by Eric Vall
“So you spent all your time eating salads and protein bars?” I chuckled.
“Pretty much,” Anna laughed. “I didn’t realize how much I missed chocolate until I started eating it after the world ended.”
“You don’t feel guilty about eating it now?” I asked.
“Hell, no,” she said. “We work so hard just to survive, I think we all deserve some chocolate now and then.”
“I think you’re right,” I agreed and then pulled out the rest of the chocolate bar I had snacked on earlier.
We ate in silence for a while, and I noticed that Anna seemed like there was something on her mind. She stared at the fire absentmindedly while she took slow, small bites from her chocolate bar.
“Are you alright?” I asked softly.
Anna looked up and blinked at me. “Yeah, I’m fine.”
“What are you thinking about?” I asked. “There’s got to be something on your mind.”
“I don’t know,” she sighed. “I guess I was just thinking about what happened with Paige today.”
“That was scary,” I said with a nod.
“Yeah,” she agreed. “I know she’ll be okay, but that was nerve wracking.”
“I think you girls sometimes forget how dangerous what we do really is,” I said. “It’s easy to think ‘we’ve done this before’ and to believe that it will all work out like it did the last time, but that’s not always the case.”
“I think you’re right,” Anna said. “We don’t always take it as seriously as we should.”
“Hopefully everyone will now,” I said with a gentle smile.
“I’ll make sure of that,” the redhead said, and she shook her head slightly. “I don’t want anyone on our team getting hurt again.”
I stared at my second in command for a moment. She was absolutely beautiful, passionate, and one hell of a leader.
“Come here,” I said, and I opened my arms out wide. “Come sit with me.”
I was surprised when Anna accepted the offer so easily. She stood up, walked over to my lap, and softly placed herself on the top of my thighs. I pulled her close to me, and she nuzzled her head under my chin.
I sighed deeply as I felt the weight of her settle into me. She was lean and soft, and she fit perfectly against my chest.
After a moment Anna’s hand snaked up to caress my cheek, so I looked down into her soft green eyes and ran my fingers through her hair. Her lids lowered shut as she leaned into my hand, and I smiled at the tender display of affection.
I scratched her head for a few minutes, then brushed a loose strand of hair from in front of her face. Her eyes opened, and she leaned up to place a soft kiss on my mouth.
Her lips were plump and pillowy as they sank against mine, and I let out a heavy breath against her.
I moved to pull away, but Anna grabbed my neck and held me in place, so I kissed her deeper instead. Her mouth parted for my tongue, and she sighed into my mouth and leaned her body against me.
I ran my hands down her sides. She was muscular and athletic, but curvy in all the right places, and I couldn’t help but trace her hourglass figure with my fingers.
The redhead sighed softly against me, and I felt my erection grow in my cargo pants.
Anna pulled back and kissed up my neck, her soft lips driving me crazy with each small lick and suckle.
“Tav,” the redhead whispered in my ear.
“Yes?” I groaned.
“I want you,” she purred.
“I’m all yours,” I said breathlessly.
Anna kissed back down my neck until she got to the top of my jacket, then she leaned up to kiss me once more while she pressed her hand against my erection through my jeans.
“Fuck,” I moaned and pushed my pelvis against her hand.
“Mmm,” she moaned against my jaw as she clenched my cock in her fist.
I reached around with one hand to cup Anna’s perfect ass, and I pushed the other hand under her athletic shirt up to her sports bra.
I quickly pushed the bra up and out of the way so I could rub her small, taut nipple between my fingers.
“God, that feels so good,” Anna moaned, and she tossed her head back in pleasure.
I realized that her hair was still in its usual long braid, so I pulled my hand off her ass and took off her hair tie. Her long red locks cascaded down her back in a waterfall of waves, and I ran my fingers through them easily.
I continued to rub her nipple with my fingers, then I slowly put pressure on it and pinched it harder and harder until I heard her gasp with pleasure.
“Fuck,” the redhead moaned, and she pushed her chest against my hand.
I grabbed her by the back of the neck and pulled her to me to kiss her deeply, then I scooped up her legs and pulled her over to me so she straddled me in my foldable chair.
I could feel the heat from her through her pants, and I quickly unbuttoned my own and pushed them down to my thighs.
“God, you’re so sexy,” Anna groaned as she reached down to grip my cock.
“Oh, yes,” I moaned and thrust up into her hand.
I was ready to yank the redhead’s pants down and take her right there, but instead she climbed off of me and crouched in front of my chair, her hand still on my erection.
She stared up at me straight in the eyes as she slowly took the whole of my cock into her mouth.
I leaned my head back as I felt my eyes go to the back of my head with pleasure. Damn, she knew how to take a cock.
Anna bounced herself up and down slowly so my erection thrust through her mouth and down her throat with each movement.
Finally the redhead came up for air, and a string of saliva connected her bottom lip to my cock.
“God, you’re so hot,” I groaned, and I pulled her to her feet and yanked her pants down.
Anna didn’t hesitate, she stepped out of her pants and straddled me once more, hovering her wet pussy right above my hard cock.
I grabbed my erection and rubbed the tip against her slick slit until she threw her head back and moaned loudly, then I grabbed her by the hips and pulled her down onto my cock.
She took the whole of me in one motion, and we both groaned as she settled against my pelvis.
I pulled off her shirt to reveal her perky breasts that sat above her muscular core, then I pulled her against me so I could take her small, pink nipple into my mouth.
“Oh, god,” Anna groaned as she ground against me.
I licked and sucked her nipple as she pushed herself against me vigorously. I could feel her pussy grow tighter and tighter with each thrust, so I sucked even harder on her nipple until I felt her rhythm slow as she prepared to climax.
“Oh, fuck,” the redhead groaned. “I’m gonna come.”
“Come on me,” I whispered against her. “Yessss.”
“Ohhh. Wooooowwww.” Her pussy spasmed around my cock, and I pushed inside of her as deep as I could to get a better feel for her pleasure.
After the wave had passed through her, Anna collapsed against my chest and breathed heavily.
“Good girl,” I cooed.
“Your turn,” the redhead chuckled breathlessly.
I flipped us over in the chair so Anna was on her back and I was on my knees in front of her, then I pulled her hips down to meet mine and pushed inside her once more.
“Fuck,” she moaned as my cock filled her tight tunnel again.
“You feel so good,” I breathed as I pushed inside her as deep as I could.
I thrust in and out gently at first, then I grew faster and harder as Anna moaned. Her pussy was slick from her orgasm, and I slid in and out of her tight body with ease.
“Harder,” the redhead commanded.
“If you say so,” I growled and I thrust as hard as I could against her.
“Fuck, yes,” the redhead moaned.
A few minutes later, I felt her about to come once more. As she released, I felt the spasms on my cock once more and I decided to let mys
elf go.
“Ohhh, fuckkk,” I moaned as I pumped her with my seed.
Our climaxes each lasted about ten seconds, and then, once I’d emptied myself deep inside of her, I collapsed against her, breathless and sweaty.
“God,” Anna groaned after a moment.
“What?” I chuckled.
“That was just really good,” the redhead said.
“It was pretty great,” I agreed, and we both groaned as I slowly slid myself out of her.
“Are you tired now?” Anna teased.
“Definitely more tired than I was earlier,” I laughed.
“Why don’t you head to bed?” she offered. “I got guard duty now.”
“Are you sure?” I asked as I threw my clothes on. “I didn’t tire you out too much?”
“Hardly,” the redhead chuckled and she pulled her pants back on. “I’m an athlete, remember?”
“Oh, I don’t ever forget,” I said as I ran my eyes down her perfectly toned body.
“Are you eye-fucking me?” Anna asked with a raised eyebrow. “Wasn’t the real fucking enough?”
“It’s never enough,” I said with a grin.
“You’re insatiable,” she said.
“Yes,” I said, and I moved toward her and pulled her in for a kiss.
“I like it,” the redhead breathed after I pulled away from her.
“I figured you did,” I said with a smile.
“Go get some sleep,” Anna told me.
“I will,” I said, and I kissed her on the cheek.
As I walked to the tent, I thought about how rare it was to see Anna be so vulnerable and sweet, even during sex. She was always such a go-getter that having her act soft was a strange, but satisfying, experience. I savored the taste of her on my tongue as I crawled into bed between Tara and Bailey.
“Hey,” Anna said from the tent door, and she held out her blanket to me. “Take this.”
“Thanks,” I whispered as I grabbed the blanket and tossed it on top of me.
The redhead left, and I snuggled down against my girls.
“What were you two doing out there?” Tara snickered.
“Since when are you awake in the middle of the night?” I chuckled quietly.
“Since Anna moans super loud,” Paige whispered.
“You all heard that?” I asked. “Bailey?”
“Well, I wasn’t going to say anything,” the blonde said. “But, yeah, I heard.”
“Everyone within twenty miles of the lake heard,” Tara teased.
“We were not that loud,” I said with an eye roll. The civilians were camped out at least one hundred feet away, and with how tired they had looked, I doubted they heard anything. And even if they had, I’d learned that most people would keep that to themselves. Tara just wasn’t most people.
“Whatever you have to tell yourself,” the platinum blonde laughed.
“Hush and go back to sleep,” I teased.
“As you wish,” Tara said, and she snuggled up against me.
I shook my head as the girls crowded around me. Their body heat warmed me quickly, and I stared at the top of the tent as I waited for sleep to come.
The next morning we woke up early, made some breakfast, and took a tally of all the supplies at the refinery. Brody had been right, we counted twenty five drums full of fuel. There was also a room full of canned goods and other nonperishables that we went through and counted. By mid morning we had a full list of the supplies, which we intended to split with Brody’s people. He had said we would receive half of the fuel,and typically I would say half of the supplies was fair as well, but I didn’t know what supplies Brody had sent the civilians with, and I didn’t want to leave them with a small amount of rations.
In the meantime, we had decided to head to Fort Edward for the day, but Paige had informed us that there were three other towns in that vicinity, so we would make rounds to all of them to see what we could find.
We each grabbed our backpacks, some snacks, water, and our weapons, then we set off in the jeep for the day. It was a beautiful, warm and sunny spring day, and the light blinded me as we drove up the highway toward the towns. I looked around at the girls with me, Paige sat in the front, her brown messy bun bounced with each dip in the road. Anna was in the back, her arm halfway out the window as she enjoyed the breeze. Bailey sat in the middle of the back, a soft, contented smile on the blonde’s face. And Tara sat directly behind me, her long platinum blonde hair was down, and it blew in all directions with the breeze.
The feeling in the jeep was wonderful as we stopped at our first town and hopped out with wide grins on our faces. Between the sun and the beautiful women around me, I knew it was bound to be a good day.
Several hours later we had another small trailer hooked to the back of the jeep, and it was filled with boxes, bags, and plenty of other supplies as we headed back to the refinery. We had left the boat on the other trailer, but I was confident that all our new supplies would fit on the larger trailer with the boat, so there wouldn’t be a need to bring both trailers back to campus with us.
Among the things we had found were summer work clothes, bandaids and antibiotics, knives, some ammunition, salt blocks for the horses, and some dog treats for Winchester. Tara had also managed to find every outlet store around, and she had picked up plenty of clothes, not only for herself, but for everyone, and plenty of beauty products to go around as well. We limited the space she had on the trailer for such things, but she made the most of it and seemed happy with her haul at the end of the day.
Now the sun leaned toward the West as the sky grew colorful with the impending sunset. I couldn’t help but feel satisfied with what my team had accomplished that day. We had found a lot of good supplies, and we had managed to find a way to get them all home with us.
“You know what I miss?” Bailey asked as we drove along the highway.
“What?” I asked with an amused smile.
“The radio,” she said.
“The radio?” Anna asked with a raised eyebrow. “Seriously?”
“What?” Bailey asked. “You don’t like the radio.”
“I think everyone likes the radio,” Paige said. “But I don’t think she expected you to like the radio.”
“Why not?” the blonde asked with a frown.
“Because you’re a hipster,” Tara said with a shrug. “Hipsters hate the radio.”
“Well, I must not be a hipster, then,” Bailey chuckled. “Because I love the radio.”
“I don’t know,” Paige said. “I kind of like the silence as we drive.”
“It is peaceful,” Anna said.
“No way,” Tara scoffed. “I’m with Bailey. I definitely miss the radio.”
“If only we could bring your piano with us,” Bailey said with a smile.
“We can’t do that exactly,” Paige said. “But we could…” the brunette trailed off, cleared her throat, and began to sing.
After a line or two Tara jumped in, then Bailey, and finally Anna. Before I knew it, all four girls were shouting and dancing around in the jeep. I had no idea what song it was, and not all of them had voices as wonderful as Paige’s, but the smiles on their faces plastered one on mine that I just couldn’t shake.
“What song was that?” I laughed once it was over.
“Are you serious?” Paige asked with wide eyes.
“You don’t know Miley Cyrus?” Tara asked incredulously.
“Do I look like I know who Miley Cyrus is?” I asked.
“He has a point there,” Anna chuckled.
“It was Party in the USA,” Tara said, and she rolled her eyes. “It’s, like, an iconic song. Everybody knows it.”
“Apparently not everyone,” I said with a grin.
We arrived back at the refinery and loaded the boat with the rest of our supplies so we could leave the trailer with the civilians. I was surprised though, when Tara left a few of her summer shirts out and delivered them to the civilians.
“T
hat was nice of you,” I told her with a smile.
“It seemed like they didn’t have any tank tops,” the platinum blonde said with a shrug. “It’s hot out here.”
After everything was offloaded, we started a fire and made some dinner. The civilians joined us shortly, and we ate quietly while the sun dipped below the horizon.
“We got a tally of all the supplies,” Paige said after we had finished eating.
“Oh,” Renee said with surprise. “That’s great. We looked around but didn’t get a full tally of everything.”
“Did Brody tell you our agreement?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said. “You all are to get half of the already made fuel.”
“Right,” I agreed. “But we went out scavenging today, and we found plenty of supplies for the trip back home, so we won’t need to take any of the food supplies here to tide us over.”
Paige turned, made eye contact with me, and gave me a small, knowing smile. I had told the girls days earlier that we would take half of the supplies, that it was only fair, but I realized then that I was frustrated with Brody, not these civilians. Plus, I didn’t know how much food they had been sent with, but I doubted it was enough, and I wasn’t about to leave them there to work and go hungry.
“Oh,” Renee said. “Okay, that’s great. Thank you.”
“No worries,” I said with a grin.
“I counted twenty-five drums of fuel,” Renee said, and she looked around to the group. “Brody seemed to think there were only twenty. Why don’t you all go ahead and take the extra five?”
I was surprised by the offer, and I shook my head a bit to clear it.
“You don’t have to do that,” I said with a frown. “We don’t want to cheat you out of anything.”
“Or get you into trouble,” Bailey added.
“Right,” I agreed.
“He’ll never know,” Renee said with a shake of her head. “Besides, you all did all the work, you should get a bonus for getting your hands dirty.”
“Are you sure?” I asked.
The dark haired woman looked around at her group once more and then looked back up at me. “Definitely.”
“Well, thank you,” I said sincerely.
It seemed that even if we didn’t know what to trade with Brody, there may be hope that we could trade with the civilians who actually did the work. I knew it would be dirty to go around behind Brody’s back, but I also still didn’t know what he would want as a trade, and there was no guarantee that whatever it was would be split evenly among his people.
