Announced Dead
Someone took a step next to Celia as she tried to lug a giant piece of metal to Xolo, and she stopped, turning slowly.
Artie stood there, body slicked with mud, but a backpack in his grasp. He grinned at her, and though he was taller than her, he acted more of a child than she did.
"Artie, why aren't you with Rowan and Jackson?" Celia asked, as she placed the metal thing on the floor.
"I was and then I caught the smell of this, and I thought it was your friend chopped up in pieces in a bag." he replied, shaking it's contents out. Cans and cans of food and water dropped down, two rolled up sleeping bags falling neatly next to it.
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