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“I know…. I’ve always hated the nightmares though….” Ian drank from the bottle giving a nod of thanks. Since Aren knew when check in was exactly it confirmed Ian’s thoughts that the other had once had connections to the military that ran their city,

The man in the bear trap made a desperate sound when he realized his mistake, his head wound slightly bleeding form how rough Ian had hit him. “You can’t just leave me here!” his voice faded as they moved further away.

“You don’t store things in those tunnels… whatever you store would be over run with the fungus….If he did store something…. It must be something he doesn't care about…. Or he just wanted to get rid of that guy without pulling the trigger himself….” Ian was grumbling to himself as they moved.

Ian set a slightly faster pace than yesterday, they passed the entrance to the tunnels with the fungia swiftly and quietly, you never know if someone had been infected overnight. It took less time once they went back up the fire escape in the alley they had first encountered that man in Ian hoisting Aren up with ease as they moved through the office building. Ian wondered if the other man was getting enough to eat… before he shook his head, reminding himself that he had his brother to look after… no time to think about anyone else.

Soon enough they were back at the car that Ian had gotten his rifle from and he carefully placed it back, grabbed some of the apples from the tree and then he and Aren where back inside the old clothing store and Ian was moving the floor boards that lead to the tunnel that would take them back to the apartment. Ian poked his head out of the hole before he pulled himself up and then helped Aren up, looking at the old but still working clock on the wall in the storage closet and saw that they had about 20 minutes till the check in.

“We’re clear…. Cutting it to close…” Ian said as he dusted himself off and pushed his ginger colored locks out of his face.