Don't Let Me Go

Literal Highway To Hell

 "There's no way we can drive through that," Cry frowns, parked on top of a hill, staring down at the highway full of car wreckage and infected."

Minx leans forward, frowning, "Is there any way to go around it?"

"I don't think so? We'd have to go back the way we came, take a different road maybe. It'll be a longer detour." Cry replies.

"Where are we even trying to go?" Ohm sighs, "Do we even have enough gas to make another detour? The only gas station we've seen since leaving the city was blown up."

Cry taps his fingers against the steering wheel, "No, we don't have enough gas. We'd have to ditch the car eventually."

"So, what's the plan?" Minx asks, "We pack up our supplies and head into the wreckage, what do we do then? There's a lot of them down there."

"Maybe we should just take off into the woods there on the right?" Ohm leans forward, "Trying to follow the highway through that is suicide."

"Pack up, we'll scope it out and then figure out what to do. There are some cars down there that's away from the initial pileup, not many infected near them, either. We'll scope it out from there." Cry explains, pointing out the the few cars spaced out from the wreckage before them. 

Wordlessly, Minx gets out of the car and Ohm starts packing their shared supplies into the three back packs they took from their convenience store raid. Minx gets in through the opposite door and she helps pack as well. Cry stands outside the car, knife in hand as he keeps watch for any infected that might be coming their way. Once their supplies have been packed in three separate backpacks, Ohm and Minx get out of the car. 

Minx puts a backpack on, one she packed with their supplies and some of her and Krism's clothes. Ohm does the same, packing supplies and some of his clothes, and he packs Cry's bag as well. He tosses Cry his bag and Cry catches it easily before putting it on. The three friends crouch on the road, slowly making their way down the hill, trying not to alert the infected. They get to the first of three cars that aren't a part of the wreckage and they hide by it, keeping out of sight of the infected before them. 

Ohm whispers to Cry, "What's the plan?"

"Hang on," Cry whispers back. He peeks through the car's window, seeing clear to the other side. He looks around, the road is full of infected, but they knew this already. Just as he's about to tell them to run to the woods, he sees movement that doesn't come from an infected. His eyes widen, "We're not the only ones over here."

"What?" Ohm frowns, peeking through the window as well. Minx moves behind them, going to the hood of the car, looking out. Her eyes widen as she sees three people two cars away from them, people she knows. Dave, Dan, and Phil. She starts waving her hands lowly, trying to get their attention and not the attention of the infected. She whisper shouts, "Dave!"

"Minx!" Cry hisses, pulling Minx back behind the car, "What do you think you're doing?!"

"I know them!" Minx hisses back, shoving Cry off her. She runs from their car to where her friends are, all the while staying crouched. Dave turns to her as she approaches them and he gasps, smiling. He whispers, "Oh, my god, you're alive!"

Phil looks confused, whispering, "Who's she?"

Minx rolls her eyes, a smile on her face, continuing their whispered conversation. "Right, we never met face-to-face. I'm Minx."

He smiles, "Oh."

Dan groans, hissing, "We need to get out of here, right now."

"He's right," Dave nods, turning back to Minx, "Are you alone?"

"I got Cry and Ohm with me." she replies, "We need to stay down, and quiet so we don't get unwanted attention."

Ohm peeks around the hood of the car he and Cry are still hiding behind and he ushers for them to come over to him. Minx looks at him, then back at the people with her, "We can't go all at once, there's a bigger risk we'll be seen."

"Who runs over there first, then?" Dan asks.

Minx looks over the three, frowning lightly, "Phil's closest to that direction. He can go first."

Phil nods, looking worried. She smiles reassuringly at him, "Just stay crouched as you run over, and stay quiet. You'll be okay."

He nods, looking at Dan, then back at her. He nods again and turns, staying crouched down as he runs towards Ohm. Dan prepares to go next and then Dave yelps as an infected they didn't see sitting in the car, reaches out and grabs him by the hair, pulling him up to the window. Minx draws her knife and stabs the infected through the eye, effectively killing it before she pries its hand out of Dave's hair. Too late do they realize the infected heard them. Minx stands, "Go! We'll meet up later!"

She grabs Dave and takes off to the left, with Dan following behind, while Cry, Ohm, and Phil take off to the right. The infected follow both groups and Cry, Ohm, and Phil use the cover of the trees to try and lose the infected on their trail while Minx, Dave, and Dan sprint across the field to the right. They run into a large farm house, closing and locking the door behind them.

Minx groans, "Find something to cover all the windows, quickly! I'm going to find any other door in and make sure it's locked!"

She takes off and Dave and Dan quickly try to pile furniture against the windows. The infected slam against the door and walls, groaning and scratching. Minx finds the only back door and locks it. She also tries to cover the windows and then ushers her friends upstairs. There are a few closed rooms and Minx clutches her knife tightly. She opens the first door and gasps.