Season five, Episode fifteen – “Cuckoo”

After the Apocalypse

A pandemic survival story

Season five, Episode fifteen – “Cuckoo”

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The sun was beginning to push its light into the sky in the east. Mags knew by the feel of it that it was going to be another hot and humid summer day. The air was thick, and it felt like breathing through a wet towel. 

On normal days she would be glad to greet the dawn. Today the brightening sky reminded her of the awful deadline she faced.

The new barn smelled of hay, animals, fertilizer and tractor grease, as she entered and made her way to the front. The barn was a symbol of what they were building as a community. Only in cooperation and with a common vision of the future could such a barn be raised.  It was a triumph of her leadership, proof that real, physical progress could be made when they pulled together. 

That anything was possible. 

But now it felt more like a mocking tribute to her failure as a leader. 

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