<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>The roads heading East toward Devil Bat Cave<br/>Thursday Morning -- November 11 2010 (very early a.m.)</strong><br/>Fate Turner (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=105330.msg4630243#msg4630243) -- On the road to Devil Bat Cave...</span><br/><br/>Fate wouldn't have minded sitting in the back with Alice, but she did feel slightly guilty for asking Mark to drive on such short notice and he obviously wasn't enthused about the entire idea. Sliding into the front seat seemed to ease his mood somewhat. The three chatted idly as they drove, slowly at first as the downpour prevented them from seeing more than a few feet ahead. Just when the rain seemed to be lifting and Mark felt it was safe to press down on the gas pedal, he slammed the brakes causing Fate's hands to brace herself against the dashboard.<br/><br/>"What the hell, Mark?!" The rest of her comment was cut off when she saw the reason for the sudden stop. The blinking emergency lights weren't exactly the most noticeable thing in the world. It was probably a miracle that Mark had stopped when he did, even more so that they hadn't gone skidding right into the parked vehicle.<br/><br/>Squinting into both the rain and darkness, their headlights helped a bit. She realized that the driver had decided to sit on the hood of the car in the downpour instead of staying dry inside the vehicle. It struck her as odd, but she guessed that it was done so cars passing by wouldn't miss her. "Well, I'd hate to leave her out there in the rain. We could always drop her off at Huffy's?" She turned around in her seat to see what Alice thought.