As Tim headed down the beachhead he pulled his tie off and dropped it on the sand before unbuttoning the collar of his shirt and rubbing his neck. His eyes danced over the man and woman with him. It was apparent they didn't know each other or where they were.

[color=0054a6]"You're both awake, good; I was just about to wake you. I haven't been up long myself. I'm Tim."[/color] he introduced himself. [color=0054a6]"But, to answer your question, no; I have no idea where we are. I've never even seen a place like this in the movies, let alone in person. I was just up the hill there and in the distance there is a mountain, but that's it. I don't see anything else but sand in any other direction. I'm afraid I'm really not a very good judge of distance but I wanna say maybe ten to fifteen miles of sand between us and that mountain. There was some kind of red haze at the base of the mountain but I couldn't tell what it was." 

"It also looks like the tide is rising. It's moved about 5 feet up the beach since I woke up. I don't get the pink clouds but it means the desert won't be bad, I hope. We can't stay here. You guys head for that mountain?"[/color] he asked gesturing over his right shoulder with a thumb.

Tim turned back around and started for the beachhead without waiting for a response and stopped. [color=0054a6]"Where'd my tie go?"[/color] he didn't actually want to bring it with him, but with nothing out here it perplexed him that it disappeared. He ran over to where he dropped it and saw the last tip of the tie disappear under the sand. He screwed up his face and said [color=0054a6]"I guess we aren't actually alone out here."[/color]