บท 268: Ghost Town Part I

Tonopah was a small and relatively isolated town situated somewhere between Hawthorne and Las Vegas. It was the natural next stop that people prior to the outbreak of the apocalypse would visit for the purpose of going to the restroom, and generally buying lunch.

The amount of times Zane had passed through this Podunk town he could count on one hand. I mean it was not as if his family had a frequent need to travel south during his upbringing. His fondest memories were eating at the local fast food sandwich joint while his parents bickered about the length of the journey to their destination.

These memories flashed through the young man's head as he gazed upon the settlement, which appeared to be a ghost town. Unlike Hawthorne, which had built defenses around its area, and maintained some degree of self-sufficiency.