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Less than an hour into the journey and Carl, Michael and E the shelter had seemed like the only option but no that they had actually left the building and the other survivors behind theun to set in and take over Doubt which bordered on paranoia plagued Michael as he fought to keep his concentration and to keep the vanforward Problem was, he decided, they didn&039;t actually knohere it was they were going Finding somewhere safe and secure to shelter had seemed easy at first but now that they were outside and could see the shattered re to seem like an impossible task The whole world see but they couldn&039;t actually find any of it that they wanted

E out of the s around her in disbelief, looking from side to side, too afraid to sit back and relax Before she&039;d seen it for herself it had seeical to assume that only the helpless population would have been affected by the inexplicable tragedy The reality was that the land too had been battered, savaged and ravaged beyond all recognition Countless buildings - sometimes entire streets - had been razed to the ground by unchecked fires which even now still s when the disaster had struck had veered out of control and had crashed She counted herself lucky that she had been indoors and relatively safe when the nightun She silently wondered how many other people that had died in a car crash or soone on to survive had fate not dealt them such a bitter hand? How many people who shared her apparent immunity to the disease, virus or whatever it was that had caused all of this had been wiped out through nothing ht her eye in a field at the side of the road The wreckage of a light aircraft was strewn over the boggy and uneven ground at one end of a long, deep furrow All around the wreck lay twisted chunks of metal which freely ers the plane had been carrying She wondered what ht have happened to those people had they survived their flight? It was pointless to think about such things, but in a strange way it was almost therapeutic It seemed to help just to keep herspeed the three survivors found that they were becoe, death and destruction all around theht of thousands of battered and bloodied bodies and the aftermath of hundreds of horrific accidents were now almost commonplace, from time to time each one of therotesque that it was almost impossible for them to comprehend what they saw As much as he wanted to look away, Carl found hi curiosity as they passed a long red and white coach The huge and heavy vehicle had collided with the side of a red brick house Carl stared in disbelief at the bodies of soh they were held tight by their seat belts, he could see at least seven of the poor youngsters trying to move Their withered arht of the children irl that he had left behind The realisation that he would never see or hold her again was a pain that was alh to try and come to terms with his loss while he had been in the cole mile they drove further away made the pain even harder to stand Sarah and Gemma had been dead for almost a week but he still felt responsible for theether He felt like he&039;d failed them

Conversation had been sparse and forced since the journey had begun and the silence was beginning to deafen E to concentrate hard on his driving (the roads were littered with debris) and Carl seemed preoccupied but she needed to talk The o her far too much time to think

&039;Have either of you two actually thought about where we ?&039; she asked

Neither of the men replied at first Silently all three of the about that question intermittently but there had been so many bizarre distractions that it had proved i

&039;I&039;ve tried to think about it,&039; Carl adet so far and then I see so and&039;

His words trailed away into silence He sounded lost and helpless Michael glanced into the rear view mirror and watched the other man&039;s tired eyes as they darted anxiously around He looked like a frightened little boy

&039;Well we&039;ve got to decide so soon,&039; Emma said &039;We need some kind of plan, don&039;t we?&039;

Michael shrugged his shoulders

&039;I thought we&039;d got one,&039; he replied &039;Keep driving until we find somewhere safe and then stop&039;

&039;But what does safe mean?&039; she asked &039;Is anywhere safe?&039;

&039;I don&039;t know,&039; he sighed &039;You could argue we&039;d be safe anywhere There&039;s only the bodies that areto watch out for and they don&039;t react to us&039;