"Well that was a waste of time" Jade grumbled as everyone piled back into the van.
"At least we weren't stuck at home all day, though" Beck reminded her.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever" Jade mumbled back.
The seven of them got settled back into the van, Beck started the engine and the gang began the treacherous four hour drive home. It was already 10 at night and everyone was exhausted, but they all tried to stay awake if for nothing more than to keep Beck awake. No license plate games could be played this time because it was too dark outside of the car. Everything outside just looked like flashing lights zooming past the window.
It wasn't until about halfway through the trip that Jade realized just how low the gas was getting.
"We better get off at the next exit, Beck, or we won't be going much further" she warned.
"Good call babe" Beck said taking notice to just how low the tank was.
Not ten minutes later an exit was approaching and Beck was signaling to get off. As he turned onto the road at the end of the exit, the whole mood in the car changed. The whole street was just nothing but darkness. Where there wasn't buildings there were trees and no sounds could be heard except for those coming from the car.
"I don't like it here" Robbie announced.
"Yeah, it's really scary" Cat said, sounding like she was terrified.
Tori picked up her hand to comfort her and said, "Let's just get gas and get out of here."
Looking around everyone noticed that there were plenty of buildings around, but no lights, not even street lights. Actually, all of the buildings looked old and abandoned.
"Maybe we should just turn around now and get off at the next exit" Andre offered.
"I don't think we'll make it man, the tank is super low" Beck told him, "We'll be fine, I'm sure there's a gas station close by."
As they continued through the small town some more they realized that there didn't seem to be anything that didn't appear to be closed and broken down.
"Where are we and do you even know how to get back to the highway from here?" Trina asked sounding annoyed.
"Uhh…..no not really" Beck admitted, "My GPS is telling me we aren't on any existing road."
"Let's just turn around. If we break down on the highway at least we can flag down someone for help" Jade told him.
So that's what he attempted to do, however after Beck turned the car around they got two feet down the road before the car just shut off.
"Did we seriously just run out of gas here?" Tori asked.
"Looks like it" Beck answered.
"Now what are we supposed to do?" Trina asked sounding even more annoyed. You would think she was forced into going on this trip by the way she found misery in everything.
"I don't have cell service" Andre noticed.
The rest of the gang all pulled out their phones to discover the same thing; out of range of a signal.
"Well this is just great. This is perfect. This is just fantastic!"
"Shut it Robbie before I shut it for you!" Jade snapped.
"C'mon guys, let's just get out and walk back to the highway, if we still can't get a signal I'm sure we will be able to flag someone down for help" Beck said remaining calm as usual.
"Nope. No way am I walking back in these heels" Trina announced.
"Why did you even wear heels in the first place?" Tori demanded.
"Girls, don't start fighting. We don't need that right now" Andre told the two sisters.
"There's an extra pair of my mom's flip flops in the trunk if you want those" Robbie offered to Trina.
"Gross."
"Well it's either that or you shut up and wear the heels" Tori reminded her.
"Fine I'll wear them but they better match my outfit!"
"Doubtful" Robbie told her.
Everyone got out of the van, looking around trying to make some sense of where they could possibly be. Robbie got the flip flops out of the trunk of the van for Trina who held them at an arms length away from her body, as if they would attack, as she removed her heels and tossed them into the trunk. She slipped the flip flops on and gagged.
"Someone else's toes were in here" she stated with disgust, which no one cared to acknowledge.
"Okay, I think we came from that way" Beck said as he pointed down the dark street.
"How can you tell, everything looks the same?" Andre asked.
"I'm scared" Cat whined.
"Let's just go. What's the worst that can happen?" Jade asked as she started down the dark abandoned road.