SPOV

Trees wipped all around them, wind buffeted their unprotected faces and hands. They were riding fast. Shay and Tachs were doubled up on one board together. Zane was lying on a pair of sandwhiched boards pushed together. On either side of him were Ho and Fausto, who were crouched down low, one hand holding firmly to Zane's side. The other former cutters each had their own boards. A few were guiding other boards with medical supplies and four Cutters were close together with the large carrier saddled to the bottom of their boards.

Truth be told, Shay hadn't thought about where they were taking Zane. Her main plan consisted on having the right tools to keep him alive, the right people to watch over him, and getting him as far away from that hospital as possible. She hadn't bothered to think farther than that. She never really did.

Even though to Tachs and her other former Cutters she was always the one with the plan, most of the times she just crossed her fingers and jumped, winging it the whole way through. And that's what she was going to do now. Hey, you know what they say. Old habits die hard.

"Higher guys, and slower too. It would be hard to get our hands on any more of this medical stuff so be careful."

Tachs nudged her from behind.

"Oh," Shay added, "And it would be hard to get another Zane if he fell off, so be careful with him too."

Tachs rolled his eyes and grinned at her.

"what?" Shay asked. Tachs just chuckled.

While they made their slow ascent Shay scoped out the area for a good spot. All she needed was an empty strip of land where no people were going to go. Even by accident. It had to be pretty much a dead zone.

Great, thought Shay now I'm looking for imaginary worlds right outside Diego. Now that nobody was a bubblehead anymore, well at least most people, everyone was up to Ugly tricks. There was no part of the wilderness that didn't get even a little activity every once in a while. Shay needed somewhere that was purpously deserted and avoided. One where no one could get in by accident, but people like her and the former cutters could get in and out of when they needed to.

Shay gasped. Then she hit herself in the head.

How had she missed this!

Shay knew the perfect place to bring Zane.

"Okay you guys, let's start making a wide arc inland. Away from the sea, farther to the right. Let's go."

The group conformed and slowly shifted their hoverboards in the opposite direction. If you weren't looking for it, you wouldn't even notice that the former Cutters had moved. Shay smirked to herself at how amazing her group was, still is.

"Where are we headed?" Tachs asked, his voice whispering closely to Shay's ear.

Shay shivered as Tachs' breathe skittered cross her skin. "You'll see when we get there." She replied.