"Hurry and get that shit packed, Toombs." Tank yelled out the back door of the bus.
They were packing all their stuff up into the bus and getting ready for when Zero, Trix and Sy got back and they could hit the road. Little did the three know that those three were bringing back three more. It was enough to create tension with them having Alex, Fares and Björne joining the crew and not because they really didn't have the supplies or space for them, but because the six of them were as thick as blood, water and wood. They had been for a long time, especially Sy, Zero, Toombs, Tank and Link, they'd all grown up together, went to the same schools and lived on the same block as each other. But they weren't about to leave the three of them out there to die either, so like everything else they did now-a-days, they'd improvise.
"I'm going, I'm going!" Toombs yelled back at him. "Thought Zero and Sy left Link in charge." he mumbled under his breath.
"They did." Link replied coming up behind him and loading a couple of chairs into the back of the bus.
"Fuck!" Toombs yelped. "Damn, I hate when you sneak up like that, Link." he whined, socking him in the arm. Link was expert at sneaking up on everyone and everything, no matter what it was or where it was, he could do it.
Link shrugged, going back to the stuff that needed to be loaded. "Tank, get your ass out here and make sure the gas tank is full." he ordered, picking up more stuff and heading to put them in the back with the rest.
"I already did." Tank called, kicking his legs up on the dashboard from the driver's seat. "It's as full as the law allows."
"Then, come help us pack up or I'm going to drop kick you over the state line." Link threatened, appearing in the door way of the bus. Tank scrambled out of the bus and started helping put the last of the items away and locking up the back.
"When do you think they'll get here?" Tank asked staring out the window in the direction Trix, Sy, Zero and the others would be coming from.
"It took them, 2 hours to get from there yesterday," Toombs answered, leaning over a map. "Should take about that long and Trix radioed at 4 this morning saying they'd be heading back at first good light. That was at 6:20 and its 7:45 now. So, they should be here anytime now."
Tank and Link nodded, getting more comfortable in their seats. Toombs was the best and greatest map man left and he was always on point. He said someone was gunna be at the door in four hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds, you knew damn well they'd be there in four hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds and not a second early or late. Shit like that you couldn't sell, but they bought lucky into Toombs on their side in all this mess.
"I'm gunna get a few winks." Tank mumbled, pulling his hat over his eyes. "Wake me when they get here."
"Will do." Toombs nodded, not looking up from the map.