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for this adventure?” Lucas asked with the excitement of a little
kid getting to go on his first camping trip. Kade’s other friends had indulged his
Primal Age prepping, but Lucas was the only one to take it seriously. There was
a fine line between prepping and crazy; Lucas toed that line.
    “You, me, Ashton, Tiny, Mick, and Victoria.”
    “Who’s Victoria, and what about X?” Lucas opened the back door. All the seats were
folded down and narrow, rectangular boxes were piled from floor to ceiling.
    “She’s Damian’s ex-fiancé. She’ll be a wonderful ball of excitement and positivity,
but she is one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. I called X, but he’s gone dark.”
    Lucas clapped him on the shoulder. “When doesn’t X go dark? This will make you feel
better: these boxes are solar panels.”
    Kade’s friendship with Lucas had been formed through Tiny in high school. They had
tolerated each other. Lucas wanted to be with Tiny. Tiny only wanted to be with Kade.
Kade didn’t want anyone to hurt Tiny. They were often like two wolves circling one
another, waiting for the other to reveal a weakness. Then, one day, Lucas came along
with Tiny to the weekly video game session she had with Kade. After they bonded slaying
virtual zombies, Lucas and Kade never circled each other again.
    “Electricity. The difference between surviving and living. What else do we have to
get done around here before dark?” Kade asked as they walked into the house.
    The living room in Lucas’s house was filled with second-hand furniture and smelled
like old people. The walls were lined with exotic trophies from Lucas’s hunting excursions,
all of which had been killed with his bow. His belief was that bow hunting was the
only true way to hunt.
    Mick and Ashton sat on the couches making phone calls that weren’t getting answered.
    “Where’s Tiny?” Kade asked.
    “She’s collecting seeds in the green house,” Ashton replied.
    “I’ll go lend her a hand,” Lucas said.
    “What can I do?” Kade asked.
    “The cabinet above the sink is filled with water bottles. We should store up on as
much safe water as we can,” Lucas said, as the two of them left the living room.
    Mick looked up from his phone and watched them leave.
    “I hope Lucas doesn’t try anything with Tiny,” Mick said. “It wouldn’t be fair to
your brother.”
    Ashton rolled her eyes at Mick. “You keep this up; I’ll start thinking you’ve got
a crush on Kade.”
    Mick kept his eyes on his phone and acted like he was searching for a number to dial.
    Argos ran across the room and sat at the door. The doorbell rang a moment later.
    Kade spoke over the faucet in the kitchen. “Mick, will you get that? It’s best Victoria
doesn’t see Damian’s face first.”
    Mick set his phone on the table, happy to have an excuse to stop calling people
who wouldn’t answer. He couldn’t handle knowing every family member, friend, acquaintance,
coworker, accountant, insurance agent, everyone he called, was dead. After checking
his pistol he crossed the room and opened the door.
    Victoria stood in the doorway. As soon as she saw his uniform she covered her mouth.
“I’m sorry, officer. If Kade is under arrest, I swear he lied to me.”
    “Victoria, it’s me, Mick. We’ve met like a dozen times.”
    “Oh, Mick, of course. Think a strong officer like yourself could help a girl out?
My suitcase is still in the car and I think I over packed some.” Victoria placed
her hand on Mick’s chest.
    “Kade!” Mick shouted. “Victoria’s here.”
    He pushed past her and made his way to the car while she entered the house.
    Kade stood at the far end of the room. Ashton had been more than eager to take over
his job of filling water bottles.
    “Victoria,” Kade said.
    As much as he hated the woman inside that shell, he couldn’t help but appreciate
that she was beautiful. She had used modeling to pay for medical school, and she
hadn’t lost any of her looks over