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Jan 9th 2029
Plans are being made we have to go at night to the compound four streets over. Break into their gate siphon water out of their underground tanks and get out of there before they even notice us. Since we have to be very low key. There can only be a few of us that can go. Heather was not happy that i volunteered, but it was my idea so i was obligated to go.
The only weapons we have were a few hunting knives. We have loads of pistols and rifles. This is Texas after all, but the whole community only has three bullets left. Just can't get the gunpowder anymore. Samantha said the mission was not critical enough to use them. She believes they are in the same boat as us and don't have any Ammo ether. Honestly i just think she just wants to keep them for when the time comes. One for her husband, their son and, herself.
The Plan is to go on the 13th. We figure that on a Saturday most people wont be thinking about chores and have their guard down. I worked with John and Mike to get the supplies together to siphon the water. We found two Gas tanks and for the rubber tubing. Clint was nice enough to give us an hose he used for his Cpap machine. As he gave it to me he said with a smile "Not like i can use this without electricity. Might as well get some use out of it."
So with that we had our mission. While planning i focused on the task at hand but after everything was packed and ready to go and i had time to think. It hit me again the guilt "What makes our group any better than their group for use of the water." The answer was nothing but we needed it and they had it and they were close by. Nothing else, you take away the items we need to live all morals and civil order go out the window. We are cave people again. Hit you with a stick take what we want.
I am kind of jealous of the kids today in one way. they have only stories of when people were kind to each other and possibles were endless. They just think of it as fiction. People my age know what we lost and regret we gave up to change it or to blinded by the powerful to not even see the end that was coming.