Chapter #22: A New Routine

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Ollie
Monday
June 10, 2019
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    I woke up that morning. I was by myself. I weirdly felt the warm presence of Evan with me through his sweatshirt. I don't know if it was because I was eating or drinking, but I threw up.

Evan
Sunday
June 9, 2019
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    I attempted to follow the car. Soon Sam tackled me to the ground.
        "What the hell, man?"I screamed.
        "The guard had a gun Evan," Sam explained.
        "So what now?"
       "We try to figure out where everyone else is."
        "Where are we?"
        "Let's go find out."
    He helped me up off the ground.

Sam
Monday
June 10, 2019
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    Evan and I made a camp last night. We both woke up and headed on the road again. We finally reached a run-down gas station. It still had payphones which I soon began to call the only person I could think of.
        "Hello?" A familiar voice came across the phone.

Bailey
Monday
June 10, 2019
6:00 am
    One phone call woke up from everyone in the car. I never answered phone calls from unknown numbers. Something weirdly drove me to answer the call.
        "Hello?"I asked.
        "Bailey?"Sam asked.
        "Holy shit Sam! Where are you?"
        "We are in Portland by an abandoned gas station; where are you?"
        "Idaho Springs, Stay in Portland. We will find you."
  "Okay."
        "Holy shit."
        "Okay, see you soon."
        "Bye."
    Sam hung up.
         "Holy shit," I said.
         "What?"Missy said groggily from just waking up.
         "We need to take a detour."
        "What, why?"
       "That...was Sam." I managed to get out.
        "Holy shit!" The group responded.
    Missy grabbed my phone and began to type something into it.
        "So, where are they?"Missy asked.

Missy
Monday
June 10, 2019
10:00 am
    The fact they escaped from the evil company gave me hope. I was excited to be together again. I think everyone needed a mood lifter after everything happened. Then Zack mentioned something I don't think anyone thought about.
        "Guys, there are many gas stations in Portland."
        "Oh shit," I responded.
"It's fine." Eva consoled.
        "We will figure it out once we get there," Bailey told the group.
        "How long will that be?" Zack questioned.
        "Ten hours as of right now," I responded by changing the destinations.
        "Wake me up when we get there," Eva said.
   She fell asleep in the car.

Zack
Monday
June 10, 2019
10:00am
    The change of how lost we were compared to when we got a goal was palpable. Everyone stopped being sad sacks, and we had something to look forward to. Bailey drove eleven hours straight to reach Portland.
        "So what now?"I asked.
    Missy opened Bailey's phone.
        "They did say they were in a run-down gas station," Bailey explained.
        "Welp, I guess we need to go on yelp."Missy jokes.
        "Why yelp?" I asked.
        "We will look at the one-star places."
        "Oh."
    We spent over two hours going to all the twenty gas stations. We finally came across the final one-star gas station. It was a run-down shell station that was in the middle of nowhere. It was nine o'clock when we found the two boys disheveled on the side of the road. Bailey parked and then hugged Sam. We all got out of the car. Missy asked the dreaded question.
        "Where's Ollie?"

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