WARNING: DOES HAVE SEXUAL CONTENT AND PROFANITY

Carter: Age(just turned16) Brown wavy hair, one brown eye one blue/green eye, fun and happy but a dark past that can make her pissy at times (Height 5'2")

Steam: Age(almost 17) dirty blond, blue/green eyes, mostly a serious person with a bad past once the zombies came(Height 6'2")

Alex: Age(16) light brown hair, brown eyes, just a chill and fun guy with lots of patience(Height 6')

Lacey: Age(almost 16) blond hair, bright blue eyes, hyper and energetic and loud(Height 5'8")

Zombie Apocalypse

Its 2011, a lot has changed over the coarse of a year or two. Its colder, dirtier and a hell of a lot quieter. A disease was released into the community of Santa Barbara, California and spread Nationally. It takes over your immune system and gets into your brain, the only function your capable of processing now is eating. Meals containing of human flesh. As most say, your now a zombie.

Only few survived, I was one of them. My story isn't a pretty one, and probably one you wouldn't believe. Only one of my friends knows it, her name is Lacey Gulavan and she thinks I'm dead.

I've been out here trying to survive for about two weeks now. I'm tired of being out here alone and at this moment I wish I could just die. Which is why I probably just threw that rock at a group of zombies and now running for my life, I guess I decided that wasn't the way I wanted to go.

Anyways I'll be out for a few,

Carter 3

Owen Steam was walking into an alley when a girl ran past. Few seconds later a mob of zombies followed. He back out of the alley and looked at what was going on. He sighed, "I guess I've got to save her."

He ran back to the curve and hopped into his Steam Punk Firebird and revved the engine. Then he drove full speed and swerved so he was in between the zombies and the girl.

"GET IN!"

Surprisingly she didn't hesitate. She threw open the passenger door and jumped in. She had her head turned and was watching the zombies as he drove right through a building and turned back onto the road. "Thanks, you're a life savor."

She kept her head turned which kind of aggravated him, he needed to know for sure she wasn't infected.

"Look at me."

"What?" She turned to face him, and he had to restrain from showing true emotion. She was beautiful, and a girl he had seen in his dreams before, but her eyes.. One was brown and one was blue green.

"Oh I'm sorry, I'm Carter, and you are?"

"Owen Steam."

"Well thanks for saving me, normally the survivors are all about everyman for themselves."

"Well me my friend Alex, and his girlfriend are all about helping out. Wait what was your last name again?" Steam could have sworn he hear it before.

She was quiet for a moment before she said, "No last name, its just Carter…. Wait! Alex Wolf? Is his girlfriends name Lacey?"

"Yeah that's the one." He then realized where he heard the name. Lacey had been trying to hook him up with one of her friends named Carter. Now he kind wished he had said yes.

"Oh that's exciting! But.. They think I'm dead."

"What why?"

"My family was infected by the disease… I burned the house to save them. Alex and Lacey had come by, and they tried to rescue everything.. But it was to late. They thought I burned with it too… I didn't have to heart to present myself after what I had done…" She choked while she told the story and burst into tears.

Steam tried to comfort her by putting his arm over her but she shrugged him off. She didn't want his comfort she wanted the memory gone. He looked like he took it personally though. They didn't talk the rest of the ride. He pulled up the to pier and Alex opened the gate.

Carter jumped out of the car and tackled him.

"Carter? I.. I.. can't believe it! Your alive? Steam your amazing!" Alex hugged Carter and looked for Steam. He had his shot gun over his back and he was going back out the gate.

"Oh I wonder what's wrong." Alex sighed.

"Was it me?"

"Umm I don't think so.. Let me go check on him," He hugged her one more time and darted out the gate after he call out for Lacey.

Lacey came out from a warn down restaurant and kissed Alex goodbye, and as she turned around she noticed Carter.

"CARTER?" Lacey ran and hugged her tight. "I thought you were died!"

"I know.. Sorry about that."

"Oh no worries, just relieved… he what was wrong with Steam? Did you do something?"

Carter replayed everything that happened. "I think it was when I shrugged him off… I didn't mean to be rude.. You know how I can get."

"Its okay.. Just be nice to him he is a hard head but he is really sweet. Kinda like you." She smiled to show she was kidding.

"Should I apologize?"

"I don't know but you better think of what your going to do quickly they are on their way back already."

Sure enough Alex and Steam where walking back through the gate.

"Hey Lace, lets let Steam and Carter talk for a moment." Alex said in a quiet tone and took her hand to lead her out.

She waited till they rounded the corner so she could say something, but Steam had cut her off so quick she had to replay in her head what he had actually said.

"How did it feel to kill your whole family?"

She was appalled. "What? How dare you ask me such a question? What kind of sick person are you!"

She tired to run off before she teared up but he caught her hand, "I didn't mean it like that. I had to do the same thing. I shot all my family. I just wanted to know if it hurt you the same."

She turned around and soundlessly nodded her head. "I probably hurt the same."

They just stood for a moment. Steam looked at her up and down, actually noticing her outfit for the first time. She had on tight black skinny jeans and a corset top that was a soft silver blue patterned with black flowers. It was pretty hot, he had to ask her a question to keep from staring.

"How long where you out alone?"

"Two weeks, it's a jungle out there, I'm ready for a new start. We've got to get out of here or we will be died. I say we go for the mountains in Oregon or Washington."

"Yes we have to get out of here, but not to the mountains. We are going out to and island it's the safest."

Carter froze up and began to shake terribly.

"Hey are you cold? Hello?"

She didn't respond. Steam ran to get Lacey and Alex.

"What happened?" Lacey asked.

"We where talking about leaving, and the we were going to the islands…"

Carter had another nerve attack.

"Shit, Lacey explain what's going on to Steam." Alex said as he when to bring Carter out of the transfixed state she was in.

Lacey brought Steam a few yards away, "Okay.. Well you noticed she had to different eye colors right?"

Steam nodded, confused.

"Well that is a symptom of a horrible thing she went through. She was taken to a science lab and used as a lab rat. They did horrible things to her, she was only twelve. She barely escaped alive. They were trying to create a super human kind of thing. And these are the scientists who released the disease. Their lab was on an island. She is scared now and horrified of it."

Steam looked back over to Alex and Carter. Alex had Carter by the shoulders and she was nodding to him. Then she laid down on the crates he was next to and Alex leaned over her telling her something.

"They became really good friends when we started going out. I hope the two of you can do the same."

Steam sighed, he actually wanted to be more then friends, he just couldn't shake that feeling. It was like this new girl had a hold on him. He couldn't explain in and he wanted nothing more then to hold and comfort her, to make her happy.

"Lacey go it the supplies, food and water." Lacey nodded and ran off, as Alex walked back.

"She is okay now. What's Lace getting the supplies for?"

"Time to get out of here. Go get Carter."

"Rodger that." Lacey came back with everything and Steam helped her load it in the trunk. Alex came back with Carter sleeping in his arms.

"I didn't want to wake her, she looks so tired."

"Well she had been out there for two weeks." Lacey pointed out.

"True, okay Steam you get into the back seat and you hold Carter, I'll drive."

Steam got into the back and gently took Carter. Lacey got into shotgun and Alex got into the front.

"Okay man where too?"

Steam smiled, "Washington."

With that they started their journey as Carter dreamed of a mysterious boy with blond hair and a warm body.