"It dried up?" Utem asked looking over his shoulder. "Hackett, Franka says the river has dried up, we are heading southwest from the rock formation, through a path that branches from the main, we will meet you two at the river as planned, if either of you doesn't show up after an hour I will radio our next rendezvous point." He was also addressing Derrick, he didn't liked the man or his methods, but he was part of the team at the moment. If the threat of those things was anything like they were going through they would need all hands. He shiver ran down his spine as he considered a similar attack inside a city, where they had been told the infected concentred.<br/><br/>A clock had been ticking in his head as they moved, and stopped briefly for the explosion, "Brace your...!" His warning was interrupted by the blast it went out a second before what he had expected. The extra weight and practice kept him on his feet, the mask and helmet helped with the shockwave, so the disorientation was lessened.<br/><br/>He heard Franka fall and skid, they needed her, she knew the terrain, so he moved close to her, patting with some force her cheeks with his hands, not quite slapping her, but enough to make her focus. "Get a hold of yourself, we can't stay here." He siad simply, before checking on Ashleigh and briefly on Jake. He was more concerned about the first than the last, being a scientist, it was most likely that she wasn't used to such explosions. He was used to them, the fact that he carried such explosive ready to use showed that. It was a 'popular' diversion amongst his team, sticking it to a moving target and letting the enemy follow and then get close to it.