Nomads: The Ghost + The Darkness//Sequel(TheWattys2019)

Chapter Seventeen: City of Ghosts

Blaire POV
We got our stuff ready after having Breakfast, all of us discussed that we’ll get through the fog, we can’t stay in Oregon anymore, this is gonna be a long 3 day trip down to Southern California,”So who’s going with who?” I asked anyone in the group then Courtney answered,“I think Marilyn should be on the RV, today Michelle, you can ride with Fynn and I if that’s okay” Javier made a confused face,”And Javier is gonna be?”
“You can be on the RV, I think we should take shifts on the car and RV so that way we...you know”
“Yeah we understand, Fynn, Michelle, you guys up for it?” Michelle nodded,”Let’s go Fynn” Fynn shrugged,”Well I’m going with them” Michelle, Fynn and Courtney went to the car,”We’re also gonna need a gallon just in case” Michelle suggested and Dylan handed a gallon to them,”Alright, let’s get rollin” Javier clapped his hands, Dylan and I looked at each other,”He looks little chirpy for someone who had to gun down a gorup of zombies” I nodded,”Well maybe he’s just trying to lighten the mood around here” I said to him and he said that I might be right. Marilyn got on the RV, “C’mon Missy”Javier took the passenger seat while Marilyn, Chloe, Missy and I took the awesome side of the RV.

Courtney POV
Michelle asked me where we were headed,”We thought that it might be best to head straight to the California Border, we talked about this when you guys were out there and we were headed to save you guys”
“Again, thank you”
“Chloe is kinda…” She instantly cut me off,”Don’t” I made a confused face at her and asked what,”You know what I mean, Chloe didn’t mean to do anything wrong, she shot those 2 zombies because they really were running straight at us, they were probably still slightly human then”
“I know, I know, it’s just that she could’ve used any of the options beside that” I sighed and massaged my head and she kept talking more,”It was in heat of the moment, she is still learning, she’s only 18, she’ll learn eventually like him” She pointed at Fynn,”What do you mean?”
“Fynn you have a lot to learn now, even though you don’t know it, but you do” I asked Fynn for the map,”What map?”
“The map, it should be in the back with you, there should be there with you” He looked all over,”i’m not finding any map here” I groaned and realized something,”Fuck, I remember bringing it out to show the others-DAMN IT!” I hit the steering wheel,”Courtney, calm down, we can use the walkie, the others have another, we can pull over” She grabbed the walkie,”It’s not working”
“What?”
“It’s not working!” She started hitting the walkie with her hand to make it work,”Michelle that’s not gonna work…”
‘Is there any new batteries in here?”
“Glove Compartment” She opened it and replaced them,”It’s still not wotking, god” Fynn ran his hands through his hair,”How in the hell are we-” I pulled over instantly

Dylan POV
“Something’s wrong they’re pulling over” I grabbed the walkie,”Hey are you guys oka-This isn’t working” I started hitting it with my hand,”What?”
“This piece of shit isn’t working, that’s why they’re pulling over, let’s go check, c’mon Javier” I pulled the curtains, Blaire and Chloe got up,”Is there something wrong?” I grabbed my rifle with the strap,”The walkies aren’t working, we need to check on them with Michelle and Courtney, stay here, keep on lookout” They all nodded and we ran straight to them,”They aren’t working and we don’t know why” Courtney looked up,”Javier was a whiz at computers and electronics before he joined the force”
“You were a computer nerd?” I looked over at Javier,”Shut up, lemme see them” He opened the backs,”We changed the batteries on there, but they still aren’t working” He tried reconnecting them,”This is gonna take me a while to figure out what’s wrong with them, it’s been a long ass time since I’ve been messing with this stuff, but for now we’re gonna have to travel without communications, hand signals are gonna have to be used”
“Shit” Fynn said quietly and we saw more walkers coming out,”We can’t stay here long”
“Wait, we need a map too” Courtney said to us and Javier took one out of his back pocket,”Don’t lose this one Courtney” Then I asked again,”So California Border?”
“Yes, now let’s get going” We ran back,”Blaire I need you in the front with me” Blaire ran up to the front and sat down,”Is there something wrong with the walkies?”
“Yeah we don’t know what happened with them, but Javier is gonna figure it out, they also lost the map, so we’re depending on them now” She took a deep breath, we continued driving,”Those fuckers better not be out there”
“Who?”
“Ambushers, I’m getting a dirty feeling about this” I shook my head,”Blaire please don’t say this, we’ve gotten so far and the last thing I need to hear is someone in the group saying that they have a bad feeling”
“Okay, okay I won’t say it anymore"