John looked at his watch it read just after 4am he felt hopeless he slowly stroked Leslie's hair as she lay in his lap the two other girls Sam and Jessica lay close by but this satiation was hopeless he was in even if they all lasted forty four hours they would all be killed by their collars exploding and he had heard gun fire not to far away earlier how many more had died in since midnight announcement? He wondered. Leslie began to stir.
"John? What time is it?" she asked sleepily.
"It's late around four babe" he replied "I wake you lot all up at five thirty ok?"
"No problem" replied Leslie and she fell asleep.
John started to cry he felt helpless could he really protect Leslie to the end?