Survival Is The Key

The apocalypse... Whenever someone mentions that it's coming, most people either laughed them off, or locked them up. When the apocalypse finally arrives, and the walking dead roam, how can a group of people survive?

Anne Marshall belongs to AquaDestiny'sEmbrace (Many thanks to Aqua for letting me use her)

I do not own the Walking Dead or its characters. I do own Chris.

And now, for the voice behind Chris: Josh Hutcherson.

Chapter 1: Near Death Experience And Leaving

Chris's POV

"Chris." My father called for me.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"Why don't you go ask Anne if she wants to come with us?" He asked, and I immediately started blushing.

"Y-Yeah. I could a-ask her if she wants to come." I said sheepishly.

I knew he did that to see me blush. He and my step-mom, Coleen, both knew how much I liked her. I would give him hell when we came back from our supply run. I walked over to Anne's tent, and opened the flap.

"She's so cute when she sleeps… No. Shut up, dumbass." I thought to myself. I picked up her can of Pepsi and poked a hole in it with one of my Sais. As soon as it hit her face, she started sputtering.

"What the hell, Chris?" She furiously asked me. "I was wondering if you would like to come with me and my dad on a quick little supply run?" I asked shyly. "Yeah, just give me a minute to get ready." She replied. "Okay." I said then walked out of her tent.

A few minutes later, she came out of her tent, dressed and armed.

"Damn, she's hot… SHUT UP!" I thought to myself, then hid my face so she wouldn't see me blush. We walked over to my parents, when I looked to see Anne had a shocked look on her face when she saw my step-mom with my dad. "Coleen's coming on the supply run with us." I explained to her and she nodded in understanding.

"Let's get going." My dad said and all four of us left to find supplies.

/Two Hours Later\

We were still looking for supplies when I heard Anne's voice.

"I FOUND SOMETHING!" She shouted and I ran to her. I saw she had some Spam in her hand.

"Nice going, Anne!" I praised, and she smiled at me. We then met up with my step-mom, my dad, and Anne showed the Spam she found. I showed the can of beans that I found. After that, we walked back to the community when I heard a twig snap. I stopped in my tracks and drew Anne's attention.

"What's wrong, Chris?" She asked me. My dad and Coleen stopped as well.

"You guys hear that?" I asked, when I looked behind Coleen and went wide eyed. "COLEEN, DUCK!" I said and she obliged. I threw one of my Sais at the lurker and stabbed it in the head. The lurker fell to the ground and I pulled my Sai out of its head. But, unfortunately, Coleen got pinned down by another lurker. They then started coming out of the forest.

"Dad, throw me a grenade." I said, but he refused. I ran to him and Anne, leaving my step-mother to be devoured when I tripped on a root. I turned over to my back to see a lurker jump on top of me.

After a brief struggle, I managed to kick it away from me, then stabbed it in the head before it could bite me. I ran back to the community to see doors were about to close. I made it in just before they did and when I got to my feet, I glared at my 'father'.

"WHY DID YOU LEAVE HER?!" I furiously asked him.

"She was a danger to us all." He replied and I was now beyond furious.

"We could've saved her." I said, tears beginning to stream down my face.

"One day, you'll understand." He said. I was tempted to punch him square in the face, but didn't. I just stormed off to my mobile home.

"That's it. In a few days, I'm outta here." I thought to myself.

/One Week Later\

Anne's POV

I was getting worried about Chris. He hadn't left his mobile home for a week, and I knew I wasn't the only one who was worried, but I was confused by why I was more worried than anyone. I felt like I wanted to be by his side to help him and I didn't know why. I decided to try and get him to come out of his mobile home. I finally made my way to his mobile home and opened the door. I saw him busy packing some of his things into his backpack. I quickly closed the door behind me and decided to get some answers.

"What are you doing?" I asked him. "Packing." He replied. "Obviously, but why?" I asked. "Because I'm leaving. Don't bother trying to stop me. I'm leaving tonight." He replied, and I was shocked.

"Would you object to me coming with you?" I asked, causing him to stop and look at me. "What?" He asked. "You heard me. I don't owe that snivelling bastard loyalty anymore. So, I'll ask you again. Would you object to me coming with you?" I asked him.

Chris's POV

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Anne Marshall, the girl I was in love with was asking me if she could tag along with me. I decided to answer. "By all means, come with me." I replied. She smiled then went to her tent to pack. "Wow. I did not expect that." I thought to myself as I resumed packing.

/Later That Night\

I tiptoed over to Anne's tent, praying she was still awake. I opened her tent and saw she was still awake. "You ready?" I asked her, and she nodded her head. "Okay. Let's disappear." I joked, hoping to earn some kind of acknowledgement. I managed to get her to giggle and decided that was as good an acknowledgement as I'd get.

We made our way outside of the community when I stopped before entering the forest, turned around to the community and rose my middle fingers to it and stuck my tongue out as well. I then turned to Anne to find her giggling at the sight. "Damn, that felt good." I said before we kept walking through the forest.

That's chapter one. I hope you guys like this story. Chris and Anne will end up together, but not until later on in the story. Review and I'll post more chapters.