The bus cheered, then in a few seconds, came to a grinding and screeching halt. The stop was so fast that the tires squealed, the bus slid sideways, and items and people flew about.
Cal shot out his hands catching himself before he plowed face first into the seat before him.
Everyone shouted, questioning what was happening.
Cal looked up and saw the driver and the soldiers running from the bus.
“What the hell?” Cal said outload.
“Where are they going?” a person shouted.
“What are they doing?” people asked.
Cal stood, as he made his way up front, and looked out the window. The soldiers and the driver were running fast and into the wooded hillside.
Cal pushed his way to the front and followed three others off of the bus. The others followed.
There wasn’t a car around, not a soul or sound. Cal stood in the middle of the road, baffled. The others surrounded him and were behind him.
Cal was in his own thoughts, one world, trying to figure out what to do.
“They keys are on the bus,” someone said. “Maybe we should take it.”
“They ran for a reason,” said another voice.
“He was on the radio,” someone said behind Cal. “I couldn’t understand a word of it.”
“Were they warned about something?” asked another.
“I don’t know. I couldn’t understand.”
“Maybe it’s a trap.”
“Oh my God. Look.”
Cal heard that and spun around. When he did, everyone was staring up.
The moment Cal lifted his eyes upward, his soul felt as if it left.
The cloudless blue sky was the perfect canvas to the white chemtrails of the rockets that streamed in perfect unison westerly above their heads.
There was no way to tell where they were headed and where they would land. All Cal knew was that he wasn’t going home.
It wasn’t over. Not for him, not for America, and not by a long shot.
About the Author
Jacqueline Druga is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. She is a prolific writer having penned over a hundred titles. Her works include genres of all types but she favours post-apocalypse and apocalypse writing.
You can find more about the author:
Facebook: @jacquelinedruga
Twitter: @gojake
Website: www.jacquelinedruga.com
When Leah and Calvin found out they were expecting, they were over the moon. That day would be one to remember forever…but for more reasons than one. That was the day the world changed. That was the day joy turned to fear. A deadly virus broke out, with many of those infected becoming violent and uncontrollable. And it was spreading fast.
Copyright
Copyright © Jacqueline Druga 2018
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission from the publisher.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any person or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No affiliation is implied or intended to any organization or recognizable body mentioned within.
Published by Vulpine Press in the United Kingdom in 2018
Cover by Claire Wood
ISBN: 978-1-912701-15-5