Hope is Dead

Chapter sixty eight

Brian stared out the window in a bedroom upstairs watching them pack up the vehicle they found in the garage of the house, he herd a knock on his door but didn't move an inch ''Brian come on.'' he shook his head hearing Brock's voice ''This is a bad thing Brock.'' he walked over standing beside Brian ''I know.'' Brian looked to Brock's side seeing he had both their bags, he turned to him seeing Brock look down ''But we can't split up either.'' Brock said and turned leaving the room, Brian sighed and followed him downstairs seeing Lui taking the bags ''Is that everything?'' he asked Brock not looking to Brian. Brock nodded walking outside looking back to see Brian was coming, Brian looked back before following the two outside shutting the door, they piled into the car seeing Luke had the map on the hood.

''We'll take it till we see something telling us where Arizona is, it's gonna get hot.'' Luke said looking at him, Marcel nodded and looked to Lui ''He's not gonna take the sweater off.'' Luke looked over seeing Lui still had David's sweater on ''Gas is gonna be scarce.'' Marcel nodded while Luke folded the map again, they got in the front buckling up, Luke turned to them ''It's gonna be hot where we're going.'' they nodded ''We guessed.'' Evan commented while they all buckled up, Luke turned turning the car on ''Someone say something if you see a gas station.'' he stated driving them out onto the road, Jon yawned and leaned over resting his head on Evan's shoulder holding his hands while Lui, Brock and Brian sat behind them.

It was quiet until Luke tried the radio filling the space with static, Marcel turned it off ''I wish the radio station's stayed up, you'd think someone would've stayed or found it just to give survivor's something to listen to.'' Luke nodded agreeing with Marcel, Brock smiled, Brian noticed ''What?" Brock leaned over and whispered ''Sing with me.'' and sat up again looking ahead, Brian leaned over asking ''What song.'' Brock looked at him smiling.

''Hey girl what ya doin' down there, dancin' alone every night while I live right above you, I can hear your music playin', I can feel your body swayin'. One floor below me you don't even know me I love you.'' Brock sang first and Brian smiled looking down ''Oh my darling, knock three times on the ceiling if you want me, twice on the pipe if the answer is no, oh my sweetness, means you'll meet me in the hallway, twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show.'' Brock continued making them smile ''If you look out your window tonight, pull in the string with the note that's attached to my heart, read how many times I saw you How in my silence I adored you, only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart.'' Brian added.

Soon all of them were singing ''Oh my darling, knock three time's on the celling if you want me, oh, twice on the pipe if you ain't gonna show.'' they sang as the last sentence and chuckled for a while till Luke stopped slowing the car down seeing a row of cars ''I don't like this.'' Luke said looking around making sure the door's of their car was locked, Lui looked outside seeing where they were ''We're almost there.'' Marcel said looking at him ''We can't go around it.'' Brock looked to the side looking next to the far right of the car's ''Dirt path on the right.'' he mentioned, Luke looked at the gas before turning the car off and turned around looking at all of them ''We aren't going that way.'' he explained turning back and grabbed the map out of the backpack.

''Why not, there's a sign behind the cars saying there's a gas station five mile's away.'' Brian said pointing to a worn out sign a way's up ''Because it look's sketchy as fuck, alright, we aren't going that way.'' Luke argued looking at the map ''We can't turn back there's no way we can make it on how little gas we have.'' Luke sighed looking outside seeing a guy standing in a dirty lab coat, he reached over checking the lock's again, Marcel looked outside seeing the man as well ''Who's that?'' Lui asked seeing him as well.

''Nobody get out alright, for anything.'' Luke stated opening the door, he shut it and looked at Marcel making him lean over and lock his door so nobody could get inside, Luke walked over stopping a couple feet in front of the guy ''Can we help you?'' he asked, the guy shook his head ''I know you guy's are contemplating weather or not you should follow that path or not, there have been many car's before you and they've all listened to my words, they are happy-'' ''I'm gonna stop you right there.'' Luke said cutting him off ''We just wanna get to Arizona.'' he said and the man was silent ''So, you'll help me move these car's or your gonna learn you don't mess with me and my group.'' the man straighten his height not looking scared.

Luke noticed he wasn't backing down and nodded ''That's what I thought.'' he said and went back to the car getting in trying his best not to show he was hurt, he knocked on the window and Marcel let him back inside ''What?" Evan asked, Luke turned locking the door ''He's not letting us pass.'' Marcel looked at him then out at the man ''What do we do?'' he asked and Luke sighed turning front ''We're gonna wait till he head's back to his little camp.'' they looked at him ''They have a camp?'' Brian asked and Luke nodded letting them know.