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THE HUM OF the air conditioner had come to a halt earlier that day. though it had been pushed aside in everyone's heads, not thinking much of the lack of cool air.
they'd endured much hotter temperatures outside, though when the lights had all gone out it had made everyone uneasy, worry filling them as they exited their rooms. watching as jenner rushed down the hall, taking a bottle of booze from daryl. questions were thrown at him rapidly as everyone began following quickly after him.
colette held tightly onto both carl and sophia, their mothers not much further ahead as they too questioned jenner. colette could briefly hear him speaking, "it's designed to keep the computers running until the very last minute. we should be right at the thirty minute mark- right on schedule" he spoke, jogging down the stairs, rick and the others appeared from below the stairs.
lori leaned over the railing, watching them hurry after the man. "rick!" lori called after her husband, distress evident in her voice. rick only held out two hands, attempting to calm her raised nerves. the group hurried down the steps after the man, watching him take a swig from the booze bottle he held in his hand.
he paused at the steps to the computers, handing the bottle back to daryl who quickly snatched it from him. colette held the two children close to her, her arms around both of them. sophia's hands held tightly onto colette's forearm, her head tilting to look at colette. "are we gonna be okay?" she questioned softly, her eyes focused on the girl who nodded.
she didn't think they'd be okay, if what jenner was saying was true; they were gonna die. though colette didn't want to scare the children, she didn't want to be the reason they were terrified, so she lied to her. she told sophia they'd be okay. "we're gonna be fine" colette spoke softly to the girl, her eyes staring daggers into jenner. the man turned to look at andrea, "the french" he told, his words random.
sparking confusion and curiosity in colette as to of what he could be talking about. "what?" andrea questioned, staring at the man in utter confusion. barley grasping what he was talking about, "the french were the last i heard from. while we were running and committing suicide in the hallways the french stuck it out till the last second" he told, stuffing his hands into his pockets.
his eyes danced around the group, "they thought they were close to a cure" he told turning and making his way up the few steps to the computers. "what happened?" jackie questioned, pausing at the computer jenner turned to them. "same thing that's happening here, they ran out of juice. the world runs on fossil fuels, how stupid is that?" he questioned turning to walk away.
shane and rick were quick to chase after the man, "let me tell you something" shane told pointing a finger at the man, being grabbed by rick. "to hell with it ! " rick snapped at shane, grabbing his arm. the grimes man turned to the group who looked at them in confusion. "lori get our things, everyone now ! we're leaving now ! " rick exclaimed to the group who froze when an alarm began to go off. red lights flickering on and off, carl moved from colette's grip to go to his father.
