The radio in my Kia played only static as we rode through the desolate town. I had hooked up my Ipod to my stereo because the sound irked Alex to the point at which he started to yell at me. He said that in his dreams he had heard the same sound. Lady Gaga was bursting through my car when Alex looked at me through the mirror. "Why'd you dye your hair?" He asked randomly. Yuck, small talk. He was referring to the fact that my hair had been blonde when he had left for the army, truth of the matter was that I hadn't dyed it. It had naturally grown like that over the four years he had been gone. Maybe it was from my stress or the fact I could've take after my father, who had a lovely mane of brown hair.

"Being a brunette suits me, doesn't it?" I asked, he agreed. "Well then, stop complaining." He smiled and switched the song.

I kept my eyes on our surroundings. Even though I knew Josh wouldn't be found this way, I didn't want to travel on foot just yet. We were both still somewhat shaken up by the creature that had recently attacked us. I was still daydreaming when Alex slammed on the brakes and swerved across the road. I stared at him wide eyed as if he were a mental patient. "Why in gods name did you do that Alex?" He looked at me with disbelieving eyes.

"The road…it's gone." He said dumfounded.

"Are you okay?" I asked. He got out of the car and motioned for me to do the same. I didn't believe him, but I still followed him. I got out of the car and pulled Alex's moms revolver out from under my seat. I walked over to him and he placed his hand on my shoulder. He shoved me up to a crack in the road. "Oh my god," I said as I looked at it more closely. The road had turned into a cliff! "You were serious? Where's the fucking road?"

"I don't know Elle. Hand me a rock." He commanded. I bent over and found a rock of good size and handed it to him. He threw it over the edge.

"Why'd you do tha-"He had cut me off.

"Hush, listen." I did as said and we didn't speak for a matter of minutes. Finally, Alex looked at me and asked, "Did you hear it hit the ground?"

"No, Alex this is starting to freak me out." I sat on the hood of my car and put my knees to my chest. He looked around for a minute and then abruptly pulled me off the car.

"There's a chain fence here. Where do you think we are?"

"The junkyard maybe, does it really matter?" He responded by shaking his head and leading me by the hand through the gate.

"Is Curtis still around?" He asked. I nodded. "Well, that's our next stop; we need to pay him a visit. Maybe he knows what's happening." He removed his hand from mine and we continued walking towards the small building in the center of the yard. I handed him the gun and in turn pulled out the kitchen knife, which I had picked up when I had left my house earlier, from my belt loop. I didn't want to fight, but I would if another one of those things showed up.

It didn't take us to long to figure out that we were lost. "Alex that is the tenth time I've seen that car. In fact, if I see it one more time, I will HURT you. Do you even see the building anymore?" I said as I grabbed the flashlight from him.

"Chill out Elle, getting mad at me isn't going to help anything." He said. I said sorry and we continued our walk. After about 5 minutes we had found a path that led straight through the junkyard. I heard a faint growl coming from the distance. Alex had put his hand in front of me to tell me to stop. "You hear that?" I nodded and turned the flashlight towards the noise. I saw movement in the corner of my eye and turned to face it. A large animal was running towards us. It was bloody and had very large teeth; its claws were protruding from its paws. Out of terror, I dropped the flash light and fell to the ground when I felt the creatures wait press against me. My head hit the ground with a loud thud, and I felt a immense pain shoot through my body. I wanted to scream for Alex, but I couldn't find the words. My hand had gone up defensively and shielded the creatures' bites from my face. I heard three gun shots fire before I felt the enraged animal finally fall slack and stop fighting. "Elle, are you okay?" I heard Alex shout as he propped my head up. My fingers danced to the back of my head and I felt something moist. Water? No; its blood. Not good. My vision started to blur and I blacked out within moments of victory.

Okay, I know this chapter was short, but I figured if I write them short; I can write more. New chapter soon!