According to Aiden, there were indeed some humans who refused to live under Monroe's rule and chose to flee into the radiation zones.
So yeah, it was totally possible that Gunner had captured some of them.
They kept moving, deciding to follow the path the Vampire Horde had taken during their charge. Since the vamps had already cleared the way, it would save them a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Mia had always admired Ethan's "scheming bastard" ways. The guy could turn literally anything into an advantage.
Along the way, they passed the corpses of several vampires. Clearly, there had been skirmishes. Some of the vampires had their skulls shattered, their Neurocores or crystal cores ripped out. It was brutal—gruesome enough to make your stomach turn.
After a long trek, they reached a city that had been hit hard by a meteor storm. The place was a wasteland of rubble and ruin.
