"We're all okay, we're all safe."<br/><br/>Mikayla replied to her mother, well...As safe as they could be right now with zombies roaming the streets of Columbus, Ohio. Mikayla couldn't bring herself to tell her mother that Aiden was dead. It was still unreal to her and not something she wanted to talk about on the phone.<br/><br/>"Just stay at Aerius' place. You'll be safe there."<br/><br/>All the years thinking Aerius was crazy planning for the apocalypse seemed silly now. Thankfully her mother was probably in the safest place she could be now. Hopefully she'd just stay put there. Mikayla didn't talk to her mom long, they needed to hit the road. The sooner they got to Chicago, the better. She just told her mother enough so she wouldn't worry too much. Mikayla hugged Tara and Allie, they would be driving the other two trucks.<br/><br/>"Be careful."<br/><br/>She told her friends.<br/><br/>"You too."<br/><br/>Tara replied and Allie said she'd be careful. They got into their respective trucks and Mikayla hopped into the one with Aerius and her father. She hoped the drive would go okay and not hurt him more.<br/><br/>"I hope we there without much trouble."<br/><br/>Mikayla told her father and Aerius. It would probably be wishful thinking.