"Hey, guys, I think I saw fire."
Johnny's voice was like a surge of warmth, awakening the nearly frozen minds of everyone in the Pioneer Team.
"You're seriously seeing things from the cold, aren't you?"
"Sh*t! I wish I were imagining this!"
Johnny pointed ahead: "Open your damn eyes, look at that!"
"Oh God, it's really flames!"
"Collective hallucination..."
"If it's a hallucination, I'm gonna kick your a** today!"
The twinkling firelight in the distance, along with the faint scent of food in the air, ignited everyone's spirits, making them unconsciously quicken their pace.
It was undoubtedly a village, a real village with human activities, and Martin swore on his grandmother's panties that it wasn't a mirage in the temporal currents.
The hulking Johnson led the charge, smashing through the mud-built exterior wall and barged into the courtyard.
The woman's scream inside the yard abruptly stopped as Johnson grabbed her and bit down, chowing away half of her head.
