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the top were baked beans, even though we were all sick of them. Any canned food was also a top priority.
    We also wanted clean clothes. Socks. Undies. Sunscreen.

    Surprisingly writing out the list had made me tired. I guess it forced us to think ahead, think of everything that we would need. Which in turn forced us to think about everything that could go wrong. After we’d finished the list we were all kind of depressed.

    Daniel snapped us out of our funk and brought us back to reality. He was good at keeping us on our toes. Keeping us scared enough not to get complacent.

    " Use of guns," he said.
    I had my head resting on the table but when he mentioned ‘guns’ I sat up. "Huh? Guns?"
    "Loud noises are bad," he continued. "In the city we had no choice. We had to use fire power. But out here, we needed to be in stealth mode. This is essentially a raid, a supply run. We can’t afford to draw any attention to ourselves. We can’t afford to get into a fire fight. Or get surrounded. We need to get in and out before anyone or anything knows we were even there."
    Kenji nodded. "It's like Bruce Lee used to say; ‘it's the art of fighting without fighting’."
    Kenji liked to say that whenever he got the chance. He would even imitate Bruce Lee’s voice and his mannerisms and everything.
    "We need to be invisible," Daniel continued. "Only use the guns if we absolutely need to. If you have no other choice."
    Like I said before, in a war, or any situation for survival, you constantly weigh up the risk and the reward.
    Is the reward worth risking your life?
    If the answer is yes; you better hold on.
    I was terrified. My hands were shaking and I couldn’t get them to stop.
    We were about to risk our lives.
    We were about to raid the nearby town of Hunter. We knew it would be dangerous. We knew there would be infected in there, hiding, waiting for us. But we had no choice. We needed food. We needed water.

     
    CHAPTER 7

    We left at daybreak the next morning. We had about a twenty mile walk to the town. Daniel kept reminding us, that we’d have to walk the same distance back; each step away from the house was a step we would have to take back. It was a huge trek.
    A huge risk.
    Especially if we didn’t find any food or water.
    I don’t think he was saying that to get us down in the dumps or anything, I just think he was making sure we all knew what we were getting ourselves into. This would be no walk in the park.
    We followed the creek that ran through the property.
    W e walked in silence.
    After about ten miles we came to a huge open-cut mining operation. The operation consisted of three massive mines. They were basically three extremely large holes in the ground.
    We stopped and huddled together. Daniel said we needed to climb to a vantage point so we could see the mine. Just in case.
    " Was this on the map?" I asked.
    " No."
    We climbed out of the creek bed and picked a spot to observe the mine. From our vantage point we could see the three open-faced mines, the offices, the warehouses and storage sheds. The buildings were laid out in a grid like pattern.
    "What do they mine out here?" I whispered to Jack.
    "I have no idea."
    "Metals like zinc, silver, lead and iron," Daniel answered. "Some of them are coal mines. Some of them are uranium mines."
    The whole western edge of the closest mine was in ruins. Without proper maintenance it had crumbled. The two other holes had filled with water. The office buildings and the storage sheds looked run down as well.

    "Do you think there are any survivors down there?" I asked.

    "Not sure," Daniel answered.

    "It looks like they shut down the mine," Jack said. "I’m guessing all the workers would’ve gone home."

    Both Kenji and Daniel were using the scopes on their rifles to scan the office buildings. So I did the same. At first glance it appeared to be deserted. But down near the storage sheds I thought I saw something move. It was almost like a small, concentrated dust devil.