[i]Previously on Among the Ruined... A tense moment passed between the two groups. It was silent, everyone waiting on Abram to make a call. However, before he could say anything, Jace spoke up, asking, "Have I met you before?" He was looking at Samantha, squinting at her features. Tina gave him an annoyed look before giving the girl a closer look herself. She did look a little familiar, in fact-- "Are you Sam?" Caleb asked, confirming Tina's thoughts. The girl looked enough like Scarlett to be related to her, and that Scarlett had been looking for possibly meant that this was the one. "And the girl you're all looking for... is her name Scarlett?" Caleb added, connecting the dots further. --- They were resting for the night...Tomorrow they would venture out and do something great. Soon indeed. They were hot on the tail. Soon they would find them and take Emma back. Well...Rescue. Danny entering in cause Rob to put his feet on the ground. Danny rushing in never meant a good thing. Especially since as soon as he started to speak a explosion rang in his ears. And the building jumped like a frightened cat. Causing Rob to wack his head off the wall. Though the wall did make sure that he certainly kept his balance for the next explosion. "Shit, Come on everyone!" --- A deep bang and rumble shook the building, causing Danny to almost fall to his feet. A second occurred soon after, sending Shannon beside him falling to her knees. Before Danny could even understand what was happening, he realized he smelled smoke. "Fuck! Everyone out! We have to evacuate the building!" --- Scarlett asked him to lower his head, so he did so obediently. He felt a flush rise up from his, heating his face and turning it red. Maybe Scarlett would think it was red from the hot water, or maybe she really would think he was drunk. Was he drunk? "Scarlett," he said, reaching up and gently taking one of her hands. "Just leave it, okay?" Silence. Tyler's head was still lowered, even with Scarlett's. He wasn't sure if this was a right or wrong thing to do, but Tyler figured he hadn't cared about that for a long time now. Gently, ever so slowly, he leaned in to kiss her. --- Her breath caught. No.... It couldn't... be... But it was. It was him. Tears flooded her eyes. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. "Fl..." she stammered breathlessly, almost afraid to move in case this was a dream. After all this time... all the weeks and months of searching... "Floyd..." she whispered. Suddenly her heart burst in her chest. Pure joy erupted from inside of her, bubbling over in the tears that flooded down her cheeks. Ben let out a squeal just as she screamed. "FLOYD!" [/i] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b]Katie - Motel - Scarlett[/b] Katie bounced happily towards Scarlett's room. She had practiced shooting the day before, and hated it. But it had made her daddy happy so she had done it for him. But that didn't mean she wouldn't try to avoid it in the future. But right now she was going to have 'girl time' with Scarlett. It would be fun to be all girly for the first time in... a long time. She giggled excitedly at the thought of having her hair done. And with the new clothes that Scarlett had found things were looking very good now. Was this place going to be their new home? She hoped so. She didn't want to move around anymore. Here they had rooms and bathrooms and no mean people or monsters, for now, but even if some appeared her daddy and Scarlett would make them go away. She had her daddy, she had Scarlett, she had her kitten and a Liam and a George. Life was good. Skipping up to the door, Katie knocked. "Scarlett?" she called in a little girl sing-song voice, waiting with a big smile for when she opened the door. --- [b]Heather - Hell - Hank, Jennifer[/b] They had been rejected. Half of their group had been taken from them, but they were the rejects. Her... Hank... Jennifer... they were being sent back to hell... The monsters beat Hank until he stopped yelling. There was nothing she or Jennifer could do. The ride back was silent. Even though her blindfold was on, Heather could tell where Jennifer was by the sniffling, still heartbroken over her loss. Shifting slowly, Heather tried to move towards Jennifer but ended up falling over when the truck hit a bump. Inching on her stomach, she managed to make her way towards her friend, laying her head on her legs to let her know she was there. Then Heather swung her own legs around til they were touching someone that had to be Hank. The physical contact wasn't much, but it showed what she couldn't say : that they were all still together, still connected. Exhausted by her efforts, Heather could only lay there. Who knew what would happen to them now? Well no... she knew what would happen to her and Jennifer... And Hank... Hank would likely be put to work or beaten for these monster's sick pleasure. Mostly like both. It was enough to make you wonder what the point was in living anymore. Surely life would be better as a mindless zombie then this. And Heather was already halfway there now.