All In A Day's Work

A Crash In The Forest

I hoisted my backpack up higher on my back for the 20th time in 30 minutes as I hiked through the Washington State forest. There was no plan on where I was going, just walking in one direction until I got bored or tired.

"Maybe I'll see Bigfoot" I thought aloud knowing no one was around. A loud screech, then sudden explosion tore me from my train of thought. My first thought was to run the other way, but I had a feeling there was people down there. The explosion didn't sound very far away from where I was, so I half ran to the source of the noise.

As I neared the source I saw fire and a large, black heap of twisted metal. 'That was what caused it' I thought saw I reached a small slope that separated the highway from the forest. The blazing heap was behind me when I walked onto the highway and two forms were emerging from it! One was a woman with pink hair, the other was a guy with glasses and was struggling with limp. The woman had the man's arm over her shoulder, They were walking over to where I was, but I guess they didn't see me because they made no effort to call for help. When they were a few feet away, I walked up to them.

"Are you alright?" I asked once in arms reach. The pink haired woman stopped and glared at me. The guy was surprised and slightly spooked.

"I-I'm fine," he stuttered nervously. Before I said anything back, the woman pushed me backwards, shoving me away from glasses guy.

"Hey!" I exclaimed, catching myself so I wouldn't fall. A frown grew on my face, was I trying to help them and she shoves me, what is this Kindergarten?

"Beat it shrimp, forget you saw us," She told me, her face growing a scowl.

"Why? I am trying to help you two, " I said, walking toward them again. Pink hair though for a second and sighed.

"Fine, then help us get out here," She commanded. I followed the orders and put the glasses dude's over my shoulder like the pink lady. Though it looked kinda funny because my shoulders were well below his, so I offered little support.

"I gonna find a car" She grumbled, pulled the guy's arm off her and walked away. The transition of weight wasn't one I expected, as most of his weight was shifted to my tiny frame. I almost fell over due to the unbalancedness, but kept walking in the direction the woman went. The guy seemed to be a little unconscious when I looked at him, feeling him lean on me heavily.

"Hey, you need to wake up, we need to catch up to your friend, I can't do this on my own," I encouraged the guy, his blonde hair falling over his eyes. He mumbled some thing as he picked his head up. We walked in a steady pace following the woman from a distance.

"What's your name?" I asked, realizing that it was a bit awkward that I didn't know this guy.

"It's uh Eugene, what about you?" He mumbled, leaning on me a bit less. I smiled, trying to be friendly, knowing that they didn't trust me.

"I'm Ivy Knox, resident of Washington state and helping hand," I chuckled, seeing a tiny smile coming from Eugene.

"Eugene Sims, video game nerd and conduit," He said. I went a bit wide eyed, conduit? That makes sense, how could they have survived that crash and the bright orange jumpsuits. Also his last name was Sims, like Senator Sims, crap he was handed over to that crazy lady Augustine. They must be on the run.