Chapter Nine: Supplies
(Deyana)
I moved my hand over the photo album once more, and walked back towards my room. I heard Theresa whimper, but I headed out, securing my treasure under the mattress. I walked back to her room, a small smile coming across my face at the whimpering that she was doing. Could that be crying?
"Thak mhee wiff u," she muttered. I grinned, nodding. I didn't know if I was strong enough, but I heaved the winger up in my arms, like a groom would do a bride. I snorted at this thought, walking her towards the lab. Julio and Dan should be rested, because I'd developed a to-do list.
"Hello," I walked into the lab, looking around, seeing Julio lying against the far wall, sleeping. Dan fiddled with something in the far corner, in the shadowy part of the room. "It's shopping time."
"Damn it, Deyana, I don't want to go right now. Send Julio and your beast to the grocery store," Dan spat. I snarled, laying Theresa down on a table before heading over to the reluctant men.
"Boys, we do this a ton, and there was only one mishap," I sighed. "That was nine years ago. You go to the same places, get the same things, and bring them back here. Easy," Julio looked up at me, yawning.
"List," he held out his hand. I walked back over to where I'd laid Theresa, picking up the newest list out of my supply folder.
"What?" Theresa looked at what I held.
"It's a supply list, and Julio and Dan go gather food and such that we run out of," I handed the list to Julio. He read it over. A small frown appeared on his face.
"You changed it a little," Julio looked up at me.
"We need more meat," I stated blatantly. "This isn't a dangerous area, and it's not far from where you two go anyway."
"Okay," Julio handed the list to Dan. Dan snorted when he read it.
"Yeah, two blocks away, Deyana, and if there's as much meat there as this list tells us to get, I bet there'll be ferrets," Dan glared at me.
"No, Shi Ann and I scouted that area a couple years ago. We took most of the raw meat out of the freezers, bringing them up to where we usually head. You'll just have to get it straight from down there, since the freezer we stocked is running low," I stared at both of them.
"Just us?" Dan looked over at Theresa, scowling. I nodded. He shrugged, nodding at me, content with my answer. "Okay, Julio, lets shop to we drop." (Julio)
"Ready for another adventurous shopping trip. You know, I never liked to shop, even when you didn't risk your life," Dan closed the door to our little sub. I piloted the little vehicle up to the sewer docking we used to go for food.
"It's not another creature hunt," I was glad for this, pointing it out to Dan.
"Yeah, but you know there'll probably be another one," Dan groaned. Yes, we'd have to do it sooner or later, but now, it was postponed, and my body wouldn't have to be stitched up again tonight.
"Got the boxes? The bags? The ice?" I asked Dan. He nodded, tossing a couple sacks to me. "Let's move."
We crawled through familiar sewer tunnels, long plugged up before the change. The sewer was rerouted, and these tunnels became obsolete when this part of the city went under construction. I jumped up, making my way to the catwalk that led out of the clogged sewers, into the used ones.
We traveled the catwalks, quietly staying towards the less used tunnels until we came to the intersection where we hit a main tunnel. The only time we ever had a problem, it was here, when Myrmidons had snatched the second member of our team. I grimaced. Thank god I'd only seen Myrmidons twice.
I climbed the little ladder that led upwards to the ally behind an abandoned grocery store. I popped the lid, walking out into a graying dawn. Dan followed, capping the lid, and he slid the key into the locked door. I took out another set of keys, starting on another set of locks. When they door opened, there were two more locks keeping our storage safe. I popped these two open with more keys, and we crept in, locking the two inner most doors behind us.
"Get the freezers," I told Dan. "I'll get everything else."
I threw Dan a flashlight, picking up one of my own. The old Costco looked mostly like it had been the world stopped the day of the change. We found it, and there was still electricity, but the lights burnt out long ago, but the freezers still worked, although fewer and fewer each time we showed up, but enough to keep produce, meat, and frozen foods stored. We hauled large numbers down during the first year, but then, it became dangerous, and the sub couldn't handle the weight.
I grabbed soaps, blankets, a change of clothes, a couple cans, some razor blades, bottled water, and then sat the sacks down. I took the large box towards the back of the warehouse, where we kept some goods we imported here. The explosives were sealed up, kept safe, and Deyana hadn't asked for these in a long time because many of them weren't needed. I grabbed the ones she marked, mostly dynamite, guns, and bullets, wrapping them carefully, placing them into the boxes. Sealing the boxes, making sure the weapons were safe, I headed back towards the sacks.
Dan waited, holding all the meat and produce. "Let's take this crap down to the sewers before we go get that extra meat," Dan opened the door, and I locked up after him. "We have another burnt out freezer, so I emptied that one."
"Okay," we walked back to our clogged sewer, stashing everything there before heading back to get the meat. Going up one sewer lid down, we ended up right outside an old building. A butcher resided in the basement with a lot of still frozen meat. I'd been here a couple of times, but that was enough. We headed toward the door, opening it.
"The basement," I whispered. I didn't like going under ground with the exception of the sewers, which I still wasn't a fan of. Ferrets lived in buildings like these, especially in basements like these. Dan drew a knife, and I readied two more knives. We crept down the steps. Dan showed the flashlight around the cobweb-covered room. Rats scurried around the floor, but thank god that's all that was down here.
"Let's go," Dan hissed. I unlocked the freezer with more keys, popping out pounds of raw meat into the last sack I had. I threw the sack over my shoulder, readying both knives, climbing out of the basement.
Going down the tunnel, I continued along the catwalk, ready to get back to the sub. We turned into the main tunnel, and a thunderous roar sounded through the tunnel, followed by high pitched clicking. I looked at Dan's wide eyes.
The booming continued, and soon, splashing came right underneath us. A blond hair boy about thirteen ran at break neck speed. Behind him came a thirteen-year-old, but she wasn't as fast. Her long, brunette ponytail sprayed out behind her as she dashed through the sewers.
"Up here!" I screamed. This was the first time I'd ever witnessed a tracking, but now, it was definitely time to run.
This is where I'm going to start mentioning a couple people briefly mentioned in Shade's Children and expand upon them. Tell me what your thinking, thanks, MorganRay.
(Deyana)
I moved my hand over the photo album once more, and walked back towards my room. I heard Theresa whimper, but I headed out, securing my treasure under the mattress. I walked back to her room, a small smile coming across my face at the whimpering that she was doing. Could that be crying?
"Thak mhee wiff u," she muttered. I grinned, nodding. I didn't know if I was strong enough, but I heaved the winger up in my arms, like a groom would do a bride. I snorted at this thought, walking her towards the lab. Julio and Dan should be rested, because I'd developed a to-do list.
"Hello," I walked into the lab, looking around, seeing Julio lying against the far wall, sleeping. Dan fiddled with something in the far corner, in the shadowy part of the room. "It's shopping time."
"Damn it, Deyana, I don't want to go right now. Send Julio and your beast to the grocery store," Dan spat. I snarled, laying Theresa down on a table before heading over to the reluctant men.
"Boys, we do this a ton, and there was only one mishap," I sighed. "That was nine years ago. You go to the same places, get the same things, and bring them back here. Easy," Julio looked up at me, yawning.
"List," he held out his hand. I walked back over to where I'd laid Theresa, picking up the newest list out of my supply folder.
"What?" Theresa looked at what I held.
"It's a supply list, and Julio and Dan go gather food and such that we run out of," I handed the list to Julio. He read it over. A small frown appeared on his face.
"You changed it a little," Julio looked up at me.
"We need more meat," I stated blatantly. "This isn't a dangerous area, and it's not far from where you two go anyway."
"Okay," Julio handed the list to Dan. Dan snorted when he read it.
"Yeah, two blocks away, Deyana, and if there's as much meat there as this list tells us to get, I bet there'll be ferrets," Dan glared at me.
"No, Shi Ann and I scouted that area a couple years ago. We took most of the raw meat out of the freezers, bringing them up to where we usually head. You'll just have to get it straight from down there, since the freezer we stocked is running low," I stared at both of them.
"Just us?" Dan looked over at Theresa, scowling. I nodded. He shrugged, nodding at me, content with my answer. "Okay, Julio, lets shop to we drop." (Julio)
"Ready for another adventurous shopping trip. You know, I never liked to shop, even when you didn't risk your life," Dan closed the door to our little sub. I piloted the little vehicle up to the sewer docking we used to go for food.
"It's not another creature hunt," I was glad for this, pointing it out to Dan.
"Yeah, but you know there'll probably be another one," Dan groaned. Yes, we'd have to do it sooner or later, but now, it was postponed, and my body wouldn't have to be stitched up again tonight.
"Got the boxes? The bags? The ice?" I asked Dan. He nodded, tossing a couple sacks to me. "Let's move."
We crawled through familiar sewer tunnels, long plugged up before the change. The sewer was rerouted, and these tunnels became obsolete when this part of the city went under construction. I jumped up, making my way to the catwalk that led out of the clogged sewers, into the used ones.
We traveled the catwalks, quietly staying towards the less used tunnels until we came to the intersection where we hit a main tunnel. The only time we ever had a problem, it was here, when Myrmidons had snatched the second member of our team. I grimaced. Thank god I'd only seen Myrmidons twice.
I climbed the little ladder that led upwards to the ally behind an abandoned grocery store. I popped the lid, walking out into a graying dawn. Dan followed, capping the lid, and he slid the key into the locked door. I took out another set of keys, starting on another set of locks. When they door opened, there were two more locks keeping our storage safe. I popped these two open with more keys, and we crept in, locking the two inner most doors behind us.
"Get the freezers," I told Dan. "I'll get everything else."
I threw Dan a flashlight, picking up one of my own. The old Costco looked mostly like it had been the world stopped the day of the change. We found it, and there was still electricity, but the lights burnt out long ago, but the freezers still worked, although fewer and fewer each time we showed up, but enough to keep produce, meat, and frozen foods stored. We hauled large numbers down during the first year, but then, it became dangerous, and the sub couldn't handle the weight.
I grabbed soaps, blankets, a change of clothes, a couple cans, some razor blades, bottled water, and then sat the sacks down. I took the large box towards the back of the warehouse, where we kept some goods we imported here. The explosives were sealed up, kept safe, and Deyana hadn't asked for these in a long time because many of them weren't needed. I grabbed the ones she marked, mostly dynamite, guns, and bullets, wrapping them carefully, placing them into the boxes. Sealing the boxes, making sure the weapons were safe, I headed back towards the sacks.
Dan waited, holding all the meat and produce. "Let's take this crap down to the sewers before we go get that extra meat," Dan opened the door, and I locked up after him. "We have another burnt out freezer, so I emptied that one."
"Okay," we walked back to our clogged sewer, stashing everything there before heading back to get the meat. Going up one sewer lid down, we ended up right outside an old building. A butcher resided in the basement with a lot of still frozen meat. I'd been here a couple of times, but that was enough. We headed toward the door, opening it.
"The basement," I whispered. I didn't like going under ground with the exception of the sewers, which I still wasn't a fan of. Ferrets lived in buildings like these, especially in basements like these. Dan drew a knife, and I readied two more knives. We crept down the steps. Dan showed the flashlight around the cobweb-covered room. Rats scurried around the floor, but thank god that's all that was down here.
"Let's go," Dan hissed. I unlocked the freezer with more keys, popping out pounds of raw meat into the last sack I had. I threw the sack over my shoulder, readying both knives, climbing out of the basement.
Going down the tunnel, I continued along the catwalk, ready to get back to the sub. We turned into the main tunnel, and a thunderous roar sounded through the tunnel, followed by high pitched clicking. I looked at Dan's wide eyes.
The booming continued, and soon, splashing came right underneath us. A blond hair boy about thirteen ran at break neck speed. Behind him came a thirteen-year-old, but she wasn't as fast. Her long, brunette ponytail sprayed out behind her as she dashed through the sewers.
"Up here!" I screamed. This was the first time I'd ever witnessed a tracking, but now, it was definitely time to run.
This is where I'm going to start mentioning a couple people briefly mentioned in Shade's Children and expand upon them. Tell me what your thinking, thanks, MorganRay.