They gained a lot from the trip whether it be information or food. No one said anything for a while after they arrived, then one of them, a young man, started mumbling under his breath.

This concerned the bystanders that were questioning the group. They stared at the man in unison. The man seemed unbothered by their gazes and continued with his mindless monologue.

This irritated one of the group member who gathered all the adults and explained the situation outside to them in detail.

There were occasional questions as he explained, which he shot down with a quick glare, and it was effective as no one was agitated enough to anger the 7 feet tall giant.

A picture of the claimed outside formed in the heads of the listeners, as they found a new sense of dread.

This made some of them more inclined to escape. Sean knew that the forces they saw were not to be challenged without clear information. He started to formulate ways to contact outside the fog.

Through his ventures outside, sometimes alone and other times with his neighbour Stacy, he arrived at several conclusions.

The fog was most likely not a natural phenomenon. It had lasted for more than two weeks now.

It was thick enough to disperse most light in as little as 1m.

It also seemed to work as a sound absorbent. Of course, everything absorbed sound to some extent but he recalled the crashes he had seen and it was pretty clear that they should have heard something normally.

It was pretty hard to notice but when he walked a lot in the fog, his breathing became highly laboured. Now, he had never been diagnosed with asthma so this detail stumped him. Until one day, Stacy had the idea that they should just stay at the same place and see whether it had something to do with the fog they inhaled.

So they sat outside on the building steps to test out Stacy's theory. After about an hour they finally started having difficulty breathing.

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Sean wanted to be sure and invited Ron for a chat outside. Ron was unsure of why he wanted to chat, he wasn't suspicious of his aintentions but he hadn't even known Sean before they went outside together.

He attributed it to the sights they saw, they might have disturbed Sean. As he was older than him, it made sense for Sean to approach him if he wanted someone to discuss it with. In his life Ron had rarely ever been looked up to by anyone. So being asked for was a moment of great importance for him.

It made him even more eager to help Sean out. Both of them walked upto the lift and headed to the roof which had been rarely used by tenants normally. No one had gone there after the mass disappearance. There were a few chairs scattered across the roof, probably left by the people that used to visit it. Sean picked a chair and placed it next to the nearest one.

Then both of them sat down. At first they chatted about their own lives, although it wasn't a very cheerful topic. Then Sean started to steer the topic towards the crashes they had seen.

Ron described it as a terrible incident and advised Sean to not think too much of it.

Sean asked him what he thought of the empty cars which made Ron silent.

'I thought a lot about it. It's weird don't you think? All of us saw it but none of others have talked about it at all. Why are we avoiding it, people have been leaving on foot daily. Don't you think they need to know of this oddity.'

' They are avoiding it because they feel uncomfortable. All of us do.'

Sean knew that Ron was right. He also hadn't revealed what happened to Matthew. He thought that the moment was as good as any to get the burden off his chest. He started with the day of Matthew's and upto his recent findings.

Ron had a lot of different expressions as Sean went on with his recollection.

It went from concern to confusion to fear and finally to a grim expression. They both stared at each other for a while before Ron spoke up.

' You know, I was concerned about you when I first got here and now I feel more concerned about my own safety. I was thinking of leaving along with the others after seeing the freakish accidents but after hearing what you just said I don't think I will feel comfortable in my own blankets.'

' I thought others would never believe me even if I described what I saw, that's why I didn't tell anyone about Matthew. But talking to you made me feel like a hypocrite for hiding this information. I am ashamed for my selfish actions.'

' Don't be. Whatever you did was in fear and you never intended to harm anyone to begin with. Even if some might blame you, I don't think it's your fault. You also gathered a lot of useful information even after knowing that it was dangers. You were right about the fog, I have been having a little difficulty breathing. Let's get down there and have a talk with the others, I will help you explain to the others. '

With that, Ron got up and pressed the button of the lift.