Alexander walks on through the fog, and on...and on...and finally hears the sound of a car engine, poorly tuned, rattling away in the fog!  A moment later, and he sees the gas pumps beside which the vehicle is parked.  The engine is definitely on, but there's a pipe sticking through it...<br/><br/>Weird.<br/><br/>The gas station itself looks okay.  The lights are on, the doors are open, but he doesn't see anyone moving in there.<br/><br/>+++<br/><br/>The woman laughs--the sound is more pleasant than either Scott or Deacon might have expected.<br/><br/>"No, I haven't seen anyone but you two.  Not today, anyway.  The others were...mmmm, I suppose one of them might have fit that description, but it was a long time ago.  Mind the step out the gate."<br/><br/>Whatever that means, it doesn't sound helpful.<br/><br/>As the two approach the gate that leads out of the cemetery, she adds:<br/><br/>"The rules say that you must be given the warning, first and second.  If you proceed, you do so of your own free will.  Be sure!  Be sure..."<br/><br/>+++<br/><br/>Zach gets another burst of static from his phone, but as yet cannot see what looms ahead in the fog!  The 'safe' route would take him back among those garishly painted houses...