The Pulse
“They had been walking for hours when Mason gestured up ahead.Two armed men.They weren’t soldiers, it looked like. From what she could see at this distance, they were wearing street clothes but carrying old-fashioned shotguns. Definitely no match for Mason’s M16, but frightening nonetheless.“There must be another town here,” she said quietly, even though the men were probably still half a mile away. “Why don’t they have a barricade of cars, like the other place did?” she wondered out loud.Mason ...shrugged. “Let’s try to convince them to let us spend the night at the town, get a meal, maybe, in exchange for work.”“You think they might need a nurse?”“Maybe. If not, I can do manual labor stuff, no problem.”“God, I hope so.”They put their hands in the air again as they approached the two men guarding the road. “Hi there,” Emily said brightly. “I’m Emily… Harris. This is my husband, Mason.”“Call me Luke,” the guard said. Emily guessed they must not see a lot of travelers to speak to them in such a friendly way.MoreLess
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