Chapter 20

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The next morning everyone was up and ready to journey to WICKED HQ. Everyone ha their bags, with food and water supplies, one change of clothing and first aid. They all started heading north through the old, dead town. After the town they walked through a forest for about an hour while nobody spoke, everyone had mixed feelings about going back to WICKED HQ. Everytime they've been there, something bad happens. Thomas especially was nervous. There was a lot of pressure on him to get this right and if he didn't, well he didn't want to even go there. Two hours had passed and Teresa came up to Thomas.
"Hey Tom, how you feeling?"
"I don't know Teresa, I just don't want to stuff it for you guys, I want to get it right."
Teresa thought a moment, "you know Tom, I wasn't undermining you before, I just want you to be safe, you've already been through enough, most of your childhood has been taken away, by these people and the whole "experiment." I just want you to be careful, if you're careful then you'll be fine. I believe in you."
Thomas turned and smiled at Teresa, she always knows what to say at the right time. Teresa smiled back and unexpectedly kissed Thomas half on the cheek and half on the lips and ran back to where Alby was walking.
Thomas chuckled to himself, but instantly stopped when he saw Brenda giving him a sad, angry look.
"All right shanks, I think it's time to take a break and camp here. It's going to get dark soon so we'll start a fire and start up dinner." Alby instructed

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