“I think I just met the happiest person in the world!” Chance exclaimed bewildingly, walking back from across the desert road.
“Oh yeah?” Derek’s uninterested tone floating back.
“Well given the fucked situation we’re in, he seemed to be doing ar’ight - I mean man, just talking to him you can feel his contemptment, you know” Chance says, feeling a new found energy in his body as if he’s been charged to full capacity.
Undressing his shirt as Chance skips back to the car in the sweltering heat, beads of sweat rolling down his body coating his skin like gloss.
“What like Ghandi” Derek snarks back. Shrugging off the oddities of this mysterious man in the far field of the desert roads, Derek had no interest in knowing how anyone could be happy in their current situation. “Did you get any useful information from the guy though?” He questions Chance. Fearing Chance did not in fact talk about anything of importance.
Chance continues in his awe of the man he just met. Perching his body next to Derek on the hood of the car,. “I mean fuck, maybe he’s lost it.” “I don’t know man but it’s inspiring you know.” “Stuck in the middle of the desert, in this god forsaken heat, nothing but a shotgun and he’s just… happy” pondering on his recent encounter. Chance cocking his head up, stares beyond the clouds into the sky as if he’s looking directly at God himself.
“Look I don’t give a fuck about this Buddha, fucking saint, fucking whatever happy man. Did you get information on where the safe zone is or not!” Dereks irritability creeping up on him.
“Relax” Chance exhales taking a deep breath in and out.
“Dude I’m not playing, stop with this philosophy shit.” Starting to get agitated by the heat and the time constraints, Derek lights a cigarette.
Chance snapping out of his amusement, starting to climb off the hood of the car “Yeah, he said something about there being a safe zone on the south board 70 miles from here or something”
“Good. We have to get there before this place gets infected, it’s coming in pretty fast from the east we barely escaped from the last town man.” Pressure flowing out Derek’s body as he exhales his cigarette.
The air thick with heat, driven with eagerness to survive the guys climb into the car and start to head towards the south board.
