“I can't see a damn thing!” Al spat as he trudged through the thick snowfall.
“That's good,” Hans muttered, “The snowfall will cover our tracks.”
The two boys dragged a sled behind them with a blue tarp over several boxes of supplies. They'd manage to get several cans of green beans, corn, and spam. It wasn't much, but as far as they were concerned it was precious cargo. Al's teeth chattered as he tried to pull up his scarf to cover his face.
“Give me a second will ya?” Al demanded.
Hans ignored him and only pulled harder to move the sled. Al tried in vain to fix his scarf and pull the heavy sled at the same time.
“Come on Hans!,” Al whined. “I can't feel my no-”
Al tumbled face first into the snow after tripping on something. Hans dropped the rope he was holding to help Al up.
“You okay?” Hans asked as he helped his friend up.
“Ow, yeah,” Al wiped off the snow from his eyes. “Just tripped on this log. WHAT THE HELL?!”
Al jumped back when he saw he had tripped on a person buried in the snow. Hans started brushing off the snow that covered them. As he uncovered the snow he saw the unmistakable form of a young girl.
“It...it's a girl.” Hans stammered.
Al was pacing in circles covering his head.
“Holy shit, is...is she dead?!”
Hans pulled off his gloves and pressed them against the girls forehead. She was ice cold.
“Talk to me man!” Al cried, “is she dead?”
“I don't know.” Hans admitted. “I don't think so.”
Al grabbed Hans's shoulder, “Lets just go! We do not want to get involved in this!”
Hans thought for a moment, before pulling the blue tarp of the sled.
“What are you doing?!” Al demanded.
“We can't pull her with all this crap on here,” Hans shoved off the boxes of food, letting them fall in the snow.
Al wanted to say this was a bad idea, but already knew he could never convince Hans. He helped Hans lift the girl on the the sled and tied a rope around her waist to secure her. Hans then pulled off his jacket and covered her.
“Man, if she's dead...” Al muttered.
The two boys pulled the sled further into the woods, bound for their home.