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My Hockey Alpha Chapter 155

A Light in the Darkness

Nina

I was jostled awake by a bump and a swaying sensation, followed by the feeling of a searing pain shooting through my leg and the sound of a car engine. I groaned as my eyes flickered open.

“Oh! Honey, she’s awake.”

“Hold on. I’m pullin’ over. Coast clear out there?”

“Hmm… Mhm. I don’t see anything.”

As my eyes adjusted, I saw the forms of two people sitting in front of me. Judging from the long leather seat beneath me and the two seats in front, I was in the back of a car. A truck, too, I surmised from the hollow and tinny sound of the engine as it sputtered to a stop.

I groaned again. The man in the driver’s seat got out of the car while the woman in the passenger seat turned around to face me. I blinked a few times, and as her face came into focus, I saw that she was an older woman with graying brown hair and a round, soft face.

“You sure woke up quick,” she said with a smile, reaching out and squeezing my hand. Her hand was warm and soft in a motherly sort of way, and it eased some of my anxieties.

“Wh-Where…”

The door by my feet opened. I looked up to see an older man standing there. He was wearing a flannel shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, which emphasized his slight beer belly. He had a baseball cap on and had a gray mustache on his upper lip.

“Howdy, young lady,” he said with a grin. “Let me see that leg. That okay?”

I felt myself stiffen, and instinctively looked up at the woman. “It’s okay, hon’,” she said softly. “Dan’s real good at this sort of thing. Aren’t you, honey?”

You get real good at pickin’ out bullets so it don’t spoil the

reached out and peeled back the white bandage around my leg a little bit, and I let him, although it

husband, Dan, although I

for me and helped me sit up, and once

mighty healed already for someone who was

tell these people

it seemed that they weren’t looking for answers. “Well, either way,” he continued, “you’re lucky we found ya out

than a hop ‘n a skip away from meeting the big old

wolf’s presence, it was nothing more than a flicker. She must have used up any strength

quietly, then peered out the window. It was just barely morning; the sun still hadn’t come up yet, but it was

“Just a few miles north of town,” he said. “We’re headin’ out that way where there ain’t any of

Laura said proudly. Then, whispering: “I came

but smile a little bit at the older couple’s good humor, but at the same time, I knew

Dan continued, “I heard there’s a safe zone just a little ways further north. This… disease, or whatever it is, spreads like wildfire. Just before the news stations went out, I saw that all of the towns in the nearest fifty-mile radius are

replied. “I can

said nothing. There was a bit of a

us, right, honey?” she asked. “You don’t wanna go

eyes were pleading and full of worry, but I shook my head. “I can’t. I have to go back for my

glances. “Hon’, I’m afraid your friends are probably beyond the point of

again. “No. There’s

single little girl like yourself is gonna do?” Laura asked, sounding a bit flabbergasted now. “Cure everyone in town?” I swallowed; I hadn’t thought that far ahead. I only cared about my friends, and I wasn’t going to take

town if you really want. It’s your decision. But with

I said.

nodded once more and shut the door, then came around and got back into the driver’s seat. No one spoke as he pulled away from the side of the road, then swung the

take long before Dan stopped the truck right on the outskirts. I got out first, limping on my injured leg despite Laura’s protests, and grabbed my backpack out of the back of the