Five more hours. Five hours left of walking through snowy roads with sore feet. Their hands were turning red from the low temperatures and the tips of their noses cold to the touch. Walter's arms became pale from being exposed to the air. He kept hovering around Paige to make sure she was alright at every single second.
"Guys, look!" Sylvester exclaimed. "We're here!" He pointed to a big green sign that said Welcome to Nathrop, Colorado.
Cabe, Paige, and Walter sighed with relief when they reached the sign. "It should be an hour until we reach the cabin," Cabe said as they moved forward.
About twenty minutes later, the group came across a small town with shops. Some people were walking around bundled in coats, gloves, and scarves. The team must have stuck out like the tallest kid in elementary school, because everyone looked at them and pointed to a shop with multiple signs.
Paige took this as a command and led them in the direction they were pointing to. She opened the squeaky door and they filed inside. The floors creaked underneath them.
"I'll be a second," a woman called from somewhere. Cabe glanced around, and was followed by his friends. Footsteps echoed towards their direction. "How may hel-" the woman started, but stopped short at the sight in front of her. "Oh dear!"
She ran into the direction she came from and arrived back with blankets. "Here you guys go, come follow me." The woman led them to a small back room that smelled like rotting wood. In one corner, a rack was filled with hoodies claiming Colorado was THE place to be.
The lady came back in with steaming mugs of some beverage. "Help yourselves. I'm Patrice, by the way." Walter and Cabe nodded in agreement while Sylvester grinned and Paige whispered a thank you. "There's a phone right over there," Patrice pointed to a small, round table in the corner, "that you can use." She left and softly closed the door behind her.
Cabe picked up the landline and dialed the number for the cabin.
Ringing filled the cabin. "Toby, can you get that?!" Happy yelled from the bathroom. She mumbled under her breath, "Still outside..." Hurriedly, she tied the towel around her and ran out. "Canyon Cabin," she said to the phone.
"It's Cabe."
Happy sighed and leaned against the wall. "Finally decided we were good enough to spend vacation with, huh?" she joked. "What happened you guys?"
"SUV was hit; we had to walk back. We're in the back room of some shop that should be a couple minutes nearby," Cabe replied. "Okay, then. I'll get Toby and Ralph back inside and we'll pick you up." Happy put back the phone as Toby came in the front door. His face was red and he was covered in snow. "Get Ralph and yourself cleaned up, we need to get the others."
Toby convinced Happy to let him and Ralph get them so she could finish her shower.
They pulled up to the shop and walked inside. "Your saviors are here for you!" Toby shouted with his arm held out wide. Paige, Walter, Sly, and Cabe walked over to them with their suitcases. "Let's just go," Cabe grumbled as he passed by him.