Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 135

The drive north proved to be more annoying than anything. Rayne and Julian were both happy that Rayne’s SUV had very good off-road capabilities because many places on the main highway were either road-blocked by abandoned cars or destroyed by the earthquakes.

The road north took them through the mountains and up ahead Rayne noticed a tunnel they needed to go through if they wanted to continue the journey.

There were no alternate roads and if they wanted to go around, they would need to drive all the way back to the base and head west before heading north again.

"Hopefully the tunnel isn’t blocked. I would hate to drive all the way back to go around", said Julian.

Rayne looked over and smiled at him, "If there’s a path to walk through, I can just store the car and take it back out on the other side".

Julian looked at her with a look of realization, he didn’t think of that option!

They drove into the dark tunnel carefully, making it about halfway before meeting a roadblock.

This time, however, the roadblock looked intentionally made, with cars piled one on top of another along with other random debris.

Julian parked the car and stepped out. He spotted a small walkway on the left-hand side of the tunnel and frowned.

"Looks like a bandit’s nest", he said to Rayne quietly.

Rayne agreed with his observation. Everything was set up so that people would have to leave their cars and walk through that small walkway.

She pulled out her high-tech pistol and handed another one over to Julian.

"Looks like we have no other choice. We will have to go through the walkway", she said.

They walked over to the small walkway, squeezing through the tight entrance.

Just as they walked through to the other side three men jumped down from the roof of a bus that was partially used as a barricade. Two of them jumped directly on top of Julian, pinning him to the ground.

The third man did the same to Rayne, restraining her hands from behind her back.

"End Mother, we got them!", shouted the man who was holding Rayne down.

A few moments later an elderly woman with painted markings on her face came over. "Welcome children! Embrace the end-mothers embrace and live with us in harmony!", she said in a croaky voice.

Rayne looked around noticing the strangeness of these people. It felt like the early stages of some kind of religious cult.

"And what if we don’t?", asked Julian.

One of the men that was pinning him down pressed down on his back with his foot, "Show some respect when speaking to the End Mother!".

The old woman walked over, "Why it’s very simple child. You either join us or offer yourselves to nourish our small family".

Rayne’s eyes widened! She realized that these people were cannibals, looking to eat everyone who passed through and didn’t join them.

"I’ll ask you one more time. Would you like to join our family?", she croaked with a twisted smile.