He shakes his head. "Last place I saw him was the caves. I have no clue where he could be, and I think he would have gone after us if he was fine after the others got to him..."

The doubt is now in his head, though, and he feels something new twist in his gut. Part of him hopes that if he was fine and capable of going after him, that Maxxie had simply decided to listen to what he said and stay safe. Maybe even try to send out help?

But none came for Dave when he got out of the shed. He got to the clinic on his own.

"Please. If I can't go, I need you to check. See what happened and make sure he's ok."