Conserved ideas

"the cold is too much for me Mike, how much longer do we have to stay out here?"
"look sarah, I didn't force you to come, I simply offered you an alternative."
"Well its not bloody working, my bones are shaking and I can hear something trying to get in."
Sarah pulled the bobble filled duvet from Mike still trying to grasp any little bit of warmth she could. Between them they had enough food to last 2 days in that shit hole, then it was either return with their tall tale between their legs or venture onto glory.
Mike knew it would take both of them to pull this off but he couldn't tell sarah that.
"I promise you if we make it through the night I will treat us both to a McDonalds breakfast."
"oh what a real treat, a scabby maccy Dees double sausage shit burger. I think I would rather starve thanks Mike."
"but I thought you liked McDonalds?"

Mike was puzzled, he first met sarah when she was working there and knew she would often live off the free food, and actually enjoyed the advantage of free Mc Donalds.
"You know since I left that place I have often wondered why I ever used to turn up at all, never mind eat the damn stuff."
"Well why did you turn up, no body ever forced you?"
"What a load of shit Mike, I'll tell you who forced me, bloody society thats who, get a job sarah, its better to work than be a dole whaller."
Mike stopped her in her tracks.
"hold on, I know for a fact you used to buzz off your free mcDonalds, so dont give me that society made you crap."
"well i was subliminly seduced wasn't I."
Mike just stayed quiet; the truth was he couldn't win, he never could. Sarah had her opinion and that was that, it would often change from time to time but you could never tell her that.

"Sssh, listen i can hear it again"
"nope I don't hear anything."
"Well stop talking for a minute and you will, its like a scratching sound, are you sure this place is empty all night?"
"Beleive me sarah I scoped this place out for weeks, if there is anyone or anything in here they are probably doing the exact same thing as us, and I doubt that very much."

The tent they where in had belonged to Mikes older brother, it was probably about 10 years old and had seen more outdoors than sarah had ever ventured, besides the smell it was also covered in strange patches were the colour in the fabric had mutated over the years.
"Wanna play a game to take your mind off it?"
"No mike I don't; I just wanna get this over and done with, now what time did you say he will be starting work?"
"The gate opens at 6:30 in the morning he is never ever late, it is either tuesdays or wednesdays, they try to make the delivery random, presumably to deter people like ourselves, once the gate opens and he is inside, I will make my way slowly toward the gate and plant the device, then when I give you the signal you release the timer, if its not time I will make my way back and we will try again the day after."
"I don't know Mike, its all starting to sound a bit extreme, I mean do we really have to go through with this, isn't there another option?"
"Sarah we have been over this a hundred times, the only way to get through to these people is by making ourselves heard, they will never hear us unless we shout nice and loud; you know yourself what will happen if we can accomplish this. Just think when we return, we will be heroes"

Sarah was still a bit unsure about herself, but she beleived in the idea and that was always going to be enough to keep her spirit alive.