(Sorry I disappeared again, stuff came up and I kinda struggled with loosing interest, but I'm sitting here in my study hall and radioactive (pentatonix version) came on and I got the urge to keep writing so have this I'm back bitches)
At hearing John's voice I felt a rush of different emotions ranging from joy to relief to confusion. "Jack what's going on?? What's the situation??" I asked and Phillip held his teddy bear close "Is Frances there??" he asked. "Bout time you fucking picked up Hamilton. Look we've got an opening to finally get the hell out of this absolute wasteland."
"Ok for starters, Hi let's start there. And secondly my son asked you if Frances was there" I said. I could hear John huff "Yes she's here" John said and there was a little bit of static before Frances, John's daughter's voice came through "Hi Pip!!" She said happily and Phillip smiled "Heya Frances" my son said. "Ok Frances give dad back the receptor" I heard John say faintly before his voice came through more clear "Do you wanna hear the rest of what I was gonna say or not Lex??"
I sighed "Go ahead, you said we've got an opening to leave??" I asked. "Yeah, I was just listening to some other channels, and a relief group has just left some huge boats down by the Virginia coast, we could get one and get the hell out of here and to the Caribbean where's there's no ash" John said "Virginia?? How the fuck am I supposed to get down there I'm still up in New York!!" I said
"Well then get the fuck down here Lex!! Frances and I are gonna hightail it down there. We'll wait as long as we can but there will probably be a shit ton of Lobsters down there too" John said and I could tell that his mind was set. I groaned "Alright fine, give me and Phillip time to get down there, should take awhile unless we can find a car and gas which'll be hard to come by"
"Start walking. Look we gotta go, We'll see you in Virginia, keep in touch I do NOT want to have to wait for another 2 months" John said and with that his voice disappeared and there was only static. I sighed and held my head. Virginia?? How the hell was I supposed to get down there with my son?? And where in the Caribbean were we gonna go?? How were we gonna survive??
I was pulled out of my thoughts when Phillip carefully patted my shoulder "Is everything ok Pops??" he asked and I sighed, letting out as much anger and confusion as I could "I'm ok son, just overwhelmed" I said and pulled him into a hug "Are we going to leave??" Phillip asked and I sighed "Probably, Uncle Jack told us a way to leave America and go to a place without any ash"
Phillip looked up at me with wide eyes "No ash??" He asked "A place like that exists??". My heart hurt and I rubbed Phillip's back "It does son, and we can go there" I said and my mind became set. I had to leave now, and show my son the world was out there, and it was ok
"Uncle Jack said we had to leave soon, does that mean now??" Phillip asked and I shrugged "It means soon, we have to get ready, and we can't walk all the way to Virginia, so we'd have to find some way to get there" I replied "Go ahead and go get dressed" I added and pulled away. "But what about Mister Burr and his daughter Theo??" Phillip asked nd I cursed
"We'll get them back to their place" I said plainly "But shouldn't we give them a chance to get out of here too?? It isn't fair if we just live them here" Phillip said and I cursed again. I really did not want to travel with Aaron, at all, but Phillip had a good point, we couldn't just leave them here while he left the country. Plus an extra hand would be good, but that meant more mouths to feed. But more supplies to carry. Damnit
"Ok fine, we'll tell them we're leaving and see what they say, how about that??" I asked and Phillip beamed "That's a good plan Pops" he said and got up, sliding off of my bed and running out "I'm gonna go change!!" He called before I heard his bedroom door shut. I groaned and got up before going to talk to Aaron and his daughter
It looked like the two had been talking in the living room, but they had stopped when Phillip had run out. Aaron got up "We couldn't help but hear your conversation on the radio with John" Aaron said and I sighed "Yeah yeah, Phillip voted to take you two with us, if you want to come. It'll be a really hard trip" I said and crossed my arms
Theo looked up at her father "Papa I wanna go!! It'll be like a big adventure!!" She said and giggled happily. Aaron sighed and gave me a look which I held back. It was obvious we were thinking the same thing, but after a moment Aaron broke eye contact and sighed again "If Mr. Hamilton and his son would be willing to take us" he said and Theo clapped excitedly before looking at me
I rolled my eyes "Fine. Go home and gather up all the supplies you have, we'll do the same here. We can leave first thing tomorrow" I said. "Why not some time today??" Aaron asked "It makes more sense" "I'm in charge here so I'll decided when we leave. Besides, if we leave early enough the Lobsters won't be as active and we can get a head start towards the city's edge" I said which got Aaron to shut up
Theo took her father's hand "Come on papa we gotta go!!" She said and pulled him towards the door. Aaron chuckled but stopped and gave me another look "Thank you for considering us" He said and I waved him off "It was Phillip's idea, thank him. Now go get ready, and stay safe" I called and followed them to the door to see them out and make sure they didn't fuck up my ventilation system
Once they were gone and everything was was reset I leaned against the door and held my head. What the fuck had I gotten myself into??
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Ashen Heart
AdventureEveryone knew it was coming, but when it came, no one was prepared. The Yellowstone Volcanic eruption took out much of the Unites States, except for parts of the Eastern Coast which luckily took a minimal blow. Years later though, things have change...
