"Ominous messages aside, what do you mean?" Adam asked, hoping for clearer clarification.
"Famine, the wall of ghouls, they have begun to move towards the inner part of the city. In a week or two they will be completely overrunning every major population center and bringing death to them all." She said back still somber and detached. Adam took a few moments to process before he spoke again.
"How do you know this?" Adam asked, carefully.
"I have certain… skills… it doesn't matter. What matters is I confirmed it for myself." She shook her head. "The only reason I came here, to Midway, is to tell you about this. You saved my life so I owed you the same in return." She gently lifted her hand up as if she was going to do something but stopped before she did, the motion itself could have easily been dismissed as an unconscious motion. "I've already told the people of Naper, I owed them that much for giving me a place to find my footing again." She sighed and looked off to the side.
"Chicago is about to fall, soon the only people left alive will be the ghouls and those lucky enough to get out."
"Wait wait wait, why do you sound like it can't be stopped." Adam said, trying to understand the situation. "Midway has high walls, plenty of guards, and there are two other horsemen sitting on the outskirts of the city. Are you saying this is so much a threat that no one can stop it?" He said a bit more panicked now. Mira just nodded somberly.
"This is an insurmountable number of ghouls, Adam. No amount of highwalls and strong defenders can stop it. It would take an army to stop what is coming…" She said petering off. Adam stared at her but lost in his own mind, thinking up what his next steps were, how he was planning to survive this and even being a bit skeptical.
After remaining silent for a good few moments he signaled for Salvatore to come over quickly.
"What is it kid?" Salvatore said, cigarette hanging out of his mouth.
"I need you to do me a favor." Adam then looked around and realized that his initial thought of sending Salvatore to check wouldn't be good enough, it'd take too long. He needed to have Salvatore get there faster. But he did have a means to get Salvatore there faster, his APC. "Mira says that Famine is on the move. Soon this area will be overrun with ghouls. I need you to go and see if that is true…" Adam said seriously. Salvatore dropped his casual stance and took up a more serious one.
"What? You telling me that wall is on the move?"
"Yes." Mira said simply, adding nothing more.
"Well damn."
"Since you are a ghoul, if you can go check to see if they are indeed on the move and report back we can plan, you can take the APC you should be able to get there in a few hours and then come back in the same amount of time."
"Kid." Salvatore began as he flicked his cigarette out of his hand. "I don't fucking know how to drive the thing." He said seriously.
"Its just like a car, just with a few more bells and whistles." Adam said back quickly.
"It's a multi-ton monster and not something I have ever touched in my life, I wouldn't know the first thing on how to drive it." He said back, standing his ground. Adam looked back at the merchants who were still conducting the inventory and then back at Salvatore.
"Alright, I'll drive you, I'll get you close enough so you can get a confirmation and then we will gun it back here." Adam said with a resolved tone.
"What about all your stuff?" Salvatore asked. Adam now waved down Eve. She took a few moments to break off from the now, much less rowdy crowd and walked over.
"What can I do for you honey?~" She said with a flirty tone.
"Eve, we might have a big problem. The wall of ghouls known as Famine might be on the move. I am going to take the APC and Salvatore and make a trip East, see if we can figure it out for ourselves. Since I will be gone I won't be able to sell all this stuff or keep everyone together, can you take charge here? I trust that since you were a scaver for a long time too, you should be able to get a good deal on everything." Eve's stance straightens as Adam explains the situation, showing through body language she was taking this seriously.
"I can do that. Make sure you don't get yourself killed~." Adam grinned.
"I'll do my best." Adam then turned to Pearl. "Pearl!" he called out. "Can you begin taking everything out of the APC? I have to go somewhere for a bit. While I am gone listen to whatever Eve tells you okay?"
"Pearl understands, come back soon, humie."
"What's this about Adam?" Jay said as he was unintentionally rudely pushed out of the way by Pearl as she began to unload the APC's contents onto the pavement.
"We may have a problem, I need to get a move on ASAP. I'm going to leave Eve in charge of the sale of everything. Things might be happening that require my immediate attention." Jay seemed to stare at Adam for a moment before nodding in understanding and then he, and the other merchants helped Pearl to move everything out of the APC, minus the power armor and a few guns that Adam had noted he was going to keep.
Once everything was taken out, which took no more than a few minutes, and Eve was left in charge, Adam turned to Salvatore again.
"Let's get a move on, if it's like Mira said we need to get a view on this ourselves." Salvatore nodded and then headed to climb aboard the APC to hop inside. Adam was about to head in after him but was stopped by Mira.
"This is… as far as I go." She said still somber. "By the time you return I will be gone. I can't stay in Chicago if it is going to be destroyed." Adam stared at her for a moment and then nodded.
"I understand." He then smiled warmly at her. "Stay safe Mira. Good luck." He said before he ran over to the APC himself and jumped inside leaving Mira behind to quietly say 'you too' back.
As soon as Adam was inside the APC he turned it back on and drove right to the gate.