Fragments Chapter 18 Page 18

around: So they didn’t starve… but where the hell did they go?

He looks across to the shop where Tommy secured the food and starts to piece together the decisions he would have made if he were with them: Get the ladder… Get food… make a plan to get to the docks.

He then notices something else, another familiar shape – Mikey! He runs to it and picks it up to examine if it was damaged. It’s stained with blood but nothing he couldn’t deal with. Reaching into his backpack he takes out a fresh magazine and replaces the empty one, then cocks it and looks through the scope to make sure everything was still in good working order. He’d come out with a sword and a rifle and now had two of each.