They made it back to Heaven after being gone for over a
Month, without any problems.
Micheal left the New Colony with two wagons and asked that
they continue to hunt and process meat for Heaven, that they would receive
payment in grain when they returned.
They had two wagons full of jerked and cured meat, twenty buffalo
calves and six pigs. They arrived at Heaven's door and took one wagon inside.
The other wagon they distributed to the people waiting anxiously. The livestock
placed in the new corrals.
Michael, the next day,
went to the top of Heaven and looked at all the progress. Hundreds of acres had
been cleared and planted, their community around the Bunker was thriving, a lot
of gardens, and he could see Sandra tending to her new pets. New house, being
built, some of the more industrious had started using stone to build their
homes.
He had held a lot of the equipment in the basements back,
only releasing what he thought necessary for time being, especially guns and
ammo. Right now, they did not have a way to reproduce bullets, but he had his
soldiers collect and return the brass just in case they found a way.
In the months that followed he toured the Eden Colonies,
they are thriving as well, he thought about bringing them to Heaven but trusted
in GOD's plan for them. The only thing that gave him concern was the Vestige
groups, he knew that not all the rouge bunker personnel had been destroyed
during the battle, and they had for the most part moved far to the South, far
away from the range of his normal surveillance. In preparation for the
next conflict, he expanded his military training to all Heavens population,
including the use of archery.
It had been a year now since he and GOD had spoken. He
had reached out to GOD, several times while traveling west. They were in full
winter now but continued commerce with Mathew and Jhon's community had filled
their storage with meat and fish. In return they shipped corn and flour to
them.
He decided to fly to the highest mountain south before the
batteries in the Aircraft completely degraded. Sandra begged him to take her,
or at least a Squad of soldiers for protection, but he firmly denied her
request, his reason was that he could travel further and faster alone.