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can only do this under one condition.”
                  “What's that?”
                  “You can't tell anyone about me.”
                  Ben scrunched up his face. “Why?”
                  “The same reason I'm wearing camouflage. The more people who know about me the harder it is to hide. If I'm going to teach you these things I have to be able to trust you, can I?”
                  “Of course, I won't tell anyone.” If he did then Alec and the others would also want to learn and then it wouldn't be as cool.
                  “Alright, but if you break your promise I won't be able to teach you anymore. Everyday meet me here at noon.”
                  “How will I know its noon, all of our clocks stopped when the power went out.”
                  “The same way people kept track of time before there were watches, the sun. When the sun is in the middle of the sky it’s noon. You can find me here at my house, but make sure no one follows you, deal?”
                  “Deal.”
                  “Alright then Ben, I'll see you tomorrow.” With that said he stepped out of the way and Ben took off towards his house.
                  He was going to learn how to take care of himself and then he would be able to take care of everyone else. Once again he bounded through the woods without a care in the world.
     
     
     
     
     

Grant
     
                  “You do realize it's not going to get better?”
                  Grant took a last bite of turkey and sat back on the wooden bench. Jack was sitting on the edge of the deck looking out over the lake as the sun slowly set on the horizon. The reflection of the sun on the lake made it look as if there were two, one above and one below. The only other noise was the rhythmic creaks of chains from a nearby tire swing that Alya and Joseph were playing on.
                  “What do you mean?” Grant asked.
                  “The world.” He wiped some sweat from his brow and let out a sigh. “You've made several comments that leads me to believe that you think the government is going to swoop down and return everything to normal.”
                  “Well, maybe not back to normal but as close as possible.” Jack shook his head. “What do you think happened?”
                  “Hell if I know, hell if anyone knows. It could have been a massive solar flare that fried the worlds systems. Or it could have been an EMP bomb that stole every ounce of juice in the world. Even if the EMP blast only took out the U.S. it would take years before they could get things back up and running.”
                  Grant looked the old man over. His face always looked weary and worn but somehow it seemed even more ragged as if the weight of the world was weighing it down.              
                  “Why would someone let off an EMP blast?” he asked.
                  “Terrorist attack. Whether it was a terrorist group or an attacking country the purpose would be the same, to send the country into anarchy. They would want to cause as much damage as possible and it doesn't take much to wipe us off the electrical grid.”
                  Grant sat up. “How do you know this?”
                  Jack let out a soft laugh. “At one point in time I was a bit of an end of the world preparer. During the cold war I was convinced the world was going to be nuked and I needed to prepare to survive on my own. When the cold war ended I never really could shake that feeling. I don't know a lot about EMP's but I do know all it would take is a single blast to knock out all the power in the United States. One blast a couple hundred miles over our country could take out everything.”
                  Grant