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Darkening Skies, Chs. 9&10 – Fracture in the family, Reunion
VICKI looked at Mark’s prediction on the computer. Though she was never that good at math, his numbers seemed right. At dinner she announced an all-out effort to store fuel. “We have enough food to keep us going a few months,” Vicki said, “but if Mark is right about what’s coming, we need to insulate the problem areas and get more fuel.”
“What fuel?” Janie asked.
“Firewood,” Vicki answered, “enough to last a couple months.”
Janie sighed. “Thought I was done with grunt labor when I escaped the GC camp.”
Vicki ignored her. “Conrad, I need you to coordinate the around-the-clock GC lookout from the tower.”
“Already done,” Conrad said. “We do three eight-hour shifts. Shelly’s up there right now.”
“Any luck with the box?” Vicki asked.
Conrad shook his head. “I’ve broken three saw blades on it so far.”
“It’ll have to take a backseat to this,” Vicki said. “As a matter of fact, we’ll have to postpone classes, too.”
“What happens if his predictions don’t come true?” Melinda wanted to know. “We’re already into spring. Summer’s not far away. How’s it going to get that cold this time of year?”
“Yeah,” Janie said, “we could work our tails off for nothing.”
Mark scowled. “Dr. Ben-Judah’s been predicting stuff since the GC made their treaty with Israel. He hasn’t been wrong yet.”
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judd was crushed by the deaths of Taylor and Hasina. He wanted to call the media and tell them the truth about what happened, but he knew the media was controlled by Nicolae Carpathia. A sense of despair set in. Not only had they lost two friends, but they had also lost their best chance of getting home. Judd went to his room and tried to sleep, but couldn’t. He composed an e-mail and sent it to Conrad, then fixed a cup of coffee. His father had been a big-time coffee drinker, but his mother had warned Judd not to start. In his senior year he had pulled several all-nighters with nothing but sheer willpower and a thermos filled with coffee. Now, as Judd held the hot cup and thought about his family, it seemed like two different lives. Only a little more than two years had passed since the vanishings. In those two years his life had turned upside down. Nothing was constant. He seemed to always be on the run.
Darkening Skies, Chs. 9&10 – Fracture in the family, Reunion
Darkening Skies, Chs. 9&10 - Fracture in the family, Reunion