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CHAPTER 20: THE PROMISE AND THE RUN
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2026-10-31 00:03:05"There is formula there?" Bianca asked, eyes wide. Tears still on her cheeks but hope breaking through. "Real formula? Not powdered milk?"
"12 cans," Killian said. "EVA scan confirmed Enfamil premature. Plus oxygen tanks and amoxicillin. Enough for 60 days for her if we ration. I will go tomorrow." He said it like a promise, not a plan. Bianca clutched Tiny Elena tighter, careful of her head. "Thank you. Thank you. He wore a silver chain, Keon. Always. With a small cross. His mother gave him before she died. If you find... if you find where he fell... please bring it. For her. So she knows he tried." The bunker went quiet. EVA's blue light hummed. "I will find it," Killian said. He placed his hand on Bianca's shoulder, gentle. "Tomorrow 06:00, I leave. I will bring formula and I will go to where Keon fell. Drone marked it, 5.1 kilometers from here, near Shell station on Route 99. I will bring something back for her." I stood there, hand on my belly. At 20 weeks with twin boys, you feel everything. Twin A kicked hard on the left. Twin B kicked soft on the right. Both kicking like they heard their father was going outside where his brother died. At 07:32, Tiny Elena sneezed. A tiny kitten sneeze. She kept sleeping on Bianca's chest. She did not know her mother wanted to leave, her uncle promised to risk his life, her father died yesterday trying to reach her. EVA spoke last, as always. "Update. Infant weight 1.48 kilograms, stable. Mother emotional status elevated but stable. Mission tomorrow 06:00, risk high, survival probability for Killian Thorne 74 percent, recommend armed, daylight only. Recommend Elena Thorne does not participate due to twin pregnancy at 20 weeks, risk of preterm labor high if walking 5 kilometers. Recommend Damian Cole stays in isolation 24 more hours. Recorded Day 88, 07:33, decision made. No unilateral departure allowed." Killian looked at me then. His eyes were tired. He had slept 3 hours. "You stay," he said to me, soft but firm. "You are 20 weeks. No walking 5 kilometers. You stay with Bianca and Elena." "I know," I said. My voice shook. "But you come back. You have two sons here. At 20 weeks they already know your voice. If you don't come back, they will kick me forever asking where you are." He came to me and put his hand on my belly, bare hand on my shirt. The twins kicked for him, both at once. Strong. "I will come back," he whispered, forehead touching mine. "I have never broken a promise to you. I will bring formula, oxygen, and Keon's chain. And I will be back before 09:00." Behind us, Damian's voice came from Storage Room B through the speaker. Hoarse, weak. "Killian... take rifle... and take my boots... yours have hole... infected smell blood." Killian nodded. "Keep your boots. You need them. I will take your knife." That night we did not sleep well. EVA said outside temperature would drop to 1 degree by 06:00. Wind 15 kilometers per hour. Infected less active at dawn. Best window to go. Bianca stayed in medical bay, humming again. This time the lullaby was steadier. At 05:30, EVA woke us. "Wake. Mission T-minus 30 minutes. Outside temperature 1 degree Celsius. Infected count on Route 99: 22 per square kilometer, low. Good window. Truck fuel check: 20 kilometers range. Survival probability increased to 78 percent if departure now." Killian dressed in silence. Black thermal, body armor his father left, rifle, pistol, knife, backpack empty for formula. I helped him lace boots. My 20 weeks belly made bending hard, but I knelt. "Don't be hero," I said. "If you see many, run back. Formula can wait. You cannot." "I'm not hero," he said. "I'm father. Fathers bring milk." He kissed my belly, both sides, left for Twin A, right for Twin B. Then kissed me. "Lock bunker after I leave. Don't open until EVA sees me on camera. Even if I knock, check camera first. Infected mimic voices now. Day 88 reports say they mimic." I nodded, tears coming. At 06:00, the outer door opened. Cold air rushed in, 1 degree, biting. Killian stepped out. "EVA, lock," I said. Steel door closed. Red light: SEALED. On camera, Killian walked into white morning fog, rifle up, toward 5 kilometers where formula waited, and 5.1 kilometers where his brother fell. Behind me, Tiny Elena cried for the first time that morning. 1.48 kilograms of fight. Hungry. Bianca fed her 15 milliliters, hands shaking. We waited.
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