Finn walked beside Grey, they had only been walking for A few minutes but it felt like a long time to finn. they walked into the old carpark at woolys when Grey grabbed finns arm and stopped. "Finn, do you wanna help me with something?" Grey had gone pale, his eyes getting dark. "i mean you dont have to but i would like you to help me" He went quiet and finn thought for a moment. it would be fun. something to brighten up her boring life. "sure..."she replyed, smiling up at Grey. he seemed to relax and he draggd her inside the old shoping center. He grinned widely and sat down on a stack of old rotting dog food, he pulled the map and the page from the book out of his pocket and handed it to her. Finns eyes widend. they were going on a treasure hunt. how thrilling. "what is it exactly we are looking for?" she looked up from the faded map and even more faded page. Grey exlained everything, describing to her what it was and why he wanted it. "...and because no one else wanted to help me...maybe it can just be us two that will leave this place. and we can buy a house and live in america or somewhere with electricity and more people..." Grey was pacing infront of finn excitedly. she couldent stop herself from thinking how exciting this all realy was, and how nice owning a house and furniture and that sort of things could be.
The sun was starting to go down again and grey and finn searched throught the shop for something edible and things they could use on their journey. Woolworths had only shut down six years ago so there was still canned foods that could be eaten. By the time the sun had fully gone down, they had sleeping bags, a few cans of baked beans, several packets of candles and a backpacks to put them in. they packed their bags and sat down together, they dident eat, they just set up their beds and slept.
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Elizabeth rubbed the back of her neck and paced nervously. she was worried about finn. Tristan sat against the wall, she wasent sure what was wrong with him. But he had been quiet since about an hour ago. It was dangerouse to be out after dark, the less inhabbited streets were filled with wild dogs and cats, that had been starved into madness, they killed more than they could eat, sometimes even killing eachother. Only last week Finn And Elizabeth had been chassed down by the crazed dogs, Finn had a long set of claw marks down her back and it still hurt her. Elizabeth had escaped uninjured.
"we'll look for her in the morning." Tristan said quietly, something seeming off about him. Elizabeth knew they wouldent find her. but they might as well try.
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Tigg sat on the bar stool, looking through Greys book for the page on pandoras box. but he couldent find it. " that moron went after the box" he muttered to himself. tigg hadent told the others about what grey had said, they all just thought hed gone with tristan. they often whent out exploring together, but he worried about them being out afterdark. One of the younger boys walked up to Tigg, his blue eyes boring into his. "what do you want sam?" tigg asked more harshly than he wanted to. " I Just wanted to ask waht was wrong." Sam snapped, his voice made him sound alot older than he was, and so did his eyes and the amount of scars he had. he was one of the kids that ran the exploration teams. "and ask where grey went this morning." he added in blankly.
Great. Tigg thought. they had noticed. Sam was very observitive. nothing got past him. He pulled a stool out next to tigg and slid the book towards himself. "Dragons?" he looked up at Tigg confused. on the page there was a faded picture of a six headed surpent. "Nope, hydra." Tigg said, not trying to hide his bordom. He stood and walked over to the beds.
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Sounds kinda gay i recon :\
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