"Hurry up old man the light has changed" yelled Karen shaking her fist as the homeless man slowly pushed his cart to the curb.
Tires screaming she makes it through the intersection as the light turns red.
Karen makes it to work 10 minutes late.
Jeff shakes his head as she walks in."I don't know why I don't fire you Karen."
"Proubley cause you like looking at my ass" says Karen as she smirks at him.
Karen puts her purse down and sits on the tall stool next to the register and starts texting her friend Dede.
As Jeff heads to the back room a customer walks in and wonders around.A few minutes later the woman walks up to the register.
Karen looks up from her phone "yeah"?
I was wondering if you had this set of cups in blue?
Karen seemingly bored says "what you see is what you get"
Karen looks down at her phone "what the",puzzled at all the weird stuff on her phone she tries pushing buttons.
Karen turns the power off on her phone,after it comes back on her phone keeps sending her the same text over and over.
“Let the key guns be mounted, make a brave show of waging war, and pry off the lid of Pandora's Box once more”
"Hey Jeff something is wrong with my phone come fix it" pleads Karen in a whiny voice.
Jeff come walking through the back store room door."I keep getting this text over and over" say Jeff shacking his head and looking perplexed.
"Yeah me to" Karen says,"It won't stop texting me about Pandoras box."
The customer walks over to the counter and points at the store computer.
On the screen was an ornate wooden box with the same quote written under it.
Then the power goes out,the customer sighs and says "guess I had better get home."
As she was leaving she turns and speaks to Jeff."You had better go now and get food,water and a heat source."
Karen looks at Jeff as the exit door swings shut Karen mocks the ladies words then says "crazy lady its July"...
Jeff says "wait I think she might be on to something."Jeff runs over to the small book section he keeps.After searching in the darkened section he yells "Bingo here it is,When all hell breaks lose."
Jeff starts leafing through the pages mumbling "head candy whaaa".."cockroaches".."bah this is no help" as he tosses the book over his shoulder.
"All right start filling up those empty soda bottles with water I will go get food,its almost lunch time now anyway."
Jeff heads over to the Delhi across the street and on the corner.
"Cash only" says the man behind the counter,"the systems is down."
Jeff takes out 30 bucks left over from his boys night out at the club."Give me 2 cornbeef on rye,2 bags of sea salt chips and 2 sodas."Picking up 2 big bags of chocolate he puts those up on the counter and pays.
Heading back to his store he sees the lady that was in his store leaving the little chines market with a huge bag of food.She walks over to her old brown station wagon from the 80's.
Now that is an ugly car Jeff thinks to himself,wonder why people don't just buy a new car.
Walking back into his shop Jeff sees Karen standing by the door as if waiting for him.
"What bottles am I suppose to fill up with water?"
"Duh the empty soda bottles."
"But they are dirty" says Karen.
"Wash them out are you really that stupid?"
Karens bottom lip comes out and she starts sniffling.
Sighing Jeff says "Here have some chocolate."
Karen giggles and grabs the bag and runs behind the counter.Sitting on the stool she opens the bag and eats a few as Jeff gets their lunch out of the bag.
Mean while Judy is putting the last of the bags into her station wagon.Its a good thing that little chines market was right there.
She pulls out a map and her little pistol from the glove box.Checking the shortest way out of the city.She traces her route in red and and alternate in green.
With the pistol on her lap she pulls out.2 hours later she was finally free of the city.Her hands hurt from griping the steering wheel so tight and her neck was stiff from being so tense trying to get free of the city.
2 more hours and she would be home.Pulling into a rest stop half hour later she looks around before even leaving her car.Before leaving the car she straps on the ankle holster and secures her weapon.
After refreshing herself she gets the perishable food from the back of her station wagon for her lunch.All the rest of the food would last for months so she would save that for later.
After merging back onto the interstate she pops open her can of soda and takes a long drink.She hopes the kids made it home from school safe.Knowing her kids she was sure they did.Being a mother though it was her job to worry.
An hour and a half later she pulls into the driveway seeing the truck she knows the kids made it home.
She tells the kids what she knows and tells them it was probably a virus sitting and waiting to infect every computer or system when the box was opened so to speak.
Niki show her mom her cell phone and the same text the clerk at the store got was on her cell phone as well.
Lets hope your father is safe and can make it home.
Judy sighs and looks over at the door knowing the spare BOB was sitting there by the door.Her husband didn't like it and saw no reason to take it with him.
All right kids lets find all the cash in the house and go buy every bit of long term food we can get.On top of what we have it should last well into the winter.
Plus all the garden.
Karen and Jeff eat their lunch and Jeff says to Karen "might as well close shop for the day.Go ahead and go home Karen."
Karen hugs Jeff grabs her purse and heads out the door.
Half way home Karen was screaming at everyone.Nothing worked and she was almost out of gas.She could not get more because the systems where down at every station and she had no cash.
5 miles from her apartment she runs out of gas.She kicks and screams and bangs on the steering wheel.
Leaving the car in the road she grabs her phone and purse and starts walking home.After a mile her cute little flats where giving her blisters.
She sits down and starts crying.
Tires screaming she makes it through the intersection as the light turns red.
Karen makes it to work 10 minutes late.
Jeff shakes his head as she walks in."I don't know why I don't fire you Karen."
"Proubley cause you like looking at my ass" says Karen as she smirks at him.
Karen puts her purse down and sits on the tall stool next to the register and starts texting her friend Dede.
As Jeff heads to the back room a customer walks in and wonders around.A few minutes later the woman walks up to the register.
Karen looks up from her phone "yeah"?
I was wondering if you had this set of cups in blue?
Karen seemingly bored says "what you see is what you get"
Karen looks down at her phone "what the",puzzled at all the weird stuff on her phone she tries pushing buttons.
Karen turns the power off on her phone,after it comes back on her phone keeps sending her the same text over and over.
“Let the key guns be mounted, make a brave show of waging war, and pry off the lid of Pandora's Box once more”
"Hey Jeff something is wrong with my phone come fix it" pleads Karen in a whiny voice.
Jeff come walking through the back store room door."I keep getting this text over and over" say Jeff shacking his head and looking perplexed.
"Yeah me to" Karen says,"It won't stop texting me about Pandoras box."
The customer walks over to the counter and points at the store computer.
On the screen was an ornate wooden box with the same quote written under it.
Then the power goes out,the customer sighs and says "guess I had better get home."
As she was leaving she turns and speaks to Jeff."You had better go now and get food,water and a heat source."
Karen looks at Jeff as the exit door swings shut Karen mocks the ladies words then says "crazy lady its July"...
Jeff says "wait I think she might be on to something."Jeff runs over to the small book section he keeps.After searching in the darkened section he yells "Bingo here it is,When all hell breaks lose."
Jeff starts leafing through the pages mumbling "head candy whaaa".."cockroaches".."bah this is no help" as he tosses the book over his shoulder.
"All right start filling up those empty soda bottles with water I will go get food,its almost lunch time now anyway."
Jeff heads over to the Delhi across the street and on the corner.
"Cash only" says the man behind the counter,"the systems is down."
Jeff takes out 30 bucks left over from his boys night out at the club."Give me 2 cornbeef on rye,2 bags of sea salt chips and 2 sodas."Picking up 2 big bags of chocolate he puts those up on the counter and pays.
Heading back to his store he sees the lady that was in his store leaving the little chines market with a huge bag of food.She walks over to her old brown station wagon from the 80's.
Now that is an ugly car Jeff thinks to himself,wonder why people don't just buy a new car.
Walking back into his shop Jeff sees Karen standing by the door as if waiting for him.
"What bottles am I suppose to fill up with water?"
"Duh the empty soda bottles."
"But they are dirty" says Karen.
"Wash them out are you really that stupid?"
Karens bottom lip comes out and she starts sniffling.
Sighing Jeff says "Here have some chocolate."
Karen giggles and grabs the bag and runs behind the counter.Sitting on the stool she opens the bag and eats a few as Jeff gets their lunch out of the bag.
Mean while Judy is putting the last of the bags into her station wagon.Its a good thing that little chines market was right there.
She pulls out a map and her little pistol from the glove box.Checking the shortest way out of the city.She traces her route in red and and alternate in green.
With the pistol on her lap she pulls out.2 hours later she was finally free of the city.Her hands hurt from griping the steering wheel so tight and her neck was stiff from being so tense trying to get free of the city.
2 more hours and she would be home.Pulling into a rest stop half hour later she looks around before even leaving her car.Before leaving the car she straps on the ankle holster and secures her weapon.
After refreshing herself she gets the perishable food from the back of her station wagon for her lunch.All the rest of the food would last for months so she would save that for later.
After merging back onto the interstate she pops open her can of soda and takes a long drink.She hopes the kids made it home from school safe.Knowing her kids she was sure they did.Being a mother though it was her job to worry.
An hour and a half later she pulls into the driveway seeing the truck she knows the kids made it home.
She tells the kids what she knows and tells them it was probably a virus sitting and waiting to infect every computer or system when the box was opened so to speak.
Niki show her mom her cell phone and the same text the clerk at the store got was on her cell phone as well.
Lets hope your father is safe and can make it home.
Judy sighs and looks over at the door knowing the spare BOB was sitting there by the door.Her husband didn't like it and saw no reason to take it with him.
All right kids lets find all the cash in the house and go buy every bit of long term food we can get.On top of what we have it should last well into the winter.
Plus all the garden.
Karen and Jeff eat their lunch and Jeff says to Karen "might as well close shop for the day.Go ahead and go home Karen."
Karen hugs Jeff grabs her purse and heads out the door.
Half way home Karen was screaming at everyone.Nothing worked and she was almost out of gas.She could not get more because the systems where down at every station and she had no cash.
5 miles from her apartment she runs out of gas.She kicks and screams and bangs on the steering wheel.
Leaving the car in the road she grabs her phone and purse and starts walking home.After a mile her cute little flats where giving her blisters.
She sits down and starts crying.