Maine Street - Part 25

"Hello! Who am I speaking with? Over."

"Hello!" responds Raoul on the radio feeling happy. "My name is Raoul! I am living in Maine and I would like to request help. Over."

"You request an extraction?" asks the man on the other side of the radio. "At which Maine part? Over."

"Close to Mayenne at a cabin in the forest. Over."

"I am afraid we cannot do that right now. Over."

"What? What is the reason you are not helping people into this mess?!" asks Raoul on the radio feeling angry. "People are dying, and the military is not doing anything to prevent this?!... What is even your mission?"

"… You say your name is Raoul, right? Well, Raoul. The reason is easy to say. We are protecting the ports, docks and the airports who are still working. The military is also displaying soldiers on areas over the world to help them destroy this virus and save anyone we can. We will be displaying a squad at your location to help you leave. Over."

Raoul didn't know what to say. He was not anticipating this message from the man. But before he could say anything, Raoul looked at the radio for a moment, and he sighs. He grabs the microphone, and he try to speak with the soldier again.

"I would like to inform you about this virus. Over."

"What information do you have? Over." reply the man on the radio.

"Can the virus infect the people who were not bitten? Over."

"It has already started? Did you find a weird looking mushroom on a zombie corpse?" asks the soldier feeling uneasy. "I repeat. Have you touched the mushroom from the zombie? Over."

"No. I did not touch it." replies Raoul on the radio. "The mushroom killed a guy. Friend of me. He transformed quickly into a zombie. Over."

"Did the man was old? Over."

"Yes. Over." replies Raoul.

"He got high fever? And he started to cough blood? Shake uncontrollably? Over."

"Yes. I did not check his temperature though." says Raoul. "But do you already have information about this? Over."

"We do have the information about Mushrooms Z, but we did not anticipate wit will raise at this moment. We strongly suggest you to check your temperature daily and keep a record of it. If the temperature is higher than 38, you are in danger. Do you copy that? Over."

"Roger that. Over." says Raoul feeling a bit uneasy.

"We have gotten your location, and we will try to send a squad there. In the meantime, please wait until then. Over."

"Can I trust you?"

"You can trust us, civilian." responds the soldier. "We are professional who were highly trained from these things. And we would do anything to save everyone and keep the human species alive and well. Over."

"I caught another radio transmission. But in Poland. Over."

"What kind of radio are you using it? Over."

"Just one I have found in a radio station in Maine. I don't know the rand, but the station it is working in good condition. Over."

"So, you are living in Maine and got a contact with people from Poland? Which city? Over."

"I believe it was Kraków." says Raoul. "Over."

"Sir! I think you are in possession of the most valuable thing we needed. This radio station might be powerful enough to transmit contact with North America. Don't you get it?" says the man from the other side sounding extremely happy. "You might be the savior of this world."

Raoul stood there, he didn't know what to say anymore because he didn't believe he is at a possession of a powerful radio station. He was about to respond the message, but suddenly, the blackout has hit him, and stopped the electricity from the entire area, then in a few seconds, the entire Europe got in blackout.

When this happened, Raoul get off from his seat, he dropped the headphones, and he runs to the room Jon told him the generator it is located. He got at the generator, and at the moment he got close to it, he took the bottles of gas close to it, and he pours them into the generator. It took him about five minutes to pour all of the gas there, and then, he starts the generator by pressing the button. And in just a flinch, the lights from the basement works (he used his flashlight to help him pour the gas into the generator).

Raoul gets out of there, and he runs back to the radio station, whereas he got there, someone was talking to him.

"Raoul. Raoul! Are you there? Over." says the familiar voice from earlier.

"I am here, sir. Over." responds Raoul taking the microphone and his headphones.

"Good." responds the man on the other side. "I was afraid the radio would have stopped for a moment."

"The radio is still working." says Raoul fast. "I got a blackout, but I still got the gas for it to make it work for a few more days. Over."

"I see." says the person on the other side. "I guess we should stop the conversation for now. I got orders to do. But we won't forget to send a squad to your location. Over."

"Roger that. Goodbye. Over."

Raoul turns off the radio, and he gets up from his seat. He goes to the window outside, and he looks at the fence who is still down. He looks at it for a few more minutes until he decides to leave the home and try to fix it by himself.