Quiet Mountain/Chapter 1

This is a preview of chapter 1 Quiet Mountain entitled: Welcome To The Quiet Haven

More will be added once I get further along in World of Anarchy

Chapter 1 – Welcome To Quiet Mountain
He pressed the gas pedal all the way to the floor as he sped down the dark road. Bandits were chasing him and his daughter. He chose flight over fight for obvious reasons. It was just him and his daughter now. And an unknown number of bandits that wanted to kill them.

He could hear the bandits shooting at them causing Heather in turn to start screaming at the top of her small lungs. He did his best to try to calm her down, while simultaneously trying to avoid the gun fire.

“Shhh...Everything’s going to be okay, honey.” He said as a bullet burst through the back window.

He swerved by accident to avoid more bullets, which only aggravated Heather more. Harry took his eyes off the road for a split second to look at his daughter in the passenger seat.

She was struggling around in her car seat, still screaming. The tears rolling off her cheeks broke his heart. He looked back to the road and tried to turn the wheel once he saw it. One of those infected zombies that caused the end of everything he new was standing in the middle of the road. He hit it and instantly lost control of the wheel. The car spun off the road and crashed into one of the many large trees in the are.

He awoke with a massive head ache. He tried to remember the what the last thing to happen was. Then he realized something. Heather was silent. He jerked his head to the right and stared in horror. Her car seat was empty. Well not empty exactly, there was a note. He picked it up as his hands trembling as he read the insanely short note.

COME AND FIND ME

He couldn't believe it. His daughter was gone. Someone had taken her. Tears rolled down his face. After everything that happened to them was this how it was going to end for her? No. He had promised his wife that he would do what ever it took to protect her, and he sure as hell was.

He opened the driver door and stumbled out into a very dense fog. It seemed like it was morning now, but he wasn't sure because of the fog.

“Heather!” He screamed through cupped hands hoping that she would her and cry, but then quickly realized how stupid that was.

What if infected in the area heard her crying and followed the noise? He dropped his hands from his face and looked around.

He couldn't get a full view of the area because of the fog again. That damn dense fog. He looked down each end of the road still hoping he could see someone. There was nothing but more fog ahead of him, but behind was a different story. The road that he had driven on was now gone. Nothing but a jagged cliff was what was left of the road. He walked over and peered down it. Again he couldn't see very far because of the fog. What was with the fog? It was just so...off putting. He kicked a rock nearby down there so he could hear when it hit the ground. He strained his ears listing for a few minutes, but no sound came.

“What the hell...”

Before he had more time to to think about that a very different noise entered his ears. The sound of children laughing. It was coming from down at the other end of the road. Harry turned to see a faint figure run off farther off in the distance.

“Hey!” He yelled to it as he took off after it.

He ran for what seemed like an eternity. The fog was still fighting him as he sprinted after the figure. Eventually his body gave out and he had to stop. His older age was no match for all the running. As he caught his breath he looked around even though he knew he probably wouldn't see anything. But this time he did. He could see what looked like a bill board ahead of him. As he approached he could faintly make out the words.

WELCOME TO QUIET MOUNTAIN: THE QUIET RESORT THAT WILL CALM YOUR NERVES FOREVER.

He looked passed the sign and could just make out the outline of a town and what looked like a massive mountain behind it.

He slowly moved forward to get a better view when he stepped on something. He looked down and picked up the object. It was his daughter's left shoe. Before he had anytime to process it the disturbing laughter began again. He looked up to see the figure from before running toward the town.

“HEY! Where's my daughter?!?” He yelled as he took off down to the entrance of the town.

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