Where to next?

"Finding my teammates..." Mia muttered, averting her eyes as she immersed herself in her thoughts. She then raised her face and looked at me with hope brimming in her eyes. "Do you know how to do it?"

Staring into her expectation-filled face... was nearly painful. Because contrary to the omnipotent me that Mia had the picture of in her mind, I didn't really have any quirky or genius way of completing that task. 

"To be frank, I don't have that much of an idea," I replied, shaking my head sideways. "Before the apocalypse, I could ask around at some places..." I muttered, only to run down the list of all the people that I helped in the past and the people that helped me. 

Then, my face darkened. 

"But it likely won't work in this world anymore," Mia sighed before saying her piece. "Right?" 

Her guess, logically speaking, was correct. And yet, something at the very bottom of my soul refused to agree with the girl.