𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒, the walking dead (rewrite)

06. empty roads¹

Genesis.

[Season 1—episode 5]
Wildfire.

                 THEY HAD BEEN DRIVING for hours through the empty and dirty roads by the time Dale honked the horn once, just like Shane said, and the caravan had to pull to the side of the highway. It was a relief to finally get out from Shane's vehicle, his silence and the small twiches in his face were driving her crazy. She knew he wanted to say something but he kept quiet all the time and she wasn't the one to push people into talking. If they wanted to speak, they would.

The group gathered around the RV where Dale, Glenn and Rick were already standing. White steam came from the radiator, the front of the vehicle radiating an awful smell.

"I told you we'd never get far on that hose." Dale scowled Rick with a shrug of his shoulders, he was waving away the smoke from his face, "I said I needed the one from the cube van."

"Can you jury-rig it?" Rick questioned, pulling on his hat back again, covering from the annoying sun.

"That's all it's been so far," Dale said with a sigh, a frown pulling at his brows. He was really trying to keep the van alive, "It's more duct tape than hose. And I'm out of duct tape."