Before anyone could comment, Kimberly's friend came out of nowhere saying that Lilly was right. Steph furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "How does a whole town of people just disappear? This has got to be a joke," Steph thought to herself. Just as she was about to call bullshit, she saw Kimberly's truck pull up and she hopped out, telling everyone that her family and livestock had disappeared. Steph stood there as she watched almost everyone begin to panic.<br/><br/>Steph couldn't decide if she should believe them. Believing them meant that her brother had disappeared as well. Or maybe not. "He couldn't have disappeared. We were all going the same way. Maybe the bus just got lost on the way back?" Steph tried to convince herself, which was hard to do since everyone was saying the exact same thing. She didn't want to think about the fact that her brother may have disappeared. The thought of that hurt Steph deeply, but she didn't show it. She just stood there, listening to everybody.<br/><br/>Steph sort of perked up a bit when a quiet voice suggested we go look for the kids. Some people hopped onto the back of Kimberly's truck. Steph walked over quietly and hopped into the truck. She sat herself in the corner and didn't say a word. She was so quiet, no one really even noticed that she was there. The truck started and they began driving to the highway. While they were driving,  Steph decided to pull out her phone and text her brother again. Her text still refused to deliever. She sighed quietly and put her phone back in her pocket.<br/><br/>After a while, the truck suddenly stopped and she heard someone get out of the truck. Steph immediately got irritated and was about to start cursing, but decided that now was not the the time. Steph looked around and hopped out of the truck. She stretched a bit and then took a look around. She walked to the front of the truck and saw Kimberly crying on the ground, while her friend comforted her. Steph was slightly confused as to why she was suddenly crying, but realization hit her as she looked up and saw nothing, but trees. "Holy shit," she mumbled to herself.<br/><br/>She turned away from the trees and took a few steps away from everybody. She felt like she needed a minute to process this. She stood with her back facing everybody else. "Those trees weren't there before. How the fuck do trees just magically fucking appear?," She questioned herself. She began pacing back and forth. "Is my brother trapped on the other side? Or are we the trapped ones? Is there anyway around the trees? Is there another route we can take?" As she asked herself these questions, she felt as though it was hard to breathe. Her breathing became heavier and louder, but she was far enough away where she didn't think anyone could hear her.<br/><br/>Tears began to form in her eyes as she thought about her brother. She stopped pacing, reached into her pocket, and grabbed onto the ring he got her for her birthday. She held it in her hand with her eyes closed and took deep breathes. "Calm down. He's going to be okay. You will find him. He's going to be okay," she told herself. She slowly placed the ring in her pocket and wiped away the tears she hadn't realized fallen until now. She put on her resting bitch face and got in the truck like nothing had happened. She sat quietly in the corner and waited for everyone to decide it was time to go.