The vegetables were full of white
flies, just full of them. I guess the formula wasn't working but it
was highly recommended by the reviews online, why wasn't it working?
Was I using it incorrectly? I am not sure. This was the daily torture
I endure when trying to grow food of my own during these hard times.
The economy of the world was shattered
and everyone was left to fend for themselves. For a while now, things
such as basic necessities were disappearing little by little, no one
cared or bothered to pay attention until it was too late. Now, we
have to hunt for our food, with such high demand of it, there was
barely anything left so everyone had to be forced to become
vegetarian. It was such a sad reality but here we are and we must
survive.
There was also no more electricity, we
had become obsolete with technology as there was nothing to hold them
together. What's the point? The world is in ruins and we had bigger
priorities. In a way, it was a relief as you won't be seeing kids on
their phones twenty four seven looking like zombies. Unfortunately,
the more vulnerable people would perish sooner than others. This is
my world and it was only the beginning.
We had come accustomed to grow our
veggies with a lot of care but with a lot of issues too. As I
mentioned earlier, the white flies would destroy a lot of them so we
need an effective way to get rid of them. repellents could only go so
far but I understand that fighting them off would be a challenge.
That's not the only thing we had to fight off, thieves of nearing
homes would want to steal our food over and over so what's the
solution? To take turns standing guard. This old home only had two
habitats, me and Emily. We met while the world was going wild and
somehow we managed to trust each other in order to survive. It was
that kind of feeling when you meet someone and you get a good vibe of
them. She definitely showed enthusiasm and was quite a looker. Blond
hair, blue eyes, and a petite figure, why would I want someone like
that to help me survive? Guess it could have its advantages some way.
I honestly did felt sorry for her, so we joined forces.
Emily and I fought off a lot of people
but the most difficult one happened a couple of weeks ago. These
freaks of nature came with the hunger of a million! We had a nice
batch of tomatoes growing and it was her turn to keep an eye on them
in the backyard. Of course, we had built a greenhouse that would
connect to the back side of the house in order to keep everything
safe, but stuff like that matter very little to the desperation of
hunger. Furthermore, we didn't have any deadly weapons ourselves
except machetes. Two freaks would try to sneak in through the side of
the greenhouse, I was resting a bit in the bedrooms but I felt I
always had to have an eye open when Emily was guarding our goodies,
it was just a survival instinct, I also felt the same way when I was
guarding while she slept. One of them came up to Emily to ask if they
could borrow some tools for gardening, it was an older lady who
looked pleasant but one couldn't be so trustworthy, you couldn't
trust anyone. Emily replied 'We don't have any tools to give, please
be on your way' The lady asked again and then dropped on her knees.
That caught Emily off guard so she went to look if she was okay, as
she went over to her someone from the shadows came and ripped through
the greenhouse door on the other side, as the old lady held Emily's
hand so she couldn't move the other individual rushed to her with a
knife, Emily tried to move out of the way but got stabbed on the
right shoulder.
With all the commotion, I was already
by the door, witnessing a couple of freaks trying to not only take
the food we had to survive, but kill my partner. I furiously ran to
the freak with the knife and kicked it out of his hand, he would stab
me with it in the process, but the adrenaline would not make me feel
a single ounce of pain and pass right through it, getting rid of him
with a rage. The old lady let go off Emily and ran off into the
darkness while the other freak ran off the other way back from where
he came from. It was a close call, we usually just scare invaders
even before they try anything but we fell for the old hurt lady
trick. Overall, we were alright, we were hurt, but we survived.
People tend to get more aggressive as time goes on with hunger, it is
a sad world we live in.
The white flies wouldn't just leave our
plants, they were as desperate as the freaks trying to steal food. I
feel that's why they focused on our crops. With no other choice, I
would have to venture out and find a new solution for them. As the
world's economy had completely disappeared, a way to get things was
through trade. Food obviously being the main factor. One potato would
run you so much, it was ridiculous but even more valuable than gold.
I would go to our stash and get half a potato, this would be enough
to try a new repellent for the plants. I figure that the repellent we
got prior was a fake which is why it didn't work. That's the last
time I would head to that part of town. I would head out and find a
solution for survival, Emily stayed to guard.
I made haste into the other part of
town, the one that I know had some better materials and found a
gardening depot which are houses we call in which we can trade food
for supplies to help us grow more food! It was great, but also more
reliable. With half a potato I felt I could get a good deal on
repellent. The owner who I dealt with before was quite old but wise.
Short man, missing teeth, and with a horrible stench, It was the norm
for a lot of people after all a lot of us couldn't take showers as
often, water could only be acquired from the river banks. I got my
repellent, and went on my way. I hadn't gone to this old man because
he is kind of expensive but there was not choice, shopping around is
not preferable as when we could just go on our phones and order with
a couple of presses. As I'm leaving the old man says 'Survival is
nothing but temporary' As I look back at him and replied 'We must
survive old man'. He looked back with a grin.
I made my way back to the house, it
wasn't a long journey and no one would stop me since I'm not carrying
food with me, but I did had to jump into the river bank so I could
fetch water for the crops and ourselves. The water wasn't the
cleanest, but we had no choice. Finally, getting the water was a
breeze mainly because I didn't had to talk to anyone and made my way
back. I finally arrived and called out for Emily 'Hey I'm back!' but
there was no reply. I go out back to see our bedroom which was
untouched. No sign of Emily. I went to look for her into the trees by
the yard, nothing. Emily was nowhere to be found, not even a sign of
struggle. I noticed the crops had been picked out... everything is
gone. Our emergency food was also gone. 'Was I betrayed by her?' I
thought. I rummaged through all our stuff and clothes to try to find
anything about her but nothing. I finally heard a yell outside and
ran out. It was Emily with five other freaks. All holding long
knives. I was unarmed, I looked straight at her as she's standing
with a grin, 'Why?' She looks at me and says 'Survival is nothing but
temporary' As the freaks came at me, I felt broken inside but not
hopeless.
I was left for dead with multiple
wounds, blood everywhere. At this point, I wasn't going to fight it
anymore. My time has come....just take me, they had taken everything
of value. Perishing was the only thing left for me. As I lay there
looking at the sky, I thought of the good times and how much we took
for granted our lives before the world came crashing down. Maybe I
can go back, maybe I can do it all again. I closed my eyes, I didn't
see a light anymore, but a hand dragging, it was hope.
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