Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 187

Chapter 187: Skinner Mountain Motel
Rayne quickly checked the rest of the rooms and found that only one was unusable due to a broken window.

“This will be great then! I can still park one large RV outside in case of emergencies and use it as a cover for my supplies,” Rayne said as she went back over to the first room.

She looked around and then calculated the time. Julian should be approaching soon with Alpha Team, so she didn’t have enough time to clean everything.

She placed a special pellet stove in each usable room. This stove had a built-in cooktop, which would allow the user to boil water and cook meals while staying warm.

The only other big change she made was swapping out the bedframes in all of the rooms. There were only 19 usable rooms, and most of them only had one queen-size bed.

This wouldn’t provide enough sleeping space for the number of people coming, so Rayne had to replace the beds with a few single beds to make the rooms more functional.

She worked quickly, placing the stove, bags of pellets, beds, bed sheets, blankets, and other basic supplies like soap and toilet paper in each of the rooms.

There wasn’t enough time to make the beds, so she just neatly stacked the bed sheets on top of each mattress. The residents of each unit would be able to make their own beds when they arrived.

Just as Rayne made it to the last room, the satellite phone in her pocket buzzed. She quickly unlocked it and saw the message from Julian, sent from Noah’s phone.

[“Hey Rayne, we are approaching the mountain now. Let me know where to go once in town. – Julian.”]

Rayne quickly replied, giving instructions to drive over to the motel.

After replying, she quickly placed the phone back in her pocket and quickened her pace, setting up the last room.

Before Julian and the others arrived, she quickly pulled out the largest RV she had in her space. It was long, shiny black with silver accents. It was about double the length of the previous RV she had used but equally as luxurious.

The reason she chose this RV was simply for the added space for items. Since she didn’t have enough time to individually supply each room, having extras in this one place was the next best thing.

She walked inside and quickly began dumping piles of supplies into every corner, not caring how messy it looked.

This would serve as a central supply point for them as they got settled.

Just as she walked out, she saw a small train of cars approaching. The first vehicle was the previous RV they drove from City R, with Julian as its driver.

Quickly, the small parking lot filled with Jeeps and SUVs. Rayne turned to see a familiar car pulling in behind them.

“Ella!!” she smiled, calling out to her friend.

She secretly wanted to ask Ella to come with them but wasn’t sure if Julian would allow it. Thankfully, it seemed that Noah had taken care of that issue for her.

She mentally gave him a thumbs-up, happy that he thought of Ella and her family amidst this crisis.

Looks like Noah is serious about Ella.

Julian walked over to her and looked around. “Did we arrive too soon?” he asked in a low voice. He only saw one RV in the parking lot and was worried that they hadn’t given Rayne enough time to set up.

Rayne smiled and shook her head. “We’re going to be staying in there,” she said, pointing to the motel rooms.

Julian looked around and smiled. “This is even better! Great thinking.” He felt that this was a much better setup than living inside a bunch of RV’s.

Rayne pulled out the stack of keys from her system and walked over to the rest of the group with Julian. “The rooms even have running water”, she said, telling Julian more about the layout of each room.

“Sorry for the short notice, but this is where we’ll be staying for the time being. Rayne and I have been building up this place slowly, over time. It may not be the most comfortable place, but it will work for now,” announced Julian.

Everyone looked around and nodded. It looked like a quiet place, and no one minded that it was in the middle of nowhere.

Even Ella’s family welcomed the change. They had slowly begun to lose faith in the government base, especially after the cold snap.

The base did nothing to help its people stay warm and survive, only increasing prices daily.

So when Noah came by, telling them about the potential dangers approaching the base, Reginald didn’t think long before quickly packing up all their belongings and joining the migration.

Rayne was glad that she left two rooms with queen-sized beds. The first room was meant for her and Julian, while the other one was an extra.

Now that Reginald and his wife were here, she felt her planning had been perfect.

She eyed Ella and Noah, curious about how they were going to arrange themselves between the rooms. Rayne was certain that Ella had kept her relationship with Noah a secret from her parents, so they would most likely act as friends for now.

Just as she expected, Reginald had Ella stay with them in their room.

Rayne quickly told Ella that she was welcome to use the mattress from the RV if she needed it.

Julian assigned the rest of the rooms to the other members of Alpha Team, allowing everyone to begin organizing their rooms.

Everyone was happy to see the stove and clean sheets in their rooms. They weren’t expecting much when they arrived, but seeing that their basic needs were being met, they were all very happy.

Even Reginald and his wife gasped when they walked into their room.

“They even managed to get us a pellet stove!” called out Reginald’s wife as they walked into their room.

Reginald looked around, noticing the blankets, sheets, and hygiene supplies. “Yes, it seems Noah wasn’t kidding when he said that Rayne packed a lot of items.”

They still managed to bring most of their things from the government base, so they weren’t worried about their survival for the time being.

After everyone got settled into their rooms and set up the pellet stoves, Rayne went around announcing that the supplies in the large RV were free for everyone to use as they pleased.

When Ella walked into the RV to find some food, her eyes widened. Inside, she found bags and piles of all sorts of snacks and food items.

Even sacks of grain and rice filled an entire section of the kitchen area.

She looked around a little more. “Potatoes?” she asked out loud, holding a large, fresh russet potato in her hand.

The last time she saw a potato, it felt like ages ago. She quickly grabbed a handful of potatoes and sweet potatoes, thinking that roasting them in the stove would be delicious!