Tales of the Wasteland

Honey Part 5

It's time. When i went back to pick up Tyler from Miles house he told me where we are meeting and what is going to happen.
"Okay. You meet us by the alleyway near the hospital an hour after closing time, that way no one will see us. I'll bring the guns tonight, I'm meeting up with my gun guy today so I will have them ready." He explains from his window still missing his shirt.
"Okay" I reply after every pause.
"Oh, don't forget to bring food and water."
"Okay." I say a little dull "I have a map too, never used it so it should come in handy."
"Good." He answers rubbing his fingers through his greasy hair. I don't mind seeing Miles without a shirt on because he is quite good looking but I wouldn't every try anything on him because I don't think about him like that often and plus i think Sabina would have to knock some sense into me if i ever did, i'm just saying he isn't bad lookn' that's all, it's not wrong to think that. I escape my thoughts and watch Tyler leap out of the window and as we are about to walk away Miles quickly calls out "Honey"
I stop and look at him frowning as if to say 'what?'
"Is your boyfriend Hayden coming with us?" He laughs.
"Miles aren't you cold?" I snarl in a smart ass tone.
"Honey I know you like it when i don't wear a shirt!" He jokes.
"What?" i scoff "In your dreams bud. And no he isn't."  He shakes his head and goes back into his room.

 Tyler and I get our stuff and roll out. In a way i will miss my crummy house and this crummy town but i'm also glad i'm leaving, i get a chance to explore and see what life has to offer, may not offer much but it's more than it has to offer in Westwide. I found a backpack in a box of my old things, it is warn out but better than nothing. Tyler has his backpack and Sabina and Miles should have one each so why not? It's packed with everything i had in the fridge which was mainly Fuddo sticks and Ripple berries with a few other snacks, i also had a lot of water, clean water that mum and dad sent me a few weeks ago; i alone won't be able to carry it all meaning we will split it. The map sticks out of the back of my pack but all in all it seems to be holding everything it needs to very nicely.

Sabina and Miles are talking almost silently in the shadows of the alley, i don't hear what it is about but they shut up as soon as we get there. Miles has a shirt on which is a nice change but he still wears his rugged pants and boots from before. Sabina wears a pair of patched up cargo pants with a white singlet, her hair is tied up and she wears and eye patch on her purple eye. I give her a saddened look and ask her why she is wearing it over her gorges purple violet eye. She hasn't been self-conscious of her eye at all since i have known her and in fact she has been open around me about her deformities, she has blotchy skin and webbed toes also but they don't disturb me at all because she still is a beautiful girl with the kindest heart; she is only a few months younger than me and Miles and Tyler are two year older than us, making them almost twenty-two. Age has never mattered in this town and well you hang around with anyone that is kind but as soon as i saw Sabina i knew we were going to be friends. She was helping a little kid when i saw her first, she always wanted to work with kids but the schools in Westwide turned her down because of her deformities and boy did that upset her, I was red when she told me and that night i influenced her to throw Fuddo sticks at that school with me and after that we sat at the highest point in town- which is near the trade store- and cracked a few lemon spice beers.
Sabina looks down and quietly mummers "I don't want anyone to know about it. They will think i'm weird."

My heart shatters "Sabina your stunning. Do you think anyone out in the wasteland will think that your different? I don't. I bet they see people worse than you everyday. You should be proud to have that gorges eye." I turn to Miles and Tyler "I wish i had eyes like yours." I don't say this as a joke i really do mean it. This convinces her to put take it off smiling to herself as she does. The mood brightens.

Miles gives Tyler and I each a  sawed-off shotgun and gives me a special pistol and Tyler a hunters rifle with six packs of ammo. "Geese Miles how much did this cost you?" Tyler questions packing them into his pack.
"Lets just say he owed me a favour." he smiles.
"Rad."
"Shall we leave?" I ask all of them. They nod. "Lets go."

Getting out of the gates feels so.... awesome, we are all happy to be out of there. We have lived in this town together for four years and none of us ever thought this would ever happen it was just another dream but now, dreams come true. We all walk slowly but excitement overwhelms us and we end up running away from the gates to beguine our journey, we run for a while but soon grow tired and decide it's better to conserve our energy. It's so wild out in the wasteland. You hear creatures howl and wind rush past not to mention how wild the mountains look in the moonlight. Although so far it has been a desert with scattered junk around and only a few if not very little plant life but the mountains show promising sign of green life and it thrills me.
A small hut arises in the distance and we assume that it's empty. We take cations when we check it but it we dissmis our cation when we see it is actually abandon. It's a small stone hut with two stories and burnt carpet, despite the fact the roof is completely gone and the walls are missing patches of bricks it's where we set up camp. We don't start any fires because it will draw attention and if we are being watched it is almost like a give away, we put our stuff in the room that is most sealed off which is the kitchen. The windows stay intact with wooden boards over them and there is no back door. We set watch times accept we don't let Tyler do any shifts even though he hint's that he wants to. The order goes me,Miles and then Sabina. We agreed to do it for five hours each and our post is upstairs so the next person sleeps or sits up with the person on sentry to prevent the post being left un-attended.

Miles and I leave Sabina and Tyler downstairs to rest. There is barley any place for Miles to rest but he finds a spot. He shows me some kindness by allowing me to borrow his precious scope that he found in the dumpster behind the inn once when he was with Tyler. "Now take good care of her and don't drop her." he instructed in a tone that almost sounded like he was kidding but he wasn't.
"Don't worry nothing is going to happen to her go to sleep." I urge pushing him towards his bed "I'll wake you if anything happens." I turn towards the wasteland looking over the never ending desert with a blanket of stars resting on top of it. I try out Miles scope and see quite a few things, a radiated pond, some tumble weeds, a few funny shaped dead trees and up the road we had just walked down i see a distant figure, i can't make out if they are our size or not but after i was sure i saw one i see three more figures appear behind it. "Shit!" i say under my breath but loud enough for Miles to hear.
"What?" He yawns.
I turn around and look him dead straight in the eyes "Someone or something is coming our way and i bet my bottom that they are gonna stop in." shivers go down my spine as I say it.
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