You can stop there, no more I have heard enough,” Conway said, unable to imagine that type of pain.
“So, what are you going to do about it?” Emma asked.
“I don’t know yet, I need to think of a punishment that will equal the pain and suffering like any judge would,” Conway said.
“Can’t you just exile him?” Emma asked.
“It will pose a risk if I did, we all know what happened to Jason don’t we now?” Conway asked.
“Yes I know, what else can we do about it?” Emma asked.
“You should come back tomorrow, and then I will give a clear answer,” Conway said.
“Very well I shall return tomorrow morning,” Emma said as she closes the door behind her.
“You see what I meant? I was just elected and the time to make important decision is already at my front door,” Conway said.
“Don’t worry, it’s going to be just fine, I am sure you can figure out a punishment for that man, beside if you did exile him or even punished him by death, that won’t make us any better than Bobby,” Ashley said.
“What the hell? I won’t even consider killing another person and like I said actions like that will make us forget what people really are, we need to remind our self that we can be better than them,” Conway said.
“I was just playing, I know you won’t kill anyone, well good night, love you,” Ashley said.
“I love you too,” Conway said softly as he blows out the candle.
Early next morning, Conway is up thinking about the next steps to take, including a good method to punish Bobby, thinking that a trail between the people will maybe be needed but yet again not many people is left, not after most got slaughtered in Key West.
Emma nocked on the door before she entered, at least, she gave him enough time to prepare everything. Conway kind of figured that she would be there before he even had the opportunity to think about what he will do about Bobby.
“Before we talk about Bobby, I need you to hear me out on what we need to do next.” Conway said.
“Sure thing, I was wondering when you will get to that point, though I didn’t expect you to do it so soon,” Emma said.
“Let’s get started then,” Conway said.
“I have thought of this, ever since we started the election, just for incase I do win, good thing I did since I am here now and need to decide,” Conway said.
“Don’t worry about it, we can fix any minor things later if it doesn’t work out entirely,” Emma said.
“Ok, so I believe we need to start with a small supply run, we will need it, setting up these defenses and preparing for another attack will be hard work and anyone working on it will be starving at the end of the day,” Conway said.
“While we do the runs, we can look for livestock we can store them in Fort Zachary in the square, just until we get things set up neatly for any animals we find,” Conway said.
“I know it sounds intimidating, but everything will be rough at the start,” Conway said laughing.
“Nothing has ever been easy,” Emma said smiling.
“So if we do get animals that is alive and well, then we start with small individual homes per animal breed, here they will stay until we finish most of the defenses, this is to make sure none get sick or have the virus,” Conway said.
“It should be two small housings for one single animal breed, the ones that look good, go separate from the ones that look sick,” Emma said.
“What if they don’t find any animals?” Emma asked
“Ok we can do that, if we keep them separate then we will have a better chance to get healthy stock to breed with, if we don’t find any, then we continue with the defenses, keep in mind we still have food and I am sure if we look, we will find enough to last us months to come,” Conway said.
“Well, William always said more is better and it’s true, what if there are new survivors on their way here?” Emma asked.
“That bridge, is a mess trust me I have seen it with my own eyes, no one will survive it unless they arrive by boat,” Conway said.
“That’s another thing, that’s very important we need more boats, it’s going to be much easier to scout having them around, we can save a lot of time while keeping it save at the same time,” Conway said.
“Sounds good to me, we don’t have to risk taking long roads then,” Emma said
“The bridge however, I don’t know that crack we managed to make, wasn’t big at all, if one had to fall correctly to make the slightest blockage, more could fall down blocking it more, they will pass eventually, we need to find a way to bring that bridge down,” Conway said, tapping his pen on the paper.
“I know nothing about any explosives, sorry can’t be of any help in that field,” Emma said.
“Neither do I or anyone else here, it will be useless to get anything ready, just to be attacked during the rebuild or straight after we finish rebuilding,” Conway said, worried and concerned.
“I see your point, we will find a way maybe we can fill that crack with gas canisters and make the crack bigger that way,” Emma said.
“Won’t work, that gas cans will need to be tightly secured, otherwise it will simply shoot away, besides that, they will just blow some intense flames and not explode like you think they would, yet again I am no expert on this,” Conway said.
“Still, let’s not worry about that just yet, we need the food and defenses up as soon as possible rather have some then none, we can always temporarily block the bridge just in front of the crack, it will definitely make it harder for them to pass,” Conway said.
“It will, they have bad grips unless it’s for food, you will need to find a way to stack it, maybe one over another, the higher the harder it would be if they ever managed to pass the crack,” Emma said.
“For the long run, I suggest we find someone that’s second in command, no not to replace you but one that can always stay in Key West to take care of defenses, especially when we find more survivors,” Conway said.
“That sounds like a great plan,” Emma said smiling.
“That’s all for now, I believe we can discuss Bobby now,” Conway said.
“If you are done, then yes we should,” Emma said.
“So you are a nurse and you have some skill when it comes to most surgeries, right?” Conway asked.
“Yes I do, giving stitches and cleaning wounds,” Emma said.
“Then this is the options he has, you do the same to him that he did to Danny, with him staying in a cell until the end of this year, that’s a total of four months,” Conway said.
“I can’t do that to him, wouldn’t be able to go through with it no point to torture him,” Emma said.
“You have the tools, you can sedate him while doing this, it’s just to let him think of the pain he caused, if however he doesn’t want to go through with the operation, then he will stay in that cell until end next year,” Conway said.
“Is there really no other way?” Emma asked.
“No, there is none, that’s my final decision, its either suffer a little after the operation with little jail time or he will carry out the said sentence, until end next year, just like any other pris
on,” Conway said.
“Guess it’s a good thing to go back to some of our old ways,” Emma said.
“What are the terms for being in this cell?” Emma asked.
“None, he is granted one small meal per day and visitors once every two weeks, if good behavior is shown, then there will still be no way anyone is releasing him, there is no point keeping him in there if it doesn’t feel like punishment to him,” Conway said.
“I understand then, I will get people to work on preparing a cell for him,” Emma said.
“Oh before I forget, if he needs any medical treatment then that will be provided,” Conway said.
“I will, I won’t be that harsh, I thought what you said you know,” Emma said.
“We need new assignments too,” Emma said.
“Everyone will keep the assignments William originally gave them, until decided otherwise as for Ashley she will be taking Danny’s place,” Conway said.
“For you, you will be second in charge equally as I am, as long as we discuss these things first,” Conway said.
“I will gladly accept that,” Emma said, delighted over Conway’s decision making skills so far.
Emma gets up and start putting people together to get results, firstly the scouting for food, Martin and Markus will do this like they always have, while they do this a small group will help in preparing a cell for Bobby since either way he will spend some time in their, no matter what option he pick.
Martin was informed of Bobby’s sentence and Martin agreed, thinking that its good either way at least he was given an option, he can decide what he can handle, both harsh none the less but Martin figured it will surely learn Bobby something and if he had to stay in that cell until end next year, well that will give him at least some time to take a break from Bobby.
Martin is sick of his brother in many ways, he hates the things he has done, especially the bad things, rape, murder, torturing, parties and all the drugs, not to forget being extremely lazy.
Chapter 14: Evolution
The group has been extremely busy for the last few days preparing their defenses, everyone has been running around like mad things, no one ever expected they would be working this hard, this is way more work than William have ever provided for them. Even with the people hating it, they still enjoy it somehow at the same time, they enjoy celebrating after such a long day, and they enjoy seeing how things were making progress.
Martin doesn’t mind this, he always liked being busy, it’s a way to keep him away from and out of his brothers mess, over all hating his entire family, the only person he could trust was Samantha. Martin has known her for years, since they were kids, sure she isn’t without problems, she has her flaws she has her sins like everyone else.
Everyone was happy last night when Conway announced they can all take a break that will be no less than 2 weeks; in this time they can go fetch whatever they wanted as long as they remain in Key West in teams of two.
Debra is the only single person that hates all of this, ever since her mother died when she was just a child, she was spoiled by her filthy rich dad, everyone knows this, it’s hard not to know when she complain about the work and how she misses her old life.
She can be a really mean person when she wants to be, none of the people here like her that much though Bobby was seen hanging out with her a lot, making many believe she is just a whore. She seems friendlier around guys, either for the attention or she is just trying to use them, Emma couldn’t understand this at all, she didn’t really care either.
Bobby has had his fun he didn’t want to go through the operation, Martin did manage to change his mind the very last second and he made it through the operation and is serving his sentence until end year. At times you can hear him moan and cry due to pain, no pain killers was allowed after the operation, just a few antiseptics to keep the wounds clean with clean band aids. As time went by, the pain must have stopped or isn’t that bad anymore, that’s what people think, since he is walking around slowly.
It might not seem long but 4 months can really get to you when you’re not allowed outside especially when no one visits you and have absolutely nothing to do but sit daily, sleep, eat and repeat. Martin wasn’t heartless he did visit twice but then things got busy and he was tired, he didn’t even bother to go see his brother.
“Seem like things are working out pretty well, isn’t it?” Ashley asked.
“It is, it’s looking much better,” Emma said.
“Soon we can start cleaning up a little and then we can take a long rested break, that everyone deserves,” Ashley said.
“That sure would be nice, I really need it, after running around I still go home to teach my daughter, and you know learning can’t stop there,” Emma said.
“Learning, that will never stop, you learn new things every day,” Ashley said.
“Every day, though that’s an understatement, I am sure in our new world, it’s every hour if not less,” Emma said.
“I always wanted kids but in times like this, I highly doubt it will be worth it, doesn’t seem fair to any new born child,” Ashley said.
“Things will get better, you will see and once they do it’s just going to happen and I promise, you won’t regret it, not one second of your life,” Emma said.
“Maybe, but I highly doubt anything will ever be the same,” Ashley said.
“People have always found their way around problems, just like we are going to find a way around our current one, don’t give up hope, not until its entirely over or dealt with,” Emma said.
“You’re probably right; things will have to change a lot, before I plan on having kids though,” Ashley said.
The day passed, the night was dead silent, with everyone being too tired, none of them really had the extra energy to stay up to chat, it was mostly just get back, clean whatever needed cleaning, eat and sleep.
Early morning, its cloudy, at times it will drip for a few minutes then stop, this continued for the two hours Conway was awake, he already prepared breakfast for Ashley with some tea, it’s not the best and it’s probably not a very healthy meal to have in the morning. Eggs with tomato and spaghetti was pretty much all he could make, it was all he had left to make at that moment, at least it’s better than nothing, beside she loves tomato and spaghetti.
After waking Ashley, making her day even if it’s not a decently prepared meal, she was happy and enjoyed it the same way she would any meal, not to be fooled by her skinny figure she really like to munch away any food at any time, it’s all good to her since she struggles to gain weight.
Conway heads out side with a little camping chair, figuring it’s still early and there is enough time to just enjoy the nice cool weather. It’s so nice outside its actually making him lazy, not in the mood to wake anyone up or even start the day, knowing the sooner it gets done the sooner they can stop worrying about it.
The day started much sooner when a helicopter stopped not far from Fort Jefferson, just hovering in the air, it sure was strange to just hover around. Conway got up shouting and quickly Martin was the first to respond, the pilot must be able to see them and some tents, or he must be blind as a bat.
It didn’t hover for much longer before a crate is pushed out of the chopper, shortly after it fell in the water they shot of one flare and then another flare was shot several seconds later, before the helicopter flew fast over them.
To the direction it was going in, it clearly didn’t go along the bridge, they must be going somewhere else, it didn’t matter to them, what did matter was they just had to get some gear and go for a little dive, whatever they dropped in the water must be supplies, it’s a big crate it will be worth the look.
Conway wakes up everyone, giving them an hour to prepare and have breakfast, they should get back to work as soon as possible, if it did start to rain heavily then all were allowed to return and work will continue the next day. Conway and Martin however, didn’t join in to help them; no they were looking for decent sc
uba gear, it was easily found, after returning they were confronted by Emma and Ashley.
“What’s going on, why are you guys running around doing nothing?” Emma asked.
“Why do you have scuba gear?” Ashley asked.
“Well this morning while everyone was still sleeping after I woke you, I went to go sit outside, you know simply to relax and then there was a helicopter hovering not far from us, I immediately called out to it, Martin woke up and we were jumping and waving to insure they see us, then they dropped a crate and we believe it’s a supply crate,” Conway said explaining everything very fast.
“That’s absolutely right and now we need to go fetch it, we also found the gear we needed,” Martin said smiling.
“Hun, you know you’re not a very good swimmer,” Ashley said.
“I don’t swim very well either, I hate the waters, scared of sharks but if we are together, then it will be fast and easy,” Martin said laughing.
“All we are going to do is tie down this rope to the boat, dive and hook it up to the crate, then start pulling it back up,” Conway said.
“You know, by the time you get back up, the boat could have drifted away,” Emma said as a joke.
“Really, it’s really going to drift away?” Conway asked.
“Yes it is, since you can’t swim and Martin is scared of sharks that will most likely not attack you, I shall go with you, I am a very good swimmer and have done some fair amount of diving in my time for fun and to explore the ocean,” Emma said.
“There is no way you are doing it, its way to dangerous,” Conway said.
“Don’t tell me that bull, I live here in Florida and if I don’t go, then you won’t get the crank William salvaged from a boat, attach the rope to this and you will be done in no time,” Emma said.
“Fine just let her come, let’s just get going before it starts to rain,” Martin said.
“All done, it should work just fine now, give it a try,” Martin said, after struggling several minutes just to mount it on the boat.
“Took you long enough,” Conway said as it works perfectly.
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