"Good morning, Annie! Pancakes are ready."
Jack takes his hand off her shoulder. She <stützt sich hoch> and looks
around. James is driving the bus on a surprisingly very intact highway.
Yesterday's mountains are still visible in the far distance behind them.
A seeminly endless desert has taken their place <might benefit from a
description of said desert>. Annie gets up <need more descriptive way of
saying that> and goes to the improvised kitchen area. Jack wakes up
Michelle, then he tells James. <bus stops, engine turns off, they all sit
down around the table and start to eat, short mention of what the dog’s up
to>

"So when are we gonna reach the <mining company> pit?", Michelle asks.
Jack looks at James. James tils his head slightly and shrugs.
"Like five hours ago?"
"You’re kidding."
"Didn’t wanna wake you up."
"Uhh..."
He grins.
"Don’t worry, I won’t drive from here."
"Wait... doesn’t that mean that we’re way ahead of schedule?"
James shrugs again, this time holding up his hands. She turns to Jack:
"How much ahead are we?"
Jack glances at his watch.
"About three hours. But if you’re as lucky with the wind as James, we’ll be
more ahead by the time we arrive."
"You didn’t sleep, did you?"
"Sleep is overrated anyway - but if you allow it, I’ll be going to sleep
very soon."
<missing section>

The four do quick work of the dishes. Annie washes them, Jack <rinses?
Basically, he drags them through a bowl with clean water.> them, James
dries them off, and Michelle puts them away. Jack goes to sleep after that,
the others go to the front. Michelle sits on the driver’s seat and turns
the key. Nothing happens. "Oh, yeah, that’s been a problem", James
remembers. "Can you open the door for a sec?" He grabs a big wrench and a
jumper cable, and heads outside. Michelle and Annie hear him opening some
panel in the back of the bus followed by arcing noises. The engine begins
to turn over. Michelle turns the key again. Finally, the engine roars to
life. James slams the panel shut and returns.
<yeah, revision needed, I know>