chapter twelve
Author: Mydas
last update2024-07-05 19:04:43

"Is everything alright?" Rick asked, looking at Lisa. "I think we need to go on foot from here." Lisa turned back to meet the gazes of Jack and Rick. "Why?" Jack asked, feeling a little scared. "Why do we need to go on foot?" Rick asked, leaving Jack at the rear end. "Do you see this?" Lisa showed Rick a part of the map. "We need to go on foot so that we won't attract any hordes when going. Also, we don't want to make the same mistake we made when we went to check the hospital out."

Rick nodded and looked at Jack. "We might need to set out on foot from here on. Don't worry, we are going to be fine," Rick said with a smile, noticing the look on Jack's face. "Have you gotten any message from the system on what to do next? We can't just continue living in this shithole." Lisa said, grabbing her backs and things. "I haven't. I think the last message I got was when we were giving out an SUV van. That was the last time it reached out to me." Rick replied

Jack looked at them and was lost.
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