[Samara] It was slow going as we headed to the safe house. There were no children in my group, but that had been the plan. We were the ones who had to get the safe house ready. Aside from myself, our guide, our helper, and our guard, I had to keep an eye on ten members of the pack. I was tired already and I knew we still had a good hour left of our hike. “Rest stop!” Amy, our guide, called out and everyone came to a stop. Bottles of water and snack packs were handed out. I dug into my snack pack and pulled out the banana. I leaned against the closest tree and devoured my banana and drank some water. I still couldn’t believe that this was actually happening. I wanted to be back at the pack with Dylan, but I knew that they would only be making sure that everyone had evacuated. That everyon

