[I]"Guess J shoulda been more clear about where she invited you to."[/I] Nathan responded to Doc when the doctor was confused about the toilet paper dilemma. [I]"See those mountains behind me?"[/I] Nathan asked Doc as he began rowing again. [I]"We're headed there to re-stock on food and propane that we keep hidden in one of the mini caves near the mountain pass."[/I]

[B][I]"Thiago wanted to keep the family's necessities in a secret location for storage and emergencies. If raiders attacked us, then they wouldn't be able to find all of our food and important supplies."[/I][/B] Joan explained to Doc.

Both Nathan and Joan looked at Doc like he was a little crazy when he mentioned the whispering dead in his dreams, and Nathan was the first to speak up. [I]"Dreams are just sleep illusions Doctor."[/I] He found it odd that he had to explain to someone far older than him that dreams had no real significance. [I]"Anyways, trekking across this lake might seem like an inconvenience to us, but the mountains are the only way to keep the food preserved in Gabrielle's natural cooler."[/I]

[I][B]"What do they whisper?"[/B][/I] Joan curiously asked Doc with a highly interested look on her face. Unlike Nathan, she was less of a skeptic toward dream symbolism and she was anxious to know what Doc was speaking of.

The paddle boat arrived at the mountain's edge, and Nathan was the first to hop out onto the shore. He would've offered a hand to Joan, but he was not the gentleman type like Josef was. Joan checked to see if her automatic pistol was loaded before stepping off the boat herself. She stared off toward the mountain pass and scanned the area to see if there was any threatening movement. Nathan waited for the Doc to get out before reaching back down inside the floor of the boat to retrieve his own weapon. When he leaned back up, sharp hedge shears were visible in his hands. [I]"Have to improvise at times like these..."[/I] Nathan said to them with a smirk. He hadn't grabbed a weapon for Doc, because he wasn't planning for him to come. [I]"I would stay near us if I were you."[/I] Nathan said to the doctor, as he began to lead the way down the mountain pass. There were high shrubs and large rock formations as they walked and there were so many risks for a biter to jump out from behind at any time. Joan and Nathan walked on either side of Doc and Doc stayed in the middle just in case. Joan kept her gun raised and focused it at any corner or boulder that they had to pass. It wasn't too long before the three made it too a crowd of large rocks that seemed to be leaning against each other and in-between was a small opening that seemed too tight to squeeze through. Nathan walked to the side of it where a hidden, more reasonable opening existed. Once inside, there was an opening on the side of the cave's roof that let in sun light and it partially lit up all of the supplies. There were a good amount of propane tanks, a month's collection of canned food, and even back up fuel. Since the Doc had joined them, it would only take one trip to the boat and they'd be ready to row back to the house. Joan knelt down carefully to begin stacking as many cans as she could, but then she stopped with an intense pain in her shin. 

[B][I]"Tried to forget about that..."[/B][/I] She mumbled when she looked down at the bruise, and reached for the cans. [B][I]"Huh?"[/B][/I] She said and stopped again to reach inside her pocket. When she discovered what it was, she smiled at the guys, [B][I]"I know what we're having for dinner tonight."[/B][/I] Joan held up a pack of hotdogs and remembered that she took them from that hotel in Denver. She left one pack in her pocket as a reminder and left the other packs in the truck.

[I]"Fuck yes."[/I] Nathan said and his mouth began to water. [I]"It's been too long..."[/I] He said, thinking about the New York Style Dogs that he use to eat back home. Nathan walked over to the back of the cave where several icey, rock shelves were that made up Gabrielle's natural cooler. The vegetables and jams were stored in jars that were sealed tight to preserve them better. Nathan asked the Doc to grab a few jars and he himself grabbed two tanks of propane. It wasn't long before they made it back to the boat and they filled up the boat quite nicely with the supplies. Joan was going to hop back inside to leave until Nathan stopped her with his words, [I]"What the fuckkk...."[/I] That's when Nathan grabbed Joan's gun out of her hand and dropped his shears on the ground, before racing back toward the mountain pass. Joan's eyebrow's rose and she was starting to feel pissed off very quickly as she watched him run off with her gun. He stopped behind one of the high boulders and peeked behind with the gun aimed toward a mountain ledge. 

[B][I]"What the hell are you doing?.."[/B][/I] Joan asked as calmly as possible before clenching her fists. She was not very happy at this point and Nathan had better have a good answer. Nathan put his finger to his lips and swayed his hand to signal for the Doc and Joan to get behind the boulder. Joan tried her hardest to keep her cool, but she really wanted to punch him in the back of his head.

 Nathan stayed peeking behind the boulder for a good while before turning back around with a confused expression. [I]"I thought I saw someone."[/I] He said to them. [I]"Guess my eyes are just fucking with me."[/I]

[B][I]"Give me back my fucking gun."[/B][/I] Joan warned with a pissed off look.

The expression on Nathan's face was clearly angered and he shoved the gun back into her chest, [I]"Here, take it."[/I] He felt he was only looking out for them and he acted out of surprise. Nathan just glared at her and waited for her reaction.

Joan's eyes widened and she let the gun drop on the ground. Before she could unleash, a human figure could be seen walking in the mountain pass in Doc's vision. The figure in the distance was walking to the right in the direction where a larger cave was at.