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few hours but eventually left to check on Berk and Kayra and to see that they ate.
She found everyone at the MRAP. Kayra was helping her aunt Kathy check over the engine and handing her tools that Kathy patiently described in detail.
Berk was inside the vehicle with Jeremy, helping him clean and organize the interior.
Chris was on the roof of the MRAP with his mother Linda, Chelsea, and Royce. Chris and Chelsea were taking measurements around the turret while Linda wrote out the numbers as Chris called them out.
Royce was mostly staring at the turret; he occasionally pointed and suggested a different measurement be taken.
“Let’s get cleaned up and eat, kiddos,” Arzu said. Chris and Jeremy stopped talking and moving and simultaneously yelled out, “Woo hoo!” Although Arzu directed her statement to Berk and Kayra, everyone else decided it was time to stop and began to wash up before heading toward the chow line set up outside the Yates’ home.
“Where’s your grandmother?” Arzu asked Jeremy.
“She said she was going to help out the others prepare the lunch,” Jeremy replied as he helped Berk climb down from the MRAP.
“So has he been a good helper?” Arzu asked.
“Doing a great job. Much better than Dad,” Jeremy said and extended his fist; Berk smiled and gave him a fist bump.
Kayra and Kathy walked into view from the front of the MRAP. Arzu got a good view of Kayra and couldn’t help but laugh. Kayra was covered in dirt and grease.
“She’s a great mechanic, mom,” Kathy said with a smile. Kayra giggled and raised her greasy hands and displayed them proudly for her mother. Arzu ran as Kayra chased her and giggled as she threatened her mother with a greasy hug. They made their way to the makeshift public restrooms and washed up for lunch.
While the Matthews, Royce, Linda and Chelsea made their way through the chow line, they did see Judith helping serve food; she stopped and greeted them and said she’d join them shortly.
Their group picked a spot and sat together. Judith soon joined them. They discussed Jim’s condition and their good memories of John. Despite their loss of John and concern for Jim, they had also felt more relaxed the previous night and that day since the infection had began. The safety of numbers they felt at the Yates’ farm was reassuring.
Chapter 7
The farm owned by Hank and Jennifer Yates was located in Levy County, a mile southwest of the small town of Chiefland, Florida. The land consisted of thirty acres of mostly open field, with about ten acres of wooded area. The farm was fenced with barbed wire but the Yates family and their new residents had also placed semi-trailers, old school buses and a few twelve foot concrete T-walls directly behind the barbed wire along the front of the property.
They had turned the trailers and vehicles on their sides using a crane and front-end loader, to further reduce the view onto the property. The upturned vehicles and trailers helped prevent infected from crawling under any gaps. Spaced out along the inside of the barricades were ladders that led to the tops of the ad-hoc barriers. The placement of the large barricades was still a work-in-progress for the residents.
The south and west of the farm bordered Long Pond, which, depending on the rainfall for the year, actually could be called a lake when it swelled. In the weeks since the outbreak of the SCAR virus, the Yates’ property had grown in population and in structures. It became more like a compound out of the necessity for security.
Hank and Jen’s home was a single-story brick house of around two thousand five hundred square feet. It was no longer only occupied by them. They never had children of their own, but other family members and close friends had come for refuge after the infection had begun, and now filled the home. Several campers, buses, and tents were spaced out around the Yates’ home and were occupied by other friends and strangers that
She found everyone at the MRAP. Kayra was helping her aunt Kathy check over the engine and handing her tools that Kathy patiently described in detail.
Berk was inside the vehicle with Jeremy, helping him clean and organize the interior.
Chris was on the roof of the MRAP with his mother Linda, Chelsea, and Royce. Chris and Chelsea were taking measurements around the turret while Linda wrote out the numbers as Chris called them out.
Royce was mostly staring at the turret; he occasionally pointed and suggested a different measurement be taken.
“Let’s get cleaned up and eat, kiddos,” Arzu said. Chris and Jeremy stopped talking and moving and simultaneously yelled out, “Woo hoo!” Although Arzu directed her statement to Berk and Kayra, everyone else decided it was time to stop and began to wash up before heading toward the chow line set up outside the Yates’ home.
“Where’s your grandmother?” Arzu asked Jeremy.
“She said she was going to help out the others prepare the lunch,” Jeremy replied as he helped Berk climb down from the MRAP.
“So has he been a good helper?” Arzu asked.
“Doing a great job. Much better than Dad,” Jeremy said and extended his fist; Berk smiled and gave him a fist bump.
Kayra and Kathy walked into view from the front of the MRAP. Arzu got a good view of Kayra and couldn’t help but laugh. Kayra was covered in dirt and grease.
“She’s a great mechanic, mom,” Kathy said with a smile. Kayra giggled and raised her greasy hands and displayed them proudly for her mother. Arzu ran as Kayra chased her and giggled as she threatened her mother with a greasy hug. They made their way to the makeshift public restrooms and washed up for lunch.
While the Matthews, Royce, Linda and Chelsea made their way through the chow line, they did see Judith helping serve food; she stopped and greeted them and said she’d join them shortly.
Their group picked a spot and sat together. Judith soon joined them. They discussed Jim’s condition and their good memories of John. Despite their loss of John and concern for Jim, they had also felt more relaxed the previous night and that day since the infection had began. The safety of numbers they felt at the Yates’ farm was reassuring.
Chapter 7
The farm owned by Hank and Jennifer Yates was located in Levy County, a mile southwest of the small town of Chiefland, Florida. The land consisted of thirty acres of mostly open field, with about ten acres of wooded area. The farm was fenced with barbed wire but the Yates family and their new residents had also placed semi-trailers, old school buses and a few twelve foot concrete T-walls directly behind the barbed wire along the front of the property.
They had turned the trailers and vehicles on their sides using a crane and front-end loader, to further reduce the view onto the property. The upturned vehicles and trailers helped prevent infected from crawling under any gaps. Spaced out along the inside of the barricades were ladders that led to the tops of the ad-hoc barriers. The placement of the large barricades was still a work-in-progress for the residents.
The south and west of the farm bordered Long Pond, which, depending on the rainfall for the year, actually could be called a lake when it swelled. In the weeks since the outbreak of the SCAR virus, the Yates’ property had grown in population and in structures. It became more like a compound out of the necessity for security.
Hank and Jen’s home was a single-story brick house of around two thousand five hundred square feet. It was no longer only occupied by them. They never had children of their own, but other family members and close friends had come for refuge after the infection had begun, and now filled the home. Several campers, buses, and tents were spaced out around the Yates’ home and were occupied by other friends and strangers that
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