When Josef smiled at Chloe, she gave a quick smile back to him before she looked back down at the ground. The idea of staying with a bunch of other people in a remote place far away from the city seemed like a good idea, but she still had her doubts. What if there wasn’t enough food for all of them, how long would the group last before they fought and decided to split. Where would she go then? She pulled her knees up to her chest as her stomach began to hurt. She couldn’t lie though; she was looking forward to meeting more friendly people.

As they got farther away from the city, she held her knees tighter. All of her weapons were still just sitting on the ground back at the Pepsi center. In fact at this point, the military had probably picked it up already. As a plan began to be spoken of Chloe’s eyes widened. What if they looked in the back and saw her and Josef? After a moment she moved back to the seat that she had been place in when they had been captured before, putting her hands behind her back. There wasn’t much that she could do about the actual plan, but if someone tried to look in the back, the least she could do was play the part of a prisoner.

They came to a stop, and Chloe closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. She really hoped that they would get by without a hassle but considering how things had turned out for them today that seemed unlikely. Things seemed to be going on all right until the doctor began to tell his lie. Her eyes widened but she kept quiet. He suggested that they look in the back and Chloe clenched her fists tightly. She didn’t like this at all. He pushed so much that she wondered if he really was on their side or was just playing a part.

Even after they had made it past the fences Chloe stayed quiet just glaring at the ground. Could she trust these people? The doctor had just put them in a lot of danger, though she had to give it to him, they had made it past the soldiers. Not to mention Joan who had been reckless enough to go into a heavy militarized area alone. She wondered why she hadn’t just left when she had the chance but there was something about these people that made her want to stay and she couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was. 

Finally when they were out of danger, Chloe stood up. She wanted to hit the doctor for doing something so reckless but held herself back. “Next stop is this safe house I hope.” She said. It was getting hard to handle all of this anxiety that would calm and then be brought back up suddenly right when she thought she was in the clear.