Daylight had refused to side with the figures darting through the woods, and as the frequency of cars on the road increased they began to separate, into groups of four. Two people in each group and three in the last, their running had slowed into a paced jog and they were no longer trying to conserve their oxygen. Too tired to care the sound of heavy panting moved as they did, disturbing the atmosphere.
"Okay we are at the outskirts, we are going to have to go in different directions, remember what I said to go?" Jessie asked, her hands on her knees her breathing went in and out of her body in short puffs.
"Yeah, we do. Grace and I will head to the Song hospital beside the park, it not very far from here." Alice, one of the younger girls spoke, they let them go to the closest branch because it was obvious from how haggard they looked that they wouldn't be able to continue on much longer.
