My first challenge was wheels. If I was going to canvas Abbotsville seeking place to stay, I needed wheels. The local paper had numerous ads for used ...vehicles. But first was a visit to the bank that held my investments. They had a branch on Pine Street. Three hours later, all my accounts and investments were transferred to Abbotsville. I now had access to my funds and could buy a vehicle. It was late, so I decided I would look for wheels, tomorrow.By eleven the next morning, I was the owner of. She was great looking, smart, witty and had a wild sense of humor. She was fun to be with, but for the first time in my life I was with a girl that I was unsure of. She seemed to like me well enough; my class ring hung on a chain around her neck as the sign that we were going steady, but it was unlike any other time I'd had a steady girlfriend.There was kissing, but no "Frenching." When we hugged I could feel her try to hold herself far enough away from me so that certain body parts did not. They were now sort of a well-trained Survival group that mirrored many of the other Survivor groups already doing their best to avoid the Military sweep units and Looters like they had started out as back in the beginning.Just past the foothills, they ran into some small detachments of a Survivor's group that had apparently been successfully on the run for quite a while. His scouts reported to him that the group was comprised of three main sections with an outer perimeter of heavily armed. ”“Mmmm, yes, he is at the moment, but not for long! I’m taking steps to bring that cocky bitch boy under my control. He’s being dosed with the same drugs you’ve been given.”“Drugs? What drugs?!?” Cloud asked reflexively. That explained the nausea when he woke up.“It’s not important” Scarlet said flippantly before downing the rest of her drink. She set the glass aside on the bar before turning back to Cloud. She strode forward and parked her tall, curvy body just two feet from him. Scarlet.