883 A Night Out Of New Eden

After settling things with Jack, Alex started calling other people whom he knew he could trust. Some of them he'd met before; others were just friends online.

However, putting your life at stake with someone backing you up, even if it was in a game, often gave you all the information you needed about someone.

The following eight hours blew past them, and they only realized what time it was when their stomachs started rumbling, and they saw it was dark outside.

"Yikes. I barely saw today pass…" Kary said, looking at the clock.

"Yeah, same. I guess now we know what to expect when shit hits the fan for real. There will be days when we don't have time to stop. This might very well become our everyday lifestyle in the near future…" Alex said, his eyes fazing out of focus.

Kary punched him in the arm.