She felt energized, he felt like Hulk had grabbed him by his feet and slammed him against the ground like he had done to Loki. Outside he was intact. Inside he was completely obliterated. But Mark smiled and nodded at her as if to confirm he felt the same way. Acting the part, after all, was 98% of being the part.<br/><br/>As their path entered trees, he stopped every twenty or thirty steps and made a small horizontal scratch in the bark, something that would show up at eye level but not damage the live bark within. The way they were going was relatively flat, but as they descended the trees began to block their views of the wreckage. He was about to mark another tree when Nora called out for him to look and pointed straight ahead of them.<br/><br/>He frowned at the sight.<i> ‘Wouldn’t someone who lived here have heard the crash? Why didn’t they go to investigate?’</i>he wondered, feeling slightly disturbed. “Yeah,” he said, “or a phone line to the local sheriff.” He worked towards the lodging with her, slipping slightly as the hillside sloped down slightly and they came to the front of the building.<br/><br/>His breath caught. The two storied cabin could only be described as<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.discordapp.net%2Fattachments%2F802216995969826816%2F826447477414035467%2FIsland-Lake-Lodge-copy.png&amp;hash=b04fbe854f35acf3914632040ca0796a" href="https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/802216995969826816/826447477414035467/Island-Lake-Lodge-copy.png" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">a proper lodge.</a>Warm lights glowed from every window, casting a pale golden violet hue across the snow. Thick layers of white insulated the roofline and a friendly trail of smoke escaped to the skies above. “Nora…we found help.” He looked at her, excitement and relief burning in his eyes. “We did it!”<br/><br/>Far below, a few miles down the hillside, they cold see<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.discordapp.net%2Fattachments%2F802216995969826816%2F826447800656723989%2FThe-Lodge-at-Spruce-Peak.png&amp;hash=6dcd437425e92afe11bdaee2ddb96e23" href="https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/802216995969826816/826447800656723989/The-Lodge-at-Spruce-Peak.png" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">a small mountain town </a>glistening in the distance. Even though it was only a few miles from the lodge, he could tell that they were miles away from a decent city. Definitely a long drive to any decent shopping or<i>anything</i>resembling a hospital.<br/><br/>“I’m almost afraid that if we move too quickly it will disappear,” he admitted. Then he reached out to take her hand impulsively. “Come on, the sooner we get there, the sooner a rescue group can go find the others.”<br/><br/>He tromped through the snow, feeling much more energized; when they got to the front door he knocked loudly. Then, since no one answered, knocked again. “Hello! Is anyone in there!” he shouted. “We need help! Anyone?”