Brianna and Jack ran until they were out of breath.
Actually until Jack was out of breath, Brianna thought. The Breeze never gets tired.
The sun was setting by the time the three kids set up a makeshift camp. They were in the middle of the desert with limited supplies. Astrid didn't plan on them getting separated, so they didn't have any tents, extra water and food, or extra clothes. All they had where two half-full water bottles, what they were wearing, and two apples. Jack laid the food and water out on a large rock.
"We'll need to ration this out, and look for the highway," he said. Jack shaded his eyes with his hand and squinted towards the setting sun. "So that way is west, which means the General is to the south, since the sun was to the left of use while we were running. The highway runs to the northwest, so…"
Brianna groaned and stopped listening to Jack who kept rambling on. She walked over to where Dekka was laying.
"Does it hurt? Are you okay?" Brianna asked, until realizing Dekka was unconscious. She checked on Dekka's thigh and saw that it was still bleeding. Brianna cursed, furious at herself for not wrapping it sooner.
"Jack! Give me your shirt!" Brianna yelled. Jack stopped talking about the cardinal directions or cardinals the bird, Brianna wasn't listening, and stared at her.
"Why?" he asked with a look of complete shock on his face. Brianna rolled her eyes.
"Because I want to see you shirtless," she said with heavy sarcasm. Jack's mouth went wide open. He obviously didn't catch the sarcasm.
"No, you idiot, Dekka's still bleeding!" she snapped. Jack still just stood there and stared at Brianna like she's gone mad. Brianna didn't feel like waiting for him, so before Jack could blink she ran over to him, ripped his shirt off, and was wrapping it around Dekka's thigh.
"What the!" Jack cried, surprised to find his shirt around Dekka's leg. "Now I'm cold!"
"Well, that's a minor discomfort compared to bleeding to death," Brianna shot back. Jack looked a little ashamed, so Brianna sighed and patted the ground next to her. Jack walked over and sat down.
"What now?" he asked.
"Sleep," Brianna said. Jack started looking around at the ground.
"I swear to God, if you say you don't want your bony chest to get all dirty, I will slap you so many times that every inch of your has-never-seen-the-sun skin will turn red," Brianna said through gritted teeth. Jack blushed. Brianna started laughing, surprising herself.
"Erm, you can sleep first. I'll take first watch," Jack said. Brianna was about to protest, until realizing she was tired.
I guess The Breeze is allowed to take some breaks, Brianna thought as she laid down and drifted off to sleep.
"Do you think anyone lives here?" Quinn asked after the four kids got out of the car and stared up at the large barn they spotted.
"If someone does, they better be okay with some guests," Sam said and started walking in. Edilio followed Sam, with Astrid and Quinn in tow. Before Edilio entered, he took one last look outside, wondering where everyone else ended up. The sun was already setting.
"Hello?" Sam called out. He lit a few Sammy Suns and they floated up to the ceiling, casting an eerie light.
"If it's okay with anyone who's here, me and my friends are gonna sleep here. And we may or may not borrow a few supplies. Technically all of the useful supplies we can find. But we're not robbers," Sam continued saying into the empty barn.
"I don't think there's anyone here," Astrid said.
"Well, let's start ransacking this place," Quinn said as he headed off to open a pile of crates. It was an unusually large barn. It probably wasn't a barn, more like a warehouse that looked like it was a barn on the outside. There was no hay on the floor, just concrete. And instead of animals or farming equipment, there were crates.
"I'll grab the food and water in the car," Edilio said and he headed back outside.
The sun had set fast, and he could see the stars start to come out already. He heard a rustling in the leaves behind some bushes. Edilio unconsciously grabbed for his gun he used to have slung over his shoulder, until remembering he wasn't in the FAYZ anymore and didn't carry around a gun. The rustling got louder, and a squirrel emerged and scurried away. Edilio breathed a sigh of relief.
He continued walking to the car and opened the door. It didn't take him very long to gather all the important materials; there wasn't a lot. Edilio wished they had planned more just in case something went wrong. He noticed all the tech stuff Jack insisted on bringing. Edilio figured it could have been useful, if Jack was with them. He shrugged and grabbed the wires and the whatever-you-call-thems. Maybe Astrid could figure out something to do with them.
Edilio walked back to the barn/warehouse, carrying five water bottles, a bag of apples, and a lot of technology that was most likely useless to them. He really hoped there was useful stuff in those crates.