A wet, sucking sound, like something moving through the mud.

Many somethings.

"Shit. We need to move. Bina, can you run?"

"Uh, yeah, think so."

"There's an exit towards the subway, I've memorized the map - "

" - We need to get to the Moment, that's supposed to be safe. Ish."

"Let's just get ourselves some space. Which way's the subway?" (Because if it's approximately the same direction as Bina thinks the moment is in, they're not going to lose anything by aiming in that direction.)

"In Sector Seven, there's a map in that tent in camp - but I think it's that way."

"...The Moment's in the other direction."

Jenn presses a hand to her face. Can she tell what direction the sounds are coming from?

Everywhere. They're pretty much surrounded. There's more farther out.

She needs height. And time to think. She's willing to accept Bina's word that they need to get to the Moment. She points - in a third direction, midway between the two points. "We're running that way. That way we don't lead these things to either our exit or our safe space. We'll find somewhere to bunker down and think."

"Right. Makes sense."

"Yeah..."

And Jenn starts running. Running through mud isn't anyone's idea of a good time, but she doesn't want to walk.

Elizabeth is a good runner, too, especially for a construction site manager.

Bina is not.

Jenn notices, and adjusts her pace so that she's keeping pace with Bina. She's not leaving her behind.

She keeps a careful eye on their surroundings. Both for threats, and for somewhere to bunker down.

"I think it's the bodies," Elizabeth observes after a while and a few things stirring in the mud. "Reanimating. There's clusters where we've cleared more, but - mostly closer to the camp."

"In this direction - there's two cleared buildings. Three-fourteen and eight-forty-six. Three-fourteen's closer, but not by much - we're in sector two right now, and we can cut towards sector three, near the camp and that 'Moment' Bina mentioned, or to the edge and sector eight. Sector eight has fewer buildings and fewer bodies, and I think is more defensible, but the stretch between two and eight hasn't been cleared at all."

Jenn tries to remember the map she'd looked at earlier. "Three-fourteen for now." Then they can regroup, and try and figure out and actual plan.

"Right. There's an alleyway over there, by three-ten, or we can double back to camp - but I don't know if the camp bodies are reanimating, too."

"Alleyway," Jenn says. She's not willing to risk the bodies at the camp being among the reanimated. Not unless she has to.

"This way, then."

Luckily even with Bina limping and clutching her still throbbing, still glowing arm, it's a fairly short way, and they dodge the corpses. The building's two stories, with an exterior fire escape, and small and dark. There's very few windows.

Jenn considers it for a moment, before nodding. It'll have to do. She falls back so she's bringing up the rear, ushering Bina and Elizabeth ahead of herself.

They enter into the lower level - Elizabeth and Bina immediately start barricading entrances. There's plenty of shelves and furniture and unidentifiable equipment about with which to do that.

Jenn does a quick scan of the room, but providing she doesn't see any threats, she'll help barricade the entrances as well.