Post by Tamara "Steel Wolf" Lyell on Apr 10, 2016 14:37:03 GMT -5
(OOC: This thread takes place several days after the events in "In The Calm Of Night")
Well, we're past the Magic Line, Tegan mused as the four-truck convoy darted underneath the Crossview View Expressway; looking out the passenger window as the vehicles swiftly jutted past abandoned vehicles and numerous decayed remains, she thought about the scouting run they were on, the first such scout run Rikers Island had embarked on in several months. Though the Hive had tons of knowledge on most parts of the Five Boroughs - Manhattan and Staten Island notwithstanding - they didn't know much about everything east of the Crossview and that worried both Tegan, who was now the Island's Lead Scavenger - and Daniel, the Island's new Combat Overseer, she thought, remembering that in the Island's early days, Daniel had led many a Scout Run. He's also the last of the Scouts on the Island, she morosely added in her mind as they passed under another of Long Island's ubiquitous bridges.
"Tegan, we're coming up on the Crossland; what do you want us to do?" came a voice over the radio; reaching over to grab the rover, she spoke. "We're staying on the LIE, Bam, all the way out to Jericho, Long Island," pausing to unfold a map of Long Island. After orientating where she thought they were at with the map, she continued on. "Alright, everyone, when we get to Jericho Point, we'll stop, catch our bearings, then head back west to the Island. Tegan out."
Putting the radio back in the center dash, she glanced over at the driver and added, "This is probably the first time anyone from the Hive's made a trip this far out; hopefully, all of us will get back safe and sound," adding in her mind, hopefully, I haven't put us out on too far of a limb to get back from...
Well, we're past the Magic Line, Tegan mused as the four-truck convoy darted underneath the Crossview View Expressway; looking out the passenger window as the vehicles swiftly jutted past abandoned vehicles and numerous decayed remains, she thought about the scouting run they were on, the first such scout run Rikers Island had embarked on in several months. Though the Hive had tons of knowledge on most parts of the Five Boroughs - Manhattan and Staten Island notwithstanding - they didn't know much about everything east of the Crossview and that worried both Tegan, who was now the Island's Lead Scavenger - and Daniel, the Island's new Combat Overseer, she thought, remembering that in the Island's early days, Daniel had led many a Scout Run. He's also the last of the Scouts on the Island, she morosely added in her mind as they passed under another of Long Island's ubiquitous bridges.
"Tegan, we're coming up on the Crossland; what do you want us to do?" came a voice over the radio; reaching over to grab the rover, she spoke. "We're staying on the LIE, Bam, all the way out to Jericho, Long Island," pausing to unfold a map of Long Island. After orientating where she thought they were at with the map, she continued on. "Alright, everyone, when we get to Jericho Point, we'll stop, catch our bearings, then head back west to the Island. Tegan out."
Putting the radio back in the center dash, she glanced over at the driver and added, "This is probably the first time anyone from the Hive's made a trip this far out; hopefully, all of us will get back safe and sound," adding in her mind, hopefully, I haven't put us out on too far of a limb to get back from...