All Chapters of FLUX: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Two days after arriving at the bunker, Ellie and Tom packed their gear. Tom realized the second day in that the duffle full of antibiotics never made it with the doctor's group. And even though the stuff he had with him wouldn't be helpful to the women before they left, there was a good chance some of them got hurt on the way out and he was the only one with the medicine to help them. After this thought, he made a day trip out and scouted the area, but found nothing.Tom changed the bandages to Ellie's burns daily. They were brown and waxy and starting to ooze yellow puss. She moved around as if nothing was wrong, though she was sweating a lot and breathing hard it probably wasn't helping the situation. He prescribed her an antibiotic and then had to practically force feed it to her with every meal. Tom wasn't a professional doctor or even a nurse, and if they didn't find some real help soon, there was a chance she wouldn't make it.Nothing he said seemed to make a difference either.

Ellie opened up the box and held up the golden device between the three of them. They leaned in. Ellie clenched the device between her teeth. Brooke leaned forward and bit the middle of the device, then immediately pulled back and turned to Tom. She grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him in towards her clenched teeth. Their lips met, her mouth opened, and she slid the metallic device in with her soft tongue. His tongue met hers and the pearl burst, leaving a metallic taste behind. He ran his tongue over hers and she kissed him back as the metallic taste lingered.He felt his face grow hotter as they kissed and hoped she didn't notice. Energy moved through him, but he couldn't tell if that was something new or just his attraction to her. Finally, her fingers relaxed and she pulled back and turned to Ellie. Her face was flushed too."Did it work?" Brooke asked."I don't know." Ellie held out her burnt hands to each of them. Brooke took one and Tom held the other. Her cream covere

"Enough with this silliness. Looks like we've lost a day. We slept for eighteen hours. If we are going to keep up, we need to leave here as soon as the sun is over that horizon. The next safe house is an old hospital." Ellie tapped a spot on the table map. "It's only half a day so we should get moving soon.""Wait, we're leaving? Where are we going?" Brooke asked."Ellie says there's a Sanctuary in the Northwest. She laid out a path for us to take by jumping from one safe house to the other until we get there," Tom said."And how long is that supposed to take?" Brooke asked."Ninety-eight days," Ellie answered."That's more than three months!""That is three point one six months.""Oh shut up. You mean that we will be traveling from safe house to safe house for months. Do you know how dangerous that is? How much radiation we're going to get?" Brooke stood up and held the back of her chair."As long as we stick with our gear we should be fine. I can cleanse us of radiation once

After a grueling day of walking in the afternoon sun, Tom was ready for a shower. Luckily, most of the walk had been silent and he didn't have to listen to complaining or rambling off of endless facts. The sun had gone down and the moon lit the way. He was starting to get nervous. If they could really be tracked by their heat signatures at night, he wanted to get back underground fast.They stood before what Ellie had said used to be a hospital, but now looked like a crumbling mass of concrete."Are you sure this is where it's at?" Tom asked Ellie."Should be. Just like the others, we need to look for something deep in the ground," she said."My feet are killing me. Can we just go?" Brooke pleaded.Tom set out towards the building. As he came closer, he was able to discern a cleared hole in the rubble that might be a good entry point. He ducked down and used his touch powered flashlight to illuminate their path. He followed it around crumbled bits of concrete and pieces of metal f

Motorized vehicles echoed through the large dark building. Tom's eyes opened. He saw faint rays of sunlight illuminating trails of dust through the cracks in the concrete building. His back was tight and stiff from leaning up against the wall. Ellie stirred in his lap and Brooke lifted her head."I thought you were going to wake me!" Brooke whispered."I fell asleep," he whispered back."Good M," Ellie started. Tom covered her mouth as the vehicle noises grew louder. Their echo through the building turned into a roar."What do we do?" Brooke asked."Wait them out. Gather your things, but stay low. If they stop, we'll make a run for it."Brooke nodded. All three of them gathered their belongings as the motors rumbled up and down the streets near them.The motors stopped. A faint conversation drifted through the room, but it was too far away to make out. Tom pointed towards the light coming from the back of the building and they followed him.They reached the sunlight. Tom chose