(eng) Nikita Spoke - Muted 02 by Listen

Author:Listen [Listen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“In the woods,” she sent, relaxing further when he came into sight above the stairs.

He glanced around only briefly before making his way toward her, finding her easily once he’d entered the trees. He squeezed her hand, his eyes scanning the woods, and they moved further from the building before they stopped again.

“They were holding us on campus,” sent Jemma, catching sight of a familiar railing that finally allowed her to put the pieces of their location together, “in that building over by the nature trails.”

“The one they’ve been talking about renting out for years?” sent Jack. He shook his head. “At least we know where we are.”

“What about where we’re going? We need food, and we need a safe place to figure things out.” She paused. “And I’d like to let our families know we’re okay.”

“We can head toward home but not all the way there. Maybe borrow a phone and find a meeting point or something. We need to get started, though.”

Jemma nodded, trying to regain the surge of adrenaline she’d used to get out of the building just minutes before. “How do we get there without being found?”

“We’re on campus?” He ran a hand through his hair. “Okay. We can’t go to the nearest roads. By the time we get there, they could know we’re gone, and even if they can only spare a few people…”

“It’s not safe,” finished Jemma.

“The river meets up with the highway, right?”

“It does,” sent Jemma, “but not before it meets up with the power plant. We wouldn’t exactly blend in.”

Jack made a face. “You’re right. I think there’s some other industrial crap further north, too.” He sent a wave of frustration. “We can’t go through campus, and we need to start moving. Let’s go this way while we think.” He started north, away from campus, letting Jemma follow, staying away from the official trails the university had put through the trees. “We can stay between the river and most of the main roads. There’s no way they can spare enough people to even start a search of the woods. There’s too much area to cover.” His voice rose and fell as he sorted his thoughts. “If we can manage on whatever fruit trees we can find in the backyards we’ll pass in a couple miles, we should be able to make it to the highway. I don’t think they’ll really be able to search there by dark, which is about when we’ll make it if we take it easy and keep out of sight, assuming we don’t get turned around. The river and highway meet eventually, so we can’t mess it up too badly since we have to run into one or the other. Then we hitch a ride with rush-hour traffic headed toward the beach. Sound okay?”

Jemma sent as firm agreement as she could. Did they have much of an alternative? They could hope to find an empty house nearby—enough of them had been abandoned after the Event—but that would be

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