After the Apocalypse

A pandemic survival story

Season five, Episode Sixteen – “Exodus”

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The Corporal angled behind an oak tree and rolled prone into the tall grass. He came to rest with the barrel of his rifle pointing uphill towards the command tent where The King had just executed Ottweiller. 

Far enough to be out of sight, close enough to shoot pursuers.

He had just been witness to a brazen coup d’etat.

‘What a cluster..’ He thought, as he waited there in the grass and slowed his breathing and watched to see if he would be followed, “Totally SNAFU’ed”

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After the Apocalypse

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Season five, Episode fifteen – “Cuckoo”

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The sun was beginning to push its light into the sky in the east. Mags knew by the feel of it that it was going to be another hot and humid summer day. The air was thick, and it felt like breathing through a wet towel. 

On normal days she would be glad to greet the dawn. Today the brightening sky reminded her of the awful deadline she faced.

The new barn smelled of hay, animals, fertilizer and tractor grease, as she entered and made her way to the front. The barn was a symbol of what they were building as a community. Only in cooperation and with a common vision of the future could such a barn be raised.  It was a triumph of her leadership, proof that real, physical progress could be made when they pulled together. 

That anything was possible. 

But now it felt more like a mocking tribute to her failure as a leader. 

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Season five, Episode fourteen – “Barrage”

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Although it was still a few hours before dawn, the room felt stifling and warm. This time of year, the late summer heat that accumulated during the day never really cleared out during the night. 

Like an old family home, the distribution center had seen much. The cafeteria sat in benevolent judgment of the people now gathered in it for yet another convocation of conflict.

The room had a familiar, lived in feel to it. The carpets were worn and stained, as were the ceiling tiles, as water from the storms leaked brown through the sun-cracked asphalt roof. There were messy piles of boxes stacked against the walls. Many of the fluorescent bulbs were burned out or blinked a feeble yellow on their way to death.

It seemed like years, but it had only been a few months since the fastidious force of John Tasker, the original DC manager, had kept everything spic and span. Mags’ people were too busy trying to stay alive and working to build a new future for the niceties of scrubbing the carpets.

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After the Apocalypse

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Season five, Episode thirteen – “Whirlwind” 

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General Ottweiler was worried in a way that he hadn't been since before everyone died from the sickness. 

This felt like the old, pre-apocalypse days when there was a change in administration.  He’d lived through it. The new overlords in Washington DC would have ‘new’ priorities. Often with a radical shift in priorities and policy that would dramatically affect the armed forces. 

Since the great dying, and up until now, he had been master of his own domain and he'd nearly forgotten the headaches that come from dealing with politics and politicians.

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Season five, Episode twelve – “Burn” 

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An animated 3D Defender Bioceutical logo rotated slowly on the screen. The old man’s crew had managed to get a generator running, and with it, the backup power to the facility.  

At least enough to get the main systems back online.

“ Developing a Better Future” scrolled slowly, left to right, as a reminder. A reminder of the vague and poetic aspirations of corporations that were often an apologia for malfeasance.  

The computer was in the office of Roger Updike, Chief Information Officer, better known to all present as ‘Rabbit’.  

The password to access the machine, they had discovered, was, of course, “Jonah”. 

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Season five, Episode eleven – “Politics”

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Congressman Alvingham looked out of his office window. There was some sort of interaction going on at the fence. His guards were turning yet another group of refugees away. There was a scuffle, and a shoving match started. They were shouting and angry and the guards needed to draw their weapons. 

One refugee was a bedraggled older woman. His guards pushed her to the ground. When she recovered her feet, they shooed her away from the fence. It looked like she was weeping. 

The congressman rubbed his eyes. Running this new world wasn’t always easy. 

But the important things never were. 

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Brent did not know how long he had been sitting in the chair. 

He had been focused on staying relaxed and using the time to calm his mind, but he was starting to get unsettled.  

Unwanted thoughts crowded into his composure.

He had to go to the bathroom, and as much as he pushed the thought away, he knew he’d need to make an uncomfortable decision soon. 

His breath under the hood smelled garlicky and unpleasant, and hard to ignore. 

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Season five, Episode nine – “Screech”

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Some kind of animal shot out from behind the lab cages and leapt at the old man.

And then chaos!

The old man fell on his back, and rolled on the floor, with his arms up trying to protect his face and head from the frenzied attacker. 

A whirlwind of vicious blows assaulted him as he rolled across the floor trying to find cover. 

Someone shouted, then there were screams. 

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After the Apocalypse

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Season five, Episode eight – “Fort”

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The active, angry cawing of crows fighting over carrion broke Brent from his morning sleep. 

At first, he was disoriented but quickly came to the present. 

The truck roof. 

The dim light of a new day.

Fort Manning.

It felt like there were more crows now. The old joke was that rats and cockroaches would survive any apocalypse. Brent thought crows might give them a run for their money. Maybe the crows were just better at surviving in this new world where humans had been pushed back by the plague.

Filling the void. 

Taking advantage.  

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After the Apocalypse

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Season five, Episode seven – “Convoy” 

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It took a long three days for Brent and his small convoy to go the 150 miles to get to Fort Manning.

The roads were bad. 

Abandoned vehicles blocked the highways. 

It was like this everywhere. 

Pathetic human chaos frozen in time. 

As the virus struck and panic overcame the populace, they took to the roads trying to get away. 

Or maybe to get somewhere else. 

People run from disaster. They run from fear. But they often don't realize that the place they are headed is no better than the place they started.

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