Chase walked close to the time machine with the others closely behind them. He didn't walk too cautiously because he knew it was out of fuel. "Here's the piece of crap that got us here in the first place." Jacob snickered slightly and Hudson and Alex nodded. Collin shivered.
"Well, seeing this thing is very big and we can't really move it as of right now, we are going to have to run back to the lab, grab all of our stuff, which we forgot to bring before we left, and stay here. We have to do all this before dark, and by the look of it we have a lot of time. However, we have to do this safely, we don't want to be eaten by the zombies and cause the zombie population to grow." Alex said as he stared at the machine. He walked close to it, just as Chase had, and touched it; feeling the rust. It was cold to the touch.
"Then we need to get Woods the lab stuff, and then figure out where the whole fuel thing is. We will leave the rest of the thinking to Woods." Hudson sighed before walking back towards the ladder, and Collin, Jacob, and Alex followed suit. Chase nodded and pulled Nick's shirt, he was looking at the time machine in slight hate.
"It's all this stupid time machine's fault. If it wasn't for this piece of crap, then I would still be at home, alive probably, and on the xbox, and we would still have Odin, Matt, Zack, and Anthony." He muttered and Chase nodded.
"Yes, we've established that Nick." he replied flatly. "Now, come on, we need to go and help set up the camp here." Nick huffed before turning to follow Chase. In the corner of his eye, he saw the machine light up for a brief second, and he felt a small sliver of hope. Chase was getting ready to climb down the ladder, and when he turned to climb down, he saw Nick run back towards the Time Machine, which was starting to light up despite its low fuel. "Nick..." he ignored Chase's words, and Chase shouted, "NICK!"
Nick ran up to the, now vibrating, machine and kicked it. Electricity sparked from around the machine and where Nick kicked it. Its lights were flickering because of the low fuel, and Nick backed away slightly after kicking it, "LET ME GO HOME DAMNIT."
"NICK GET AWAY!" Chase shouted before getting off the ladder and heading towards Nick, who was still kicking it. Collin was climbing up the ladder.
"What the hell is-" He climbed up and looked at what was happening, "NICK." Jacob was right behind them and knew instantly what was going on.
"Damn it Nick!" He shouted, following Collin and Chase, who were cautiously approaching Nick. He was violently kicking the machine as it vibrated and shot electricity in all directions. In a matter of seconds, it stopped vibrating, and all noise but the sound of the wind could be heard. Nick was gone, and in his place was dust particles. Collin's jaw dropped, and Chase slapped himself.
"Fucking idiot!" Chase screeched, and Jacob shook his head and headed towards the ladder to tell the others of the new problem.