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just never seemed to be the right time and they were always so comfortable together that there was never any pressure to be more than the good friends they were.
    A sudden thought jumped center stage into Alex’s mind. “Oh my God! What about radiation. Don’t we have to think about radiation if a nuclear bomb went off!” she gasped.
    “Whoa, Ok, hold on. Other than that plane crashing no one saw an explosion or heard anything. No mushroom cloud on the horizon like you always see in the movies, so what ever happened, it wasn’t that close but yeah definitely something to keep in mind.” he consoled.
    “Right now we are in the middle of millions of people and that is really far from my comfort zone. So the sooner we get out of here and into the country side, the better I’ll feel. Let’s grab the rest of the gang and talk to Mrs. Moore. No one else seems to be getting it together so let’s talk to her and see if she has a plan.”
    Alex went over to get Emily who was talking to Mason and his friends. When she told Emily what she and Quinn had discussed, Mason jumped in and said they would come talk to Mrs. Moore as well. With a shrug Alex turned away and headed back to Quinn who had rounded up Josh and found David as well. As her group of students approached Mrs. Moore, Alex noticed others heading the same way. Cooper and Dara, a girl from town with black hair with bright blue streaks running through it joined up with Quinn’s group. Alex arrived in time to hear Quinn ask Mrs. Moore how she knew so much about nuclear bombs.
    “Well Dear, I’m a Prepper and have been for years. If you don’t know what that is I will explain. There are a lot of people who believe that the world as we know it will someday change drastically. Whether it is a pandemic of some sort, an economical crash or nuclear war, civilization as we know it will end and chaos will ensue. So we prep for it. Knowledge is a Prepper’s biggest asset so we research different scenarios and plan for as much as we can so that we will hopefully survive. I must say that for all the prepping I have done over the years, being at Disneyland was not one of the options I was prepared for.” Mrs. Moore seemed to be reflecting on that statement and was clearly not pleased. She seemed to center herself and focused back on the group of students surrounding her.
    “Alright students, time to make a plan. The best chance of survival is to get away from large populations and that means cities. So as I’m sure no cars are working that means walking. Now it might seem impossible to walk all the way back to Canada but it isn’t and people have walked even further. That of course is the worst case scenario. Next would be bikes. Students such as you should easily be able to bike a hundred kilometres a day but probably quite a bit more than that. The best case would be if you could find an older vehicle. Anything in the 70’s and older should work just fine. The problem with newer vehicles is that they rely on electronics so they would have shorted out. Older cars don’t have many electronics in them so that is good. The bad news is we have to find them.”
    As she paused to catch her breath Mason jumped in with a question. “So you really don’t think there would be any government coming to help?”
    Surprisingly it was Dara who offered an opinion. “I like to read apocalyptic books and in every one it’s always the people who got out of the cities fast or are already in rural areas that survive. The people who stay in cities, almost always die.” she finished.
    With a sneer on his face, Mason’s friend Mark who was best known as a bully said, “Shut up Freak. No one cares about your dumb Goth punk books.”
    Dara shook her head with disgust and took a step back. Emily was looking at Mason to say something to his friend but he had a small smirk of his own. Lisa gave a quick giggle but sucked it back when Mrs. Moore glared at her. Quinn took a step toward Mark