Rise of the Prepper: A Story of the Coming Collapse by Frank Bates Page A

locked it. He proceeded to go to the kitchen but stopped when he heard the latch on the kitchen door open. He stuck to the wall, gun ready. One, two, three, four, five. Five people have intruded his cabin. They must be some of those raiders Father Alain was telling him about yesterday.
                  The intruders walked lightly through the kitchen, unaware that Seth had already been alerted to their presence. Gripping his gun tightly, Seth focused all of his attention on the sound of their footsteps. As soon as the first man was through the open doorway, Seth fired a shot at him. He got him in the head and the man fell lifeless to the floor.
                  Stunned, the other four intruders weren’t able to take action right away but when they saw Seth, they automatically charged at him.
                  One of the intruders punched him on the jaw and tackled him down to the floor. They both fell down. Trapping Seth below him, the intruder had this to say to Seth, “Hey, old man.” Seth looked at him and recognized that it was one the guys he beat up the other day, the one with the bat and the arrogant face. “We still want your truck.”
                  Seth’s lip split open as the guy threw another solid punch on his face. The guy continued pummeling him. “You.” Punch . “Fucking.” Punch . “Piece of Shit.” Whack! “Thought you got the better of us, huh? I’m going to kill you and take your truck, fucker!”
                  “Hey, look what I found.” Another guy said. He found the duffel bag where Seth kept his guns. “These are some nice guns. You don’t mind if we take this with us, do you, old man?”
                  Seth looked at him and recognized that it was the other guy, the one with the knife. He should have known that this would happen. He didn’t know it at the time but those two were probably part of the raiders who were currently causing trouble in Boone. He probably should have just killed them that time.
                  The goon on top of him was preparing to strike him again but this time, Seth was able to block the blow and managed to deliver a powerful jab. The guy stumbled away from him, clutching his mouth. His nose was bleeding and his glare screamed murder.
                  Enraged, the guy opened fire at Seth. Spotting his gun on the floor, Seth rolled away, got hold of his gun and hid behind a chair. The guy continued firing shots but eventually ran out of bullets. When he did, Seth took advantage and shot at him. He hit the guy square on the chest.
                  The two other goons who were busy stealing stuff from the cabin stopped what they were doing and attacked Seth. One of them tried to stab him with a knife but Seth avoided it and instead shot the goon twice, once in the stomach and once in the neck. The other goon’s attack followed right after he had killed the other one and the goon was able to land a blow on Seth’s cheek. Seth stumbled away and the goon was about to stab him when out of nowhere, Brodie appeared and attacked the goon. Letting out a fierce growl, the dog latched on the man’s neck and bit hard, tearing it out. The man screamed in terror at Brodie but Brodie wasn’t done with him yet.
                  While Brodie was fighting the other raider, Seth was fighting the last remaining intruder. The guy he beat up the other day looked really pissed off.
                  “Fuck this. What the hell’s with you, man?” He asked.
                  “I told you the first time to stay away from me.” Seth said. He cocked his gun and pointed it at the other man’s head. “You should have listened.” And fired off the gun.
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    Seth and Brodie stood by the edge of the mountain after Seth had thrown off the dead bodies of the intruders off the mountain. Looking into the abyss, Seth thought about how many more