Denise's limp wasn't too much of an inconvenience for TJ to deal with. After all that she had been through TJ was relieved that a limp was the worse physical side effect that Denise appeared to be dealing with. TJ knew though that that psychological damage could take longer for her to deal with. TJ made another mental note but this was to recommend a good friend of his to Denise. His friend was a therapist who could help Denise sort through her feelings if necessary. TJ was hopeful that the others were not dealing with issues similar to Denise's issues. He realized that Joe could very well be dead by now, and that was a burden he would have to accept if he was. However, TJ was more concerned about his crew at this point.

Coming upon the scene at the vehicles TJ's mouth hung open for a few seconds. He looked around and said, "Mama said there'd be days like this." TJ closed his eyes for a moment to gather his thoughts and then reopened them to take in the scene. TJ said, "The scratching on the side of the door is meant to make us believe that this could be a spiritual attack. However, I beg to differ." TJ walked over to the SUV and said, "First off how would a spirit or entity not of our dimension know what lines to rip out? Or how to open a hood to? Or which pieces of our gear to wipe out? Not to mention..." TJ shined his flashlight into the SUV and said, "A lot of these lines are cut. What kind of spirit needs to cut something? No this was deliberate sabotage." 

Upon hearing the options of either stay where they were or leave out on foot TJ said, "Staying here is the safer of the two options actually. Whoever did this to our gear is still out there. I have the feeling that some of these people look at the movie 'Deliverance' is a 'how-to' movie, and I would hate to think that someone like that is out there waiting for us. Besides trying to navigate a rocky road at night not exactly a smart move." Nodding TJ said, "However in the daylight we have better odds. The main road is less than four miles from here and our cell phone signals would improve significantly in the wide open areas." TJ took a deep breath as reality was sinking in and said, "Any documentation or evidence that we gather is a bonus or not even a blip on the radar right now. Priority one is our survival. Not that it hasn't been already, but now it's on a whole different level." 

TJ paced for a couple of steps and said. "All right here's my suggestions at this point. First off we gather whatever gear is working and we prepare to stay the night inside the orphanage. It's not an ideal situation but at least it's four walls and a roof. Second, we gather whatever gear we can that is still working and see if we can possibly coble it together to form some kind of perimeter defense or an alarm. Third we stay in pairs under all circumstances. If you go to the bathroom your partner goes in there with you. Modesty is a moot point now. Get over it right now because surviving the night is goal number one. Forth, we sleep in shifts. First team is on from 9pm thru midnight. Second team midnight to three, and the last team is on from three to six. 6am we all get up grab a granola bar and some water and whatever gear we can carry and we try to make it to the main road. Lastly, if your team is on watch your phone is on power save mode only. If your team isn't on watch cut the phone off. We need as much battery power as we can get for when we try to leave tomorrow." 

TJ looked around and if not, "Any questions or suggestions? Or a better idea? Then I suggest three of us put our driver's licenses in my hat and the other three will draw at random to see who is paired up with whom for the time being." Looking around one last time he asked, "Anyone else got anything to add?"