Five Person Trip

(Andrew's POV)

"And you just shot her, because she was threatening Daniel?" I asked the man with the drifter coat.

"Yeah, why would I let her kill your friend, Daniel?" He said as he raised a brow.

"Because she may have not killed him?" I snapped.

"What if she was going to?" He said as I stopped.

'Maybe she was, why would he lie about it.' I thought.

"This isn't over, we will talk about it when Daniel is awake." I said as I walked up to his face.

I was angry and glad at the same time, glad that Daniel is alive, angry that someone had to die. I never wish that upon anyone, but if I'm forced then I will shoot my way out of situations.

I saw Daniel start to move his hands a bit so I ran towards him, he was laying down on the backseat cushions.

He was half conscious, and mumbling, I brought my left ear close to his mouth as I was standing at his right.

"The codes are hidden at the bunker, and, and, and the new age begins with them...." He mumbled.

'The fuck?' I thought to myself.

"Wake up twit." I said as shook Daniel trying to wake him up.

He mumbled more but I couldn't catch it, then he bolted up and was breathing heavily and deeply.

"Easy there mate, it's alright." I said as I placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Where am I?" He asked hastily.

"We were on the way to Manchester and we found you." I said calmly.

"Wait, Andrew." He said as he reached and hugged me.

"Yes mate, I'm right here." I hugged back.

"What happened?" He pulled away.

"Some woman may have wanted to kill you, and that guy, Matthew I think he is, he killed her before she hurt you." I explained.

"He saved my life, where is he?" Daniel said worriedly.

"He is right there, with Jenna and Aiden." I pointed at them.

"Who are the pair?"

"Friends who own the car." I smiled. "And they were on their ways to Manchester anyways, so we will get there with them."

"Yeah, Matthew, does he want to come?" Daniel said as I realized he was sweating.

"I... I don't know, we didn't ask him." I stuttered a bit.

"Don't ask him, bring him." Daniel said with a very serious expression.

I was caught off-guard by his seriousness, because I didn't know why he wanted Matthew with us, let alone demand he comes.

"That depends on what Aiden and Jenna say, they own the car after all." I said.

"Fair, but try to get them to agree." Daniel said after he laid back down.

'What does he see in this stincker?' I thought in disgust.

He closed his eyes, presumably to rest up a bit, I decided to join Aiden, Jenna and Matthew, to see what they are talking about.

"What are you going to do now, Matthew?" Asked Jenna.

"I don't know really, roam around, find supplies, sleep and repeat, what about you guys?" He asked in turn.

"We are headed to Manchester." Aiden said.

"Can I tag along?" Matthew seemed interested.

"Only if you do as we say." I jumped in.

"Consider done, Mr. Andrew." He smiled.

I hated that smile so much, 'Mr. Andrew? Who in the bloody hell calls me that?' I thought.

"Andrew, we need to get going, so get your mate up and let's hit the road." Said Aiden.

I nodded and headed back to the car where Daniel was supposed to be, only he wasn't there.

I heard shuffling coming from the open trunk, I looked around and saw him eating bread out of a plastic bag, I looked at him in annoyance.

"What? I was hungry." He justified himself.

"You can ask the owner of these things first, they aren't mine." I said as I took the bread from him and placed it back in the bag.

"He can have whatever he wants, it seems like he has been through a lot already." Jenna said from behind me.

"See? Now fuck off and let me eat." Daniel said as he took the bread again.

"Right, but be quick because we need to get going." I said.

He just nodded and stuffed his mouth with bread, I took a water bottle out of a trunk and gave it to him, he looked at it with wide eyes as he mumbled something with his full mouth, then he proceeded to open the bottle and drink it on top of his already filled mouth, water just trickled down his jaw and onto his clothes. Meanwhile, I was almost dead laughing at him. He looked so hungry and thirsty, which was funny but also sad on the other hand.

"Shut up before I shove it." Daniel said as he showed me the bottle as a threat.

"I'd like to see you try." I said as I calmed down a bit.

We gathered what we had and got into the car again, Aiden driving and Jenna as his passenger, while me, Matthew and Daniel were stuffed at the backseat. Myself on the right, Daniel in the middle and Matthew on the other side.

"Your breaths stink." Daniel said as he pointed at me and Matthew.

"Says you." Matthew said as me and him giggled at Daniel.

Aiden started the engine.

"Ready kids?" He said.

"Shut up and drive sweetie." Jenna said as she pulled him for a kiss.

"Love birds." I mumbled.

"Shut it." Jenna said as she raised her middle finger without looking.

"Y'know where it belongs." Matthew said as we all laughed out loud.

"Ugh, grow up." Daniel said.

"Right, Manchester, here we come." Aiden said as he accelerated.