Chapter 57: Sunshine meets Carson.
Nimo seemed to have forgotten the rules of the apocalypse which Sunshine had taught her. The rule about not dating fools was a personal one, but the one about not trusting super humans, that was a general one.
As with anything, there was good and bad, so there were some good super humans. Most were neutral and Sunshine had been in the neutral zone.
But, before deciding if a super human could be trusted or not, one needed to be very careful. If she had known Carson Warnock in the apocalypse, that would make it easy to decide but she never heard of him.
"He is here!" Sunshine dragged Nimo with her to the elevator. This is not a conversation that they could have out in public. "Shh." She asked Nimo to keep quiet.
Nodding Nimo followed Sunshine to the topmost floor, the penthouse suit that had turned into Sunshine and Hades’s home. The children also lived with them up there. Access was only granted to occupants.
As soon as the doors closed, Nimo turned to her and expanded on the matter, "We could not just leave him out there. Carson is one of the good guys, or so I have heard from a friend of a friend. All friends that are in the military by the way, to be specific.
Major Elio knows a secret service agent named Willy Sykes that mentioned over drinks that his buddy Carson, the only survivor of the mist needed a place to keep his head low. The major mentioned me and you and this base.
Willy sent Carson your name and the name of the mountain. Carson was on his way when he was attacked. We found him on the dirt road off the highway, cornered by secretary Ceaser’s men and we fought them off rescuing him and his sister.
Before you ask if we took safety precautions, all the attackers are dead and we stripped them of clothes, wallets and phones. The bodies were dropped on the highway for cars to run over. The city is on fire so even if they are found, they will be lumped in with all the other dead victims of looters."
Sunshine run her fingers along the back of a sofa, letting out a loud sigh. "Ceasar is chasing him which means sooner or later, he will be could be traced here. While confrontations between tense bases was common in the apocalypse, I was hoping to keep Fortress Four out of all the useless struggles. Need I remind you about my super humans warning Nimo? Being too helpful is how you ended up dead."
"Last time, I promise. I just thought that it would be better if we had him instead of Ceasar. Only God knows what that lunatic wants to do. But the choice on what happens next is yours. Even if you kill him to keep the base a secret, I will not judge because this is your place and we live by your rules." Nimo spread her hands leaving the final call to her friend.