When time stops

Chapter twenty five

John tossed an empty chip bag away walking behind everyone with Monte while Jean was in the front, Ashton and Carson were in the middle ''What's your favorite band?'' Monte asked curious, John looked up at him then back at the road holding his shotgun ''July talk.'' John said smiling, Monte nodded ''Have you herd their songs?'' he asked and looked at him, Monte shook his head ''Well, you herd one a couple days ago.'' Monte looked at him ''The song you guy's were singing?'' John nodded and looked at him smiling ''Remind me how that goes again?'' John sighed smiling more and shook his head thinking about the lyric's ''Oh come on.'' Ash turned around hearing their whole conversation ''I'll sing with you.'' he said slowing down to walk with them.

John chuckled a bit before clearing his throat, Jean smiled hearing them and knew they were about to start singing ''No one get's to get this close, you told me to fit right in, where I was needed most.'' John started shutting his eye's for a bit ''We had to wait, anticipate, and come of age.'' John added for the rest of the first line ''We had to keep each other in a cage.'' Jean sang from the front ''On a stage, on a stage, on a stage.'' Jean and John sang together ''Don't wanna give myself away to much, touch.'' they all sang now.

''There's no good way to say goodbye, we got everything to lose, nothing to hide.'' Ash sang next alone while John thought of the rest of the words ''Got to give and take, and give and take, it's best to save all you crave for the stage.'' John sang with him remembering the lyrics ''We get so tired and lonely.'' Carson tried, remembering the song ''We'll need a human touch, don't wanna give ourselves away to much, touch.'' John and Ash continued, Jean could see cars in the distance ''I wanna make some space underneath my skin, cut me open, I can let you in, should I let myself be torn in two?'' Ash sang lookin around seeing another road across from them ''And will you give into that side of you?" he added before looking back as tree's scattered the middle area between both roads.

''We get so tired and lonely, we'll need a human touch.'' the water rushed down the river as it narrowed, the water hit tree's and rock's, moving through vines and leave's ''Don't wanna give ourselves away to much.'' deer's ran along side the stream leading down a long slope, the howl's of wolves around the calming stream ''Touch.'' a small red knife floated in the waters as the stream calmed down completely, as the sun was high in the sky shinning down on the water ''Don't wanna give ourselves away to much.'' grass and dense tree's scattered the area around the lake that the stream entered from the top of a mountain ''Touch.'' Evin sat up breathing in the fresh air and stared at the lake in front of him.

The group of five looked up hearing the crack of thunder and looked around ''There's some car's further up.'' Jean mentioned and they all started walking faster as the rain suddenly started, as they got closer to the car's the rain poured faster and harder, that's when they herd a scream from across the way, Jean opened the door looking around but they couldn't see anything ''Get inside before we all get sick.'' then John saw it ''Shit.'' he pushed the other's inside and shut the door then they all saw it ''Is that the horde they were talking about?'' Carson asked seeing all of them walking along the road, John shrugged ''Must be, it's the main road.'' John said, Jean sat back in the driver's seat ''Which way are they moving?'' he asked not looking over ''The way we're facing.'' Jean looked out the window in front of them and nodded putting his head back.

''We can wait for them to pass and the storm then walk behind them being cautious of stragglers.'' John suggested and looked at them seeing they were fine with it, John leaned back in his seat next to Monte, Jean got an idea and tried to start the car but there was nothing, he stopped and put his head back as they all listened to the rain trickle onto the window, the thunder roaring above them as the sun was covered by the clouds. They all turned their head's hearing a single gunshot to where the scream came from and they all knew what that meant.