When time stops

Chapter seventeen

The guy pushed John back towards an opening in their cart and John grabbed the side's before falling out the guy gripped his hand's around John's neck pushing him outside the cart, John looked to the side seeing trees, he looked back up at the guy as he tightened his grip. Ashton swung his arm back elbowing the guy in the gut and pushed him away running into the room with guns, Jean helped Carson and Nathan shoot at the group of eleven, Monte ran over and tackled the guy chocking John, John sat up gasping and stood up running over to grab his gun and spun shooting the leader, the only one left was one that Monte was punching, he grabbed a shovel that was leaning against the cart and sat up holding it above him before pushing it down basically cutting his head in half.

John walked over holding his healing side and stood Monte up, Monte hugged him and John hugged him back while Nathan ran to the control room and stopped getting inside seeing Jordyn dead on the ground, the other's soon joined him in here and saw the scene, Monte walked over and picked her up ''I'll move her to the back.'' he said being sympathetic towards the other's knowing this was their friend. John sighed and sat down looking at the map before glancing out the window seeing the sun going down, Carson sat down across from him while Jean went to the very front outside, Ash sat down with Nathan on the booth in there ''What now?'' John looked at him, Carson stared at him awaiting an answer ''You're the leader, where are we going now?'' John looked at him then looked over to the others, Jean came back inside and looked over at them.

Monte soon entered and leaned on the wall whipping the blood from his knuckles, John looked down at the map ''Try the radio.'' Ash suggested and John turned seeing the radio on the table beside the map ''Nothing's gonna be playing.'' John stated and looked back over at him ''There's no harm in trying it.'' John sighed and turned it on hearing static, Carson reached over and slowly turned the station knob, it was just pure static, John perked up and grabbed his hand, he listened for a bit before fixing it before it became slightly clear.

*The Arizona safe zone is taking in anyone who... we are located on the right... of the...* John looked at them ''If their still talking about it dose that mean it's still standing?'' Jean asked walking over ''Maybe.'' he said and looked down at the map ''I'm gonna guess it's right side of the main highway.'' John said looking down at the map ''That's right here.'' Monte said pointing out the main highway ''If we stay on the track's for a bit we will be near it, then we'll have to leave the train behind.'' John explained, they nodded ''So we're heading to another safe zone?'' Nathan asked, they looked over ''What if it has guards who are taking control of everyone entering?'' he asked looking at them ''Then we'll simply leave, I'm a soldier it won't be that hard.'' Monte explained and turned to John crossing his arm's over his chest.

''Arizona will be harder to deal, we need to keep all the water we need if we'll be trekking threw there.'' Monte explained, John nodded knowing this already ''Food will also be hard to come by.'' he added onto Monte's statement, Carson looked down at the map ''Good plan.'' he said, Jean glanced out the window towards the front seeing movement, he went closer looking outside and his eye's widened ''People.'' the other's went over just as they were passing by, John ran out of the control room and to an opening and looked out looking back seeing people, he felt like stopping the train but didn't trust doing that ever again, he sighed and looked back at the other's coming over to see them as well.

''Should we stop?'' Nathan asked looking at John, he shook his head ''They can't be like these people.'' Jean said gesturing to the dead bodies still laying in the train ''I'm not taking another risk to lose someone else.'' he said looking at them all, they all understood, John poked his head out just as they became invisible.