What have you done to my friends?

Another day and night had passed, and V had kept her promise. Though she had warned Alex about the danger, he was about to face it as they moved ever closer to the belly of the beast. She did not directly intervene. For her, Alex was more of a curiosity than a friend, and if he wanted to get himself killed, then she would not stop him.

As Alex and his party officially entered the strip, with varying confidence, they noticed that there was currently not a monster in sight. They immediately thought it odd because the location was known by many as the heart of the monster kingdom in the Mojave. 

The group of misfits took advantage of the lack of threats to scavenge for some much-needed supplies; considering the strip was completely overtaken by the monsters during the initial crisis that followed the fracture; they felt as if they might be able to find some untouched loot.