“There’s your answer,” Tabby declared, not sure what it meant.
Three giant logos adorned the outside wall of the structure, announcing they were indeed inside NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain facility.
They were overtaken by the man with the tablet. “You’ve just seen David’s technology in action. The David Cube transported us here because this facility was about to be nuked. I think we were supposed to die in those blasts.”
The guy with the bird walked by next. When he saw her looking confused, he stopped. “That was Jacob. He used to work for David. One time, he was even kind to me. He’ll know what to do now.”
Jacob cackled. “We’ve been transported a hundred miles into a mountain bunker now glowing with radiation. I think we’re safe in here for the time being, but as far as knowing what to do…I’m not your guy.”
A male voice spoke from the dark passage ahead. “You people aren’t with David?”
Tabby tensed up. “I’d sooner die than go back to him.”
Audrey and Peter, plus some of the others, also replied in the negative.
A man and woman walked out of the shadows, holding rifles. She had no idea who either of them were, though their black uniforms suggested they might have been part of the guard contingent. The man immediately recognized the fear in her eyes. “Don’t worry, we’re not with the invaders, I promise you.”
“Who are you with?” Tabby asked, still wary.
The pair held their rifles low, not aiming at her or her friends. The man motioned for his partner to step closer, then he spoke up. “I’m with the President of the United States, Emily Williams.”
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To Be Continued in Minus America, Book 5
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Author Notes – E.E. Isherwood
Written May 7, 2020
Thank you for reading,
In the old days, when I told people I write Post-Apocalyptic books, they often gave me a polite nod and went about their business. Now, after the Wuhan Virus affair, they spend time asking me questions. Usually, one of the following variants.
Is what we’re going through today anything like what you write about?
Is this going to be good material for your next book?
What advice do you have for us, since you’re an expert on the apocalypse?
That last one is funny. Even the toughest prepper in the deepest bunker of remote Idaho isn’t truly an expert prepared for the end of the world. Anyone who tells you different is a showboating poser. Sure, they know more than most of us, but no one can see every possible risk, even when it’s right in front of you.
I could tell you to stock food, plant a garden, and carefully gather a small arsenal to help you defend it, but then we may get struck by locusts who eat absolutely everything you own. This is happening in Africa as we speak.
I might recommend stocking up on food, water, and to buy a hardened shelter. Then you could hide in the woods when the aliens show up. But we might have an eruption of the Yellowstone super volcano instead of an invasion, making it a very bad day for humans and aliens alike.
The truth is it’s impossible to prepare for the infinite dangers life poses for us. Even the relatively tame COVID-19 pandemic has ruined the global economy. Thankfully, the death toll has been a lot less than the experts’ forecast. Imagine what a more dangerous strain could be like. Or zombies…
I will say I’ve been particularly interested in following different threads of this real-life viral outbreak. Some events mirror what I’ve written in my books. Some absurdities give me new avenues of chaos to explore in the future.
--News has been useless. In many of my books, information that comes down from government or news broadcasters has been notoriously unreliable. In my first zombie book, Since the Sirens, the government tells people to flee violence in the city, but then blocks all bridges to the outside as a safety measure. If you read any news article up through February, especially here in America, we were told COVID-19 was nothing to worry about. If you read any news article today, you’ll think COVID is lurking on your front porch, ready to strike you down the second you walk outside…
--Government is its usual self. In almost every story I’ve ever written, the government is a bumbling behemoth incapable of doing anything right. Nothing in the COVID-19 response has changed my opinion. Each of us may favor certain political flavors, but there’s no denying the government (comprising thousands of federal, state, and local elected officials) continues to foul the nest. They’ve wasted trillions in their “relief” packages, which are little more than pork-filled bills enriching themselves at
