Doomsday

Tanner climbed up after them, finally relaxing his body and taking caution into not putting anymore pressure onto his bruised back. He turned to the two and flashed a toothy grin, a first for him. This family was now safe and sound thanks to everyone's efforts, and that made his conscience all the more clearer. Although he had to leave someone behind, it was worth seeing this family leaving Tucson alive and together.

"Hey, I didn't think we'd get this far."

He then turned to look at Kirsten and knew that the girl probably would be traumatized right now. His eyes turned to her protective brother.

"We're safe now," he told Alan. "Once we're out of the city, we can go on living worry-free for a good while as long as we play our cards right."

Tatum teared up slightly after realizing that he came in just the nick of time. He didn't want to think of what would happen if they didn't make it. They were going to be more mouths to feed, but everyone in that pickup are who he's going to consider family for now on. He swore to protect them.

He pressed his foot on the pedal and went as fast as he could out of the city.

"Agreed." Alan said with a nod, unable to help his own grin that formed. "Hopefully this whole thing will blow over soon, and we can get back to our normal lives."

His gaze traveled to Kirsten, who had busied herself with studying her leg. "And some people can get some Dairy Queen." he said with a smile. Kirsten's head perked up at the mention of Dairy Queen, causing Alan to chuckle.

He released a deep sigh, showing the effects of the day on him as he just felt glad to be safe.

(Gonna use Evan since Alan was the last post)

Upon exiting the store, Logan was met with the sight of Chris and Kyle still arguing.

"Dude, what are you talking about? Goku would kick Superman's ass."

"Get your shit together, man. Superman can't freaking die!"

"Yes he can! Kryptonite will kill him, dumb ass."

"Yeah, but Goku wouldn't want to win that way. He'd want a fair fight. And Superman would beat that ass in a fair fight."

"Screw you."

"Screw you twice."

They finally noticed Logan and turned to her.

"Ah, all done?" asked Kyle. "Good, then let's get you in our lovely van. We even have ice-cream!"

Kyle and Chris proceeded to a white van that was parked nearby IKEA. One by one, the raiders piled in until it was just one more that still had his gun trained on Logan.

"After you, little girl." the raider said, cocking his shotgun.

Logan looked around once outside, but quickly looked over at the two men to keep her gaze away from the bodies outside Ikea.

She stood there quietly for a while as she listened to them, rolling her eyes slightly at their argument which she deemed stupid.

Eventually they noticed her though, and she listened before narrowing her eyes a little at the ones ice cream comment.

As they moved to the van she slowly followed, watching as they all got in except for one.

She listened to him, and shook her head slightly when he cocked the gun, before slowly climbing in.

As the last raider climbed in after Logan, they shut the van doors.

"Does this make us pedophiles?" asked one of the raiders.

"Shut up." replied another.

The van started up and took off shortly after they piled in.

"So, are we bringing her to Slade, Chris?" asked Kyle.

"Nah, Slade is out of town right now. That's why he sent us, remember? We were already in town. Right now we're taking her to the rendezvous."

"The rendezvous? What's that?"

"It's a place where you agree to meet up and-"

"I know what a fucking rendezvous is. I'm asking when did you and Slade agree to a rendezvous without me."

"Oh, well we agreed to it right before we left. You didn't hear?"

"What? No."

"Well I know that the phone was pretty quiet, but you still should've heard it."

"You were on the phone?!"

"Yeah, why?"

"That's why I didn't hear anything about a rendezvous, you dumb ass! You were on the phone!"

"Oh, yeah that's right."

"Unbelievable."

There was a notable pause in their conversation as the van continued driving along the same road that Tatum's truck did.

(Gonna freeze here since we can't get there before Tatum and the crew do. Feel free to reply though)

Logan shuddered when she heard the word pedophiles, but tried not to focus on it as she settled down wherever they would let her sit. She sat there quietly looking at her knees as she listened to them, rubbing her arms as she was still in shock from everything.

After several minutes of riding in silence, she slowly looked up at the nearest raider. "W-What are you guys going to d-do to me...?" She asked quietly and a bit nervously.

(Alright)

The raider didn't reply to her question, instead opting to look over her entire body with a creepily hungry glance, not unlike a hungry wolf that just captured its prey. In fact, most of the raiders in the van held that same gaze as they looked her over.

Kyle glanced back from the passenger seat, seemingly uncaring of the looks that the raiders were giving her.

"Oh, we're gonna do so many things to you, sweet pea. Don't worry, it'll only hurt at first."

"Shut up, man. You actually sound like a pedophile." said Chris as he snickered.

"What? I mean, knowing Slade, he'll have a good ol' time with this one. What's stopping us from pulling over and doing a little somethin' somethin'?" asked Kyle.

"Me. I'm not stopping for a damn thing, unless you're ready to explain to Slade why we're late." replied Chris.

"Alright, alright, fine. But I still get first crack at her."

"Dude."

"I'm just saying, man. Look at dat ass!"

"You know what Kyle? Sometimes I wish you never survived that surgery."

"Heh, me too man. Me too."

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Kyle continued conversing with Chris as they drove, but the raider closest to her suddenly cupped Logan's face roughly with one hand.

"Kinda small, isn't she?" he asked. "Maybe we should rough her up a bit. My wife left me recently, and I really need a way to...vent." The other raiders shared a laugh, but one slapped his hand away.

"Hands off. Boss wants the treasure in pristine condition." he said in a cold tone. The raider gave a sharp 'hmph' before crossing his arms.

"You're no fun, Isaiah." he said. "You know how many of us haven't seen a woman in years?"

"She's a freaking kid, you sick bastard." replied Isaiah. "Save your desires for your porn mags."

The raiders shared a collective 'Ooh' at Isaiah's insult. It certainly seemed to shut the raider up. Silence filled the van again, except for Kyle and Chris' musings.

Logan's whole body began shaking as she listened to them talk about her. It was quite obvious she was fighting back tears as she moved as far away as she could.

She pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, mumbling to herself as she tried to remain calm.

She kept her gaze on as many of the men as she could, terrified they would touch her if she looked away even though they were told no.