Don't Know, Don't Care, Just Survive

Chapter Two: Food and Fire

Kevin walked through the forest with Tara not far behind. They were going to set traps, and hopefully catch some small game.

"Heeeeeeeey Kevin?"

Kevin raised an eyebrow and turned to the chattering Tara. "What?"

"How far do we have to go?"

"Far enough so the animals don't smell our camp."

"I know that, just how much farther?"

Kevin sighed. "We'll stop here. Now, get me three strong sticks. I'll get a good sized rock."

Tara nodded and set off to get the needed supplies. After a few minutes, they both returned to the spot they stopped at.

"Alright. I'm going to make a 4-Figure Deadfall Trap. You just....wait over there."

Tara sniffed and waited with her arms crossed, watching Kevin make the intricate trap.

-----Back At Camp-----

Ros and Tom stayed back at camp, with the seemingly impossible task of starting a fire.

They set up a pile of brush and dry tinder, in a small teepee shape. They found an apple tree for soft wood and a food supply, and grabbed a branch and a hard stick for rubbing.

And they now sat trying to figure out how to light the fire.

"Okay, we got soft wood and a stick to rub it, but how do we make a groove? We don't have a knife." Ros inspected the wood.

"We may just have to make it with the stick." Tom suggested.

Ros agreed and Tom offered to do it. She complied and handed the wood over, and Tom began to rub the wood with the stick.

After a moment, a small groove showed.

"Alright!" Ros smiled. "Now let's put tinder at the end." She put a small amount at the end, and Tom pointed it at the pile where the fire would go.

After at least fourty-five minutes, the tinder sparked.

"TOM! IT'S LIGHTING!!" Ros laughed almost crazily

"YEAH! I SEE IT!!" He grinned and rubbed faster. "BLOW ON IT!"

Ros leaned over and gently blew on the small spark. Soon, they had a tiny fire.

"YESSSS!! LOOK WHAT WE'VE CREATED!! YOU CAN'T STOP US YOU DUMB FOREST!!!" Ros screamed and high-fived Tom as the fire grew on the stack of wood.

"Ros...when did you turn in to me?"

Tom and Ros whipped their heads around to see a very amused Tara and Kevin.

With a sigh, Tara shook her head. "Such cavemen. Wouldn't you agree Kevin dear?"

Kevin smiled and made a sophisticated sounding voice. "Why yeesssss Tara darling. Such unruly beings." They all exchanged a laugh.

"So....I assume you set the traps?" Tom asked.

"Yep! To bad we gotta wait for them to catch something though....I'm starved." Tara whined.

Ros rolled her eyes. "Your always hungry. But lucky you, Mister Hiddleston and I found an apple tree. I'll show you."

Ros took Kevin and Tara to the apple tree while Tom watched the camp. They grabbed all they could and stuffed them in their hoodie pockets, and headed back. They arrived moments later and unloaded their haul.

As the day wore on and mid day crawled to late evening, the four sat around the fire, starting up conversations and telling stories.

After a few moments of silence, Kevin sighed. "Man, I wish we had a knife. That would make life so much easier."

Tara suddenly froze.

"Tara? Are you alright?" Tom asked.

"Uhhh.........Ros? Remember that time my mom gave me her Swiss Army Knife for my birthday and I carried it everywhere just in case, and you said I was paranoid?" Tara blinked

"Uh, yeah? Wait..."

"Yeah." Tara slowly pulled out the pocket knife from her hoodie pocket. She held it and carefully popped out the knife.

"I told you I'd need it one day."

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AN:

Hey! Another update! Woohoo!

I know, this is dumb. But I'm having too much fun writing this XD

My mom told me to include her giving me her Swiss Army knife sooooooo.....yeah c:

And yes, there is actually something called a 4-Figure Deadfall Trap. It's really cool!

Anyways, later zonies~ (geddit? Fallout Wulf, Fallout Zone? Zonies? Heh I'll shut up now XD)

-FW