Where the Dead Men Lie (The Secret Apocalypse)
“ CHAPTER 11 There’s no doubt we were dying of thirst. We weren’t thinking about this at the time because we were too preoccupied with not being eaten alive. But now that I look back?
Yeah.
We were slowly dying.
We had been running through the night, along the dried out creek bed for hours on end. Twenty freakin miles.
Eventually we stopped; we needed to rest, even if for just a few minutes. Daniel did not like the idea of stopping out in the open. He did not like it one bit. He wanted to push on. Of course he did, I thought. He's a Special Forces soldier. He's tough as nails. He'd been trained to deal with this kind of situation.
The rest of us? We were barely coping.
"They can't go on anymore," Kenji said, referring to the non-soldiers of the group. "They can't." "They can," Daniel replied. "We have to keep moving. Staying still, staying in the one place will get us killed." "They're not goddamn Navy Seals. We have to rest." "Hey," I said, trying to catch my breath. "Did… did anyone... see the dreadlocked woman?MoreLess
Yeah.
We were slowly dying.
We had been running through the night, along the dried out creek bed for hours on end. Twenty freakin miles.
Eventually we stopped; we needed to rest, even if for just a few minutes. Daniel did not like the idea of stopping out in the open. He did not like it one bit. He wanted to push on. Of course he did, I thought. He's a Special Forces soldier. He's tough as nails. He'd been trained to deal with this kind of situation.
The rest of us? We were barely coping.
"They can't go on anymore," Kenji said, referring to the non-soldiers of the group. "They can't." "They can," Daniel replied. "We have to keep moving. Staying still, staying in the one place will get us killed." "They're not goddamn Navy Seals. We have to rest." "Hey," I said, trying to catch my breath. "Did… did anyone... see the dreadlocked woman?MoreLess
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