Grid Attack (Cyber War #2) by Emerson Hawk Page A
Authors: Emerson Hawk
Tags: post-apocalyptic fiction
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about how police were taking people away to the FEMA camps. It was hard to tell what was the truth and what was just conspiracy theories.
We took our time and plotted our route, allowing for backtracking if needed and also considered what would happen if our vehicle got stolen and we had to hike the rest of the way.
That wasn’t a pleasant thought. The idea of having to hike 60 miles in this kind of weather was not something I wanted to do, much less subject Katherine to.
She also would never let me live it down. And in general, I just didn’t want to disappoint her.
I knew it was important to her to get to her mom’s. Her mom lived in a small town just near the river. Damn, if I only had a boat we could get to a waterway and float all the way down.
It was a historic town with residents that never seemed to leave. I loved the area, but I had always wanted to stay close to the city with the conveniences that go with it.
The country life was never something I envisioned for myself. Now, I kinda wished we had lived in the country. We would probably have been better prepared.
Carl couldn’t find anything on the radio about the roads, so he helped us map our way.
“Carl, do you want to come with us? I mean, we can bring you along if you like?” I said, without asking Kat if she was okay with it.
Kat glared at me. But I knew what I was doing. I figured it was probably going to be a rough trip. We could use Carl to help us get through some things, especially if we ran up against anyone that would do us harm. He was a good shot, after all.
“I dunno, man. I really don’t have any reason to go with you. Plus, your mother-in-law doesn’t know me. She may not be keen on the idea of a stranger.” He said.
“Well, you think about it. It will be a day or so before we head out. I just wish we knew if the weather was going to cooperate or not.” I said.
I looked over at Kat who was motioning for me to go upstairs. I was about to get a tongue lashing for inviting Carl without asking her first.
I guess the apocalypse never changes certain parts of a relationship.
Chapter 2- Katherine
“What the hell are you thinking? We can’t bring anyone with us. We have no idea what lies out there. I don’t want anything to happen to Carl, and it be our fault because we invited him to come!” I whisper yelled at Anthony, totally pissed that he’s invited Carl to come along without consulting me first.
I mean, it’s wasn’t HIS mom’s house, it was mine. And I knew my mother was probably worried sick about us. The last thing she needed was to have some strange person that she didn’t know in her house, and trying to feed him as well as us.
“Babe, listen, please…” Tony started. “I know that Carl will help us out on this. He won’t just mooch off your mom or us for that matter. He will contribute to working and figuring out things that may make all our lives easier. He’s smart like that. Plus, we need an extra person for security.”
“Security?” I said.
“Yes, think about it. If it’s just you and me, we are the only ones that can monitor things on the way down, as well as at your mom’s place. That means that it’s much harder because only one of us can be on security watch while the other person drives or sleeps. Your mom and step-dad are not agile enough to do security. So Carl will allow us to rotate security, and watch out for people that don’t have a good nature about them.” He said.
He had a good point. If it was just the two of us and things were bad down there, it would be really hard for just he and I to manage things. Having one extra person would help out tremendously. Providing we could actually get out of the city and down there to begin with.
“Okay, fine,” I said.
We took our time and plotted our route, allowing for backtracking if needed and also considered what would happen if our vehicle got stolen and we had to hike the rest of the way.
That wasn’t a pleasant thought. The idea of having to hike 60 miles in this kind of weather was not something I wanted to do, much less subject Katherine to.
She also would never let me live it down. And in general, I just didn’t want to disappoint her.
I knew it was important to her to get to her mom’s. Her mom lived in a small town just near the river. Damn, if I only had a boat we could get to a waterway and float all the way down.
It was a historic town with residents that never seemed to leave. I loved the area, but I had always wanted to stay close to the city with the conveniences that go with it.
The country life was never something I envisioned for myself. Now, I kinda wished we had lived in the country. We would probably have been better prepared.
Carl couldn’t find anything on the radio about the roads, so he helped us map our way.
“Carl, do you want to come with us? I mean, we can bring you along if you like?” I said, without asking Kat if she was okay with it.
Kat glared at me. But I knew what I was doing. I figured it was probably going to be a rough trip. We could use Carl to help us get through some things, especially if we ran up against anyone that would do us harm. He was a good shot, after all.
“I dunno, man. I really don’t have any reason to go with you. Plus, your mother-in-law doesn’t know me. She may not be keen on the idea of a stranger.” He said.
“Well, you think about it. It will be a day or so before we head out. I just wish we knew if the weather was going to cooperate or not.” I said.
I looked over at Kat who was motioning for me to go upstairs. I was about to get a tongue lashing for inviting Carl without asking her first.
I guess the apocalypse never changes certain parts of a relationship.
Chapter 2- Katherine
“What the hell are you thinking? We can’t bring anyone with us. We have no idea what lies out there. I don’t want anything to happen to Carl, and it be our fault because we invited him to come!” I whisper yelled at Anthony, totally pissed that he’s invited Carl to come along without consulting me first.
I mean, it’s wasn’t HIS mom’s house, it was mine. And I knew my mother was probably worried sick about us. The last thing she needed was to have some strange person that she didn’t know in her house, and trying to feed him as well as us.
“Babe, listen, please…” Tony started. “I know that Carl will help us out on this. He won’t just mooch off your mom or us for that matter. He will contribute to working and figuring out things that may make all our lives easier. He’s smart like that. Plus, we need an extra person for security.”
“Security?” I said.
“Yes, think about it. If it’s just you and me, we are the only ones that can monitor things on the way down, as well as at your mom’s place. That means that it’s much harder because only one of us can be on security watch while the other person drives or sleeps. Your mom and step-dad are not agile enough to do security. So Carl will allow us to rotate security, and watch out for people that don’t have a good nature about them.” He said.
He had a good point. If it was just the two of us and things were bad down there, it would be really hard for just he and I to manage things. Having one extra person would help out tremendously. Providing we could actually get out of the city and down there to begin with.
“Okay, fine,” I said.
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