Apocalyptic Rebirth: With a repairman system space, she rises again. Chapter 156: Opportunity.
Ever since the rain stopped, Sunshine had instructed the comms officers on the base to fly radios off the base and drop them in crowded areas where survivors were. It was the only other way to save more people in the apocalypse.
More than a hundred radios had been dropped in different zones that she knew where safe or habitable enough.
Today was the first time she would communicate to the outside world using these radios. She was doing so in the lounge of the information center. Only Lisha was with her. Bob and Robo-dog did not count as they were not humans.
Lisha was having a late breakfast, eating cereal from a medium sized food flask slowly. Sunshine had got a whiff of the milk she had used and realized it was from the same milk powder she distributed for children.
Where Lisha had got hers from was a mystery. It was likely she had traded something for it.
The computer beeped and Lisha used the handle of her spoon to push a button on the keyboard and read the message. "Molly Gadriel got into a fight with her neighbor." She read out loud what it said.
Sunshine scoffed. "It looks like she is the new Helena Drew."
"Remind me again about why we don’t charge these people rent?" Lisha asked.
Sunshine twirled her chair slowly. "Because if we make them pay rent then they will feel entitled. Suddenly they will be throwing out words like "I paid for this house" and then it will be difficult to throw out those that misbehave."
Lisha licked her lips. "Crap! why didn’t I think of that? If they give us money then they will become entitled."
Sunshine nodded. "We own everything so they have zero opinions on how we run the base. The moment we give them rights, they will become a problem for us."
Lisha smiled at Sunshine, liking her sister-in-law even more. "Sister-in-law, I knew that I liked you for a reason."
Sunshine scoffed. "You threw your clothes at me once because I did the laundry and they didn’t smell right."
Lisha twisted her lips. "Suni, that was the past. I was in wrong and I apologize."
"You are supposed to call me aunt." Sunshine leaned forward. "Why haven’t I heard you calling me aunt?"
Lisha nearly choked on the milk. How could she call Sunshine aunt when they were basically age mates? It made more sense to call her sister. But, she loved calling her sister-in-law even more.
She had noticed that Sunshine dotted on her more and have her nice things when she called her sister-in-law in a coquettish voice.
"Sister-in-law..." she leaned forward, pouting like a child. "I want black hole donuts." Lisha rubbed her head against Sunshine’s arm like Bob.
Sunshine sighed. "Pick some up from home. And drop some off for the rest of them family. Just make sure that you tell Ariel how many donuts you have taken because everyone had passed their quarter for the month already."
Lisha whispered a victorious "yes..."
Sunshine noticed on a computer that the signal had finally connected to forty three radios so she started broadcasting her message.
How could she forget what had happened on the Liora islands?
She ended the broadcast.
Lisha looked at the radio with a thoughtful look on her face. "Will they believe you?"
Sunshine shrugged. "I am giving them the opportunity to survive. Whether they grasp it or not is entirely up to them. You will need to broadcast a few messages weekly. Remember not to mention where the communication is coming from." She stood up, mind already focused on her next task.
From the information center, she went outside and Carson blocked her off. He had been moved to the first wall because he was a superhuman. He was no longer staying in doors as there was no more need to hide.
He was pacing nervously like something was about to explode. "Something happened at the White house." He said with urgency.
Sunshine relaxed. There was trouble but it was not at her base so she was okay. "What happened and how do you know?"
He raised the walkie-talkie in his hand. "I asked one of the comms officers to help me tap into the encrypted radio frequency used by the secret service. I did not expect it to work but it did and we heard something terrible. There was so much screaming and something about birds attacking."
Sunshine looked up, her eyes dwelled on the two watchers that were sleeping on top of the bubble like it was their air bed.
"That reckless fool Ceasar probably provoked them." She said. The White house was not just a red zone, it was one of the hottest zones thanks to Ceasar. Hopefully, those that had survived would make a run for it.