Heat that's all she could feel; heat from the roaring fires and heat coming from her legs. She slapped her hands over her ears and closed her eyes trying to drown out the ringing and buzzing in her ears. Once the spinning sensation eased up she took a look around. Limbs, fires and ash littered the floor; it felt as though she had landed in hell.

Millie jolted awake her, body covered in a thin layer of cold sweat, her hands slightly trembling. She sighed and took a few deep breaths trying to steady her racing heartbeat. She hadn't had a dream like that in a while, she opened her army issued backpack and looked at a couple of orange medical containers, she gave them a small shake 'Getting low' she thought as she put them away. She then looked into the back seat of the car, the 8year old kid and her dog where snuggled together, she smiled. She turned back around and reached for the map that she had placed on the drives seat and studied it for a couple of minutes, trying to decide where to go to next, in the end she came to the conclusion that finding a pharmacy was a good plan. Woodbury was the next closet town; opening the car door she stretched and made her way to the passenger's side, quietly opening the abandoned car she popped her torso in and gently shook the girl "Hayley, time to get up" the little girl opened her tiny innocent eyes and stared back into Milles brown tired eyes. "Time to go" with that Millie then shook the German Shepard (who name was Ralph) and geared up.

Her 'gear' consisted of her backpack which was filled with canned food, dried meat, water, map, a pair of binoculars, a few boxes of ammo and a pair of army issued night vision goggles. She also carried a few weapons; a hunting knife strapped to the top of her thigh and a semi-automatic machine gun that hung over her shoulder and a handgun that was hidden under her jeans near the bottom of her leg. She lent up against the car bonnet arms folded waiting for Hayley and Ralph to hurry up. Finally Hayley walked over with Ralph following in tow "About time bubs" she joked leading the way over to the side of the road where Millie hid the Black 150cc off-road motorcycle she found a couple of days ago. Now this was the hard part getting Hayley, Ralph and the supplies on this thing; she handed Hayley the only helmet as she tied the backpack to the back fender with some rope. She then mounted the bike kicking the side stand to take the full balance of the bike into her own hands, she whistled and ralph came bounding up to her. She smiled; he was such a good companion ever since she got him 3 years ago from a company she couldn't remember the name of. "Hayley you ready?" she asked "Yeah, yeah ima commin'" Hayley mumbled as she approached the bike, she then bent down and lifted Ralphs behind as Millie grabbed the front of him and put him in front of her on the bike. 'So much sass for an 8 year old' she thought as she grabbed her arm and hoisted her up on to the back. "Hold on tight" she told Hayley before starting the bike. Once she was sure Hayley had gotten use to the speed she increased it a tiny bit more hoping to reach the pharmacy before nightfall.

The closer to the town they got, abandoned cars seemed to clutter the road; Millie had to slow back down again once more to weave in and out. The sky began to darken 'God dam it' she increased the speed a bit more once she hit the town, trying to look for the pharmacy, there up ahead she made out the words 'Steve's Pharmacy' she rode straight up to the door, it would be night soon and she still needed to find a safe place to sleep. She shut the engine off and waited for Hayley and Ralph to get off, once both of them were on the ground Millie kicked the side stand and got off herself. She looked around the deserted street and shook her head 'Another ghost town' she thought before turning back to Hayley "Go hide inside a car…. And take Ralph with you…..And this" She bent down and removed the handgun from the bottom of her jeans and handed it to Hayley "Remember what I told you, Use this only in an emergency …. And remember to take the safety off" The last thing Mille wanted was for Hayley or Ralph to get hurt, so when it came to scavenger missions she generally did them alone. Watching as Hayley and Ralph chose a car near a Bar. Once she knew they were well hidden she took the knife out of the protective material and held it in her right hand, going for the silent approach, and opened the shattered door, a tiny bell above the door rang "Shit" she whispered bracing herself for any zombies that came her way. She was surprised when nothing moved or made a noise so she continued to the back of the trashed store where all the prescriptive medicine was kept. She hopped over the counter to see a dead zombie on the ground smashed by a stack of shelving 'looks like someone had a struggle' she thought as she continued her search for anything named Zoloft and or Prazosin. Making her way through the shelves her hope was fading, most of the medication had already been taken as she was on her last shelf, she sighed and ran her hand through the ends of her ponytail, bending down to look at the last shelf right at the back was half a container of Zoloft. She couldn't believe it! She had finally found something that could help her ration out the rest of her medication for at least another month maybe even a month and a half if she was lucky. She shoved the pill bottle in her pocket and jogged on over to the front door, she was darker now and she needed to hurry.

BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG. Four gun shots echoed throughout the town, Mille looked outside franticly searching for any zombies or humans thinking that Hayley was the one shooting. She saw Hayley's little head pop up, face pressed against the car window, she was terrified. 'If it wasn't her…. Then who' Millie crouched down and ran to a nearby car, she then repeated this until she was at the car Hayley and Ralph where in. Still crouching she opened the car door and whispered "Come on, stay low to the ground" Hayley very reluctantly got out of the car and grabbed onto Millie's hand, Millie popped her head above the bonnet of the car and saw an alley way next to bar. "DAVE, TONY" Millie's head snapped to the right as she saw a group of men walking and shouting carrying guns. "MOVE!" she hissed as she pulled Hayley into the alleyway Ralph following closely, walking further into darkness she saw some steps and a door 'Bingo' she thought as she slowly opened the back door the bar.

Before she went into the room, she took the semi-automatic of her shoulder, flicked the safety off and took aim. She took a step into the room and did a quick scan, everything seemed ok so she continued walking until she was in the middle of the room "Hayley its safe" she called on out to her "You sure?" "Course I am darl, now get your butt inside" she said jokingly. She saw the door to the bar and slowly turned the handle and gave it a small push, it made a slight creek noise and the door opened to reveal 3 men.