The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 807

Chapter 807

Nicole left Zeph to it and went back to figuring out how to use the medical equipment.

All four of them had something to keep them busy.

After watering the planters, Poppy stretched, then spotted something in the sky. “Zeph, there’s another parachute! There are a bunch of people on it!”

It was beautiful, a bright patchwork of colors. Hopefully, this one wouldn’t land on their ship, too.

Zeph looked up and smiled. “That’s a hot-air balloon. Hot air is lighter than cold air, so heating the air inside makes it rise.”

Poppy was a bright kid, but there was still so much she had never seen. “Do they live up there all the time?”

“No. They’ll come down once they run out of fuel.”

Poppy studied the people through her binoculars. They waved frantically at the cruise ship, their mouths moving as they shouted.

Zeph had taught her how to read lips, but she couldn’t make sense of the words. They seemed to be speaking another language.

He also warned her not to count on strangers to look out for them.

Poppy understood. She had seen enough cruelty among her own people to know that coming from somewhere else didn’t make anyone more trustworthy.

Besides, she was just curious. She still relied on Zeph and Nicole to protect her and was in no position to save

anyone else.

And she had heard more than enough stories about people turning on those who rescued them.

After getting a good look at the balloon, Poppy joined Cola for a workout.

When no one on the cruise ship responded, the people in the balloon grew desperate. Waving and shouting for help got them nowhere, so they began discussing whether to land on the ship anyway.

They couldn’t agree, and the discussion quickly turned into a heated argument.

Some pointed out that they were almost out of fuel. They needed somewhere to land, and soon.

Others insisted a cruise ship that size had to be packed with survivors. There was no guarantee those people would take them in. They might butcher them for food instead.

Tempers flared, and insults flew.

In the end, the ones with guns got their way. They would risk landing on the ship. If there weren’t too many people aboard, they could kill them under cover of darkness and take the ship for themselves.

The balloon was still high above them, but Nicole could all but hear its passengers plotting.

Night was drawing in, and the balloon seemed to make little progress ever since Poppy spotted it.

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Nicole glanced up with a faint smile.

Darkness soon fell, and the balloon slowly descended. They switched off every light to avoid alerting anyone aboard and continued their descent.

The cruise ship was gone.

They stared down at the empty water, unable to believe the enormous vessel had simply vanished.

Panic swept through the basket. They switched on their flashlights and swept the beams frantically across the ocean, but there was no sign of the ship.

Some began to fear they had seen a ghost ship.

The ocean rushed closer, jolting them out of their shock. They scrambled for the controls, trying to get the balloon to climb, but after days in the air, they had too little fuel left.

Panic gave way to terror as they kept dropping toward the water.

“Damn it!”

One man lost control completely, screaming as his finger involuntarily tightened on the trigger.

A gunshot cracked through the air. The bullet ripped through the balloon overhead, and hot air poured through the tear as they plunged even faster.

“Aaah!”

They dropped dozens of feet, their terrified screams ending as they crashed into the icy sea.

Salt water flooded their noses, ears, and mouths as they thrashed desperately.

Most could swim, and a few wore life rings around their waists. They fought their way clear of the balloon and searched for the huge ship, but a sudden, searing pain ripped through one man’s leg.

Something sharp and serrated sank into his flesh. He screamed in agony, and others soon joined him.

Sharks were attacking them!

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