A/N Hello people! Zack's back story is now published for all to read! I promised this a while ago, but now that I have a fully functioning computer, I can finally post it! Please R & R and tell me what you think!

Hunter & Huntress:

Zack's Troubling Past

-Chapter 1-

I sat in a chair, watching the news report on this new virus that has appeared throughout the world. It was called 'The Green Flu' "Very Cheesy..." I thought.

"At least come up with a good name for it..." I was very doubtful that this Virus was very serious, I mean, a lot of the stuff they say that is dangerous on TV can be a major exaggeration. I turned the channel to see if anything else was on, the very next channel was more news, typical, and right when I was about to turn it they showed pictures of what the Green Flu did the peoples bodies. I looked in disgust as they showed as much as they could on TV. People were puking Black tar-like shit and bleeding from the eyes. They were showing signs of cannibalism.

It was official, this was no over-exaggerated virus, It. Was. Serious.

I decided to get up and get some breakfast. I always get my breakfast before lunch starts... for some reason. Maybe it's because I'm not that hungry in the morning but, whatever. I poured some cereal and sat down to eat. My cell phone started ringing. I flipped it open and said, "Hello?" I heard a familiar voice, "Hey Zack! Have you seen the news? The Apocalypse is coming! Dun Dun Dun!", I laughed "Ha ha! No Rose, there is not going to be an apocalypse on my watch!" We continued laughing for a second. "So Zack, you going to some over today? I miss you..." Rose asked. "Rose, I live two houses away from you! Of course I'm coming over." I said. "OK, I'll get dressed and wait for you then."

"See you there." I said and hung-up.

As I stepped outside, I noticed it was cold. That was weird, because it was June and it should be a little warmer then this. So I decided to put on my Parkour Hoodie, which is the only kind of jacket I really even own. I also put my Parkour pants into my Backpack, like I usually do when we head to the usual spot, which is across town.

I stopped by Rose's, which had a bed of, you guessed it, Roses in the front. I walked to her front door, and rang the doorbell. Whenever I hear very high pitched, or even moderately pitched, noises it hurts my ears. My ears are very sensitive to sound, which was a birth defect. BUT I could hear much better then the average person, which was a cool thing to have. I sometimes freaked my friends out when I heard something they didn't, they would think they are going deaf. Then I would start speaking lower and lower and that would make them very worried. Oh how some of my friends are so gullible. "What's taking her?" I thought as I looked at the clock on my phone. Suddenly, I was tackled by something. I looked to see who was on me and it was none other than...

Rose

She was in hysterics, "You should have seen your face!" she said. "I nearly had a heart attack!" I told her. She just kept laughing uncontrollably as I picked myself up. "Man, she can be crazy..." Apparently, she sneaked out off the second story window, and tackled me. She had gotten very good at climbing once I introduced her to Parkour, my favorite thing to do around this city, and she could scale walls almost as good as me. "Well Rose, if you would like to stop laughing long enough we could actually make it to the Usual Spot before Christmas.", "Fine Zack, let's get moving." She was able to say after failing at trying to control her laughter.

It was a long walk to the usual spot, it took at least twice as long due to the route we took: Across the rooftops. My Mom was very worried about this, my Father recently died in the war and she didn't want me to get hurt. She said she couldn't live with herself if I got hurt, or even worse, died. I was an only child. Rose was born in the same hospital on the exact same day, only three minutes behind me. Also, my parents were good friends with Rose's family. And they moved very close to our home so we could have some kind of fun with a sibling our age. I lost my train of thought as I caught Rose as she almost lost her grip on a ledge. "You OK Rose?", "Yeah Zack, I'm fine! Lets Hurry." I didn't think about our childhood until we got to the usual spot, an Abandoned House.

It was on the outskirts of town, and Rose liked to come here because she could forget about the troubles of home and school and all that other drama. I recently brought some Blue paint, her favorite color, and painted the living room, which was the only place in the house that still had a floor. She also had to break-in sometimes, because the landlord kept boarding up the windows. She taught me how to break in when she was on a trip or something, so I could relax in the 'sanctuary' she loved so much. The other floor-less rooms were perfect for practicing Parkour, so we put a whole load of pillows and such we found around the house to cushion the basement, which is where we fell if we missed something due to lack of floors. It kinda hurt at first when we fell because of lack of pillows, but I started buying cheap, over fluffy 1$ pillows because they were perfect for a crash landing. In-fact it made us bounce up a few inches when we fell, so I kinda invented an accidental trampoline. We practiced for about 3 hours, we did routines of things we had learned, or gave one another challenges to test our creativity. By lunch, we went home and we talked about all kinds of things. We took the streets today, because we were to tired to get back home from the rooftops. My legs felt like they had nothing inside them, they were as light as a feather, which made walking look weird and difficult. "That was a good... exercise..." Rose said in-between breaths. "Yeah... let's do that again in like... two days... because... my muscles need to seriously... rest..." I said. By the time we made it back home, I basicly collapsed in Rose's lawn, Rose followed me. "My legs are so soooooore!" I said in exhaustion. "Yeah, mine too." Rose agreed. "We will DEFINITLY rest for a few days..." I said. That was the longest we had ever did Parkour in the house. And it was showing its effects to us now. "Hey Zack..." Rose said as she got up. "Yeah?" I said, getting up as well. "This virus that's going around, I forgot about it today," she laughed "I was having to much fun!", "Yeah... I did too...", "Well... what if it's true, and the virus reaches this city?" I could sense concern in her voice. I looked her in the eye and said, "Rose, if that does happen, I will give my life, to protect you..." She looked me in the eyes too, and she leaned in, teary-eyed.

And kissed me.

Short Chapter is SHORT! I had no Idea 3 pages looked so... short... but I couldn't really fit anything else into the chapter so, bear with me. The next chapter should be about... 6-7 pages long, because there is a lot of stuff that's gonna be in that. Even a stop in a town you guys know so well! (No spoilers only teasers)