Chapter 5: Running
First thing they did, Jessie, Ian, and Nicole got new gear for their journey. As soon as they started east out of town, Jessie, Ian, and Nicole were in the desert again.
"I guess we've gotta get across the desert no matter what," Ian said. They had taken a while to get ready to go. The sun was starting to go down.
"You know, if we went fast enough, we could probably get across there overnight," Jessie said, "We can run right across, resting a few times. It won't be so bad since it's night and it won't be hot out. This way we can get right across, hopefully without running into any whirlwinds."
After thinking about it for a few seconds Nicole replied, "Sounds good to me."
So they started running across the desert, pacing themselves so that they only had to take about four real breaks. Finally, when the sun was turning the sky pale pink ahead of them, they made it to the other side. A forest and some hills marked the end of the desert. Right there where they were was a town.
They staggered in and found an inn. There they had breakfast and tried to stay awake for a while. Then they got a room and went to sleep. Fortunately, the exertion of running across the desert put them out until the next morning. Then they got up and had a huge breakfast, having missed lunch and dinner the previous day. Then they bought some food to keep them okay until they got to another town. Then they set off into the forest and hills, heading east to Sarasaland.