They were on their way, the vehicle was packed and on the road, Franklin had the map that they intended to follow. He knew that the road ahead of them was going to be a difficult one but they now had more n than they ca with so there was a decent chance at success.
They led the way with the others trailing behind, it was like a convoy but Jason had a bad feeling about this.
The conversation he had with Clentine was an eye-opener, this was going to beco a problem for everyone involved.
He was tapping his feet nervously but he soon felt a hand on top of his, it belonged to Clentine.
"Breathe, you have got this," Clentine reassured him and Jason took a breather,
Franklin was seated in front, he was watching them through the rearview mirror.
"I’m okay. Thanks, Clentine," Jason said, squeezing Clentine’s hands between his, he was still fidgeting but it had cald down significantly.
Jason knew he would have to scan the area and no one knew what happened to Debra and her team.
Was it safe to assu that they got back to base?
If that was the case, then wouldn’t a team have been assembled to save them from these people?
Jason was trying to make sense of the situation but the possibility that they abandoned them was beginning to look like an option after seeing what Franklin was willing to do with Clentine.
"Stop!" Franklin commanded and the car screeched to stop, the remaining car behind followed suit.
"What in the world!?" Brayden exclaid, he was the one driving the car and Franklin startled him. Franklin didn’t give him a reason for this request and simply stepped out of the car.
"What’s wrong with your buddy?" Brayden looked over his shoulder to ask Clentine but Clentine didn’t have an answer for this.
"I have no idea," She said before stepping out of the car to ask Franklin what was wrong.
Everyone else remained seated, they didn’t know what ca over him and knew they needed to start moving again if they were going to make it during the day.
They couldn’t travel by night or they would be at a big disadvantage.
"What’s wrong?" Clentine asked Franklin, who was crouched down.
"Bullet casings..." Franklin said, picking it up to show Clentine.
What was so strange about seeing shells in the middle of the road, it was a fucking apocalypse with zombies, this should be the most common sight in the world right now.
"I can see that, is there any reason why this bothers you?" Clentine asked and Franklin turned it around to reveal a marking.
"This is one of ours," Franklin said and Clentine now understood why he was worried.
But how could he tell without inspecting it because it could have easily been a random bullet shell as well?
"The road has tyre marks..." Franklin muttered, running his finger along it, Clentine was surprised that he was paying so much attention to the road.
He must have good eyesight because the tyre marks were barely visible and it took Clentine a second glance to even notice it.
"These tyre marks, they belong to one of ours," Franklin said as he got back to his feet.
"But this is the wrong path... They aren’t supposed to be on this road," Clentine said and this was when Franklin began to walk in her direction.
"My thought exactly," Franklin said, Clentine had to observe her own.
The screeching on the road was due to hasty maneuvers on the road so there was sothing that either made them take this path or there had to be another reason.
They couldn’t have been running away from sothing, could they?
Why else would they open fire? They must have been trying to fend off sothing.
Franklin walked towards the car with Clentine following behind him.
"I apologize but it looks like my people might have run into a little trouble," Franklin told Brayden.
Brayden sighed as he understood why Franklin would react the way he did.
He radioed Andre to inform him of the recent developnt and Andre gave him the go-ahead to follow the trail.
If there was anyone alive, their information would be invaluable in how they proceeded.
Franklin looked worried, a look that he didn’t seem to share with Elliot or anyone else.
This told both Clentine and Jason that there was soone important to him on that team.
Brayden stepped on it and they tore through the street with terrifying speed, the wind enough to throw a fully grown man off his feet should he stand close to the zooming cars.
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Rachel had returned to work and she had a task in mind however, there was sothing unusual about the hospital.
She couldn’t quite place her fingers around it but the air felt different and to her surprise, the doctor who seed to have vanished into thin air was right in front of her.
"Doctor Charlie?" Rachel thought to herself but he looked confused when he saw Rachel.
"Good evening Doctor," Rachel quickly greeted him with a slight head bow.
The man walked up to her and just stood, staring at her in confusion.
"Who are you?" Doctor Charlie asked and Rachel thought he was ssing with her.
She raised her head and looked at him, it took one look for her to realize he was either serious or a very good actor.
"I’m sorry for not introducing myself, I’m Rachel and I was here last week. I helped clean the room for Mr. Gabriel..." Rachel said quickly.
"You’re Josephine?" Charlie muttered and this was strange, Rachel just introduced herself so why was he calling her this?
"Mr Gabriel.. If we could just get the ds then he would be better," Charlie continued to lant.
Rachel now knew for a fact that there was sothing wrong with him, she didn’t know what was going on but this man didn’t seem to recall what had been happening.
The drugs he was talking about were the sa drugs gotten by Jason so why was he speaking like they hadn’t received it, and the fact that he couldn’t recall eting her was another telling sign that he might be suffering from so kind of mory loss.
"Doctor Charlie, I told you to stay close to ," Mathias appeared, taking hastened footsteps in their direction.
"What’s wrong with him?" Rachel couldn’t hide her curiosity even though it might co off as rude.
"I’m afraid it is the side effects of old age, Doctor Charlie is suffering from dentia," Mathias said and this made sense.
But he was perfectly fine during their first interaction, he was fine enough to conduct a test and give commands so what changed in the space of a week?
"Has it always been this bad?" Rachel probed further, trying to gather as much information as she could.
"I have no idea," Mathias responded but before he took Charlie away, he told Rachel one thing.
"I don’t know what is happening but sothing is definitely going on, I have a feeling that Doctor Charlie is suffering the sa fate as the wall commander," Mathias said before taking the older man away.
Rachel couldn’t believe that they were targeting doctors now, was it because of what Allison and Bella told Mariam?
Did that information sohow find its way to the person responsible for these things?
Did they want to take out Doctor Charlie so they wouldn’t probe further?
Things were getting interesting and Rachel knew she needed even more information but they were getting sowhere.
She realized that whoever this person was, they were in a position of power to be privileged to this information.
Rachel rushed to the dicine cabinet, this was the perfect opening as she could easily pin it on Charlie due to his current state and he wouldn’t have any way to defend himself thanks to his dentia.
It was a shitty thing to do but Rachel was going to put the well-being of her sister first, even if it ans throwing a few people under the bus.
She had already thrown Josephine, what was one or two more people?
Rachel swiped the dicine from where it was kept and luckily, no one saw her.
Rachel was in and out like a ninja but she bumped into soone when she walked out of the room.
She bumped into Josephine, Josephine raised a brow as to why she was her but she didn’t say anything considering Rachel technically outranked her so she was in no position to question her.
She was an assigned nurse and there was a possibility that one of the doctors had sent her.
She, however, was here to clean and she quickly apologized before making her way into the room.
Rachel had now done the one thing that Bella warned her against, she had created a loose end but how this would affect her in the future was unknown.
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