Adira felt her eyes prickle. She'd felt a sudden sadness cme over her. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that she'd watched Claire kill off one of their comrades...or even the fact that those monsters had appeared and taken over their main fortress of solitude. She dabbed away her eyes and stared into the flames. Tonight had been an extremely eventful night. She wasn't certain what would be coming after them next and that had frightened her. The map that they had had started to become useless to her. All she had marked were safety zones and zones that had been affected by the spreading of the virus. The map had nothing to do with their movements, because they were at random and of course she hadn't been taking notes as she should've been.<br/><br/>Adira sat down in front of the flames and brought her knees to her chest. In front of her, she had the map clenched in one of her fists. There were alot of things going through her head and then nothing. It was Claire's voice that broke the silence. She had laid out a detailed plan for them to follow, well perhaps not detailed but moreso a guidline. They all knew much of what she was saying, but Adira had been struggling to process it all. She sighed to herself, trying to coax herself into believing that all would be well and that at the end of the day this will all just blow over, but things weren't as simple as she hoped and rationally she knew that. There was no place for optimism in this world and the Excelleron Corp just knew that. Somehow, she felt like they were being toyed with like little pawns.<br/><br/>And as far as they knew, those monsters had the ability to continue to either mutate or run rampant in their original forms. That ironed beast had been something that none of them had seen before. She unfoled the map and pulled out a pen from her pocket. She made a few marks on the front side and then on the back she began to scribble down notes to be reviewed later on about the monsters. Perhaps in more detail, they can assess the situation and perhaps the next time they meet up with it, they can capture it and test different forms of assault against them. As hasty as that might've sounded, it was the safest bet that they had in her opinion. Honestly, trying to fight them head on without being to test different weapons over and over again, would be a terrible idea. They really had no idea what those things were capable of and Adira was just sure that this was just the beginning of what they had seen earlier.<br/><br/>"I agree with Claire, but I also think that we should capture one somehow. We already know that its body is hard and that bullets won't work on the beings, so I suggest that we make a sturdy trap for them and try out all different kinds of weapons. This is the most efficient way that I can think of and I also thing we can lower the amount of ammunition on the monsters so that we can effectively make our way to Excelleron, because as you all know that's the heart of the problem..." Adira bit her lip, it was one of the first times she'd spoken up other than when she had to explain to everyone that they were slowly being invaded. She stared into the fire again before adjusting the frames of her glasses. Standing up, she looked to everyone before speaking, "We all know where they're coming from and we can't keep living like this....I can't keep living like this. I want everything to go back to normal. I don't have a family anymore, but I do have a life that I want to keep living. We shouldn't be running around scavenging for food, fresh water, or even weapons. We shouldn't be living like this and I don't want to do it anymore. So after this, I think we should all band together and try to enter that place and end this stupid charade!" She had raised her voice higher than she'd wanted to. Her body shook slightly and there was a lump in her throat. She strugglged to keep it all together and to hold it all in.<br/><br/>It was already sad enough that she'd grown this sort of anxiety when she is alone and it was even worse that throughout the night she couldn't sleep in peace in fear that they would be attacked and the people that she looked to as friends would be turned into those creatures. Without a doubt, she knew that they knew what she was feeling and for them to act all natural about it even after all this time really bothered her. Adira had known that humans were known to adapt to any kind of situation, but this was extremely unnatural and there was just no way that they all enjoyed living as they did, did they? Her lip quivered and she turned her back to everyone. She was the weakest link and she knew it. Deep down inside, she just knew she was the weakest of the crew but she had to admit she had been some help regarding notes and the map. Running off, she got into the car and slammed the door shut. She just couldn't face them anymore.<br/><br/>Tina had watched in awe. Her mouth had dropped as Adira gave her speech and when she had run off, she'd taken a small step forward as if she were going to go after her, but refrained from doing so. She knew that the girl needed some time alone. The black woman looked down at her hands. The tips of her fingers were battle hardened from fixing weapons and machinery all the time. Her hands had been her weapons against those beings. She thought she would be putting that degree she'd gotten to use elsewhere. Shaking her head, she heaved a sigh. Being as old as she was, she never thought she would be fighting against crazy mutants with a bunch of kids, aside from Ty. "I guess she's right. We need to step up our game. All this time, we've been doing everything in a pattern, every single day. And each day that we continue our patterns we lose more people. I understand that we need to band together to work through this, but we need to be as efficient as Adira says." Tina looked to Claire, her eyes were filled with certainty. The woman just knew that Claire had been the figurehead of them all. But when it came to being second in command it was Tina. She felt a level of respect for Claire and the clear minded decisions that she made.<br/><br/>Adira sniffed a bit and could see all them standing outside speaking to one another. She had hoped that she hadn't angered them with her speech, but she couldn't hold it in anymore. Looking out of the window, she could feel the other woman, Trish stare at her. She turned to face her and Trish could do nothing but smile. As she opened her arms out to Adira, Adira scooted so that she could lay on her chest and exhaled. During these battles, she'd not once gained comfort from anyone and Trish had been the first. "I heard what you said out there and everything will be okay, I promise. I know I flipped out earlier, but it won't do any good if we don't us any good if we act like this. I really need to get my head on straight, y'know? It's just been tough." Adira said nothing, she just continued to bury her face into Trish's chest. Closing her eyes, she could feel the weight slowly lift from her shoulders again. It'd felt so heavy earlier. The world came tumbling down and things had just gotten a little more complicated. It was much more complicated than she could comprehend.<br/><br/>First there were these crazy outbreaks and then suddenly she found herself engaged in this group. Next, everyone began to die or disappear. And Finally, they got looks of these beings and today they found out that they can progress. It was all too much in just three months. This wasn't the kind of lifestyle she wanted for anyone...or herself.