Survival of the Fittest
Chapter 2: Borris and Jessica
"You ready for this?" Borris asked.
Jessica looked back up at him with a sarcastic face and said, "I don't have a choice."
Borris laughed and said, "No, I suppose you don't."
They would be riding in one of the last cars that the town had. They collected as much fuel and food as the car could handle and got in. As Borris started the car the gates opened, and they raced outside of the walls. The gates closed behind them. Jessica pulled out a map and kept going over the 1400 miles they would have to trek to get to the last known location of a refugee town near Montreal. It had been three months since they last heard from the refugee town over the shortwave radios there were in the church. There would be no way for the refugees to get very far with the number of people they said they had with them, so they knew the refugees had to be somewhere around Montreal. Borris gunned the sedan they were traveling in up to 100 mph thinking that the faster he went the better.
After about five hours of driving Jessica fell asleep. Borris felt his eyes starting to close, but he knew that if he gave up now their cause would be lost. He thought that if he woke up Jessica in another two hours, she would drive. He started doing the math in his head and realized that he would have done half of the driving by then. So he waited for two hours. The hours felt like days, but none-the-less he kept driving. When the two hour line was met he reached over and shook Jessica awake.
"Shit! Sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep. I'm so sorry," She said.
"It's okay," responded Borris. "I just wanted to know if you wouldn't mind driving for a bit. I've been going for seven hours straight and we're a little over half way."
"Yah sure," she said. "Why don't we pull over, we'll grab something to eat, and then I'll start driving when we're done so that you can get some rest."
Borris let out a sigh of relief and said, "Sweet thanks."
They pulled over and Borris started a fire outside while Jessica pulled out some sandwiches and the revolver they had been given. She laid the revolver down next to Borris and said, "Just in case we get swarmed, and you're a better shot than I am even though you are half-asleep." Borris' only responses were a laugh and a nod. They didn't realize how hungry they were until after they ate their first bites and before they knew it, the sandwiches were gone.
"That was good," Borris said. "Why don't we stop again in four hours? When you get tired, wake me up and I'll drive for a while."
"Good idea, and thanks for letting me sleep," She said. "I'll wake you up only if we've got a serious problem."
They put out the fire, and Jessica got into the driver's seat and started up the engine. Borris got into the passenger's seat, and as soon as he laid his head back, he was dead asleep…
Archiville Population: 56
