Summoned

42. On the road

4 days before extraction

(Man, driving inside a big city during a zombie apocalypse is fucking nuts. Half the roads are blocked off, the other half are overrun by corpse parades...)

"Naier, you must take a left turn somewhere. If you want to reach the shore today." Saya speaks up as she keeps looking at the map.

"Yea I know, it's just that all the roads leading to the shore look like friggin crap..." I groan as I glance at the map in Saya's hands...

After leaving the store, we decided to take the longest way around. In other words, going by the coastline. The reason? We still had four days left before extraction. And while this route was the longest one, it was also the 'safest' one. That's because the Humvee is able to drive on sand without any real trouble, which means we can get past any blocked off roads as long as we have a beach next to us. We also know the roads there are, or at least were traversable, as we drove there once before.

"By the way." Saya speaks up again as she presses her finger on the map.

"If you turn at the intersection after the one we're about to reach now, there should be a gas station between us and the coastline" She adds up.

"Hmm, a gas station eh? We could use the fuel." I nod as I keep looking ahead.

"But..." I stop talking as I narrow my eyes. Causing Saya to lift her head from the map and to look at me.

"A gas station is the perfect spot for an ambush. Especially now, if you consider that working cars are as rare as they can get." I say as I keep looking at the road.

"I guess, that's true..." Saya nods slightly and glances back at the map.

"What if we try to siphon fuel from the cars that have been left around? Even if they don't work, the fuel in them should still be usable." She asks after a few seconds.

"Hmm, that could work. But we need to cut the hose in two for that. We can't have water inside it if we want to use it for fuel. Don't want to pull a short one on the car, hell knows we can't repair it." Respond as I tilt my head from left to right.

"Actually, I have a lot of information concerning the Humvee in the textbook, I looked it up while we were in my house, things like checking the oil, and water. Or how to change batteries. Humvees are supposed to have a couple of extras in them, I think under my seat. Or the one behind me, the one Saeko is on." Saya glances at the bag by her feet as she answers.

"We'll still need materials that we have no chance of finding though." I answer as I keep looking at the road.

"Only if you crash the car like an idiot." She responds as she turns to me with a rather smug look.

(Ohh, you're lucky I have both hands on the wheel my dear pinkette.)

"Do you want me to cut the hose in two?" I hear Saeko ask from the back seats.

"Yea, I should have the combat knife in a side pocket in my bag, use that." I nod as I point behind my seat with my thumb, while keeping my eyes on the road ahead.

Saeko did not respond, but judging from the shuffling I started to hear behind me, I'd say she was searching my bag.

"In that case, turn now, or after the next intersection. If you want to avoid the gas station." Saya turns to look back at the map as she starts speaking.

"No, we will pass through it. Maybe we can take a fuel canister or two. The humvee is a gas guzzler, even the lightly armored version, and we have what? Five canisters?" I glanced at the fuel indicator as I spoke.