Luke looked around as the car stopped and carefully slid Ash off his lap, getting out along with Marshall, looking as the other guy spoke softly to Sophia before he approached Luke. “Sure man, you know I’ve got your back any time. All you have to do is ask.” He answered quickly, and without thought. However the option of bringing Ash or not left him to pause for a moment. He knew he didn’t have much time to think about it, since Marshall wanted to be off now but he was torn. That would leave Ash, Maria, Sophia and Katelyn here alone with Autumn.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Autumn, well he was still unsure on that point. But he was concerned about leaving four girls with just one guy to protect them. However he had no clue how dangerous this trip would be, and Marshall was counting on him to have his back. He wasn’t sure he could do that effectively trying to protect Ash. In the end he decided to change the way he was thinking slightly. He wasn’t leaving Ash with one guy, he was leaving her with four capable adults. “Just give me one minute man, I’ll catch up.” He called as he quickly walked up to Autumn.

“I’m gonna leave Ash here with you guys okay? I… I’m trusting you to make sure nothing happens to her.” He gave the man a small smile, remembering that he was trying to wipe the slate clean. This would be the test to see if he could trust him or not he supposed. He then turned and told Ash he’d be back really soon and that nothing would happen to her. Standing up he walked over to the girls, checking in to see how far ahead Marshall had gotten. “Be safe, both of you okay?” He asked before turning and quickly running off after Marshall.

“Sorry about that, just…. Had to make sure everything was taken care of back there.” He said as they quickly made it to the gas station. Once there they raided it for anything left. Luke didn’t find much that could be useful to them as people, but a lot of people had overlooked car care items like oil and parts sold there. “All I could find, let’s hope someone knows how to fix cars hu?” He laughed softly. “Don’t worry about it. I’ve got your back.” He assured him.

The pair moved outside and Marshall suggested they split up into two cars. Once again Luke felt on edge about the idea of splitting them up from the group, but decided it was something he could worry about later and he began moving from car to car syphoning fuel, until he heard someone shout. A human voice. Instantly he moved to Marshall’s side. He wasn’t sure what a machete could do in a situation like this, since both the others had guns but who knew. However Marshall seemed to have the situation entirely under control and Luke agreed with pretty much everything he said.

There was no need for him to speak up right now, no need to let this man know they had a kid or a couple of young ladies with them. Marshall’s estimate of ten was a lot safer. “We don’t want trouble.” He eventually called, looking to Marshall briefly. “We just want to take our stuff and drive out of here. There’s no need for a confrontation.”