After 27 days of walking the group was finally in Ohio
"About time" Alex exclaimed "So now what"
"Arizona had Craterview and Cliffguard so maybe we look for the main settlement here" Thomas replied
There would be a light in the distance
"Looks far" Arthur "Shortcut?"
"Only option" Alex answered
"You're not wrong" Thomas added in
"Alright" Aiden agreed
"There's a mall right there looks like a good shortcut" Alex said.
"beats walking down the street" Arthur added.
Alex opened the door to the mall as he clicked on his flashlight looking around
"Smells like someone died in here" Alex said holding his nose
"No shit" Arthur replied as he and the rest of the group dropped they're bags onto the ground to look around
"Language" Thomas annoyingly said
"Thomas, grow a pair and shut up" Arthur said to Thomas
Aiden had been walking around while the group fought
Aiden lifted up a metal closed door on one of the stores seeing something
"HOLY SHIT THIS IS A MUTANT NEST" Aiden Screamed as the mutants he saw started sprinting at the group
Alex had started running right after he heard the word mutant
The rest of the group had to catch up if they were gonna survive this encounter
The group had now started running
"SHIT OUR BAGS" Thomas shouted
"FUCK THE BAGS" Arthur shouted back
The group had turned right The mutants followed
The group was now caught up with Alex
"DOOR" Alex shouted
Aiden crashed through the door with his shoulder
As the group was inside and locked the door a mutant crashed through the window and grabbed Thomas. Thomas held it at bay but if someone didn't do something he would die.
Aiden grabbed a nearby pipe and slammed it into the mutants skull repeatedly until its entire head looked like soup.
Alex had to pull back Aiden from the mutant for him to stop just as he done that more mutants appeared too many to take on
"And here we go running again" Arthur said sarcastically
The group busted through another door into a room without windows and slammed it closed
"Holy shit" Alex said while panting
Shotgun pump
"Fuck me" Aiden said
Aiden had zoned out he assumed Thomas said something dumb because the second he zoned back in the stranger with the shotgun had blasted Thomas's Knee
"HOLY SHIT!" Arthur screamed as he recoiled back
Thomas couldn't stop screaming
"Anyone else want to be a Smart ass?" The stranger said as he waved around his shotgun as he walked towards Alex
Alex had a plan Aiden could tell by his face
As the man walked over to Alex with his shotgun aimed at him Alex had swept his leg out from under the man the shotgun fired and hit the roof
Aiden ran over pulling his knife out of his pocket and stabbed the man in the heart and then the throat
"Okay, No more shortcuts" Aiden said
"Think Tommy boy over there Agrees" Alex added
"Arthur grab tommy"
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A Winter's Mirage (Book 2 of A Desert's Mirage)
Mystery / ThrillerMonths after Annie's journey to find her parents. Another boy named Aiden is still in anger about craterview but after learning Annie and her group has ran off to Ohio He and his friends run after them in the cold nuclear winter
