Summoned

Destination reached

"L. Lion, eats antelope." Hitomi speaks up.

"A, alligator, eats turtles." Saya answers.

"T. Tarantula eats cicadas." Saeko responds right after.

"C. Crab, eats algae." I add right after.

"A. Alpaca, eats leaves. No, wait!" Hitomi speaks up again right after me, then instantly lifts both arms close to her face as she shakes them.

"Your alpaca ate hemlock. Too late, now it's dead. You lose." Saya responds with a grin as she lifts her finger, a triumphant smile on her face as she closes her eyes.

"Ahhh, my lama..." Hitomi responds as she lowers her head.

"Saya's too smart, it's like I'm handicapping myself by playing before her." Hitomi folds her arms as she lifts her head.

"Yea, why did we even agree to this game? Saya keeps winning every single time." I respond with a slight chuckle.

"Because nobody could think of anything else, don't blame me for your inability to think of something." Saya answers as she turns to me with her arms folded, her face still as smug as ever...

(Heh, I don't know how long we have been on the road. But seeing how we have been playing this for 'way' longer than I would like, I'd say I have been driving for quite some time. The place has also changed visually quite a bit. Houses have been replaced with tall buildings for quite some time now. And judging from the smoke pillars I see popping out in several spots around us, I'd say this place has been hit pretty hard...)

"So, Saya, care to tell me how far are we till our target?" I ask as I slow down the car next to an intersection.

"Hmm give me a sec." Saya nods and turns towards the map on her legs, then looks outside, then back at the map.

"Oh!..." Was all she said as she tilted her head.

"We are not far! just a couple of intersections to the right!" She lifts her head and turns to me with an excited face. An excitement, I honestly didn't share...

"So the mansion is next to 'this' shitstorm? Oh boy." I respond as I point from one side of the windshield to the other, showing the overall location.

"Not really, we should pass a small bridge before reaching the mansion, there is a river that cuts through this place. The bridge itself is not 'very' far from the mansion, so it should be guarded I guess? My Papa would send people to guard it if he was in charge of that place." Saya shakes her head as she looks back on the map.

"I see, so. I turn to the right?" I ask, and Saya nods.

And so, I turned the car to the right, and started going forward. The roads here, were in a pretty sorry state. But hey, tank on wheels don't give a fuck. And neither do I. As long as it's not a pile-up, corpse parade, or pit into the abyss, the car can handle it.

"Wonder if we can meet Takashi and the rest of the group after we get extracted." Saya says as she keeps looking at the map.

"Who knows, maybe if we look for them." I respond as I tilt my head.

"Hmm, I do hope we find them." Saeko says right after me as she leans between the two front seats.

"Yea, I for one, still owe Takashi a piece of my mind, for his last 'order'." Saya frowns as she folds her arms.

"True that..." Saeko responds as she glances at Saya...

"Did he do something bad?" Hitomi asks as she peeks from behind Saya's seat.

"You could say that." I answer as I tilt my head.

"And I'm not going to deny that I 'do' want to deck him..." I add right after.