When time stops

Chapter nineteen

The group finally entered the first town, Great Basin, as they entered they saw that it was completely abandoned ''Keep your eye's open, something doesn't seem right.'' John noted as they walked into the town, they pulled their guns out as they walked around the town, they went over to a store and John opened the door aiming his gun around before letting the guy's inside, Nathan shut the door behind them and they walked into the store more ''Loot it for thing's we might need.'' John said going to check the rest, Monte followed him to help out with clearing the place. They two went back seeing that the other's were looking for different things, picking things off the shelves.

"Quiet here." Monte said they looked over at him "It's a bit too quiet." He added looking out the window, Carson walked over to the said window and looked around outside, Nathan joined him, they scanned the area before Jean glanced over seeing a red light on Nathan's forehead ''Nate!'' he yelled running over but the bullet was faster piercing his head, Jean grabbed Carson pulling him to the side of the window while Monte and John stepped back Ash stared at Nathan's body, the hole in his forehead, his eye's open while he laid still ''We need to leave.'' Monte said and turned as the click of a gun was herd, they all looked seeing a gun to Monte's head ''You're not going anywhere.'' a guy said, Jean pushed Carson into a side room before joining him, the guy tried shooting behind them to stop them.

Monte took this time grabbing his hand pushing the gun to the side kicking his side making him fall, he moved his arm back taking the gun before he shot someone else, John raised his shotgun at a guy that came in behind al this ''Ash join Jean and Carson now.'' Ash turned before running over into the room they left in, Monte aimed the gun at that guy as well as they walked back, Monte leaned down getting the gun off Nathan before they went with their friends, they ran out the back to where Ash went with the other two and ran back up to the road before the people even saw them leave the building. The five then ran down the open empty road before stopping for breath panting, a tear left Aston's eye thinking about what happened and what could've happened ''Shit!'' Carson yelled kicking a can away panting ''We need to keep going.'' Carson looked at John.

''He was your friend.'' John looked up at him before standing straight ''I know, but we need to get to that safe zone.'' he urged ''Why? What's the point?'' he asked and looked at the other four he was with ''What if it's gone?'' he asked looking at John who was trying to keep it together ''We need to get there for the others.'' John stated looking at them only to look back at Carson ''We need to make it there for those who can't, so what if it's not there anymore, so what if it's empty, who's to say we can't build it up again and make it there for other's around the area?'' John questioned, his eye's glistening threatening to tear up ''Fighting is all we can do, and if you can't do that for how many more mile's we have ahead of us, the train's back that way.'' John said before walking past him, Jean watched him before looking back Monte walked past following John.

Jean looked over to Ash who started following hugging himself trying to hold himself together, Jean then looked to Carson, who groaned before following as well, Jean got a better grip on his shotgun before being the last to follow. Monte caught up with John and put an arm around him while they walked, John leaned into him, Ash looked around while they kept going sighing, Jean watched their back's looking back once in a while making sure they weren't being followed, Monte saw a sign coming up seeing it said the next town Las Vegas and smiled.

''Always wanted to go here.'' John looked over at the sign and smiled looking down moving away from him ''Why?'' he asked curious, Monte shrugged ''It's for people to go and have fun, why not go?'' he asked looking down ''It's also a place to lose all your money.'' Monte chuckled ''For some.'' Monte corrected, John smiled shaking his head looking down before that smile soon went away, ''I don't want more of us to die.'' Monte looked at him, then back at the road ''We won't, we'll make it to the safe zone and if it's dead then, we'll do what you said, re-build it.'' he said and looked at him, John smiled nodding and looked up.