Present day

Chris was in a store, sitting on the floor and leaning against the wall with his left arm on his raised left knee. On his right, next to him there was his Ruger revolver and in his left hand he had his lighter, which he was playing with, opening it, staring into the fire deeply then closing it and doing the same thing all over again. He thought about everything that happened in that day and these eleven that followed. He lost everything in a flash and all of his plans went down the drain. He lost his entire crew to those monsters including his little brother, Joe, who died 5 days ago after he sacrificed himself to save Chris. Now he was alone, with nothing but his pathetic life which barely meant anything anymore.

Chris put the lighter back in the pocket and grabbed his revolver sitting next to him as he opened the cylinder only to reveal an empty gun. He reached out to all his pockets and found six remaining bullets in a pocket of his leather jacket. The rest were probably in the backpack. Chris loaded all the bullets in the revolver and cocked the hammer as he pressed the end of the barrel against the right side of his head and closed his eyes, ready to end it all right there. As he was struggling to pull the trigger, tears started flowing down from his closed eyes. After sitting in this state for about 30 seconds, Chris eventually realised that his little brother's sacrifice would be in vain if he would end his life now.

He eventually gave up on the idea as he slowly pulled the revolver away from his head, however as he was doing that he accidentally pulled the trigger, releasing a round which went less then half an inch away from his forehead, stopping in a wall. Shocked and breathing fast, Chris put back the revolver in it's leather holster and quickly rised up from the floor, on his feet as he started looking around for his stuff. He went to the counter and picked up his backpack from it. With the backpack in hand he went to one of the barred windows as he looked outside. There weren't many walkers outside. Chris was lucky to be in an area that wasn't heavily populated like the downtown. Besides that, the walkers weren't as fast and as deadly as they were before and they also looked more death-like which was a clear sign that as time was passing they were decaying.

Chris opened the door to the store silently and opened the door to his truck which was right next to the store entrance. He threw the backpack on the passenger seat and got inside, closing the door silently. He reached out for his car keys as he pulled them out of a pocket. He grabbed the ignition key and plunged it into the respective hole but didn't start the car just yet as he took a couple of moments to think. He wanted to get out of the city badly but the streets had to be clustered with cars and with a truck like his, there were small chances of getting out of the city with the truck in one piece. He needed something smaller for that but at the same time Chris loved this truck and didn't want to part ways with it at all. The freeways were definetly out of the question, as you didn't had room to throw a needle in there.

His only chance, at least for the moment, was to mix in with another group of survivors. Chris was certain that there were still survivors in this city. And survivors would normally seek shelter in relatively safe places like police stations, hospitals or schools. After twisting the ignition key and starting the engine, Chris attracted the attention of the walkers nearby. Realising that, he quickly drove away from the scene. At least this street wasn't clustered with cars yet. He decided to follow it, hoping it would lead him to something, anything. Then, as he was driving, at low speed and carefully, Chris spots what looked like a high school, There were a couple of walkers around but mostly dead bodies, a lot of dead bodies, some of them even looked like normal people that have been killed.

Chris stops in front of the gate as he gets out and looks around. He wanted to check out this place first before anything. Looking at the gate, he sees that it was more closed rather then locked up so he gets out of the truck, opens it, gets back in the truck and drives inside, stopping to get outside and close the gate. After that he got back in the truck again and drove to the parking lot, stopping there. After getting out Chris sees that there are other vehicles there. A clear sign that the place was populated. However as he headed to the entrance Chris saw the strung dead guy and momentarily stopped in his tracks. "Fuck!" He said while he looked at the strung dead guy for about a minute but deciding to try his luck anyway. Once at the door, Chris raises his fist and starts punching in the locked door. "HELLO? IS ANYONE THERE? OPEN UP PLEASE!" He shouted, hoping someone will hear him.

@Wick

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Day 11 5:30 am

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A young man was standing by a Honda Civic in the Velocity Paintball Park's parking lot near Ramona California. As he finished siphoning the remaining gas a faint growl could be heard coming in his direction. The man looked around the car to see two of the undead shambling towards him. Slowly he reached to his back and unsheathed his katana. He waited for the monsters to get closer then when they were only a few steps away the young man by the name of Alex jumped from behind the car and quickly stuck the katana right into the freaks mouth. He then lifted his leg and kicked the second one in the knee breaking it. He pulled out the katana and 'placed' it inside the skull of the walker that had fallen to the ground.

After ensuring that the two were dead he pulled his katana out and wiped the blood off just before sheathing it. He quickly searched the bodies but all that was on them were the tattered clothes and useless ID's. Alex took them anyway in case he encountered anyone who might have known the two. Most likely a pointless act but Alex did it anyway. In a way it helped him keep his humanity. He picked up the two gas cans he'd been working on. One full but the other only had a fourth of what it could hold. Alex walked over to his Toyota Tacoma and placed the containers in the bed of the truck. He tied them down to the other supplies he'd been gathering. He'd been lucky so far that he hasn't had to encounter many raiders so he was well stocked. A few gas cans, a coil of barbed wire, a set of tools, and even a generator. Unfortunately the generator didn't work. Alex didn't know what the issue was, but it looked like some sort of belt was snapped. He couldn't focus on that at the moment though. He would deal with it later.

Alex walked to the front door and hopped in after setting his katana in the passenger seat. Before starting the truck, Alex turned in his seat to check on his brother and sister, Micky and Sadie. Both were sound asleep. Alex had to do his best to take care of them, and he would. In his mind heading as far north as they could get would be the best option. Aiming for Alaska was what he decided on. He knew that the cold would be difficult, but a low population meant the likelihood of running into one of these things would lower significantly. Alex turned back around and decided to close his eyes for a few minutes and then he would hit the road again. However, Alex unintentionally fell asleep.

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Flashback to Day 1

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Alex along with his siblings, Ollie; Sadie; and Micky, were walking through a hiking trail to see the Cedar Creek Falls. They were in a small group on a hiking tour. "Wow. this place is so beautiful." Came from Sadie and a few others in the hiking group. Indeed it was but little did these few know but within the next few minutes this place would turn into a graveyard. Most people sat at the edge of the water and enjoyed the view, but a few of the people who were around Alex's age decided to climb up the rocks and jump into the water. Alex and his family were watching the waterfall and chatting when one of the guys fell on top of another. The tour guide quickly ran to the limp form to check on him, but quickly noticed his neck had been snapped.

As the guide gave instructions to the people around, the presumed dead's body started jerking around. The majority of the group began gathering around the body while some stayed where they were. Suddenly the body shot up and sunk it's teeth into the neck of the person closest to them. Many of the onlookers gave a loud blood-curdling scream. Ollie ran forward with a few others and knocked the once dead body away from the bite victim. Someone decided to put it in a head lock, but the creature started tearing into the arm holding it.

Something was wrong. Horribly wrong. Alex yelled to Ollie, "Ollie, let's get outta here." The older one turned to his brother and shook his head in agreement. The Hill family along with a few of the others in the group began running back the way they came. As they reached the parking area Alex noticed many more bodies around than they had started with. As Alex and his family were running to their truck, Sadie screamed due to one of the creatures grabbing her. Ollie quickly darted towards the thing and knocked it down he grabbed Sadie and they started to run to the truck. Sadie and Micky quickly got in, but before Alex and Ollie could climb inside the thing grabbed Ollie and bit him on the shoulder.

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Present day 8:30 am

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Alex jolted awake to a walker hitting the driver side window. He quickly started the truck and drove off. Those moments that the outbreak started were all Alex could see anymore when he closed his eyes. Those memories were why he couldn't sleep, and why he had to keep his family moving. It was on him to protect them. He would do whatever he could to keep them safe.

He drove slowly once he entered the city when in the distance he could hear someone yelling. He decided to check it out in case someone was in trouble. The scream lead him to what seemed to be the high school. As he pulled up to the gate Sadie and Micky started waking up and Alex noticed a guy banging on the front doors to the school. He watched the guy not knowing if he had been seen or not.

@LPFan(and whoever ends up opening the door)

Darius opened the door and Held a gun to Chris' head. "Let me see your right arm." Chris must have passed inspection because he was pulled inside and Darius hollared. "Get Miss Nikki!" He looked at Chris with the gun still pointed at him and he looked out the small window in the door and said "You got friends with ya?" Darius counted three more, all kids and probably siblings.

Nikki had just left her room when she heard Darius yell for her at the front door. "Crap, what now?" She turned around and went towards the front door. He was letting in what appeared to be a group. "Did you check them?" She asked as she neared the door. There were two men and two kids. The oldest of the bunch stayed off to the side and seemed not to know the others. After checking both men's arms she said,

"The rules here are simple. You help with what needs to be done and you can stay. If you try to hurt someone who already lives here you will pay with your life. I checked your arms because we were attacked yesterday. They drove a bus through the fence and one of the walls into the school. We have killed all of them that we found and they even made it easy for us, they all had the same tattoo. They are the responsible for several deaths, the beating of a woman and a six month old baby and the rape and beating of another woman." She looked at all of the reactions.

"My name is Nikki Hyatt and this is my school. If you can't handle that Darius will let you out." She turned around and started to walk away. "If you are staying then follow me." Nikki showed them where they could eat and continued on so they could stash their stuff in their rooms. "This is your room." she said to Chris. "Women and children are upstairs. Men who can fight at a moments notice are down here. I am also down here." She took them all upstairs and showed all three kids where they were staying. They were down the hall from Kat and Grace and Jenna.

@kurai assassin@lpfan@alexfangtalon@belle

Erin Hyde McGarth

Erin finished breakfast just before someone went to take Kat. She just walked around searching for something to help with, which she did help gathering odd items that they needed in the nurse’s office, before making a list of items that they needed. When the young man walked inside and said hi the girl quickly ducked out to find Nikki. She finally find the leader on the second floor as well as the shock of her life. Alex Hill stood right beside the woman making things rather awkward for the young woman since the last time she had seen him was at the age of 10. Vivian was the one that introduced them after about half a year after the accident in hopes of her niece to actually talk about what happened and they did until he seemed to suddenly disappear. Hell the worst part was that the 10 year old even had a small crush on the guy.

The young woman shook her head before walking down the stairs toward the two. She gently tugged on Nikki's shirt, as if a small child would have to their mother, before handing over the list. ” I need to make a run for supplies and since I'm going by myself in a little while I figured I would let you know. I would also like to ask that I be placed downstairs and on guard duty tonight please.” the teenager more or less stated then asked. Her blue eye made contact with Alex's before deciding what to say or even talk about even before opening her mouth.

” I will take responsibility for these people Nikki. I will also take on their work as well so that way they can stay here since it's the least I can do to repay someone. All I ask is that they will not be removed here without a a good reason.” she said in a calm voice.” What am I doing? I haven't seen Alex for years and here I am trying to make sure he can spend as much time as possible with his siblings. What am I thinking? Is it to repay his kindness? Is it for her or for me?”” If you need anything just let me know before I leave the school gates.” Erin said then walked to the main door.
@Wick@alexfangtalon

Nikki looked at Erin like she was out of her mind. "Like hell you are leaving here alone to go get supplies. Even I don't go alone." She looked at Alex and said "This guy is new here but I think he can manage to help you not get killed. And I need you upstairs. If everyone downstairs can fight and no one upstairs can then we leave them unprotected. I need you to help with security upstairs. Let the guys handle the downstairs. if they get past the guys we need you to keep the ones who need the protecting like the kids and babies safe. We have some tough women here but they need to stick together and I can't have you all over the building. I am the only female on the first floor and you know why that is. This is not up for debate Erin."

Nikki nodded to Alex. "You stick to her like glue got it?" Nikki walked back downstairs. She didn't pay much attention to what Chris was doing looking around. She knew he would behave himself, he had seen the bodies outside.

@Demonic Angel
@alexfangtalon@lpfan

Kat shook her head, but wasn't sure if she was shaking it to get rid of the memories tormenting her or because she still had doubts about her and Matt.
"Matt... I've really wanted to hear you say that. And I'm sure you mean it, or at least think you do. But Matt... what if these feelings are... what if they're not real? What if it's just the hellish world around us? Would you have eventually came back for me and Grace if this hadn't happened? I just want you to be sure this is... that I am what you want."
They had reached the second floor and were heading towards the room. "I appreciate you Matt. I really love that you love Grace so much. She deserves a father like you who actually cares about her. But Matt, I can't say those words. I just can't say I love you. The last man I said that to was my father and he..." she stopped suddenly, not ready to go down that road. "I know it's me. I'm a screwed up cold bitch. It's not fair to hold you down when you deserve better than me. You are one of - no, you ARE the only good man I have ever met."
The heart she thought she didn't have anymore for anyone but Grace was hurting. If he walked away now she wouldn't blame him. It was her own damn fault.

@Wick

Matt looked at Kat and he hugged her tightly. "I know it's real." He opened the door to their room and he put Grace down on the bed, she had fallen asleep as they had walked up the stairs. Taking Kat by the shoulders and turning her to look at him she pulled a small box out of his pocket. He looked at her and for the first time he was worried she would break his heart for a split second. That feeling disappeared almost immediately.

"I bought this for you about three weeks after Grace was born." He opened it and slid the beautiful ring onto her left hand.

"I'm not sure how people get married in the new world. If it's like the captain of the ship I think Nikki would be good enough to marry us." He looked at Kat's face and kissed her jawline to her mouth in the most sensual way possible.

"You are the only woman for me and I'll wait if you want me to but you are not going to push me away. If you really don't love me that's one thing but I'll not allow you to push me away because you think badly of yourself."

Matt got down on one knee and asked her "Kat, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

@Belle

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When the trio watched as the guy who had been previously knocking on the door was yanked in and the other man looked out the window, Alex said, "Crap. This could be bad. You two stay quiet." Both nodded in agreement as someone came to open the gate. Alex slowly drove in and parked in the spot next to the other newcomer. As the three got out of the truck Alex grabbed his sword and slung it on his back.

When he entered the building he was surprised when the first thing they did was check his and the other guys arms. Then a girl about the same age as him came up barking off at the guy who brought them inside. It was a little funny to him that someone his age was in charge. As she told them the story of the previous day, Alex wasn't surprised at all. Being a school they were a massive target for bandits and looters. He was surprised at the news of a baby. Maybe that meant this place was safer than it looked. He didn't show any reaction on his face though. The past few days he'd seen many horrid things but nothing so far made him back down. Sadie and Micky, however, had looks of concern on their faces.

Alex followed the girl and already had a list of things in his mind that they were doing wrong, but it still seemed safe none the less. As she showed them their rooms Alex shrugged off the fact that the fighters were meant to be downstairs and the non-combatants upstairs and he was being placed in the upstairs. Didn't matter to him. These people didn't mean much to him. Sadie and Micky's protection were top priority, and if this place was safe then staying here for a while might do some good.

He was about to speak up when someone he never expected to see walked up behind the 'leader'. *Erin McGarth? Haven't seen her in years.* The last time Alex had seen this girl was when he was barely a teenager. They were introduced by her aunt and she was one of the few that he would interact with. At the time she seemed hurt. He did his best to hang out with her because he enjoyed seeing her smile. Sadly his family moved after awhile and he didn't say goodbye. He regrets it now seeing as he won't be able to easily avoid her. When she made her requests of the woman in charge Alex was surprised. The once young scared girl seemed to not be as afraid now. Guaranteed it has been a few years. He wasn't gonna let her go alone though.

He turned to Sadie and Micky whispering, "You two stay here. Be safe and stick together. I'll be right back. I need to figure some things out about these people." The two gave a worried nod and went to their new room. Alex turned to follow Erin without caring much about what the leader had to say. It's not like he'd let anyone get hurt on his watch. He did turn to say to her, "Look, you don't have to worry about me causing trouble. I just want to keep my family safe, but if anything happens to them. Someone will answer for it. Just sayin'. Oh and by the way, if you want I got a few supplies in my truck if ya wanna check it out. Stick to the bed though. I'd appreciate it if you didn't mess with the cabin." He caught up with Erin and said, "You ain't gotta worry about me. I can do my own work. Can easily do Sadie and Micky's as well. Could even do yours if ya needed me to. So small world ain't it Erin. Never thought I'd see you again. Sorry for disappearing without a word. My family moved and I was to nervous to say bye to anyone. So, I guess I should say bye before I say hello. Anyway where we headin' for some gear?" Alex regretted that he was about to try and use Erin to get info, but he wanted to know if this school was truly safe. He knew Erin would eventually see through his slightly cocky facade, but he'd know what he needed to know before that would happen.

@Wick@Demonic Angel

As he was banging on the door hoping for someone to answer Chris made a few steps back as he heard someone unlocking the door. Then as the door opened Chris was greeted by a huge guy who pointed a gun at him. He raised his arms. "Easy there big guy. Why don't you put that gun away okay? You're a little too excited." He said but there was no reasoning with this guy. Chris started thinking of various scenarios of how to deal with him before he actually shoots the gun. Then the guy calmed down as the apparent leader of this group showed up. It was a young woman by the name of Nikki. She took him for a tour of the place and as she was doing that she also layed down the law on him, telling him what he should and should not do, also spicing up her speech with some threats here and there. Chris payed attention to what she said but at the same time he also surveyed the place carefully. Then she left him on the 2nd floor as she left.

Chris turned around and headed for the stairs as he bypassed a room with a blonde guy guarding it. The two eyeballed each other for a moment as Chris passed him and headed for the stairs as he started climbing down. Once he was on the 1st floor again Chris headed to the room that Nikki gave him and opened the door as he stepped inside, closing the door behind him. He looked around and took off his backpack, putting it against the desk. The place looked like a counseling office. This was probably where troubled students came to release the pressure, he thought to himself as he took off his leather jacket, putting it on the desk followed by his revolver, together with it's holster, putting them on the desk as well. He decided to keep the knife as he layed down on the couch, and closed his eyes, hoping to get some shuteye.

Day 6 flashback
4:18 PM

"Remind me again what the hell are we doing in a Walmart store?" Asked Joe while looking at his bigger brother. Chris looked at him in return but with a funny face. "We need supplies remember? And where can you find everything you want in one place? In a Walmart of course. Besides...we couldn't stay in that bank anymore. There was no water, no electricity, no nothing." He responded. "I understand that but this is not a good idea. This place should be stuffed with walkers. We can't..." Said Joe but he didn't get to finish his sentence as Chris covered his mouth with his right hand as they both leaned down. Walkers could be heard moaning from the other side of the shelf. "Alright maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Let's settle for what we have so far and leave." Whispered Chris as Joe smacked him on his right elbow. "If we die here it's all your fault." Whispered Joe, visibly concerned.

As the two were crawling to what they believed was the exit, more and more walkers could be heard moaning around everywhere. "God, we are so fucked!" Whispered Joe. Then all of a sudden the sounds stopped as Chris and Joe rised up on their feet again. "Alright, I think we're safe now." Said Chris grabbing his little brother by the elbows. "No were not!" Said Joe as he pointed to a really fat walker that appeared just in front of them at the end of the aisle. "Run!" Said Chris as they turned around and started running in the opposite direction. The sound of their running combined with the sound of the cart was attracting the attention of the walkers which started following them and piling up in a really large group. As they finally reached the exit, Chris and Joe both got outside and started running to the parking lot where Chris's Dodge Ram was parked. As they reached the truck they started to quickly throw the supplies they managed to get in the bed of the truck.

As the walkers got more and more closer, Chris abandoned the whole thing, getting inside and starting the truck. "Come on man, leave them!" Shouted Chris to his little brother as he peeked his head out through the lowered window. "Just a few more seconds." Said Joe, continuing to throw the supplies in the bed. "We don't have a few more seconds." Said Chris upset as he pulled out his revolver and started shooting at the walker mini-horde, which followed them from inside the Walmart. After the 3rd shot he stopped firing as Joe finished loading and ran to the passenger side door, opening it. But after putting one leg inside, a walker showed up from behind the bushes and grabbed Joe by his elbow, biting his arm. "NOOOO!" Shouted Chris as he got out of the truck and pulled out his knife, plunging it in the walker's head, killing it.

Chris grabbed Joe and attempted to raise him up and put him in the truck. "It's no use. Leave me!" Said Joe who seemed at peace with his fate. "No, you're the only family I have left. I'm not gonna lose you too." Said Chris desperate to put his little brother in the truck faster as the walkers were getting closer and closer. "No, he bit me. I'll become one of them soon enough. Go, save yourself. I'll distract their attention." Said Joe as he pulled himself away from Chris's grasp and with his shotgun in hand he runs away from the truck and bypasses the walkers, stopping at the Walmart entrance as he pointed his shotgun at the walkers and starts shooting at them. "JOOOOE! What the fuck are you doing?" Said Chris dropping his knife and putting his hands on his head with tears coming down his face. "GO! Before i'm out of shells." Shouted Joe as most of the walkers started heading towards him now.

Chris grabbed his knife from the ground, sliding it back in it's sheath and ran back inside the truck as he started the engine and with a heavy heart drove off. Meanwhile Joe was down to his last shell as he pulled it out of his pocket, slided it inside the shotgun and racked the pump as he stopped moving around. "You ain't gonna get me suckers!" He said as he put the end of the shotgun's barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger, blowing his brains out. In the meantime Chris's tears became more and more abundant and his eyes turning red as he was driving further and further away from the Walmart store. He heard the shooting stop and realised that it was over. Either his little brother became food for the walkers or he killed himself to prevent becoming one himself. Either way it didn't matter anymore. "FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!" Shouted Chris as he repeatedly punched the steering wheel.

Day 11
8:55 AM

"NOOOOOO!" Chris shouted as he woke up from his sleep. And started to look around, not knowing what's going on. He was in his room in the high school. He tried to get some sleep but didn't succeed. He had the same nightmare again. It was the 3rd time already. This was becoming a real problem for him. He got off from the lying position as he was now with his ass on the couch, wiping off the sweat that formed on his forehead. "Shit! Can't even get some damn sleep anymore!"

@Wick

11:45am Day 11


Jenna had spent the last half an hour trying to lesson the look of the bruising on her face and neck. She had pulled her hair up so it wouldn't get in the way. She walked out of the room and saw James still there. She stopped and said, "I'm going to go start cleaning up the cafeteria and see what we lost. You don't need to babysit me I'm ok now." He smiled at her and walked downstairs with her. They looked at the wall the others had rebuilt. Jenna was glad they had people who knew how to repair things like walls and doors. James went to help some of Jon's men repair the fencing and start burying bodies so they could keep the bacteria and the stink down.

Jenna saw Nikki and Nikki came over and hugged her just before she got to the cafeteria. "Some of the guys put the tables and benches back and washed everything down already." Jenna nodded. "I guess they are ready for you to order them around. Go at your own pace and if you aren't ready yet it's ok."

Jenna smiled and nodded. "I just need to stay busy. Thank you. I'll let you all know as soon as I know something." Nikki smiled at her friend. "Ok" Jenna pushed the door open and she looked in the direction where the rape had occurred and she headed towards the kitchen. When she walked in it was obvious the guys had been there trying to help clean up. Things were restacked and the dishes had been put away and the girls who were cleaning up after meals had come in and gotten the kitchen basically ready for the next meal. Jenna smiled at everyone's efforts on her behalf. They really had a good group in here.

Jenna got back to work taking inventory of what she had to cook with. She made a plan for dinner and asked some of the girls to come in and make sandwiches for lunch while she worked on dinner since it was almost noon. She grabbed the PA and announced "Hey guys, it's Jenna. The kitchen will reopen for dinner tonight. Some of the ladies are making sandwiches for lunch if you are hungry so get in here before they are all gone." Jenna chuckled as she heard resounding hoots and hollars of approval throughout the main floor. Shaking her head she felt happy.

@LPFan@kurai assassin@belle

Chris woke up after another failed attempt to get some sleep, the 3rd. First time it was that damn nightmare, the other two times he just couldn't sleep for more then 30 minutes. He looks at his wristwatch which was showing 11:30 AM and gets off the couch upset as he reached out to the right pocket of his black jeans, pulling out his pack of cigarettes and his lighter, taking a cigarette, lighting it up and putting them back in the pocket afterwards. After taking a smoke he heads to the desk, throws himself on the very comfy chair and starts looking through the drawers most of them having a lot of uninteresting stuff in them. He does however find a blank notebook and some pens. This gives him an idea as he takes out the notebook and a pen, putting them on the desk. After taking another smoke, Chris opens the notebook, grabs the pen and starts writing on the 1st page.

"Hi, my name is Chris, Chris Greenberg and this is my journal. The journal of a thief, the journal of someone that killed. The journal of someone that did a lot of bad things in his life and didn't regret them, but does that make me a bad person? Most would say yes, but i'm gonna leave that for you to decide, reader. Eleven days have passed since this outbreak started. I have no idea how it happened. Humans just started turning into the undead, just like in the movies and video games. This is probably the government's fault, i'm sure of it. My theory is that they were probably messing with some virus, or biological weapon and it got loose. And now we pay the price for their stupidity. I wonder if it's the same in the entire country. Me and my crew were pulling off a heist at a bank when everything happened. The cops were up our asses for a long time now and we had to get away before they would arrest us for good. The plan was to rob the bank, split the money and then together with the money we already had, all of it on offshore accounts we would dissapear into the world. My plan was to go to Russia. Why Russia you may ask? Because of three reasons. One...I was always fascinated by it and it's history, traditions and many other things including the vodka and the really beautiful women. Two...I was tired of the California sun and wanted some place colder. And three...Russia dosen't have an extradition treaty with the United States so if the americans ever find out that i'm there the russians will definetly not send me back home. My little brother Joe was supposed to come with me. I didn't want to get him involved but he insisted on helping me and I allowed him to replace my getaway driver, which was diagnosed with leucemia.

Anyway the heist was going great up until the people in the bank started changing into undead and attacked my crew. The guys defended themselves with their firearms but it was no use. After my guys were killed I managed to take care of the rest of the undead and burned their bodies afterwards. Joe, who was outside in the truck survived too and we went on like this for the next six days. In the 6th day I decided that we should raid a Walmart store for supplies. Joe was constantly complaining that it was a bad idea but anyway, long story short, he was right, that place was stuffed with undead. We ran back to the truck and loaded in the supplies we managed to take but as we were ready to leave one of those freaks bursts out of some bushes and bites my little brother by the arm. Aware that he's gonna become one of them soon enough, Joe takes the shotgun that I gave him and sacrifices himself so that I may escape safe. I didn't wanna do it and kept begging him to come back. But in the end I stopped listening to my heart for a second and followed my brain as I drove away. Not long after that the shooting stopped. I don't know what happened to Joe. He either became food for the walkers or, seeing his objective complete, decided to shoot himself.

The next five days I survived the best I could but my little brother's death took it's toll on me hard. Many sleepless nights, the same nightmare over and over again. This is my guilt at work here, and I am right to feel guilty. I took both of us to that Walmart, it's all my fault, I killed my little brother not the walkers. Today, on day 11 I found this group tucked inside a high school. I decided to join them. At least for the time being. It's not like I have anywhere else to go. I haven't talked to anyone else yet. But i'm very impressed by their leader Nikki. For someone who's probably not even 20 yet, she has a very firm grip on things."

Chris stopped writing as he closed the notebook, pushing it away. As he took a smoke Chris heard in the speakers from the hallways that the kitchen will be reopened for dinner tonight and that sandwiches have been made for lunch. "I could use something to eat. Maybe that and a shower is gonna help me rest a little easy." Said Chris as he got off from the chair, took a final smoke from the cigarette as he extinguished it in an ashtray and blew the smoke out through his nostrils, as he got out of his room, heading to the caffeteria. After walking in the caffeteria, Chris looked around impressed. This place looked by far the nicest out of the whole high school. And the food supplies were stacked up so nice and tight. After grabbing a sandwich and taking a bite from it, Chris took a peek in the kitchen and saw a woman there, a familiar face. It was nonother then Jenna Connor herself. Chris saw her on TV and in magazines.

He stepped inside the kitchen as he took another bite of the sandwich. "My compliments to the cook." He said smiling at her as he leaned in the doorway with his right elbow as she turned her gaze towards him. "This is by far the best sandwich I had in quite some time." He said stopping to take another bite. "You must be Jenna Connor. I saw you on TV and in magazines. My name is Chris. I just arrived this morning." He said as he put the sandwich on a table and got closer to her. She was bearing multiple bruises on her body, especially the hands and neck. Some were purple, some red, and a black eye. Sure they were covered with make-up but Chris was no inexperienced fool. He realised that she must be the one that was beaten and raped so he decided to approach her with caution. People in her state tend to be very edgy, distrustive and jumpy. Either way he felt a strange but genuine attraction for her.

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Jenna eyed Chris wearily and put her hand out to shake his hand. "Nice to meet you." She looked around just in case and she made sure he could see her gun on her hip. She was damned sure not going to be caught without it again. "I'm working on dinner now. So tell me about yourself. Do you cook?" Jenna asked. She nodded towards his sandwich. "I wouldn't leave that lying around. Food these days is pretty precious."

Jenna looked over at what she needed to do next and she handed him a bag of potatoes and a potato peeler. She smiled and said "If you intend to stay you need to be busy or Nikki will think you are bothering me and she has become more protective since the attack." Jenna's eyes flickered momentarily to the cafeteria and she turned back to her food preparations.

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Haru Sento

Haru awakened to a quiet morning instead of screaming. He was worried about Jenna and the rest of the others considering Matt had been taking over the medical stuff lately. The teenager sighed then curled up into a ball wondering where he was going wrong. Vivian allowed the boy to help around the hospital even if it was just once in a while after school and private classes with some teachers. Now there was someone else with something new to learn and time was just being flexible between events.

He walked into the cafeteria and noticed someone new right beside Jenna. It looked like she was showing the man something which was most likely the gun she started to carry around. ” Hey Jenna.” the teenager said before walking up. ” If it's okay I would like to look at the bruises later. Maybe see if I remember what Erin's Aunt taught me.” the guy said.
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12:15pm Day 11


Jenna looked at Haru kind of oddly. She was unaware of anything that could be done about bruises. "Haru, Kat has a lot more bruises and they are much worse than mine." She remembered passing by Kat's room upstairs and seeing something. She blushed a little "You should wait til she comes out of her room. I think she was getting ready to go to bed." She asked him "What can be done about bruises? I don't think I've heard of anything that helps but time and ice in the beginning."

Jenna wasn't sure exactly how it happened but between Chris and Haru she had a captive audience. She was having a really weird day. She was dealing with her rape that happened just yesterday and this morning she killed the man who did it and here she is cooking like it was any other day. Jenna wondered what Dr. Phil would have said about that. She also wondered what Jon was doing. She was surprised he hadn't been in to see her yet.

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Erin Hyde McGarth

Erin stopped in just at the door and looked at Alex. ” Please don't. Just don't say anything about the past because I forgave you a long time ago. One tends to hate having things constantly thrown at them every time they have to leave. After all having Borderline Personality Disorder is just a part of life after all.” the lighter half said as her head turned to the right. ” Whatever you are trying to do now I have to say this. Don't ever come with me again. I don't know what Nikki was thinking but I've changed over the years. It's safer if you go back inside and tell our leader that Clara gave you the slip. She'll know what your talking about.” she wasn't stupid. This man wanted something but he wouldn't get it from the teenager.

The young woman turned around and walked out of the front door. The familiar feeling of nails scraping across her skin told her that Clara was awake and wanting a turn in the outside world, but not quite yet. Not until the guy was out of her sights. Once upon a time she was weak and fragile. Violent only when others were around and calm when she was alone that was until Vivian had walked through the doors with another person. “ Erin how are you feeling today? I brought you a friend today.” The woman's voice sounded inside Erin's mind. ” I miss you Mama.” the girl thought as she walked in front of the motorcycle. She stopped at the saddle bag that held her and Haru's weapons and out her knives out.
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@Wick

It was impossible. Impossible and unbelievable. How could this man love her of all people? She had been a cold bitch to him ever since their baby had been born, but it had been to keep him away from her. It had been because she had known the moment she'd woken in that hotel room that he was too good for her.

"You're too good for me," she said, getting down on her knees and pressing her forehead to his. "My father screwed me up so badly I'm not sure I can be what you deserve to have. But I do love you Matthew Hyatt."

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It was later that she wandered down to the kitchen area where Nikki and Jenna were. Balancing Grace on her hip, her left hand felt very heavy with the ring on her finger. She felt like there was a spotlight on it. It made her nervous, how people were going to react. She knew Nikki would be thrilled, but as for the others...

When Kat entered the kitchen she zeroed in on Jenna. Something was off. She had the look that Kat recognized all too well.
Going up to her, Kat placed a gentle but firm hand on her shoulder and stared at her, her eyes narrowing a bit. "Excuse us a minute Haru," she said, backing Jenna away. She was silent a few moments, just staring at the other woman. "I'm not going to ask what happened because I already know. That look in your eyes... I know it because I've had it before. You don't have to tell me and if you say 'back off bitch' right now I will with no more questions asked. But if you need help dealing with this from someone who understands, I'm right here."

Grace babbled in baby language and reached out to pat Jenna's face. And the promptly proceeded to pull her hair a bit, giggling in the process. Kat gently pulled the hand away. "No Gracie. Don't pull. Be nice," she said, holding the baby's hand and running it gently over Jenna's hair.

Matt had put the ring on her finger and Kat had accepted with tears in her eyes and when she said she wasn't good enough he said "Of course you are good enough. I love you and I wouldn't love you if you didn't deserve it, besides, I have great taste." He had grinned at her and he pulled her behind the divider and onto the other bed in the room.

Matt had gone to check on the wall and on the progress on the fencing repairs. By the time he got into the cafeteria he was surprised to see Kat and Grace down so quickly. He noticed she was still wearing the ring. That made him smile. He went up behind her and kissed her and Grace. Grace giggled and wiggled til Kat let him take her.

Nikki ran in for a sandwich and said to the guys working on the fencing that there were a lot of walkers heading this way for some reason and she needed them out to help defend and repair. A large group of them took off sandwiches in hand. She saw Matt and he was even happier than normal. Nikki went over to them kissed little Grace on the forehead and then she glanced at Kat and Jenna and she saw the ring. Her face lit up. "Matt you finally asked her!" She hugged Kat and Jenna noticed the ring also and she started gushing at how happy she was for her and what a great couple they are.

Jenna told Kat "Thanks but I'll be okay. If something changes and I need to talk I know right where you are. Don't worry and Congratulations."

Matt kissed Kat and grabbed his sandwich and tickled the baby. "I gotta run. I will find you in a bit. Love you!" He said as he went through the door.

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” Heh. Yeah that was the same look I gave Vivian. It was a homemade Irish paste but she… She died before I found out the ingredients so I can only cover it over with make-up. Erin hasn't spoken a word about her so I guess I needed someone to share memories of that wonderful woman with.” the young man said in a sad tone. ” I haven't seen Matt so I only assumed that he was making sure the child and mother was alright. If I'm being a bother then I can go.”

Haru stood up and nodded to Jenna and Chris. No one really talked about what their life was before all of this had happened. Whether it was painful, exciting, or even boring. Kat suddenly appeared making an eyebrow raise yet he allowed then a minute before looking around the room. ” Ummm… it could just be me but where has our Jekyll and Hyde disappeared to now? Please don't tell me Clara had snuck outside by herself just like last night. Because if she did then Nikki will not be happy when the dark side comes back.” he stated out loud without thinking.
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Sadie Hill

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Sadie and Micky sat in the new room awhile not doing much of anything. They didn't know any of the people in the school. The room was a standard size classroom with a few desks for them to store their things. Micky sat in a corner drawing in a sketch pad he'd found in a desk while Sadie read a Nancy Drew book she had found a few days ago. After some time passed Sadie checked her watch noticing it was near 11:30. She got up and started digging through her backpack. Having not found what she was looking for, she started to worry. "Micky, do you know where my pills are?" At that the younger brother looked up and shook his head. Normally missing a dose wouldn't affect her, but an apocalypse wasn't a normal circumstance. Sadie started to panic. Just the mere thought of not having her medicine caused her to experience what the medicine was suppose to prevent.

Quickly Micky jumped up to search his bag and recheck Sadie's. Then he ran out of the room while Sadie watched him go. Sadie had no idea what to do hopefully her brother went to get help or had some idea where her medication was. Fortunately, a few moments after Micky had run out he was back with a small bag and breathing heavily. He quickly pulled out a small bottle and handed Sadie two tablets and a bottle of water. Sadie quickly downed the medicine and said, "Thanks, Micky." The younger brother grabbed his sketch book and wrote, Next time put the med bag in your backpack. "It's not funny." The younger one went back to writing, Just trying to lightin the mood. It wasn't that Micky was born mute. That only started at the beginning of the outbreak. Each of the remaining Hills had their own issues. Some more hidden than others. Some worse than others.

As the two started calming down an announcement was made over the PA system. It was about food. It had been a few hours since the Hills had eaten anything. They had a good amount of random 'useless' supplies, but they had trouble getting food. Alex never wanted to be in a place where he couldn't see the younger ones so he avoided big stores and only hit small convenience stores which had mostly been raided. "Hey, Micky. Maybe we should go get some food and then find something to do." Micky gave a big grinned response to that idea. The two quickly put their things back in their bags and threw them on. One rule Alex made for them was to never be out of arms reached of their gear. Entering the cafeteria, the two grabbed a few sandwiches and practically swallowed them whole. After they ate some they looked around for someone to ask for directions. They could hear a voice that sounded like the one on the PA system. They followed the voice and on seeing the mass amount of people in the kitchen Sadie's eyes landed on the baby in the room. Slowly the two walked over to the crowd and Sadie said, "Aww. She's so cute."

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Alex followed her outside listening to what she had to say; however, he had a response, "Look. Me and my brother and sister are staying here for awhile. I don't particularly want to have to deal with bandits while being the only fighter. So I'm happy I ran into this little school group before meeting a bunch of thieves, rapists, and killers. Either way I plan on leaving the school grounds anyway. So I need someone to give me a short tour of this quaint little town yal are hiding in. So I'm coming. I especially need you to tell me where in town we can get medical supplies. It'd be so cliche for me to say I can trust you more than the others here due to a past with you, but I'm not gonna pull that crap. If you don't want to be near me then fine. Just take me to a pharmacy or something and drop me off there. I need to get some things, and need someone I know won't blab about it to others. Just do this for me and I won't mess with you again deal." Alex stuck his hand out for a handshake as if to make a business deal. "Oh, and you're not the only one who changed."