Elle kept her eyes on the road, aimlessly looking out at the world. Up ahead further there was a small pack of infected limping along across the street. She kept her right eye on the side mirror, watching the one they'd run over. It grew further and further away, as it almost became unviewable in the side mirror she saw three infected came upon it to finish it off. As they did, she looked back as Daniel asked if they were keeping track now, mentioning the next pack.

[b]"Only if you want to keep track, it could be a bit of fun though."[/b] she chimed in. It could be something fun for them to do, a challenge of sorts between them. She gave him a slight smile, even if it was a bit forced. Some of the time she needed feel the need to smile. Who smiled when the world went to shit and you were one of the only people left?

Daniel was driving so she didn't expect him to see the smile, or to even notice that it wasn't a genuine smile. Sometimes her thoughts got the better of her but it was better with Daniel here.

[b]"How about whatever side the infected get hit on one of us gets a point?"[/b] she suggested as they grew closer to them.  There was still time however for him to avoid them. It was easier to run them over with the SUV, with the Cadillac they most often times ended up on the hood, whilst they went under the SUV. [b]"Add some speed."[/b] she said dully.

Over time she had become numb to the infected but she sometimes imagined what they were like before the virus. Were they a mother? A sister? Did they have anyone that was still uninfected?