Day 250
After our group got over to this building we didn't see any one else outside. The window is porthole size; we have a clear view of the other buildings but that's it. I had to ask around. Why we didn't see anyone outside walking around anymore. A nurse told me that's there's a underground base here. They had to open the underground levels to the civilians. I heard this group has more money than the billionaire who landed on the moon two years ago. Yea, jus a normal guy, not a astronaut. Well they said he had six months of training. The Guy was there his pic the was inside a crater was all over the net. There was so many views it was insane. He was known for doing crazy death defying stunts and posting them over the internet.
Like I said we were moved. Not to where the nurse talked about either. Harriet is healthy and so is Jess so they had no problem with us moving to another building because they needed the room. I pushed jess over here in a wheelchair. Were above ground in the third building, Wing B, second floor, room 203. I've gotten lost so its written down on my arm. The room isn't anything special. Matter of fact the hospital room was better the bed was more comfortable.
This room had about eight bunk beds in it. That's it. Nothing else, no sink or bathroom. Lockers for closets. It must have been normal staff housing like a barracks or dorm. There's a community shower down the hall from us. As soon as we get the opportunity to leave I'm sure that's what we're going to be doing. We had better dig's in Ashville and it was burnt up extra crispy. Everything here is metal and cold. I'm already done with the freezing cold weather and I haven't even been here a week. I know I'm a wuss but this is no vacation island. I should be in Cabo or the Bahamas. Whose idea was it to build a base all the way up in Alaska anyways?
Jess laid next to me on the small bunk bed which pinned me against the wall. Harriet sleeps a lot. Jess has been sleeping a lot but I don't mind I kind of like having both within reach. I haven't been able to take my eye off the two of em. That's probably normal right. I just wish Jess would wake up for a bit. We've talked a little but not much.
"Amy…Amy, are you awake?" Sam asked, I propped myself up on my elbow so I could see her. "Yea, I'm up." I replied. Harriet made a noise and then she woke up which woke Jess up. Then they both started Fussing. The baby doesn't cry, it's like this constipated look where she's about to but doesn't fully. Maybe that' s her mad face. We did wake her up. "Really Amy… I was sleeping. That was a great dream too." Jess said as she turned over than laid on her back and placed Harriet on her chest. The baby jus got back to being comfortable. I leaned in and kissed Jess before sliding to the end of the bed and getting up.
"I think I'm going to go for a walk. We shouldn't be gone long." I told her as I stood. "Come here." Jess said so I knelt next to the bed. She grabbed my collar and pulled me in for another kiss. I kind of sank into that one and the kiss went a little deeper then I would have wished. When I sat back up again Jess was smiling. I couldn't help but smile back. I took a few steps away then we headed out the door. "Hey wait up." Nathan said as she caught up with us at the door.
"Newt is driving me nuts." Nathan claimed. "He's like two…He can't be any worse then you were" Sam said in the baby's defense, "Still, he's going to crawl all over me and wrestle me all night. I need a break." Nathan claimed as he walked next to us. We walked right to the stairwell then down a few flights till we were underground. I want to know, I'm curious about what's below.
Nathan walked ahead of Sam and I. We walked down the hall till we came to a large open room or I should say hanger. There were giant bay doors above us. We were up on the walkway above everything. The walk way stretched around the entire hanger bay. I glanced down to see It's been turned into a small village. The ceiling was high and vaulted. There was only one berg, it sat in the far corner next to some supply crates. The must have been two more because the village is set up in the last two empty berg parking spots.
There's tents galore. Some store brought, some standard military but to many to count. Some are makeshift, others may be made from boxes, crates, wood planks, metal pieces anything I they could find they used. I guess they ran out of space so this was the last place left to place the overflow of new people. There were a few guards walking around the top walk ways. Not enough to do anything major. One walked past us, they each have radios so I would say they're jus here to keep a eye on everyone. I haven't noticed any in our building. The intake here is way more slack then Ashville.
"Let's go down there." I suggested, Sam looked up at me worried. "Oh come on, that row looks like it might be some kind of market. Maybe they have baby stuff." I told her as kind of nodded her head. "Yea come on, Sonya is starting to grow out of what she has. Newt doesn't even have any clothes." Nathan told her. Sam shrugged and headed towards the stairs, I followed.
By the time we got to the stairs we could hear the small village loud and clear. It reminded me of the settlement. Loud and smelly, I followed Nathan and Sam down the stairwell it was at least three flights till we hit the bottom. Once we did were in the think of it. I walked down the aisle, most everyone had chairs set up in small circles. No camp fires, but there were a few barrel fires here and there. We melded into the crowd of people.
As we walked I noticed a medical tent, the front was open. I could only see one doctor and a few nurses. There were a couple people in cots most of the rest were empty. It didn't look like they had many supplies so they must send the ones in bad shape back to the medical building. I walked on past it and we turned down onto what seemed like a main drag. Some of the tents were bigger. I noticed one kind of et up like a restaurant. They had tables and I could smell a BBQ. The talking was so loud everyone was pretty much yelling over eachother. "Oh can we eat, please, please." Sam begged, I smiled. "Go on." I told her, then Sam and Nathan ran to get in line. I followed. The line was long but it's moving fast.
"My son…My Son…Have you seen my son?" I glanced up as I walked and in the distance, was a woman who was running around to people asking about her son. "have you seen this boy?" she held up a picture to some people. Most just shoed her away but others simply ignored her. How could they not see she needed help. I went to walk in her direction but someone grabbed my wrist. I starred up to see Sam, she pulled me towards the line then let go once I was following her. The woman disappeared, the crowds around her over took her. That's odd.
Inside the tent there were a couple of tables and the line leading up to the food. Most people were leaving to go eat somewhere else. Not many stayed an sat they jus got their plate and moved on. We inched forward in line now excited about finding a village down here. I watched as plates of Ribs and Chicken with a few different sides walk by us. Not much on the menu but I was grateful to see it. I tapped the guy in front of us. He turned slightly, "Do they cook like this all the time?" I asked, "No its mostly granolas and MRE's and canned food, someone up top decided to give us a full meal tonight. They said it was a welcome present. I keep hearing them say, 'WCKD is Good.' To people as they take their plates, I'm starting to like these people." He claimed then turned back around as we took steps forward in line.
Within a few minutes we were upfront. I picked up a plate and walked down the line as people served us sides. I watched as they spooned out mash potatoes, and green beans. I took another few steps to see chicken and Ribs but they were fake ribs. The kind you got at the school cafeteria. Better than nothing. Sam got a few pieces of chicken and I glanced up at the lady when it was my turn.
"Can I have both, my wife jus had a baby." I told the lady and she gave me a strange look. "I did hear about a few children being born today. Boy or girl?" She said as she placed a small thing of ribs on my plate along with a piece of chicken. "A girl, we named her Harriet." I replied and she smiled. "Well that's a strong name. Good luck, this new generation is going to need it. W.I.C.K.D is good." She told me a part of me was expecting it, still creeped me out. Like some sort of greeting.
Seeing the condiments, I walked down to the end table and grabbed a few napkins and a couple of sporks. Than I followed Sam to a nearby table. "I'm going to go back upstairs and share." I told them. "Can we stay down here?" Nathan asked starting on a drumstick, I thought about it for a minute. If I was there age I would want to explore. I had seen enough for now. I just want to be with Jess. "If you guys aren't back within the hour I'm going to come back and look for you two." I ordered them glancing at my watch and they both nodded. They each took a piece of chicken off their plates and put it on mine. I chuckled as they galloped away and disappeared into the crowd. I covered my plate with napkins and left as well. I like the place but glad I'm not down here. It's becoming crowded already. I made my way back to our annoyingly small room upstairs.
I walked in the room to see Jess sitting up with her back against the wall on the bottom bunk. Harriet was in her lap. "I got mashed potatoes for the baby." I offered. "she can't eat that yet, she's still breast feeding." Jess told me, I scrunched up my nose. "really?" I asked. "she's only a day old…what else did you get?" Jess asked. "It was some kind of reward or something; they were giving everyone a welcome meal. Ribs and chicken, I sweet talked the lunch lady." I told her as I revealed the plate of food. Jess's eyes widened. "I haven't seen this much food in a while." Jess claimed, I sat down on the bed next to her. Newt and Sonya both got up and walked over to us. I handed them both a chicken drum stick. They both sat down on the floor and went to work on them.
Jess went for the ribs like I thought she would and I ate the last piece of chicken. I ate the green beans and she finished up the mashed potatoes. I set the plate down and Jess got comfortable picked up Harriet who was wrapped up in a tight bundle.
"Babe." I mentioned, she glanced up at me briefly. "Hmm…" she hummed, "I got to tell you something, it's about the kids." I told her and this time she didn't break her stare. " I think there's something in the children that is some kind of cure to the flare. They might have found something in their immunity." I explained and she starred down at Harriet for a long moment. I thought of the woman in the market with the missing son. "All the kids have it?" Jess questioned, "Matt, for sure he was the only one hit by one of those darts. An I think Deedee too. She had the same type of needle mark on her arm." I answered. "Well I hope they can cure this whole thing quickly." Jess claimed as she readjusted.
Thanks for reading his far. Stay tuned next chapter i might skip a few days. Might leave it to the next day we'll see. Leave a review. Let me know what you think. Just in case your wondering. These characters are what the kids parent might be like. And the next story will be about harriet and her friends n he maze. so stay tuned.
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