After 4 weeks of training Rain had finally got the hang of fighting,Jake was out of his wheelchair and was very happy,Clyde was his usally self chasing girls who didnt like him,Justin was tying to think of a way to say goodbye to Diana,and Danielle was just her usally self. They were at the hostpital to say goodbye to Diana and start there jounrey. Diana was sitting in a chair when they came into the room."Hey Diana,"Justin said.

"Justin!"Diana said as she jumped into his arms.

"I came here to say goodbye,"Justin said softly.

"Why?"she asked.

"Cause we're gona visted their hometowns..there a little homesick,"Justin said as he pointed at the others behind him.

"Ok, your coming back right?"Diana asked.

"Yeah, but I don't know when I'll be back again,"Justin said.

"Ok, then you be careful ok?"Diana said.

"Ok, if I'm not back in two years...forget about me and find a nice man that will take care of you,"Justin said.

"No, your coming back you hear?"she said."Don't ever say that...I'll never find a guy like you again...and your the only one for me,Justin.Promise you'll come back!"

"I can't promise you,but you can be sure of me trying to come back,"Justin said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek.Diana nodded and a tear fell from her eye."Ok...I guess this is goodbye...for now,"Justin said.

Diana nodded again and gave him a passionte kiss of goodbye."Bye Justin,"she mubbled against his lips.

He lifted his lips off of hers and said,"Goodbye...and remeber that I'll love you forever."

"Ok...(sob) bye!"she called after him.He waved and the party ran out to the jeep.

"I feel kinda bad,"Rain said as she got into the back.

"Don't,"Justin said as he looked back at her.Rain nodded and buckled her seat belt.

"Do we got every thing?"Jake asked.

"Lets do a check.Water gallon!"Justin said.
"Check!"everyone except Danielle and Justin exclaimed.
"Weapons!"
"Check!"
"Food supplies!"
"Check!"
"Gas tanks!"
"Cheeeck!"
"Tolit paper!"
"Check."
"Shovles!"
"Check!"
"Other equpment?"
"Check!"
"Spare tires!"
"Cheeck!"
"So we have everything?"
"Yup!""Ok,lets go!"Justin said as he started the car.

"Whoohoo! Road trip!"Rain exclaimed. Everyone laughed except Danielle."Going on a road trip is so fun!So I'll just sing about road trips.We'll travel every where since we're on a rooaaaddd trriipp!We may inconter a lot of stuff,but we don't care since we're on a road trip!We may inconter many fiends,but we're not scared..we're not scared of stupid...stupid fiends!Cause we're on a roooaaaddd trriippp!"Rain sang.

"Oww! that was my ear!"Danielle said.

"Hehehe, yeah right!"Rain said.

"Seriously that hurt,"Danielle said.

"That was rude!"Rain said.

"Just telling the truth,"Danielle replied casually. Rain glared at her and crossed her arms. Danielle laughed at Rain's expression.

"Why'd you tell Diana that you might not come back?"Clyde asked.

"Cause I have a feeling that some things gonna happen..something terrible,"Justin replied.

"Like what?"Clyde asked with a kinda terrified voice.

"Death..or something else that is un-imaginable,"Justin replied.

"What!"Rain asked furiously."We don't have to go back to are hometowns then!"

"Yes, we do,"Justin said quietly.

"Arrrrgggg!"Rain said in rage.

"Rain, calm down,"Jake said.

"Jake, don't you understand that we're gonna die or something else that might be as horrible!"Rain replied.

"What ever happens-happens,"Jake said simply,"We just have to be prepared."

"You seem confident,"Danielle said.

"Of course! I'm not afraid of nothing,"Jake said.

"Stop acting so tuff-cause your not-neither are we, but we do to have to be prepared for the worse, so train hard and don't let your guard down,"Danielle said. Everyone stared at her with shock in their eyes.

"That was amazing, Danielle,"Clyde said.

"Nice speech, Danielle,"Rain said.

"Whoa...didn't see that coming,"Jake said.

"So we're going on, right?"Justin asked.

"Yeah,"everyone replied. Justin nodded and turned his attention back to the road.

"Ok, we're at Clyde's hometown, everybody off,"Justin said as he jumped out of the jeep. The rest of the party jumped out and looked at the ruble that used to be a town. Rain put her hand on Clyde's shoulder and asked,"What are we gonna do?"

"I guess we'll walk around a bit..then move on to the rest of you guy's towns,"Clyde replied. Rain nodded, grabbed Clyde's hand, and pulled to urge him to move. They walked around until they saw something shining in the ruble.

"What's that?"Danielle said as she kneeled down to grab it. She picked it up and showed it to the party.

"That's my mother's necklace,"Clyde said as he took it from Danielle."She used to were it all the time ever since I gave it to her."

"What did she look like?"Rain said.

"I had her hair and eyes, and her face was so gentle her eyes were softer than mine and my father's. She always had a smile on her face every time she looked at me or my father,"Clyde replied.

"She sounds very pretty,"Rain said. Clyde grinned and opened his mouth then shut it again. Clyde kneeled down and started digging through the ruble. Danielle started helping him dig.

'Mom,'Clyde thought. Rain kneeled down and started helping them dig. A figure appeared and Clyde cried,"Mom!"

Rain grabbed Clyde's mom's wrist to check if she had a pulse."She still has a pulse put its decreasing as we speak,"Rain said."Go on talk to her, Clyde."

"Mom?"he called out.

"Clyde, is it you?"she asked weakly.

Justin dashed back to the jeep.'Where's he going?'Jake asked himself.

"Yes, its me, mom,"Clyde replied.

"Thank god your alive,"she said and pulled Clyde into a hug.

Justin came back with some water and food and medical supplies."Here,"Justin said as he handed Clyde's mom a glass of water. She smiled at Justin and started drinking the water.

'How could she survive for the weeks we have been gone?'Jake thought."Excuse me...but how could you have survived?"Jake asked Clyde's mom.

"Because I don't live in this town,"she replied."Clyde was born here and lived here for fourteen years."

"Were you here or not when it got destroyed?"Jake asked impatiently.

"I came down here yesterday to see Clyde. When I saw it destroyed I started looking for Clyde and when I was looking through this one pile of ruble another pile fell on top of me and that's how I ended up in this pile,"she replied. Jake nodded and turn away from her

"Eat,"Justin said as he handed her a sandwich. She nodded and took the sandwich."We got to get her to the nearest town,"Justin said as he wrapped up her wounds. Clyde nodded and he and Justin picked her up and headed towards the jeep. They put her in the back and laid her down.

"We'll stay here,"Jake said as he looked from Danielle to Rain.

"Ok, heres a canteen and a few sandwiches,"Justin said as he handed them the stuff.

"You guys be careful,"Rain said.

"Ok,"Clyde and Justin said. They waved goodbye and Clyde and Justin rod off.

"These are nice people these your friends?"Clyde's mom asked Clyde.

"I guess you can say that,"Clyde replied.

"I'm glad,"Clyde's mom said as took a staggered breath and her eyes closed.

"Justin! Stop the car!"Clyde ordered. He stopped and Clyde got out and went to the back."Mom, wake up,"Clyde said as he shook her. She didn't move."No!"Clyde cried.

"Clyde,"Justin said as he laid a hand on his shoulder,"We got to take her to the town that you lived in for four years." Clyde shook his head and said,"We'll bury her next to my father in Catstone."

"Does she have a will?"Justin asked.

"No..(sob)..but she said all the money goes to me when she dies,"Clyde replied fighting back tears.

"Lets go back to Catstone then,"Justin said as he got back into the front. Clyde let some tears fall down his face before he got back into the front. They got back to Catstone and Rain ran up to them. Clyde got out and looked at Rain and tears fell.

"What happened?"Rain asked.

"She's'...she's' dead,"Clyde replied. Rain frowned and wrapped her arms around him."Clyde...,"Rain said."I know how you feel I lost my whole family...I'm sorry for your loss." Clyde let his tears flow down freely down his face and squeezed Rain.

She squeezed back and ran her fingers through his hair. He let go of her and said,"Please go get the shovels." Rain nodded and went to get the shovels. Danielle looked at Clyde sympathy and ran after Rain.

Jake put a hand on Clyde's shoulder and said,"Gee Clyde, I didn't think she'd die that quick...I'm sorry. I also lost my mother in that damn fire!"

"In what fire?"Clyde asked.

"The fire that destroyed my hometown and killed Jessie and my mom!"Jake replied. Clyde nodded and looked towards the sky.

"Ok were are we gonna bury her?"Danielle asked as she and Rain came running down the hill.

"Follow me,"Clyde said and ran off towards his father's grave."Here,"Clyde said and took one of the shovels and started digging.

"Do you think that's far enough?"Rain asked.

"A few more inches,"Clyde replied. Rain nodded and started digging again.

"Ok...lets go get the body,"Justin said and ran off towards the jeep.

"I'm gonna see if I can find some flowers,"Rain said as she ran off. Justin came back with the jeep."Jake, come help me get her out,"Justin ordered. Jake nodded and helped Justin get the body out.

Rain came dashing down the hill."I found some!"She exclaimed. She waved them up in the air and she tripped on a rock."Ahh!"Rain screamed as she rolled down the hill,"There still safe."

"Rain, your so clumsy,"Jake said as he helped her up.

"What can I say I'm a klutz,"Rain said and handed everyone a flower.Jake and Justin pick the body up and put her in the hole. They threw some flowers into the hole and started padding the dirt on top of it. They put flower on top of the grave and started comforting Clyde. Clyde sobbed and sniffed, and finally he let the tears fly out. He sat down on the ground his arms wrapped around his legs. Rain sat down next to him and wrapped her arms around him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you,"Clyde said. Rain smiled and gave him a little squeeze before getting up. She helped him up and everyone look sympathy at him."Ok, next stop is Amora,"Clyde said and jump into the jeep.