Oliver shook his head. "No, I'm with my little sister and another little girl" he said. He looked back at the fox hole. "They're back there" he said. "How about you? You travelling with anyone?"

Ice nods. "I was. I told him to wait back there while I went on ahead. I don't know if he's still there or not though. I thought I saw you guys earlier and wanted to check it out. I heard your voices then. Sorry if I scared you. I just don't want to be attacked by Blades." She pauses. "Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't have called out. That would have definitely caused me to be attacked." She grins at him.

Oliver laughed. "Probably not the best idea" he said. He smiled. "Why dont you stay with us?" He asked

Ice grits her teeth and rubs her arm. "I don't know if I should... With Blades out and my stupidity, I may cause you guys to get attacked..." She grins at him. "Also, you may get cold when you're around me. My body regular body temperature is really low compared to regular people's and it affects people around me..."

"We've lived in a cave for years. We've sort of adapted to the cold" he said. "And don't worry about it. We've been attacked plenty of times. We always pull through somehow"

> Ice grits her teeth and rubs her arm. "I don't know if I should... With Blades out and my stupidity, I may cause you guys to get attacked..." She grins at him. "Also, you may get cold when you're around me. My body regular body temperature is really low compared to regular people's and it affects people around me..." "There is the safe house", said Philip. "Sorry, I came back to give you the stuff I took off of the blades I found." He pointed to the pile of gear. "But heard you say you didn't feel safe in theihe city." He reappeared and took off his mask.

Ice smiles and holds out her hand. "You've never adapted to my cold. Touch my wrist." She knew that if he did, it would be like grabbing something frozen with nitrogen, which is it being so cold that it can actually burn you. Her pale skin seems translucent in the limited amount of light. "My body is different from most. Instead of sweat, my body produces a thin layer of ice that goes over it as protective armor. An adaptation that happened after the evac three years ago. My body takes 'sweat' as 'I'm being attacked'." She looks up as the newcomer joins them. "There's a safe house in the city?" she questions. Her arm is still out there. "And who, exactly, are you?" Ice begins to form on her hands again.

Oliver looked at him. "You're the guy who patched up my arm. I never got your name" he said He looked back at ice. "Wether we adapt or not, safety in numbers right?"

"Right," Ice says, but as she drops her hand, more ice begins to form in it. She still does not trust this newcomer.

Lily nodded to Cerys. "I think we can get out of here now. They're not dangerous," she said, slowly crawling out. She picked up Bob and Dae on the way. Pip remained behind as Cerys was still lying down on top of him.

"Oh,"he said, "it's Philip. I was just watching the area for blades. Too many are out this far from the city for a cave this close to stay hidden for long, and staying in a cave with only one way in or out kind of makes you a cavaged animal in a fight. There are some caves out near the sea if you want to avoid the city, even a mine or two.

Ice takes a step back as another girl comes out. This one is younger though and doesn't seem as threatening. She still does not trust anyone at the moment, besides the Oliver guy. Philip, as he says, looks alright. Ice backs up a little bit more, nervously looking at all of them. She has never really been around this many people since the evac.

Melanie was cornered. For one of the first times in a while she was cornered by Blades. She gulped down some saliva in an attempt to clear her mind. She took a deep breath and put her left thumb and index finger together pointing to the side, her right thumb and index finger clamped down on her left, she pulled apart and a knife made of DE. She gripped it with her left hand and growled under her breath. "So, you wanted to deal with me, huh." Two charged at her at once and she threw her knife at one, it made a small explosion on him under impact, gore blasted the area around him as his right arm was missing. He was down, Melanie elbowed the second in the face and his nose erupted blood. He collapsed. The other three charged her and got so close to almost tackle her and she couldn't move. She used Destruction Beam right under her and under her it exploded, she flew through the air with limbs and blood flying behind her, she was unconscious, unknowing of where she would land.

Oliver listened to what he said and considered it.He heard rustling behind him and saw Cerys and Lily stepping out. "Thats them" he said to Ice. He notices her discomfort. "Don't worry, that's my sister and a friend" he said, hoping it would help

Maxwell opened his eyes and scratched his head. He felt heavy. He must have just passed out. Max looked at the radio which now lay on the ground, broken by the metal pipe that had landed on top of it. Fuck. Maxwell lost communication. He picked up his pipe, put the remnants of the radio in his pocket, and started to walk off towards the woods.

With Cerys off him, Pip the Big Teddy Bear scooted out of the foxhole. He took his place behind Lily and lifted her on his shoulder. She patted Bob and smiled sheepishly at Ice and Philip. Dae flew and landed on Pips other shoulder, and opening his mouth, he greeted Philip in Ice's voice: "Hello!" before turning to Ice and using Philips' voice" "Hello!"

Ice takes a deep, shaky breath and walks forward once again, standing close by Oliver. Ice still forms on her hands as a defense mechanism, but it slowly begins to melt. She leaves some on, just in case an unfriendly comes by. "I'm sorry," she murmurs. "I'm not used to big groups like this."

Melanie slowly stopped flying up and started dropping rapidly, speed increasing, she landed in a tree, the leaves somewhat softening her fall and she hit the ground. Right next to Oliver and his group of misfits. Her eyes slowly started opening as a sharp pain entered her back. "Shit!" she growled under her breath, that didn't go as planned, she lost her route off, it was open and then...

Dae spoke again, this time using Ice's voice. "Don't worry, so am I . . . I mean, the girl here. Her names Lily, and she's shy too. When a lot of people gather up like this, she usually clams up and I - as in the bird - have to speak for her." Then Melanie crash landed and suddenly Lily was crouching on the ground behind Pip, who drew a big scrap sword, and clutching Bob, who was glowing in a not-so-healthy-for-your-skin way.

"Holy Jesus mother fu-!" Oliver shouted before stopping himself. "What the hell was that" he exclaimed at the person on the floor