When time stops

Chapter twenty

The group approached the sign right before the city of lights, Monte looked to the other's before continuing into the city, John followed along with the other's one at a time ''Couldn't we just go around the city?" Jean asked as they got closer ''Why? That would take probably three days.'' John estimated as they stopped at the first two build's, they all put their weapons away seeing there were still people here, Carson saw the people looking at them confused, John looked at their clothes and sighed ''We look like we just crawled out of a trash bin.'' John muttered to Jean ''Yeah and we smell like it too, what do you want us to do about it?'' John looked around before seeing a motel ''Follow me.'' he said walking over to it, they got off the road heading over to the building and entered, Carson stopped them from going to the desk.

''Y'know this place need's money right?'' Carson asked, John nodded ''I still have my wallet relax.'' he said taking it out and walked over, he looked through his wallet seeing he didn't have a lot of money then looked to the guy behind the counter who was looking at them all with disgust ''What?'' Carson questioned seeing the man's face ''Why do you all look and... Smell, like that?'' he questioned, John rolled his eye's hating these kind of people and gave him his credit card ''We just need a room, we'll use the showers alright.'' the guy took John's card and looked through the room's ''There's one on the third floor.'' John smiled while they headed to the elevator and got on ''Sir, your card.'' John peeked his head out ''Keep it, I'm not gonna use it.'' he said and shut the elevator doors, it was quiet while they headed up in the elevator.

''There's one on the third floor.'' Jean mimicked the man's voice making them smile, the door's opened and they walked down the hall ''They didn't tell us what room it was, John groaned and looked around ''Or a key.'' Monte went back to the elevator ''I'll ask them for one.'' he said and waited as the door's shut bringing him down, Carson went over seeing an axe in a case and looked over to his friends ''Go ahead, I'm sure the dead will catch up to this place in a couple days, find it odd it hasn't already.'' he said and looked up and down the hall while they waited. Carson opened the case and took the axe out seeing a medical kit inside as well and took that as well.

They stood around until the door's opened and Monte walked out followed by two other people, he walked past them slightly smiling holding the key's to the room, they followed him before they all entered the room ''Dib's on going first.'' Jean said running into the bathroom ''Wash your clothes in the sink.'' Monte stated hearing the shower turn on, Ash and Carson sat down on the bed's while John walked over to the window, Monte locked the door not trusting it to be unlocked, John pushed the balcony door open and sat down next to Ashton ''You two could shower together, would be faster then going one at a time.'' Ash said trying to be funny, John blushed and looked away while Monte smiled ''Good idea.'' Carson laid back on the bed staring up at the ceiling bringing his hand up touching the bone's on the neckless.

Ash got up and grabbed a hair elastic on the dresser smiling, he put it around his wrist for after his shower to tie up his mullet like hair ''How far do you think it is?'' John asked, Monte shrugged leaning on the wall beside the bathroom door ''200 kilometers.'' John nodded and leaned back on his arm's ''Why not just stay here?'' Ash asked and turned looking at them ''What?'' John asked sitting up again, Carson propped himself up on his arms ''If we warned the police in this city about what's coming maybe they could keep this place safe.'' Monte chuckled a bit ''What?'' Ashton asked looking at him ''The last time we tried that a horde invaded and we lost someone.'' Ash looked down ''That plus I'm betting the police here would probably think you drank to much and push you aside.'' Carson added.

John laid down and smiled ''An actual bed to sleep in.'' he said changing the subject ''Don't get to comfortable we're next.'' Monte stated, John nodded ''I know.'' he said shutting his eyes. Monte turned to the door waiting to hear the shower turn off ''You think he's dead?'' Carson asked, John turned his head looking at him ''Who?'' Carson turned his head playing with the bone's again ''Evin?'' John sat up and sighed looking ahead ''I don't know, I wanna believe he's alive but, there could've been a lot of sharp rock's in that water and that tide looked to harsh.'' Carson looked back at the celling ''I hope he is, never got to meet him properly.'' John looked at him before thinking to himself and turned back pulling his leg's up.