Grid Attack (Cyber War #2) Read Online Free
Author: Emerson Hawk
Tags: post-apocalyptic fiction
eyes and asked God to forgive any sins the man had.
Standing up, I walked back over to Katherine. She was just staring over at him, wide eyed and having a hard time forming words. I could tell she was struggling with what had just happened.
“Knife. He had a knife. I told him to stop. He kept coming.” She said.
“Babe, come on, let’s go inside.” I said as I carefully removed the gun from her hand and took her through the back door.
I led her into the living room and sat her down on the couch. She was shivering from the adrenalin, so I took and wrapped her up in a blanket.
“You stay here. Carl and I will take care of this.” I said, as I lifted her chin up until her eyes met mine. I needed her to understand what I was saying.
She nodded as Carl and I went back into the back yard to assess the situation.
“Damn, Tony. I didn’t know she had it in her.” Carl said.
“Me neither. But I imagine this will give her nightmares for a while. We need to do something with the body.” I said, not exactly knowing what we should do.
It wasn’t like we could call someone to come and get it. And even if we could, I wasn’t sure I wanted anyone to really know what happened.
Even though it was in self-defense, our world was different now and who knows how things like this were being handled.
“I guess we need to bury him or something.” I said, looking around my back yard and evaluating whether I wanted to bury someone in it.
“Why don’t we bury him over there?” Carl said, pointing the the back yard of Alice and Ernie. “And while we are at it, we should go ahead and bury Alice and Ernie as well.”
I took a deep breath and sighed. Nodding my head, I told Carl to pull one of the older tarps out of my shed so we could wrap this guy in it.
We made sure to look around at the neighbors back yards that butted up against us. We knew a few of them, but hadn’t seen them since the whole collapse started and had no idea if they were even there.
Perhaps it was a good idea to find out, but it would have to wait.
“I think maybe it would be wise to take turns, so one of us can be on watch while the other digs.” Carl said, and I agreed.
I went inside to check on Katherine. She was calmer now and had come out of her dazed state.
I sat on the coffee table opposite of her and brushed her hair out of her face.
“You doing okay, baby girl?”
“I think so. I just…I never killed anyone. Didn’t know it would feel like this. I didn’t want to shoot him.” She said as she looked up at me, eyes in need of approval.
“I know you didn’t babe. It’s okay. It was self-defense. And I’m sorry you had to do that.” I said.
“Carl and I are going to dig a few graves out behind the neighbors garage. WE will be at it for a while. Why don’t you stay here and just rest.” I added.
She nodded and stared back at the fire going in the fireplace.
I knew from things that I had read that traumatic events can cause people to disconnect if they can’t figure out how to deal. I also knew Kat was pretty strong and figured she would be okay.
At least, that was the hope.
Carl and I grabbed gloves and shovels and we took turns digging three shallow graves. The exercise felt good, even if we didn’t really need it.
The sunshine warmed us up and we were grateful that it wasn’t raining or snowing, and that the ground wasn’t so waterlogged that it would be like digging up clay.
We didn’t waste time as we lowered in the body of the stranger and covered it up.
Next was the grueling task of burying the bodies of Alice and Ernie. Even with the cold, the bodies had begun to decompose and the smell was overpowering.
I went in through the broken house and opened the garage door. Both Carl and I had to walk away and catch our breath as the odor made us gag.
We guessed that it was the smell that
Standing up, I walked back over to Katherine. She was just staring over at him, wide eyed and having a hard time forming words. I could tell she was struggling with what had just happened.
“Knife. He had a knife. I told him to stop. He kept coming.” She said.
“Babe, come on, let’s go inside.” I said as I carefully removed the gun from her hand and took her through the back door.
I led her into the living room and sat her down on the couch. She was shivering from the adrenalin, so I took and wrapped her up in a blanket.
“You stay here. Carl and I will take care of this.” I said, as I lifted her chin up until her eyes met mine. I needed her to understand what I was saying.
She nodded as Carl and I went back into the back yard to assess the situation.
“Damn, Tony. I didn’t know she had it in her.” Carl said.
“Me neither. But I imagine this will give her nightmares for a while. We need to do something with the body.” I said, not exactly knowing what we should do.
It wasn’t like we could call someone to come and get it. And even if we could, I wasn’t sure I wanted anyone to really know what happened.
Even though it was in self-defense, our world was different now and who knows how things like this were being handled.
“I guess we need to bury him or something.” I said, looking around my back yard and evaluating whether I wanted to bury someone in it.
“Why don’t we bury him over there?” Carl said, pointing the the back yard of Alice and Ernie. “And while we are at it, we should go ahead and bury Alice and Ernie as well.”
I took a deep breath and sighed. Nodding my head, I told Carl to pull one of the older tarps out of my shed so we could wrap this guy in it.
We made sure to look around at the neighbors back yards that butted up against us. We knew a few of them, but hadn’t seen them since the whole collapse started and had no idea if they were even there.
Perhaps it was a good idea to find out, but it would have to wait.
“I think maybe it would be wise to take turns, so one of us can be on watch while the other digs.” Carl said, and I agreed.
I went inside to check on Katherine. She was calmer now and had come out of her dazed state.
I sat on the coffee table opposite of her and brushed her hair out of her face.
“You doing okay, baby girl?”
“I think so. I just…I never killed anyone. Didn’t know it would feel like this. I didn’t want to shoot him.” She said as she looked up at me, eyes in need of approval.
“I know you didn’t babe. It’s okay. It was self-defense. And I’m sorry you had to do that.” I said.
“Carl and I are going to dig a few graves out behind the neighbors garage. WE will be at it for a while. Why don’t you stay here and just rest.” I added.
She nodded and stared back at the fire going in the fireplace.
I knew from things that I had read that traumatic events can cause people to disconnect if they can’t figure out how to deal. I also knew Kat was pretty strong and figured she would be okay.
At least, that was the hope.
Carl and I grabbed gloves and shovels and we took turns digging three shallow graves. The exercise felt good, even if we didn’t really need it.
The sunshine warmed us up and we were grateful that it wasn’t raining or snowing, and that the ground wasn’t so waterlogged that it would be like digging up clay.
We didn’t waste time as we lowered in the body of the stranger and covered it up.
Next was the grueling task of burying the bodies of Alice and Ernie. Even with the cold, the bodies had begun to decompose and the smell was overpowering.
I went in through the broken house and opened the garage door. Both Carl and I had to walk away and catch our breath as the odor made us gag.
We guessed that it was the smell that
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