Broken Wings

Chapter Nine.

*Hi guys. It's been brought to my attention that there may be some confusion. Ok. So. So far I've been bouncing back and forth between Skye and Harry. These are not flash backs. With that being said this chapter is back to Harry. Thank you so much for your support.**

"Well. Let's check these out shall we." James says clapping his hands together.

He walks over to one of the Jeep's. "No keys!"

I look in another one. "None here either."

Niall starts moving around. He isn't saying much. As a matter of fact. He hasn't really said much since we've been here.

"Hey. You ok?" I ask.

"This is to easy don't you think? I mean they just up and left. Just makes me nervous."

"You worry to much. Relax." James says.

"He's right we've been here to long already. Let's just find the keys get what we need and get out of here."

I look over at Niall he looks pale.

" Hey guys. Over here." James is standing by what looks like a peg board.

Walking over to where he is I start talking to Niall.

"You know it had to be done right?"

"Did it. You didn't even flinch. Do you feel anything at all?"

"That depends."

"Harry!!"

"What? What do you want me to say huh?"

"That it bothers you. That you're sorry. Someone died today."

"Someone dies every day. It's a known fact."

" You're changing Harry. And I don't like it. And neither does Father."

"I doubt father even knows what I did." We reach James and stop talking.

"I think we found them." James is grinning showing all teeth.

"So you did. Ok well let's get moving."

We grab two sets of keys and try them. And by all miracles they work.

"WHOO. HOO." James yells.

"Ok so now let's get to the armory then the infirmary."

"Niall you coming?" He's not moving.

"Um yeah. Do you know how to drive this thing?"

"I think." I get behind the wheel and insert the key. The Jeep roars to life.

"You think?? I'll start praying now."

" Then ride with James." He looks over at James then gets in with me.

"I'll take my chances." I smirk and shake my head.

"Ok. Armory?" James yells.

" Lead the way."

We find the armory with no problem. The weapons cage is open, and inside are guns of all sizes.

"What is that you're carrying? A nine?" James ask me.

"Yeah."

"Ok." He starts looking around.

I'm stuck. I've never seen so many weapons in one place. I pick up a rifle and shotgun.

"The shot guns better. Less buck. I'm guessing we should split up what we find between the two jeeps. But if we choose a personal weapon we keep it with us."

"Deal." I say examining the shotgun. It feels big in my hands. But not heavy.

"Wait Harry. This one looks good." I look over at Niall. He's holding a gun that looks like the one I have but it has a clip at the bottom.

"Oo wow that's an AK 47. I didn't know the army carried them." James said.

"Well apparently this one does." Niall answers in a low voice.

"Do you want one?" I ask him.

"No way. I'm not carrying a gun."

"You should." James says. "Your brother may not Always be around."

Niall's head snapped up to look at me. The thought never occurred to him.

"Can we just finish this and get out of here." Niall says.

James and I load the Jeep's. Niall is looking for a tarp or an army blanket.

Once we load the weapons. Grabbing two more rifles a few hand guns and a shit load of ammo.

"Hey there's pants and tee shirts over here and a bunch of blankets." Niall says. James and I walk over to where he is.

And sure enough there are bins of uniforms. We pick our sizes in a bunch of things then pack them up in my Jeep. Next is gas then the infirmary.

When we get to the infirmary Dan is sitting up.

"Hey guys. I'm bored." He looks at me. "Thanks man. You saved our asses."

"No problem. So are you ready to move?"

"Dear God yes. Are we leaving?"

"We are. Found some rides that actually work. And we found an armory. Man we are set."

"What about food? We haven't even looked for that yet."

My brother is worried about something he really doesn't even need. But we do need water.

"He's right. We need water. Niall empty your pack." He does and hands it to me. I start to put medical supplies in it.

"But wait. But we can stay here." Dan says.

"What? That's crazy. We keep moving." James replies.

"He might be right." We all look at Niall. "Think about it guys we have everything we need here. We can reinforce the fence. If we have enough water and food we could stay put for a while."

Niall made sense. We could very well stay. But we need to find more food and water.

"Ok there's this little town about thirty miles from here. It's called Manahawkin we could drive there and see what is there. And extend our stay here."

"You know how to get there?" I ask.

"Yeah we go down 539 to 72 make a left. There's a bunch of places on that road we could stop at."

"Isn't the island in that direction?" Dan said.

"Yeah. LBI. Long beach island."

"Ok. We'll try it. James let's find a bunker or something like it. Get these two set up then we'll go."

"Cool dude. Let's get busy."