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Summer Camp: A Survival Horror Mystery Roleplay

Alot of Camps are named after someone or something specific that relates either to the area of the camp or perhaps a settlement that was once there town name, rive name, etc. So its really a wide variety to be honest, for example Camp Silverlake, Camp Timbers, Camp Greystoke, Camp Goldsun, maybe the name of this Camp can have something to do with the stories about it, a town that maybe once stood there, named after the man who started the Camp its widely open. A lot of todays camps are named after indian tribes that once inhabited the land, Camp Chippewa, Camp Cherokee, Camp Apache. It really depends on what your preference is.

Summer Camp: A Survival Horror Mystery Roleplay

Def Interested. I went to camp myself when i was younger, we had stories too haha an I won't lie they scared the hell outta me back then I could hardly sleep thinking one of the stories might come true. If you need help on what camps do I can definitively give you insight.

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

Leonardo slowly made his way into the house, Chris was still asleep on the couch, he seemed so peaceful now as apposed to a a little while ago and he really didn't want to risk waking him up. Picking up the inhalers and pocketing them he Walked forward and slowly picked him up with the blanket letting the rifle fall behind his back, Chris stayed asleep as Leonardo slowly walked outside and down the porch steps. Coming to the Humvee he slowly opened the door and layed Chris inside the back quietly he clicked the locks on the back doors and closed them letting him sleep awhile longer. Leonardo started to walk back towards the other house where the soldiers were when he stopped in the street, he realized that he could not hear anything, bugs, animals, anything at all, it was very much unlike when he had come here he could hear the crickets then but now it was just creepily silent. Leonardo peered into the darkness of the streets, for and instant he could swear he saw something but he felt like the night was playing tricks on his eyes and he was rather tired so it was possible. Walking back to the Humvee he opened the front door and pulled the glove compartment down removing the emergency signal and the gun for it and walked back into the street. Slowly aiming it in the air he pulled the trigger and the flare flew into the sky and illuminated the ground below in a bright light, Leonardo's heart nearly skipped five beats all at once when he saw the massive horde of walkers making their way down the narrow street.

How the hell had they made it this far so quick?! It wasn't even possible... unless this wasn't even the group from the base to begin with, but where the hell had they come from and so quick? It took Leonardo a minute to realize that particular group was coming from the opposite side they were not coming from Pendleton they were heading for it. Leonardo could not stand there any longer questioning the hordes origin, from the current distance they would be reaching them in only moments and they had to get the hell out of here now! Leonardo quickly turned and got into the Humvee and started the engine tearing down the road he quickly pulled up beside the other humvee and quickly opened the door.

"Whats going on?"

Leonardo heard the groggy voice from the back and he quickly turned to face Chris.

"Stay down and stay here, don't move and put the blanket over your head and be completely still, get down here on the floor away from the windows. Be quiet like a mouse Chris this is very important, and don't unlock the doors no matter what you hear. As long as you do this you will completely safe, ill come back for you I promise."

Leonardo quickly hopped out of the car as Chris got down on the floor and pulled the blanket completely over himself shielding himself from view. Locking the doors completely Leonardo quickly ran into the house. Thankfully those things were too stupid to realize that flare was shot from someone who was alive so they were not noticed, however they had to make sure they did, Leonardo realized that the only way to escape this horde was to go back into Pendleton where there would be another horde waiting for them, they had to wait for them to pass the other recourse was risky. Running back upstairs Leonardo found the remaining men and quickly spoke.

"Guys we have a large horde coming this way, not from Pendleton but in the opposite direction, they are going to be in view in a matter of minutes or less, we need to make a decision now on what were gonna do and quickly. The safest recourse would be to to block the door of this house and remain completely quiet and let them pass by, long as we don't alert them we will be fine, iv done it before, or we can drive away and risk Pendleton and another horde in the opposite direction. We have to decide now though."

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

Antagonist did you read my post? your post contradicts it entirely.

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

Leonardo looked back towards where Chris was and then towards the men, he had his doubt but Chris would be safe and he would return soon so he followed the men inside. When Leonardo heard the thumping sound he was quickly on alert as were the rest, following them upstairs quickly he kept his rifle steadied as he rounded the top to see a soldier sitting in front of a door blocking it. As the older man asked what was going on the soldier quickly elaborated his story, which did not bode well not well at all. After that the older man quickly took aim at the door and started a slow count for the soldier to open it, Leonardo pointed his rifle at the door as well, they were all thrown off guard however when the wooden door splintered and the infected soldier came through and bite straight into the soldiers neck, as the skin tore away a spray of blood hit the walls before the older man started firing a volley of shots hitting the soldier in front of the door and then peppered the room behind. The house quickly became quiet after, the scene before them had silenced them all. The older man kept looking at the door and Leonardo knew the room had to be cleared it was common sense, placing the rifle down against the wall Leonardo approached the older man an put a hand on his shoulder.

"I'll clear it..."

Leonardo walked past the older man and approached the door, getting to the side he silently knocked on the wood and listened, he heard a small shuffle of movement from inside but nothing more. Putting his hand on the knob, he slowly removed the Hitachi from his back and swung the door open peeking head inside, the soldier who killed the man on the outside of the door was laying backwards on the floor in a puddle of his own blood, his face was covered in holes, making his way into the room the other soldier was across the room, he was on the ground but very much still moving from first look it seemed that the spray of bullets had damn near taken off his knee caps, he was slowly crawling towards the door and Leonardo, he had a bullet hole in his throat so any sound came out in really soft gasps of air coming from the hole. Leonardo took the sword in hand and crossed the room sword in hand, approaching the down infected, the man reached out his grab his ankle but in one swift movement he brought the sword down and the tip of the blade slammed the soldiers head killing him completely instantly. Removing the sword Leonardo replaced it in the sheath on his back and made his back out of the room slowly closing the door to hide the bodies.

"Its clear.. Listen this is probably a moment for you to deal with given you knew those men not me. I have a young child I rescued from Pendleton in the house I came from I am going to grab him."

With that Leonardo picked up the M4 Rifle and slowly made his way back outside and back across the street.

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

Leonardo was silent as he looked out the window, when he had seen the movement out of pure luck he thought that the infected had finally made it this far and was getting ready to move. But that thought was soon erased when the one he thought was an infected walked up the street and convened with two other men who appeared near the hummer Leonardo had seen earlier when he pulled up. He didn't know who these men were, or even where they came from, but they had a military vehicle so maybe that meant they were military, or maybe it didn't, maybe they were marauders who scored a lucky break... then again it could have been that Humvee he had passed back at Pendleton, that seemed way more likely and they had looked more military then anything. Perhaps he should go out and talk to them, there was no doubt some allies couldn't hurt in this time, and he had spent so many days alone since this started, then again he did it that way because it was easier to watch people die if you didn't know them or were their friend. Leonardo turned his head as his thoughts went back to John, looking at Chris sleeping on the couch reminded him that if he liked it or not he was not alone anymore no matter what way it went. It was better if Leonardo stopped going solo, if not for himself then for this kid Chris he had some long roads ahead and Leonardo knew they would be harder alone.

Walking over to the couch Leonardo grabbed the M4 rifle and slowly gave it a once over in the dim candle light, if he had to defend himself he didn't need his gun jamming on him in the long run. Leonardo slowly pulled the blanket up to Chris's chin as he gave the kid another look, he would let him sleep, the house was secure he had made sure himself so it would be ok. Walking to the couch in front of the door Leonardo pushed it slowly and quietly aside and unlocked the door, opening it he slowly stepped out into the coldness of the night and closed it behind him, reaching his hand through the broken window he relocked it and slowly made his way down the stairs and then into the street. Leonardo slowly made his way up the street he kept the rifle cradled in his hands ready to fire if he had too but kept it pointed down so he did not immediately appear as a threat, he only walked a short distance before he was near the group of men, he stopped a couple or so or more feet away not wanting to move any closer and spoke.

"Good evening I couldn't help but notice you out here, I am a former Captain of the United States Army, reinstated as of two weeks ago, my name is Leonardo and I mean you no harm."

Leonardo went silent as he took in the men in front of him, they were all clearly military themselves, there was no doubt that they were at Pendleton when it fell, at least the two closest to the Humvee. The older man was the one Leonardo recognized from inside Pendleton, he did not know the others. Keeping the rifle cradled on his arms his finger was on the trigger in case they tried to pulled anything, he didn't think they would but there was no reason to be so trusting especially in times like these.

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

Im not a newbie lol just lost my internet ;)

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

"Exscuse me Sir can I ask you a question?"

Leonardo turned his head silently and looked at the young boy, slowly he nodded his head and turned his attention back to the road, it had grown terribly dark by now and the road became increasingly dangerous at night.

"How long have you been a part of the Army?"

"I have not been a part of the army in over fifteen years kid."

"But you came in on a chopper, I saw you when you arrived, and your wearing military clothing?"

The kid asked the question innocently enough, Leonardo did not feel much like talking, the events from before still fresh on his mind, however the kid was probably trying to forget who own memories for awhile. Leonardo sighed lowly to himself before he spoke.

"I was re-instated when all this began, the initial start of this whole thing took a lot of lives, especially the lives of soldiers, it happened so quick that most were sent in with little to no knowledge of what they would be facing. I was brought back because of my experience in the Army and because of my experience with other things as well. I was assigned at first to try and prepare new soldiers being trained for action, however because of what was happening I was sent to military operated Refugee camps to help with protection, which in the end was a useless gesture as you now know."

"I see... I'm sorry..."

"For what kid?"

"About your friend..."

Leonardo slowly put his hand on the boys shoulder and squeezed it a little bit, he had to commemorate a boy who held it together this good, probably a lot better then Leonardo had held it together back at Pendleton.

"Its okay... when we become soldiers we assume a certain risk, losing a brother and friend is hard, but that is merely one of the risks we must take and pain we must face for what we believe in.... protecting the innocent from those who would harm them."

"My dad was in the army too, he died not all that long ago my mother too, they died within the first week this started, I don't know how it happened but the soldiers who knew my dad and mother told me so. Ever since then the soldier brought me to the main camp to watch over me, we lived on the base in the part with lots of people who were not military."

"I'm sorry for your lose, the way you keep yourself together would make me think it wasn't that recent. I was a kid too when my parents passed away, seems so long ago now but some wounds never do truly close."

"What did you do?"

Leonardo sighed as he looked at the boy again before he spoke some more, he quickly changed the subject to something else to avoid talking about his past, that was a wound he did not need to open anymore then it was right now.

"So you got asthma you said before, do you have an inhaler for it? If not we should find you one in case you have another attack."

"I had some at my house and back in the camp but I couldnt grab any of them when things got scary. I was running, that's when you knocked me down."

"Well why don't we go to your house and grab them, I am positive that it should be safe at least for now and perhaps we can both get some rest, its been a long day on both of us. An by the way my name is Leonardo but you can call me Leo if you want whats your name kid?"

"Chris... Chris Enfield"

"Nice to meet you Chris lets get back to the civilian quarters and find your house huh?"

20 minutes past...

Leonardo turned off the lights on the Humvee as he slowly came up the street, he did not see anyone or anything but he couldn't be too careful, he did not want to draw attention to them if he could help it.

"Its just a little farther Leo, its the house with the red car in the drive way, the door might be locked dad was like that and I don't have a key..."

"No worries kid we will get in."

Leonardo kept his eye's peeled as he rolled down the road, the place was silent and quiet however, it seemed to no one had gotten out of Pendleton camp at all, not even the soldiers and if they did none of them came this way. When Leonardo spotted the red car, he knew that had to be the place seeming it was the only car he could even spot within the sector. Slowly he pulled up in front of the house and put the vehicle in park as he looked around but saw nothing, he happened to spot a Humvee up the street a small ways away but he payed not much heed to it as he hopped out of the vehicle and let his feet hit the rocky gravel underneath.

"Come on Chris, stay close to me."

As Chris hopped out Leonardo walked to the back of the vehicle an opened the door, pulling out his flashlight he clicked it on inside the vehicle and clicked open an compartment in the back of the seat. Inside it was and M4 Rifle with two spare clips, he removed the weapon silently and inserted on of the clips pocketing the other. Slinging the rifle over his back he shut the door and continued on slowly making his way into the yard.

"How did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Find that weapon?"

"Its an emergency weapon, you can find them in most military vehicles, in case of surprise attacks or what not, unarmed escorts, the list goes on kid. Its usually well hidden because of those reasons, but I am an old army man, so I knew about it of course, spent half my life in a Humvee. Now lets be quiet until were inside and secure Chris."

Chris nodded silently as Leonardo took the flashlight and slowly inserted it into the under barrel of the weapon in the slot and secured it, clicking it on he approached the house, nothing seemed out of order, nothing broken, just a calmness that was... just too calm for what was going on. Years of war had made Leonardo paranoid, so he was not so quickly to let his guard down. Walking up the porch of the clean cut house Leonardo looked through the window, nothing was disturbed inside, he went to the front door trying the knob but it was locked, looking around silently and spotting nothing he removed his cap and put it on the glass above where the lock should be and punched it knocking the glass in, reaching in he unlocked the door and slowly went inside, quickly pointing the flashlight in all directions he secured the front room. One by one Leonardo secured the kitchen, the bathroom and the small rec room in the back, the house was clear. The only place left was the upstairs now, but before that Leonardo walked over to the nearby cough and started to push it, getting close to the door he closed it, relocked it, then put the couch in front of it, putting the edge of the couch under the knob securing the door from intrusion. Turning he then closed the blinds on each window so no one or nothing could see inside.

"Stay here a minute Chris while I secure the upstairs, don't worry there is nothing down here iv made sure of it."

Chris nodded again and quickly got behind the second couch to hide, Leonardo turned and silently ascended the stair case, reaching the top there was a small hallways with three doors one on the left one on the right and a center door which looked to be a small bathroom. Going forward Leonardo checked out the bathroom first, but there nothing inside it. Closing the door he silently went to the door on the right and opened it slowly until it hit the wall behind, pointing the flashlight around he saw nothing, it looked like the master bedroom. Walking in Leonardo went to the door inside the room and slowly knocked on it, however he received no answer so he opened it to reveal a small empty closet. Looking inside he found some clothing and some candles inside, removing the candles he let the door remain open as he pocketed them and then went across the hall to the room on the right and did the same procedure as before, inside he knew this was Chris's room from the scattered toys and books. Shining the light around he finally centered it on a nightstand with a lamp on it plus an inhaler, taking the inhaler Leonardo grabbed the blanket off the bed with a pillow and returned down stairs.

Re-entering the living room he layed the blanket and pillow on the second couch and then set the candles on the coffee table, slowly he lite them up to give them a little light. Chris slowly emerged from behind the couch as Leonardo slowly pulled out the inhaler and handed it too him. Leonardo then sat on the edge of the arm chair and lay the rifle across lap.

"I brought you a blanket and a pillow, we can rest here for now Chris, try to sleep I will keep watch nothing will hurt you I promise."

Leonardo watched as Chris just nodded and silently got on the couch and pulled the blanket over himself saying nothing. It was only a short time before Leonardo heard soft sniffling. Slowly getting up from the chair he set the M4 beside the couch.

"You okay Chris?"

Leonardo silently put his hand on Chris's shoulder and turned him, tears were streaming down his face.

"Hey hey come on Chris."

Leonardo slowly moved Chris's feet and sat down beside him, the young boy quickly changed directions and pushed his head into Leonardo's shoulder as it stifled the crying. Leonardo put and hand on the boys backed and rubbed soothingly to try and calm him. He had finally broken, and Leonardo did not blame Chris at all, he was a tough little boy but even the toughest broke sooner or later.

"Its okay Chris, get it out, its okay"

"Daddy... daddy never cried... he was tough.. I don't understand how he died..."

Chris was crying fully now, Leonardo pulled the young boy in close.

"Chris... sometimes people die, there is no reason that we are prepared to understand. Even tough men die, it doesn't mean they were weak or that they deserved it."

"I miss my dad and my mom, I miss her cooking and her smile, it was always like the angels they told me about..."

"I know Chris I know, its okay that you miss them, you need to cherish those memories, keep them close to your heart, my mother used to tell me as a kid that no one truly dies as long as you keep them close to your heart and always keep your memories of them."

Leonardo raised Chris's head as he put his hand on his chest.

"Right here Chris, always keep them right here and they will always be with you, do you understand?"

Chris shook his head as he buried it deep in Leonardos side, he cried for a little while before he finally fell to sleep. Leonardo stayed beside him as he kept watch over him. Reaching into his pocket he removed a photograph of his wife and son and looked at it in the flame that was licking the walls with light, putting the picture to his chest Leonardo repeated the words he told Chris lowly.

"Keep them close to your heart..."

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

Leonardo was livid when he reached the Humvee he opened the door silently as he looked inside back and front, there was no one in it motioning for the boy to get in the kid followed instructions and quickly jumped in through the passenger door and got in the passenger seat buckling himself in. Smart kid.... that was all that ran through Leonardo's mind as he pulled down the visor of the vehicle and the keys plopped out, he caught them in his hand as he started the vehicle, the vehicle had a good 3/4s tank of gas, more then enough to get the hell out of this place. Looking around Leonardo saw no infected around, they were all concentrating on the air strip where all the people had flocked too, fools all of them, this is what happened when people panicked, they didn't think they just.... did things and Leonardo could do nothing about it. Pulling back the throttle Leonardo put the humvee into drive and pulled out of the spot. Pulling off in a screech and a bunch of smoke Leonardo gunned the vehicle and went straight for the front entrance. Slowly looking in the rear view mirror he could see the infected in the distance, they had already infected most of the people who tried to escape, wiping his forehead Leonardo looked at the young boy and spoke.

"Hang on tight kid"

Leonardo then turned the wheel hard and made a complete half turn with a loud squeal of the tires and then pressed the gas pedal to the floor and went straight in the direction of the large horde of infected. As Leonardo speed forward for a split second he saw another Humvee pass him by, the people inside he did not know but he caught an old mans eye for a split second before they passed each other and he was out of sight, putting his eye's back ahead of him Leonardo came up on the large group of infected quickly and then with a quick turn of the wheel he turned the Humvee in another loud squeal of the tires, the back of the Humvee now in front of the infected Leonardo quickly climbed up and opened the panel to the 50. cal on top of the Humvee and put his body through. Leonardo slowly put his finger to the trigger as he checked the ammo feed and then with no remorse he pulled the trigger back full throttle and began to fire into the crowd of infected.

"This is for John you mother fuckers!!!!!!"

The 50. cal tore through the infected like a hot knife tore through butter, infected were cut in half in mere seconds as the stream of bullets ripped through their bodies and hit more infected behind them. Leonardo kept his finger on the trigger as seconds turned to minutes he never let up as he kept shooting more an more infected down, he was pissed that was obvious, this went on for minutes before the 50. cal ran out of bullets. Leonardo was breathing hard as he saw the bodies on the ground and the strip now looked like the blood pool of hell. Leonardo just sneered as more infected were already taking the place of the dead ones, slipping down back into the drivers seat Leonardo put on his own seat belt and gunned the vehicle once more and in a squeal and cloud of smoke he left the infected behind him. In moments Leonardo smashed through what remained of the front fence and hit the main road out of Camp Pendleton. The Camp quickly became small and soon enough it was out of sight as Leonardo looked in the mirror one last time before tearing it off the windshield in frustration and throwing it in the back. Looking over the young boy was sitting silently looking between Leonardo and the middle of the seats, sighing Leonardo put his hand on the boys shoulder.

"We will be all right kid, we will make it, don't worry..."

Leonardo spoke to the boy reassuringly even though at that point he did not believe his own words. In fact at that point he did not even care if the world was ever the same again. There was nothing left for him now and that was a fact he could not deny.

The Walking Dead: Los Angeles

"No god damn it!"

Leonardo stood upon the brink of Camp Pendleton, he had been too damn late to make it back, his recon his want to protect this base, everything was now going to hell and there was nothing he could do. Leonardo slowly removed the Hitachi from his back and took it in his hand, there was not much he could do now but he was not going to turn tail and run not if he could help some of these people to survive at least another ten minutes. Leonardo took off in a full sprint, the entire base was being overrun from almost every side, he needed and entry point and he needed it now. He scanned each section of fence for any holes he could slip in, but it seemed like there were barely any he would ever make it too, the horde of infected were everywhere. As Leonardo neared the section of fence the infected were pouring through like a damn wave of water, he could hear the screams from inside the base, and could see the soldiers were abandoning their posts trying desperately to escape the turmoil that was erupting all over the Camp.

"Come on I just need and entry point..."

Leonardo kept scanning until he finally spotted a weak section of fence that was trampled, the infected were slim pickings around the section and that would be his way in now. Leonardo changed his direction and ran straight for the weak section of fence. Reaching down he pulled the Beretta from its holster at his side, pulling off a couple shots the bullets quickly found their marks as the nearest infected fell in a cascade of blood and brain matter. Leonardo heightened his speed as a couple infected tried to reach for him, he pulled away hard as he reached the section of fence and in one hard leap he jumped the broken down peice of fence and got himself into the Camp, swinging the sword he quickly sliced an infected woman straight in the neck, her head slowly fell to the ground as he body followed with it. Leonardo was breathing hard, he was not used to that kind of running anymore and he damn well knew it. All around him the entire place was in turmoil, he had to find the Major, he had to know his old friend was okay.

"John!"

Leonardo screamed but it would be fruitless, the hell that was taking Pendleton would quickly stifle any attempts he made to find his friend. Leonardo caught a couple more breaths of air and took off in the direction of Johns tent. As Leonardo ran bodies littered the ground on both sides of his, people on top of people, eating each other, it was the same as the other camps, the only difference was that Leonardo had someone to lose at this one. Leonardo ran past many infected who were feasting on corpses too busy eating to pay him any attention, upon reaching Johns tent Leonardo quickly came to the flap and came in quickly looking around the small area. It was empty, damn it the tent was empty... Leonardo had been stupid to think John would be here it was obvious he would not be hiding in his tent. Leonardo cursed under his breath and ran back outside the tent, he was surprised when he ran into a young boy knocking him down to the ground hard. The boy tumbled back in fright almost immediately and tried to back away unknowing that he was backing right into a infected man.

"Look out boy!"

Leonardo pulled the Beretta up and pulled off a shot striking the infected in the head splattering blood all over the young boys back. The boy yelped in fright as he quickly turned and back away he was trying desperately just to get away from the hell that was all over the place. Leonardo quickly came over to him and pulled him up to his feet, a group of infected were coming towards them now hearing the gun shot.

"Come on kid we gotta move now!"

The kid was scared out of his mind, that was obvious but he quickly looked back and then back at Leonardo with a look of desperation, for the man before him to help him to survive. Leonardo took the kids hand and quickly pulled him off in the opposite direction, they quickly put the infected behind... for now but they were far from being safe and Leonardo knew that all to well. As Leonardo changed direction he could see the airstrip in the distance and he could see large crowd of people that were still alive struggling and trying to escape the doomed camp on the last air craft leaving, in the background Leonardo could see the infected making their way from the back fence. There was no way John would be over there he was smarter then that. Leonardo pulled the kids hand to get him moving but he felt the tug and quickly looked back, the boy was breathing hard now, the small amount of running had been too much for him at such a quick pace.

"Come on kid we gotta keep moving."

"I can't.... can't breath... Asthma..."

Leonardo instantly caught on now, the boy had a lung condition which did not bode well, the stress alone was going to kill him, Leonardo had to do something to get this boy to calm down enough to fight his closing wind pipe. Leonardo quickly holstered his Beretta and bent forward picking the boy up with a grunt and quickly put him over his back.

"Wrap your arms around my neck kid, I don't want you to worry I am gonna keep you safe, just hold on and try to calm down its gonna be all right."

Leonardo took the sword in one hand and put his free hand on the boys leg that was now wrapped around his waist and took off in a sprint, the boy was not light weight for sure but Leonardo would stifle it for now. Leonardo ran onto the small strip of the base and turned his back away from the many civilians struggling to board the air craft, going over there would mean certain death, he would regret not trying to help, but he knew that no one was going to listen their fear would out win the day now... Leonardo knew this well he had seen it more then once. Leonardo quickly ran to a more abandoned part of the base to get away from the mass turmoil slowing down he breathed hard, catching his breath, that was when he heard the weak call out of his name, slowly turning Leonardo saw John laying on the ground in the distance, he was laying against and over turned humvee, quickly Leonardo turned and went to him. Slowly setting the boy down beside him Leonardo quickly looked over his friends, and saw the bite mark on his neck and his heart quickly sank.

Leonardo quickly pressed his hand against Johns neck to try and keep the blood pressure from dropping anymore, but even if he could stop it he knew that it was too late. As the pain in Leonardos chest started to rise he looked at John who looked back weakly.

"You... made it... back... was hoping... to see that ugly... mug one...one more time."

"Your gonna be ok John, your ex wife has bitten you worse then this out of anger, you remember... when you had that girl at your house and she walked in and bit you in the neck to try and kill you..."

John weakly smiled as he no doubt recounted the memory, slowly raising his hand he put it on Leonardos shoulder and squeezed it gently as he coughed hard and blood spurted from his mouth.

"I'm dieing Leo I tried... but I couldn't stop it from...couldnt stop it... I failed."

Leonardo put his hand on Johns hand and squeezed it tightly, Leonardo was fighting back the tears that were stemming at the base of his eye's the sinking feeling in his stomach was putting knots everywhere.

"You didn't fail John, you didn't fail, don't say that to yourself... it was an impossible situation and you gave your all..."

Leonardo choked up a bit and stopped speaking, he didn't know what to say, he felt the pain piercing his heart and it hurt so bad, a pain he had not felt since his wife died, he tried so hard to keep it at bay but he was no longer able too. Feeling Johns grip slightly weaken Leonardo looked in his eyes trying to find any words to say but none were coming too him as tears fell down his cheeks now.

"Leo... do me a favor... I don't want to be one of those things... an i can't... take my own life...i'm scared..."

"John... I can't... I can't do that your my only friend in the world, I can't..."

"Leo do you remember when we were in that POW camp together, how they tortured us day in and day out? An we made a pact that if we could never escape those walls together then the other would... would... end the others life out of.... respect? I don't wanna die... but I... don't wanna be one of them... things out there... please Leo... please..."

Leonardo closed his eyes hard as the tears dripped from his cheeks, the situation was almost surreal to him, in his head he just wanted this to be a bad dream, and he would wake up in a bed somewhere and life would be the way it was before. But Leonardo could not trick himself into believing that, he wanted so much to believe it, but he could not do it not even now that his best friend was going to die. Slowly Leonardo pulled the Colt 45 from Johns holster, looking at the metal in his hand he wanted to throw it as far away as possible... but he would respect John's wishes... he would not let John die in vain.

"I love you my brother, you saved me from that POW camp, you didn't leave me, and because of that I will respect your final wishes. It was an honor to be your friend and your brother in arms, and I swear to you I won't let your death be in vain... I swear it my friend."

"Good bye Leo, I hope we meet again in a better place... some day..."

As John closed his eye's Leonardo slowly raised the gun and pointed it at Johns head, slowly pulling the trigger back the hammer slowly went back and in one flash of the barrel... John and the man he was... was gone. Leonardo let the gun fall to the ground, he wanted to scream as loud as he could. to pound the ground, to just die right then and there. But he woudn't do it, he had to live on if not for himself then for the people he lost and cared about. Slowly turning his head the young boy was near by, tears were rolling down his cheeks, even in his fright the scene that had just unfolded had saddened him. Slowly Leonardo pulled the boy to him and slowly stood up.

"Come on we gotta go, the infected will have heard that shot, there is no more reason for me to be here..."

With that Leonardo turned and picked the boy back up and placed him on his back, turned back he slowly saluted his old friend and then took off in the opposite direction.