"How long do we have to walk for?" Asked Alyx.
"I don't know. Days. Weeks. Maybe even months. The military will sort it out eventually." Said her mother, Sandra.
"The Army? What will they do? I'm confused..." Replied Alyx.
Sandra keeps forgetting that Alyx is only 6 years old. She wouldn't understand what's going on.
"Nevermind Alyx. We just have to find your dad. He told me he will be at the Shipley Baseball Field. It is up North, in Maryland, so it will be cold." Sandra said.
"Why is daddy there? I thought that he was fighting the monsters." Alyx then asked.
"Oh! Well, he and his other army friends went to the stadium to gather the survi-... erm, good guys up." Sandra ansered.
Sandra didn't want to tell her what exactly was going on yet. It would be too sudden. She just would keep her safe until she feels that she is ready to know about the dead. Unlike many other people, Sandra knew what was going on by now. She saw it first hand. It only happened a week ago. Thank god she found Alyx. She was stuck in traffic when it happened. She then heard screaming, and S.W.A.T. teams telling everyone to remain in their cars. Then she heard shooting, and snuck out, and got to Alyx's daycare...
Sandra then snapped out of her daydream about what happened a week ago.
The two walked around for about 15 minutes until they found a truck.
Sandra then looked around. Nobody in sight on the long highway. Not even an infected.
Sandra then looked in the front of the truck. Nobody. Just a small amount of blood on the drivers seat.
She hopped down, and opened the back of the trucks load.
"Holy sh-... crap!" Sandra said, but then realized that she was right next to her 6 year old daughter.
Inside the truck were doughnuts. Tons of them. Chocolate. Sprinkles. Powdered. Jelly Filled.
She looked at the expiration date. It is supposed to expire in a month!
Sandra then turned around and asked Alyx "Do you want a snack?"
Alyx nodded, and Sandra hopped from the back of the truck, with 3 boxes of doughnuts in her arms.
Alyx picked a chocolate one, but then started staring at it.
"Mommy? Isn't this stealing?" Alyx suddenly asked.
"Well... I mean... I doubt anyo-" before Sandra could finish, they heard footsteps and chatter.
Sandra saw two people, one in a pair of jeans, and a white T-Shirt and a dark blue vest and . The other was a black man, with a grey hoodie with a light blue pair of jeans.
"So man... do you think this supply run was worth it?" Asked the man with the vest.
"I don't know. All we found was junk food. I don't want to fatten up the group. But food is food, I suppose. Even if it is junk food." Said the man with the hoodie.
Sandra started thinking. What if they find her? Will they shoot her? Will they help her? She didn't want to take the chance.
"Alyx!" She whispered. "Get in here!"
They both hopped in the back of the truck and shut the back of the gate from the inside.
They were swallowed in darkness of the trucks huge trunk, followed by the sounds of the truck starting and muffled chatter, and occasionally, laughter.
...
They both in there, behind some boxes holding hands for what felt like hours.
The truck then stopped, and Sandra then heard the engine turn off.
The trucks trunk opened, revealing the sunset. The two people came in and started moving boxes...