39. Fry!

Snores filling the silent room, Thomas scarcely walked past each of the hammocks with care. Climbing up the steps and zipping up his bag he started to walk forward when a voice in front spoke up.

"Where do you think you're going then?" Newt asked as he clicked the slight on next to him as he leaned against the car.

"Newt." Thomas sighed.

"Don't be a twat about it." Newt said walking towards him, "I'm already in." he finished as he grabbed the bag out of Thomas' hand and walked back to the car. "Come on."

"No. No, not this time." Thomas said walking after him "Even if we find Minho, there's no guarantee we'll make it back. You can't do that too Athena." Thomas reasoned as Newt put his bag in the car.

"Well, you'll need all the help you can get then, won't you?" Newt asked as he pulled open the driver's seat door, the car light turning on to reveal a Frypan at the steering wheel and an Athena in shotgun.

"Honestly Thomas, it's sweet to know you care." Athena said sarcastically with a smile on her face.

He scoffed in return.

"Well, we started this together. May as well end it that way too." Newt said solemnly.

"Okay." Thomas nodded "Let's go get him back."

As Newt climbed into the back seat, Athena's door opened as she was about to put her seat belt on, "What?" she asked as Thomas looked at her with an innocent grin. "Fine." she said rolling her eyes and climbing into the backseat with Newt, Thomas getting into the passenger seat.

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The sky now brightened by the sun, the four still continuing their journey in the car, Athena's head in Newt's lap as she was in a dazed sleep, Newt playing with her hair.

After driving another hour, the car coming up to a darkened tunnel, Newt calmly waking up Athena, the group got out to inspect the tunnel closer.

"You want us to go in there?" Newt asked, pointing at the entrance.

"It's too dark to be a normal tunnel." Athena mumbled, rubbing the tiredness from her face.

"I don't wanna come across as too negative, but if I was a Crank, that's exactly where I would be." Newt commented, Athena hiding her widened eyes in her hands trying to ignore the comment.

"I don't think we have much choice." Thomas said looking at the map.

"All right. I get shotgun." the blonde said walking back to the car.

"Am I that bad to sit with?" Athena asked rhetorically.

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The group steadily drove through the tunnel, "Well, here we go." Frypan said as they started to drive through the darkened part.

"Yeah, just take it nice and slow." Newt said holding a headlight out the window. "Woah, woah, woah." he said as they saw a silhouette of a man in front of them.

The group looked at Thomas, "It's ok it's just one. Take it slow, go around him."

"Doubt it." Athena commented, "Roll your window up." she said to the blonde.

"We'll be fine." Thomas tried to reassure.

"Take it slow." Fry repeated, "Take it slow." Newt followed orders and rolled up his window.

Turning her head to talk to Thomas she looked to see a pale woman her face against the glass, causing Athena to scream and her and Thomas back away from the window.

"Please." the woman begged. "Help me." She was interrupted by a knock on Athena's window behind her causing her to scream out of fright again and back away into the middle with Thomas. "Please! Let me in."

"Okay. Fry we gotta go." Thomas commanded, as the car was suddenly surrounded.

"We need to go right now." Newt said sternly.

"Just fucking drive!" Athena shouted as more were banging on the car.

"Hold on!" Fry warned, as he stepped on the gas and the car drove away, a Crank jumping onto the hood of the car.

"Woah, woah, woah." Next exclaimed as the Crank started to break the glass.

"Come on, Fry. Shake him." Thomas said, as the car went from side to side.

"Im Trying!" Fry exclaimed. As the car took a turn the Crank on the windshield fell but grabbed onto the handle now at the window against Fry, trying to break it down. "Hang on!" Fry shouted as he drove side by side to a broken down car, the Crank finally letting go.

As Thomas and Athena looked back seeing the Crank on the ground, Thomas turned back round first "Frypan, watch out!" he exclaimed. Unable to control the car, the car hit another causing their car to flip over upside down.

"Ow." Athena said sarcastically as the group coughed.

"Everyone okay?" Thomas asks.

"My hand." Frypan started "My hand."

"Fry cover your eyes." Thomas commanded. He forcefully kicked the glass window in, "You okay?" he asked Newt.

"Yeah. Yeah alright Thea?"

"Hanging in there." she mumbled.

"Shit, my hand." Fry repeated,.

"Try and get your hand out from between the metal." Athena suggested.

"Wait, Thomas." Fry said, as Thomas climbed out of the window.

"Thomas the door." Fry said banging on the door.

"Fry go around." Thomas said unable to open the door.

As Thomas walked round to the other side of the car, coming up to Newt's door, it quickly opened, Newt falling out of the car onto the ground. "Newt, you okay?"

"Yeah, I think so."

"Watch out." Athena warned, before anyone could back up, her window was kicked out, and the small girl climbed through avoiding the glass, pulling her backpack with her, Newt grabbing her hand and helping her up. "You okay?" she whispered, as Newt was holding his bandaged arm.

"Yeah, just hit." he replied.

"Fry you good?" she asked.

Before he could answer a shriek sounded through the tunnel, using his torch Thomas shined it to see a lone Crank roaming towards them.  Going to grab his gun from his holster, his head was met with the gun, not there most likely in the car, same with Athena's, "Oh shit." he breathed out.

"Frypan, I think we gotta move." Thomas said to the boy who was crouched at the doorway to the car.

"Wait a minute!" he said, climbing back into the car.

"Right now!" Newt shouted.

"Fry now!" Thomas exclaimed, the Crank coming closer. "Come on! What are you doing!"

"Hold on!" Fry shouted.

"Frypan get the fuck out!" Athena screamed. Finally getting out of the car, Frypan loaded his shotgun and shot the Crank in the chest. "Finally." Athena snapped.

"What no thank you?" he teased the girl.

"Not a single one." she replied.

Hearing more growling and screeching the group looked forward to seeing more Crank coming their way. "We gotta go!" Thomas ushered. The group started to run byt Fry started to shoot trying to hold them back.

"Fry!" Athena scolded.

"Go! Go! Go!" Newt said, as an army of Cranks ran towards them.

"Woah! Woah! Woah!" Thomas stopped, seeing more Crank ahead.

"I'm out!" Fry informed, as he shot a few Crank on each side.

"Shit." Athena and Thomas stated at the same time, Athena grabbing onto Newt's hand.

As the Cranks started to close in, Newt pulling Athena into his chest, the group's attention was turned hearing an engine of a car coming their way, knocking over Cranks.

"Hey, get in!" Brenda shouted, standing in her seat, shooting a few Cranks around them.

Not wasting any time the four climbed into the back of the car, "Go! Jorge go!" Thomas shouted.

"Hang on!" Jorge shouted, as the speed went through the tunnel.

Driving out of the tunnel, Jorge pushing his metal window down, he looked through the mirror to look at the four teens in the back. "I'm impressed. You guys almost lasted a whole day." he said.

"Feel like we should be a bit offended about your faith in us." Athena said, as the four moved round in the back, Frypan moving to the row behind them Athena at the window, Newt in the middle and Thomas the other end.

"You good?" Thomas asked Newt.

"Yeah."

"Thea?"

"Just great." Athena replied, adjusting her seating position wrapping her arms round hers

Turning round to look at the four, Brenda shaking her head at them, "I'm sorry. I didn't want to bring you guys into this." Thomas tried to explain.

"I think what he's trying to say is thanks for saving us." Frypan corrected as he put his hand on Thomas' shoulder, looking at Brenda.

"You're welcome." she replied with a smirk.

"Hey, don't get your hopes up. That check point back there, that was the city's last defence. If that was overrun chances are the city's too." Jorge explained.

"Yeah, unless they figured out some other way to keep the Cranks out." Athena replied, almost bitterly looking out the window.

As the group turned their head to look, Jorge immediately stopped the car.

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