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Cooper wished that he&039;d thought to try and set up some kind of communication system between the van and the two prison trucks Even a couple of basic tay radios would have been sufficient As if the effort of driving through the devastated re to contend with appalling weather conditions and keep his speed slow enough so that he didn&039;t lose the two trucks which laboured slowly after the van It wasn&039;t going to be easy to find the base again He knew the general route but the ed since he&039;d last driven there The world around hi it frequently unrecognisable

Relentless heavy rain added to the confusion The huge, dark shadows of the city which had surrounded the more than distant specks on the murky horizon behind theress away from the dead town and deeper into the countryside Cooper drove along the hard shoulder of a macabre motorway scene The lanes of the wide road were streith the tightly packed wrecks of thousands of crashed cars Once one of the busiest stretches of ht - a frozen, rusting, rotting traffic jaed his temples Concerned, Donna leant forward to speak to hiht?&039; she asked &039;Fine,&039; he snapped as he steered around the remains of a car which had s out in his path He glanced up into the rear view er truck into the car, sending it flipping up into the air and spiralling down onto the top of other vehicles, crushing the bodies still trapped helplessly inside The underground base was located some thirty miles outside the city and they had already travelled alh increasingly unsure of its precise location, Cooper did rees nearby and was fairly confident of finding his way there again The complex was buried in a remote and inconspicuous area of land By its very nature it was always going to be difficult to find The sound of a truck&039;s horn cut through the otherwise still h the backof the van A short distance behind thehts furiously

&039;Shit,&039; Cooper cursed, sla the van to a sudden stop &039;What is it?&039; Jack Baxter asked anxiously &039;Don&039;t know,&039; Cooper replied &039;Can&039;t see the other truck&039; Baxter opened the door and jumped out of the van and ran back down the road towards the first truck He clie wound the n to speak to hi spitting rain froestured over his shoulder &039;They&039;re stuck,&039; he said sied it out into his way&039; Baxter peered further down the road Arled with the wreck of a car and had soed it out across the narrow stretch of road which the convoy had beenCooper suddenly appeared at his side

&039;Too e who quickly did as he was told The soldier silently surveyed the scene &039;He&039;ll have to s through and we can&039;t afford to leave either of the trucks behind We&039;re tight enough on space as it is&039; Ar to suffer,&039; he said quietly, nodding his head towards the back of the truck The vehicle hadn&039;t been designed to carry asThe survivors and their belongings were craht space

&039;I&039;ll tell Croft,&039; Cooper said &039;Get back to the van, Jack&039; Baxter wasn&039;t listening &039;Jesus Christ,&039; he mumbled &039;What&039;s the matter?&039; Cooper asked Baxter didn&039;t reply Instead he simply pointed at the vast column of stationary vehicles next to them Cooper followed the older man&039;s line of vision and immediately sahat it was that had attracted his attention Unable to open the doors of their crashed vehicles or even to escape from the confines of their safety belts, every wreck contained at least one body Whilst so around in their seats, trapped but trying desperately to get out and reach the survivors standing at the side of the road At first appearing er that Cooper and Baxter stared into the endless line of crashed traffic, the more frantic movement they could see &039;Bloody hell&039; Baxter , Jack,&039; Cooper ordered He pushed Baxter back towards the van while he began to sprint further down the road towards the stranded truck

Even fro as Phil Croft tried desperately to force his way through the blockage As he ran the soldier gestured for Croft to reverse back down the ht was a steep embankment and beyond that several fields and an out-of-town shopping co their ay fro across the fields with ominous speed towards the motorway disturbance Croft stopped the truck and Cooper shouted to hi foot down,&039; he screah&039;

&039;I&039; I don&039;t kno far I can push it&039; &039;Shut up and do it!&039; Cooper yelled &039;Worry about it when it goes wrong, not before&039; The bodies in the field were close

The nearest feere beginning to claitated and distracted by so the terrified screaain and accelerated faster and faster He s it under his bu the road for a few seconds before working its way loose and tued towards the back of the other truck and waited for Cooper to scramble back to the van at the front of the convoy In less than a ain The stretch ofwith bodies