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Authors: Roger Hayden, James Hunt
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arm around her. “I’m sure he’s okay. They probably have dozens of these camps set up around the city.”
Samantha nodded her head in silence and rested her head on his shoulder as they arrived at the tent. She pulled the tent flap open and said, “Annie? Uncle Jim’s here.”
“Really?” an excited child’s voice said from inside the tent.
Suddenly, Annie came rushing out and jumped into Jim’s arms. He lifted her up in the air. She screamed and laughed as Jim let out a groan at how heavy she was getting.
“What have you been feeding her? She’s a tank!” He held her in one arm, and she kept her skinny arms around his neck. He kissed her on the cheek. It was the first time Samantha had seen her daughter smile since they got there.
The four of them walked into the tent, and Annie sat in Jim’s lap while Coyle and Samantha sat across from them on the other cot. Jim tickled Annie, who kept squealing for him to stop, then she would tickle him back and keep egging him on.
She finally wiggled down off of him and ran back into the corner where she had a coloring book with a few crayons that they were able to scrounge up and pass out for the kids in the camp. Jim smiled as she went to work on her sunflower and then turned his attention back to Samantha and Coyle.
“So what else do we know?’ Jim asked.
Samantha shrugged. “That’s it really. There hasn’t been much communication about what’s happening outside since we got here. I’ve heard a couple things trickle in with new people showing up, but all the stories don’t mix. Someone heard there was a nuclear attack, someone else thinks we’re being invaded, another person said they saw aliens. The only things I know for sure that happened were the events I told you about before we got here.”
Coyle raised his hand, trying to enter the conversation. “Um, how long do we have to stay here?”
Samantha looked at the two of them as she spoke, “They said we shouldn’t be here longer than a week. They’re working on checking any contamination issues in Phoenix, but as soon as it’s cleared, they said we can go back.”
“I’m going to miss karate practice. I was supposed to get my green belt this week,” Annie piped up from the corner with a frown.
Jim smiled over to her. “Don’t worry. We can still practice. I’ll show you some moves. Coyle can be our practice dummy.” His grin widened as he looked at Coyle, who squinted back at him while Annie screamed, “Yay!”
Jim and Coyle went to set up their tent, and after a little haggling with the coordinator to get a tent right next to Samantha and Annie’s, they sat outside and had lunch. The bright desert sun shone down on them. Jim wasn’t sure when he would get to go back home to San Diego, or even if he would ever get the chance, but he knew that if he didn’t, he’d be okay starting over. As long as he had the friends and family around him that he cared about, he was sure that everything would be okay. At the time, he had all that he needed and believed that together, they could make it through anything.
The City Burns-Chapter 1
Blood trickled down Matt’s crooked, broken nose. Bruises blotched his cheeks. He sat naked in a chair with his hands taped behind his back and his ankles bound together. No windows. No light. No hope. Four concrete walls and a single locked door surrounded him in the darkness.
Footsteps echoed faintly from beyond the door. Matt’s body shook. The boots thumped louder. His body broke out into a sweat, mixing with the dried blood stuck to his skin. The door flung open and he watched through half-swollen eyes as Garrett, Tim, and Brian entered in matching army cargo pants and green shirts.
“Good morning, sunshine!” Garrett said.
Matt’s face winced from the blinding fluorescent light that arrived with his captors.
“I think we woke him
Samantha nodded her head in silence and rested her head on his shoulder as they arrived at the tent. She pulled the tent flap open and said, “Annie? Uncle Jim’s here.”
“Really?” an excited child’s voice said from inside the tent.
Suddenly, Annie came rushing out and jumped into Jim’s arms. He lifted her up in the air. She screamed and laughed as Jim let out a groan at how heavy she was getting.
“What have you been feeding her? She’s a tank!” He held her in one arm, and she kept her skinny arms around his neck. He kissed her on the cheek. It was the first time Samantha had seen her daughter smile since they got there.
The four of them walked into the tent, and Annie sat in Jim’s lap while Coyle and Samantha sat across from them on the other cot. Jim tickled Annie, who kept squealing for him to stop, then she would tickle him back and keep egging him on.
She finally wiggled down off of him and ran back into the corner where she had a coloring book with a few crayons that they were able to scrounge up and pass out for the kids in the camp. Jim smiled as she went to work on her sunflower and then turned his attention back to Samantha and Coyle.
“So what else do we know?’ Jim asked.
Samantha shrugged. “That’s it really. There hasn’t been much communication about what’s happening outside since we got here. I’ve heard a couple things trickle in with new people showing up, but all the stories don’t mix. Someone heard there was a nuclear attack, someone else thinks we’re being invaded, another person said they saw aliens. The only things I know for sure that happened were the events I told you about before we got here.”
Coyle raised his hand, trying to enter the conversation. “Um, how long do we have to stay here?”
Samantha looked at the two of them as she spoke, “They said we shouldn’t be here longer than a week. They’re working on checking any contamination issues in Phoenix, but as soon as it’s cleared, they said we can go back.”
“I’m going to miss karate practice. I was supposed to get my green belt this week,” Annie piped up from the corner with a frown.
Jim smiled over to her. “Don’t worry. We can still practice. I’ll show you some moves. Coyle can be our practice dummy.” His grin widened as he looked at Coyle, who squinted back at him while Annie screamed, “Yay!”
Jim and Coyle went to set up their tent, and after a little haggling with the coordinator to get a tent right next to Samantha and Annie’s, they sat outside and had lunch. The bright desert sun shone down on them. Jim wasn’t sure when he would get to go back home to San Diego, or even if he would ever get the chance, but he knew that if he didn’t, he’d be okay starting over. As long as he had the friends and family around him that he cared about, he was sure that everything would be okay. At the time, he had all that he needed and believed that together, they could make it through anything.
The City Burns-Chapter 1
Blood trickled down Matt’s crooked, broken nose. Bruises blotched his cheeks. He sat naked in a chair with his hands taped behind his back and his ankles bound together. No windows. No light. No hope. Four concrete walls and a single locked door surrounded him in the darkness.
Footsteps echoed faintly from beyond the door. Matt’s body shook. The boots thumped louder. His body broke out into a sweat, mixing with the dried blood stuck to his skin. The door flung open and he watched through half-swollen eyes as Garrett, Tim, and Brian entered in matching army cargo pants and green shirts.
“Good morning, sunshine!” Garrett said.
Matt’s face winced from the blinding fluorescent light that arrived with his captors.
“I think we woke him
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