Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 20:20:27 +0000 (UTC)
From: Blade Hamer <razorbald@yahoo.com>
Subject: turnhurst manor chapter 15

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Turnhurst Manor Chapter 15

Both Kyle and I slept in late. Today was going to be a rest day. Other than
the normal chores that needed to be done. Once we got up we spent the rest
of the day working in the big garden getting ready for spring
planting. Chris, Brandon and Craig worked on getting the bigger farm
equipment ready for planting crops. I remember the guys saying that there
were a few farm implement dealerships they had found with new equipment. So
we called a meeting it was decided that the guns and ammo could wait for
now. Because we really didn't have nowhere to put them. The farm equipment
was needed more than guns were.

We knew we needed to grow corn, wheat and alfalfa. for the cattle, sheep
and pigs along with the other animals. We really were going to be farmers
instead of that small ragtag group of survivors that first started out. We
were learning as we went along. It was decided that survivors the following
day we would go out to the implement dealers and see what we could
use. That night Kyle and I got to use our own bed. Ben and Jon decided they
could fit two more people into their little house.

The houses we built were basically just two bedrooms and a living area. All
the cooking was done in the main house. Which would soon change once we
started construction of the bunk house and mess hall. It would be needed
sooner then we thought.

It was decided once again that I would not be able to travel with the
others. I was told I was to important to the group. So it was Kyle, Anton,
Anthony, Alex and Aaron who stayed at the farm while the other 9 went to
retrieve what they could. Once they left I got the idea of going into the
small town and search for the deeds to the farm and other places around
us. I told Kyle what I was going to do he suggested that I take Anthony
with since he had experience with weapons. So we hopped into one of the new
pickups Chris and Brandon had gotten going. We first headed to the small
town that we had cleaned out. First we went and checked out the city office
but only found information on the homes within the town. Next we checked
out the county office there we found maps and a register of all the local
farms and the name of the farmers who owned the land and what had been done
on the land.

We took the Maps and register. We also found out where the titles and deeds
could be found. First we would have to travel to Bristol county to the city
of Taunton, but it was further east then where we wanted to go. That's when
we found out that we needed to go to Sudbury. Lucky for us it was only 30
miles from where we were. We first entered the town we were really
scared. It was bigger then we thought and there were a lot of buildings
collapse into themselves. Still we did not see a soul. When we reached the
County assessors office, the office appeared to be intact but the doors
were locked. We all walked around the building together because we were in
a town we knew nothing about. Alex noticed a small window that appeared to
be cracked open. We gave him a gun and boosted him up till he reached the
window. Once he was in he opened the door. It was dark, cold and dusty, we
opened a couple doors so we could shed a little light. We work through
cabinets searching for the documents. Finally we found what we were looking
for, we were just finishing with loading the last boxes when the first shot
rang out.

The four of us jumped into the pickup and started heading out of town when
a thought occurred to me. There had only been one shooter and the shots
didn't even come close to us. It seemed more like warning shots. I decided
to pull over and talk to the other three.

"Guys did it seem like those were warning shots more then someone trying to
kill us?"

They all agreed.

We knew who ever had shot at us was just protecting their own interest. We
had only come for the documents but now I was more interested in what else
this town had to offer that was worth protecting.

We got out of the truck and slowly made our way back to where we had been
shot at. That is when we saw them. Five young boys from what we could
see. They were standing outside the assessors office two of them went
inside while the other three stood outside watching the area. From what I
could tell they only had one gun. It appeared to be a rifle almost to big
for the young boy to be carrying. When the other two boys who had gone into
the building stepped outside. I decided to make our move. With Alex and
Aaron next to me we moved fast. I told the two to stay next to me. Anthony
was going to stay back to make sure we were not surprised. We had rushed
the boys so fast they had no clue as to know what was happening. No one
ran. They just froze like deer in the headlights. The boy with the rifle
tried to raise his gun but I told him to stop and to put it on the
ground. He did as I asked.

I asked Aaron to go retrieve the rifle. To bring it to me and then to go
search the boys. Once that was done I told the boys to sit on the ground. I
looked them over trying to figure out their ages. I then asked the one who
was holding the rifle who they are?

I told them our names. The boy stood up and began to introduced everyone in
the small group. The boy with the rifle introduce himself said his name was
Bruce. Next to him was Turin, David, Jasper, and Peter.

I asked him if there were more of them and he told us there were. How many
I asked?

There are six more boys. He informed me.

So there were eleven in total.

I asked them where they were and was told they were still back at the
orphanage.

I asked how long they had been here?

"Since the beginning."  Bruce said.

I asked how they survived?

Bruce told me that they had been abandon by the staff when the fighting
started. All but one staff member had stayed behind to watch over the
boys. There had originally been twenty boys within the orphanage but the 9
older boys had decided to strike out on there own. The older staff member
who had stayed behind had been keeping the boys fed and warm until last
year. When a group of men had come into town he told the men he was the
only one here and he was taken away. But before he was taken he had taught
the boys how to survive. They had been cleaning out the houses and stores
for food. Bruce said.

I asked how they had survive the winter?

Bruce told me they had a old coal burning furnace and used that to warm the
house. I asked if they had any other weapons. Then David spoke up. "We only
have the one gun and it only has two more shot before it became useless."
It was then that Jasper spoke and asked what we were going to do with
them. I told him not to worry we were not here to hurt them. They looked
relieved. I told Alex and Aaron to put their guns away and called Anthony
out from where he was hiding.

I asked Bruce if I could see where they were staying.

So he showed us the orphanage. It was a big building. Inside was a
mess. The furniture was tossed all about and it was dusty and dirty. When I
asked Bruce why it was so messy he told us that Oliver. The only remaining
member of the staff who had been taking care of the boys told them to leave
it that way. So when someone looked inside they would assume the building
had been abandon and wouldn't really take the time to search an abandoned
building. I thought that was smart. I asked where the other boys were and
he showed us to where they were hiding. When they came out I could see that
they had been well fed and were some what clean. Jasper introduced us to
them and they seem to greet us with some hesitation. I put them at ease
when I told them we were just passing through town and just wanted to see
if they were ok. They seem to relax. The one thing I did notice is that
they were all very young. Bruce was the oldest at fourteen. We could see
that. The youngest was 6 years old and his name was Christopher. He was
cute just like our Chris back at the farm.

It was getting later into the afternoon and Alex had made the comment that
he was hungry. I told him to go back to the truck and bring the lunch from
the truck. It was then suggested by Anthony he would go and drive the truck
back here. I thought that it was a good idea but to be careful incase
someone else had seen us moving around. about thirty minutes later he was
back with the truck.

Mean while I got to know the boys much better. While Bruce , Jasper and
Turin fix food for the boys. Most of the food they had been cooking was
canned food. Bruce said that they had been catching rabbits and rats as
their main source of meat because they had no way of storing deer meat or
any of the other stray animals who happened to be around the town. So when
Anthony got back we gave them our sandwiches we brought with along with the
apples and fresh carrots. This seem to make them all happy.

While we were eating Bruce asked where we had come from and I told them we
were about an hour away from here and that we were all survivors two. I
told him how our group came together. I told him about the compound and
what some of us went through. I told him that I had Just met Alex and Aaron
just two days ago and were reunited with their brother. I also told them
what we were doing here. They all seemed to be very interested. It seemed
That Christopher took a real liking to me. When I was telling my story he
had come over and sat next to me and was leaning against me as I told them
about us.

Bruce wanted to know what we would do next?

Truth was I didn't know what to do. I know I could not abandon these
boys. But I also knew we could not take them back with us right now. Food
was not going to be a problem. We had plenty of that. Housing was the
problem. Where could we put Eleven young boys. I knew we could take a few
of them with us now. Dan and Tucker could take two of the boys and Bobby
and Billy could take another two. It just meant everyone could double
up. But where would we put the other seven.

I thought about the hay mount But Sheba was up there with another litter of
cubs and the farm was just as much hers as it was our farm. She never
caused problems. Hell she was becoming part of the family. I had never
heard of a mountain lion ever wanting to be around humans let alone
dogs. But her and Boe got along fine. I had even seen the two roughhousing
around one day and her cubs seem to love him. So the barn was out. I had
even thought about the house down the road but it was not livable anymore
the roof had collapsed over the winter.

Bruce notice what I was thinking and suggested that they could stay at the
Orphanage. We have food and it has been safe so far. We can survive a
little longer if need be. I guess he was right so I told him we could take
the youngest four with us. I asked if he knew where there were any more
weapons and he said he did. He said there was a armory but the doors were
locked and they couldn't get inside. I asked him to take me to where it was
and he was right it was locked tight. There were no lower windows and even
if we were to be able to reach the window above it would be a long fall to
the floor inside. On the backside of the building there were two loading
docks. That is when one of the older boys notice that one of the door would
open a little. But no one in the group was small enough in the group to
crawl under. We figured the only one small enough was Christopher.

Bruce told Brian his younger brother to go back to the orphanage and get
him. When they came back we told Christopher what to do. They produced some
candles and matches while the rest of us held the door open so Christopher
could go through. It took him about ten minutes for him to make it through
the building and he manage to open the front door. Once we were inside we
found the armories weapons room it had been cleaned out but for a few older
hand guns, grenades, smoke bombs and shotguns. There was enough ammo to
last at least one good fight. Again Anthony went back to get the pickup and
we loaded what we could. Jasper also manage to find a large stock pile of
freeze dried food just like the kind that Tyler had stock piled in the
cave. I explain how to make the food but would later find out it was not as
good as the stuff Tyler had. David also found a set of keys so we tried
them until we found the one for the front door. Aaron also found what
appeared to be a fall out shelter It was big and dark. There were glow
sticks up in the armory so we got them and began to search the fall out
shelter. The door was meant to be locked from the inside. So I told Bruce
to use this incase of emergency. He said he would. There was enough room in
the place for at least a few hundred people with more rations in a storage
room. There was also a generator with enough fuel for at least a few
weeks. We tried to start it but could not get it running. I figured I would
bring back Chris or Brandon on my trip back to see the boys. I wanted to
see if they could get it running. We also found more weapon. basically more
hand guns and ammo. Once we had finished looking around we headed back to
the orphanage. Bruce made sure to lock the door behind us. Back at the
orphanage we unloaded the truck and explain how to use the weapons we had
found. I told the boys if they were going to use them to practice with they
need to go outside of town so not to draw attention to themselves.

It was beginning to get late and we needed to get back to the farm. Bruce
was glad we were taking the youngest four with us. He figured they would be
safer with us. Once everyone was loaded into the pickup we started out for
home.

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