Lyssa strolled down the street of Refuge from her house down the way. She’d been told of a scavenging mission that was happening today and was currently on her way to enlist for it. That was one thing that kept her mind off of the things she didn’t want to think about, such as; the death of her fiancé and not knowing if the rest of her family was alive. An image of their faces as she was leaving Germany flashed across her mind suddenly, making her mood go from decent to sad pretty quickly. With a sigh, she quickly pushed that thought to the farthest part of her mind and continued to walk on.  

Her music was playing quietly though her headphones, but she then turned up the volume to the highest level it would go. Music was good at drowning out her thoughts and letting her enjoy the day. Only sucky thing about it was that she couldn’t hear anyone, which usually resulted in them scaring the hell out of her when they needed something. Despite that, she still hadn’t learned to actually leave an ear bud out so she could hear. [i]You’d think I’d learn,[/i] was something she thought every time it happened. 

“Hey Elijah!” She said, waving at the soldier as she approached. She was surprised to see how many vehicles were lined up to leave. They usually didn’t have that many when going on a regular scavenging mission. “Dejah did say we were going out pretty far today.” She muttered to herself, remembering some of the details one of her roommates had given her the night before. She had accidentally missed the meeting they had about this scavenging meeting, causing her to hear second hand what was said, instead of knowing it already.

“May I join in on this today?” She finally asked Elijah as she approached him outside the Command Center. “And is it true we are going out to The Commons today?” She asked, curious on the adventure they were going out on. She had been doing scavenging missions for a bit now, but had only gone to The Commons once or twice since she came to Refuge. Just thinking of going that far out made the hair on the back of her neck stick up. It was a little exciting going out there, but it was scary as well. The farther out they went, the less time they had to gather supplies before it turned dark. Getting stuck out there in the dark, with ghouls, was not something any of them wanted. Moving quick was going to be key for this mission.