<strong>June 1 (Day 10) – Jackals and Shots, Hunting Supply Store, Mall, Downtown</strong><br/><br/>Todd frowned at Luna.  The girl meant nothing by it, but she was rather insensitive.  On the other hand, it wasn’t like they had time to tip toe around other people’s feelings.  He still wasn’t thinking about Mary.  His eyes moved to Rebecca and he sighed slightly when the girl didn’t start balling again.  Hopefully she’d cried herself out.<br/><br/>His jaw stuck out irritably when he reconsidered what Willie had said.  If the city was as buttoned up as the guy claimed then there were more than a couple platoons forming that perimeter.  If what he had seen at the roadblock hadn’t been a trick of the light, he wondered how long it’d be before they started shelling the city.  He hadn’t seen anything fly over the city in the last day, now that he thought about it.  He still liked their odds of slipping through a net, though they’d have to be weary of infrared and satellite.  He doubted he’d be able to bring a party this big through, he and the kids would be tricky enough.<br/><br/>“I haven’t really had a chance to watch and learn how these things move, but a couple miles on foot in the dark is a long distance.  Most of these shop fronts have steel bars we could lower and bunker down in her until we have a more solid plan.  I can’t say I’ve been in this mall more than a couple times the entire time I’ve lived in New Angelas.”<br/><br/>He turned to look at Rebecca.  Their best bet of knowing where things were was a teenage girl, and Luna didn’t seem all that girly.<br/><br/>“You know this mall, Becca?  Anything you can tell us about it?”  Todd asked as he kneeled beside the traumatized teenager.<br/><br/>Tony spoke up before Rebecca had a chance, “I know the food court and cinema are on the top floor.  We always used to complain because it was like they made everyone go through the entire mall to get to them.  There’s a<em>Sport’s Authority</em>on the second floor, but they didn’t carry any guns cuz of this hunting store.”  Tony glanced at Caitlin, “there’s first aid kits over there.  I saw them when we were grabbing down the tents to make the blind.”  He then glanced at Luna, “we’ve got something that’s a bit more filling in those cans.  There’s a Swiss Army knife in that bag with a can opener.  Get some stew or something, you’ll need your strength.”<br/><br/>Todd patted his son on the arm proudly before turning his attention back to Rebecca, “either of you know if there’s a pharmacy in the mall?”<br/><br/>Rebecca nodded and finally spoke, albeit softly.  “Should be just a couple store’s down.  There’s also a<em>GNC</em>on the second floor, I think there’s some herbal store up there too.”<br/><br/>Todd nodded before standing again, and then glanced at the other adults.<br/><br/>“Willie you mind going with the nurse?  Kate, Carl, and I will take the children to the Sporting Goods store.  We might be able to find some makeshift weapons there as well as some changes of clothes.  Don’t know if these things react on sight, smell, or hearing, so changing clothes every other day might be wise.  Tony and I grabbed what we thought the group could use from the store, but why don’t the rest of you take five minutes to see if there’s anything we didn’t think of?  Caitlin, be sure to grab a pack for those medicines.  Anyone have another suggestion?”  Todd asked.<br/><br/>He didn’t really want to be in charge, but he had enough experience that he knew if people were left to their own devices it’d breed indecision and indecision wasted time, time Todd didn’t feel they had.<br/><br/>He turned back to Luna and Kate, “either of you see anything that we could use as a safe house closer than that library?”<br/>