AN: Hi, everybody! This is my first RE fic and I just came up with the idea. It's purely just for my own entertainment although I still want to know what people think. It's going to be an AU story but I'm going to try to follow extinction as closely as possible, with a few exceptions. Please read and review, I like to know what people think of my work.

I apologise for the briefness of this first chapter, I'm hoping that they will get more interesting as the story progresses.

"I want you to stay out here, ok?" The woman asked the little girl as she helped her off the motor cycle they were using to travel across the country in order to survive this new apocalyptic world.

"But Mommy, I'm scared, what if some of those monsters come? What if there's monsters in there? I don't want you to die Mommy..." The little girl, no older than 5 or 6, replied.

The woman, who goes by the name of Alice, sighed and crouched down to the child's level. She looked up to the sign that read 'KLKB' before licking her lips and turning back to the girl. "I'm not going to die, Honey. Remember, Mommy always knows what she's doing." She looked over the girl's shoulder and noticed a little hide out spot. She would have to check the little shack for any of the un-dead but she was pretty sure it was empty. Alice pulled out a small pistol from her gun holster around her waist and handed it to the girl whose hands shook as she gripped tightly onto the gun. "I know you're scared, Baby, but just remember what i taught you. You had perfect aim so you'll do great. I promise I'll be fine and you'll be fine. You trust Mommy, don't you?" She asked the girl she had come to love as a daughter.

At the very beginning of this whole 'apocalypse' fiasco, Alice could see no light at the end of the tunnel but when she found the girl, almost a year ago today, hiding out in the ruins of a rusty old car she finally found a reason to live. Before she found her baby, Alice was on the verge of giving up. Her sole reason in life had now changed though, she now lived so that she could keep the little child alive. The very first day the girl called her 'Mommy' was like the very first day Alice really truly began to live. Now she couldn't imagine life without her child.

"I trust you." The girl, who said her name was Lucy when asked by Alice when they first met, reassured her unofficial adoptive mother as she nodded her head.

"Good girl. Now, I'm going to make sure that there's no one in there that needs our help ok? And i want you to promise me something." Alice replied as she gestured towards the small building behind Lucy.

"What's that Mommy?" The girl asked, willing to do anything her mother asked of her.

"No matter what, I want you to stay where I leave you, do you understand?" Alice said with a little firmness in her voice.

Lucy nodded and Alice pulled her into a hug. "I love you, Honey." She whispered tenderly as she stroked the back of the girls head.

"I love you too, Mommy." Lucy whispered.

Alice pulled her back and placed a soft kiss to her forehead. "Come on, I know the perfect place for you to hide." She said as she guided her over to the abandoned shack she had noticed. Her voice was, unknown to Lucy, laced with mock excitement in the hopes of making their separation seem less scary.

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Lucy was scared.

She was always scared but sometimes she just put on a brave face for her Mommy. Her Mommy was really brave. Lucy wished she could be more like her. Her old Mommy was brave but her new Mommy, Alice, was even braver. She even had super powers! That fact didn't reduce her fear of losing Alice every time the woman went and ventured off alone though. Lucy hated it. She had seen her Mommy hurt only once and she could honestly say she didn't like it.

A group of bad men had came and tried to take their food an weapons but her Mommy put up a good fight and ultimately came out as the champion of the brawl. That didn't mean she didn't get hurt though. There was about 5 men and there was just her Mommy on their team, so naturally, she got pretty beat up. She had a black eye as well as numerous cuts and other bruises but other than that, she was fine whilst the men were certainly not...fine. Alice's injuries were minor but still it scared Lucy to see her mother in that state.

"Mommy..." Lucy whimpered as she crouched in a dark corner of the shack where Alice had left her. She didn't know how long it had been since Alice had ventured into the 'KLKB' building but what she did know was that it had been a really long time and that's what scared her the most. It wasn't the fact that she was alone. Hell, she had been alone for quite a while when her Mommy had found and saved her. It was the fact that Alice had been gone for ages and to Lucy, that was a bad sign. In her 5 year old mind she concluded that the longer Alice was away, the less likely it would be that she would return. "Come on Mommy...I'm scared..."

Every time her mother went to scout a building alone she couldn't help but feel and think that it could be the last time she saw Alice. She never knew what was in the next building or around the next bend and the thought of the unknown was the core reason for her anxiety.

Lucy continued to whimper but stopped short when she heard footsteps approach. She was reluctant to leave her spot as she wasn't sure if they were Alice's footsteps or if they belonged to one of those scary monsters that looked like people with chunks bitten off their faces. They scared her almost as much as being away from her Mommy did. Lucy froze and stiffened as she saw one of the zombies appear out of o where but just as it was about to reach out for her, there was a loud gun shot that resonated through the shacks the bullet sliced through the un-dead's head.

Mommy was back!

"Lucy?!" Alice shouted as she ran towards her daughter who was still frozen in place. "Baby? Are you hurt?" the woman rushed as she checked her child for any bite or scratch marks, sighing in relief when she found none.

Lucy shook her head still too stunned to talk as a lone tear trickled down her face. "Oh, Honey. It's ok. I'm here. Mommy's here." Alice whispered as she drew her daughter into her strong embrace.

"Mommy?" Lucy whispered into her neck taking in the familiar comforting scent that was uniquely her mother's.

"Yeah, Honey. It's Mommy." Alice reassured her.

"Don't leave again Mommy. I was scared..." The girl admitted still in a daze.

"I know sweetie. I'm sorry. I won't leave you...ever." Alice promised as she rocked her baby in her arms.

After a while, Lucy sniffled and moved so that she could get a good look at her mother. "Mommy, you're hurt." She whispered worried as she touched a gash just above Alice's eyebrow, causing her to wince.

"I'm fine, Lucy. It's just a scratch." And to Alice, it was just a scratch.

"Can we leave now? I don't like it here." Lucy told her mom and Alice smiled and nodded.

"Yeah we can leave, we need to look for some gas for the bike."