Lex, Steven and Nick hunt Anna across the desert, like a pack of lions chasing a deer. Anna struggles to keep up the pace. She spots an enormous gaping hole of a creek just up ahead, there's no way around or across it. Anna slides into the creek, forcing the trio to abandoned their horses and to continue their chase on foot.

Anna sprints like hell through the unsteady falling terrain of the creek, ducking, dodging and jumping over every obstacle in her way. Nick, Lex and Steven not to far away. Spotting a chance, Anna hides in a nearby cave excavated into the banks of the creek. She hides and waits for the trio to wonder off course. When the coast is clear. She continues. on her way.

Eventually, Anna stumbles out of the creek, trips falling …show more content…
It's small. Cramped. Only has the bare essentials. She searches the house. It's indeed empty. No one in sight. Anna steps into one of the rooms, it's a cosy typical girls bedroom. Pink walls coated with various boy-band posters and dolls litter the floor. It seems untouched. Anna moves to the next bedroom. It's bigger than the last one, a master bedroom of sorts. She finds an old photograph of a family on the bedside table: They must've been the owners of the house. Anna sighs, sits on the bed. It's soft and warm, something she hasn't felt in a long time. She lies down and gets comfortable when the front door opens. Anna investigates. She takes cover behind a wall, just as DANTE, a man in his late thirties, enters, a rug sack slung over his shoulder. Anna recognizes Dante from the family photo. She watches him as he unloads the contents of his bag onto the table. Water, food and other supplies. Anna's mouth waters at the sight. Dante spots Anna through a reflection from a window. He's not very welcoming. He orders Anna to tell him what she's doing in his home, and that's when she tells him about the Hadrian's Armed Men. Dante freaks out telling her why did she bring them to his house. Anna doesn't know what to say. Dante hurriedly packs all his things back into his rug sack. Anna asks what is he doing. He states that she might not want to be here when they come. Dante exits, followed closely by