Alexander regains consciousness outside the gas station, vision blurry and body feeling as if a sumo wrestler used him as a target during a rough session in a mosh pit.  He has a dim, fuzzy memory of something large and dark and terrifying bursting out of the back room and rushing toward him, relentless as an avalanche...<br/><br/>But here he is, out in the cold and fog, clothing a bit scraped up, body aching, and someone calling out to him out of the fog.<br/><br/>+++<br/><br/>Zach finds the gas station...or, rather, what's left of it.  The happy little convenience mart looks like it had a recent encounter with a wrecking ball.  There's a man's body lying prone on the ground about ten feet from the door and a car parked by the pumps with the engine runn...er, no, scratch that.  The engine dies with a horrible rattle as the machine runs out of fuel at long last.<br/><br/>As he approaches, the body on the ground stirs fitfully!  The man is alive!<br/><br/>+++<br/><br/>Scott and Deacon have their happy little exploration interrupted by a chilly gust of wind that carries with it unsettling array of noises as if a legion of fell beasts stalk them through the woods.  As if that wasn't enough, the fog thickens and grows darker...