Toby’s Betrayal

Havermouth, A few days after the storm

“How do you end up working for a secret military, anyway?” Lyric asked Toby.

“We should travel slower, Lyric,” Niarthen commented from the back seat.

“We hit a zombie,” Lyric explained to Toby. “He’s nervous about cars. But he is right, you are speeding.”

“There is no one on these roads,” Toby replied with a slight roll of his eyes. “Other than us. We’ve shut down the entire area. As to how… My dad knows someone. Dad’s big on the whole humans are superior thing and annihilate the abominations…” He trailed off as if remembering he had two people fitting that description in the back seat. “So, I wanted to leave the army, and the Order was recruiting.”

“There was no one on the other roads except the zombie,” Lyric commented.

“Fine,” Toby slowed to the speed limit. “Happy?”

“Not really,” Niarthen said under his breath.

“What is going to happen, Toby?” Lyric asked him. He seemed to be willing to talk, almost relaxing into it the further they got away