Hey there! What's goin' on? ;) Alrighty, so I read the Gone series (obviously) and I really want the next book! butttt I have to wait :) Anyways, even though they're really messed up, both as themselves and together, the couple Diana and Drake has intrigued me for some reason... probably cause I hate Caine after the last book BUTTFACE! Urghhhhhhhhhhhhh :O

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anyways... :) I hope you like this! It's set after the last book... um... Plague, I think? yeah... there may be some things off, yes I know, but please ignore them :) I'm not the best with technical stuffs... anyways...

Enjoy!

It had been six months. Six months since Caine had come back and saved Perdido Beach. Six months since he had named himself king, and since Sam had taken almost half of the Perdido Beach kids and taken them to the Lake. Among those who had gone with him, surprisingly, was Diana, recently on Caine's side. Also among those was the boy she had just a few weeks ago after coming to Perdido Beach. She should have sensed it earlier. She should have known. But when Diana first caught sight of the baby she birthed, a sense of dread filled her. It was a beautiful baby boy, with dark, chocolate brown eyes… and feathery, light blond hair.

There was a lot of speculation going on about the baby. The annoying girl, Taylor, chalked it up to Diana being less-than-a-saint, to put it nicely, which Taylor didn't. Only a few, like Sam, Astrid, Orc, Howard, Dekka, knew the truth. The face of the boy that terrorized them was still etched in their memories, and also in the boy's face. And that made the small baby one of the most hated people in the new area of the FAYZ.

The kids in Perdido Beach were miserable. This, of course, was normal, but things had gotten slightly… uncomfortable, with Caine in charge. Every time they passed him, they had to stop and bow, and always address him as 'King Caine' or 'Your Majesty'. Anyone who disregarded these rules would be punished by Caine's 'Police Crew', much like how it had been with Orc and Howard before. But now it was made up of a few seventh and eighth graders armed with pipes and baseball bats.

Just then those kids were resting behind one of their houses, sitting around smoking a joint. They past it around, laughing and cussing obnoxiously. One kid, though, was completely silent, and made the others pass the joint around him, never taking a hit. No one knew who this boy was, but he wore long gloves and a Halloween mask. Anytime anyone tried to take his mask off or his gloves, they were quickly dealt a blow to the throat or face by the butt of the kid's rifle. One of the older kids, a scrawny, creepy kid named Gray, suddenly grinned.

"Did you hear about the baby that chick had over at the Lake?" A few of them laughed, others looked confused.

"Yeah, that one who used to be Caine's," another kid, a chubby boy named Jack, announced, taking a hit and passing it, "Diana, I think." The silent boy, who they had named Clown because of his mask, suddenly perked up. Gray was the first to notice.

"Do you know her?" Clown hesitated before nodding. Jack nodded.

"Yeah, well first everyone thought it was Caine's, but then she had it and the thing's got blond hair."

"Are you sure Caine wasn't born with blond hair?" one kid piped up. Gray shook his head, taking another hit.

"No man, I doubt it. Besides, a lot of people say it doesn't even look like him." Just then Clown stood. Everyone looked at him expectantly, but he just turned and walked away.

"Hey, where ya goin?" There was no answer, and the masked boy disappeared around a corner.

Clown walked down the empty streets slowly, his mind wandering. He had known Diana was pregnant, and the thought crossed his mind, but then he just figured it was Caine's. He could remember the time clearly. But it was only about six months now since he found out she was pregnant, and she already had the kid… And now they were saying the kid had blond hair. There was no mistaking it. But now what to do? Clown thought a moment, and then felt a smirk grow on his face. Time to visit the princess.

Diana sighed, bouncing the baby on her leg as she fed him from her chest. Every so often John would come by with some of the babies from the daycare and ask for milk. At first she said no way, but when the boy told her about how the youngest were starting to starve, she finally gave in. Most days Diana just sat inside. The old her was almost gone completely; now the Diana everyone knew was a tired, warn-out, silent girl with too much on her plate. Some, like Taylor, said it was her own fault. Most agreed to this, but still held sympathy and never said it aloud.

Shockingly, Diana seemed to have nothing to say back to whatever Taylor spouted her way whenever the girls crossed paths, or whenever someone told Diana the rumors the other girl was spreading. She just simply shrugged and walked away. There were more important things to deal with. Diana sighed again, shifting the tiny boy in her arms so he was more comfortable. There was no doubt in her mind who the boy looked like, and she knew people like Sam knew, also. It was too bad the boy's father was probably the most hated person in the FAYZ; it would make it hard on him growing up. If he's able to grow up, Diana thought.

Her mind went to his father. She still remembered the night as if it was yesterday.

He smirked at her, and she glared back.

"Get out."

"Make me."

The memory still made her face flush with anger, embarrassment, and… something else, though she didn't know what it was so denied it was there. Either way he was most likely never to come back, or at least not any time soon. He probably didn't even know about the kid.

That's what everyone called him; Kid. Diana had never before thought about having kids, so she hadn't known any names, and the ones the others said didn't seem to fit, so she and the others called him 'the baby' or 'Kid'. Diana patted the baby's pat soothingly, brushing through his thin blond hair with her fingers. Just another life born into the FAYZ.

Soooooooo? It's short, I know, but I hope you liked it :) If you have any suggestions, let me know! Umm... oh, and this probably won't be a lot about Sam vs. Caine or any of that stuff, mostly it'll just be about what's going on with Diana, Drake, and the baby :) Obviously the other characters will come into the story, just let me know the people you want to be in it! Anyways, Review and stuff! BYES!