The Rainhounds base had been reduced to something as small as Stone village. It was nothing like the fortress for humanity that Pastor Salem had once dreamed of turning it into. The mountain had become desolate, and the walls were already freezing.
Songs of worship did not come from the church which was once housed zealots. Prayers had become a thing of the past and those that remained now spoke of the past with distaste on their lips.
They spoke of Pastor Salem with bitterness, calling his reign a dictatorship that ruined them. Sometimes, Moon's named was mentioned with curses. If Pastor Salem was the grenade that destroyed the base, Moon was the one that launched it.
After she left and the pastor died, things had changed. The once heavy population had been cut down to one hundred thirty-two. Zadok, the new leader, wanted a firm grip on the base so he sent most people away starting after the acid rain stopped.
