Ghosty 1944

Day 49

I woke to a loud crash at what I assume was around six or seven in the morning. I grabbed my hunting knife and yelled “WHO IS THERE!” in a loud and deep voice.

I unzipping my bed roll and jumped to my feet looking around with what little light was coming through the window’s, moving to the main shop part of the gas station from what I could see it was safe... “So what was the sound” I said to my self while putting my hunting knife back in my pocket.

 I then walked back to my fire barrel and grabbed my hatchet and started making my way to the front door grabbing only a Nut’s and Stuff bar and a Summit soda on the way out. I opened the door slowly with a loud “CREEECK” peeking my head out. Hhmmm look’s clear to me. I said in my head while walking out the door and closing it behind me.

 I start to walk to the small wooded and hilly area behind the gas station. Keeping my eye out for the wolf that attacked me the other day. After several minutes of walking I could see a clearing with tree branches scattered all around. I pulled my hatchet out of my bag and got to work hacking and chopping away at wood.

blah blah blah several hour’s later
I was done, with about enough wood to last me four day’s at most. loading the freshly chopped wood into my bag the wind started to pick up. So I start making my way back to base. and then I heard it...

 that sound I wish I would never hear again... “GRRAAAWL” I slowly turned around to come eye to eye with the same wolf that attacked me the other day. Then I did the only thing my brain was telling me to do at the time RUN! I turned and sprinted back in the way of the gas station all while looking through my bag “AHA!” I said while ripping out my road flare I found when I first moved into my base.

 I looked back, the wolf was gaining on me, I then opened the cap to the flare and sparked the flare and chucked it behind me hoping it would scare the wolf away, it didn’t, but it did buy me some time, at this point I can now see the back of the gas station. Running as fast as my leg’s can carry me.

 I looked back again only to see the wolf closer then before. next thing I knew I was opening my front door and slamming it shut and locking it only to hear a few seconds later scratching and howling at the other end of the door. I backed away from the door and heard the wolf run off.

After several minutes of hyperventilating and pulling myself back together. I walked to my fire barrel and set my log’s into the fire barrel along side a old news print I read about 20 times. I lite my match and tried to start the fire  and what to you know the fire started first try.

I started walking back to the shelf that I left my lantern on. I grabbed a tin of coffee, and walked back to the fire and with a old empty can of peaches I started to brew a hot cup of joe, as that was brewing I walked to my food self looked around a little bit and grabbed a can of bean’s walk back to the fire barrel and put that on to cook to.

 I passed the time until everything was ready. I pulled off my nice warm cup of coffee and took my first sip. I then looked at my cup and said “Foul me once shame on me, foul me twice shame on you" I said with a sigh. then I drank the rest of my coffee, then went to my can of bean’s and opened it with my lucky can opener, taking my first bite I said to myself “Man what I would do for some salt right about now.”

After a few minutes of chomping down on bean’s. I looked out my window to see it was already at least noon. Then I remembered that loud bang I heard earlier, I looked around again but this time I could see that a old tool tray had fallen of one of the cabinet’s in the garage. I went back and spent the rest of the day eating,drinking and finishing my hunting book... Honestly it was a good read, I learned how to skin a quarter a animal... sadly I have no weapon yet to kill any animal’s, but I have seen some deer body’s that wolfs killed. they still had a good amount of meat on them. So that book will definitely help me in the near future.

 It was that time of day again, the fire was starting to die and I was tired so I got nice and comfy in my bed roll and made a vow that I will get that darn wolf one day... I said in my head. then  “ One day...” I said out loud with a yawn. I closed my eye’s and drifted off to sleep.

To Be Continued?