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I opened my eyes and the sun was just beginning to rise I didn't realise how long I'd been asleep. Yawning I sat up and rubbed my numb cheek that had been resting against the window of the truck.

Merle looked at me in the mirror. "Well look here sleeping beauty has finally awoken," he chuckled. Daryl turned round to look at me. "You ok?" He asked.

I nodded and my belly grumbled loudly. Without saying anything Daryl reached into his rucksack and handed me a couple of energy bars. I rammed one down my throat before I felt my stomach churn, oh god I think I'm gonna vomit. Squeezing my hand across my stomach I leant back against the window and tried to forget about it.

We were on a quieter road now there were no cars anywhere. I looked into the trees and could feel my eyes beginning to close again. I blinked rapidly trying to keep myself awake. I didn't even understand why I was so tired, I mean Merle had been driving all night and he wasn't resting. Maybe the events of yesterday had just freaked me out a little.

I strolled through the corridors and opened my locker door grabbing my chemistry books, slamming the locker shut I turned around and banged straight into someone, dropping mine and their books onto the floor. We both knelt down on the floor,

"Shit I'm sorry," I apologised looking at the person I had knocked into, instantly my heart started racing. It was Thomas Roarley my crush for a whole year.

"No I'm sorry that was my fault," He smiled handing me back my chemistry book.

Our hands brushed as I grabbed it off him. "Kaylin Dixon right?" He asked.

I nodded in amazement I didn't even realised he knew who I was he was one of the most popular and best looking guys in the school, with his gorgeous blue eyes and honey coloured hair and his muscles bugling through his shirt.

"I saw your performance at homecoming last term wow you were amazing,"

I felt myself blush even more. "Thanks," I stuttered.

We looked at each other my brown eyes staring into his blue ones we were silent but it was a comfortable silence, he was completely enchanting. Suddenly the bell rang snapping me out of my thoughts.

"I need to go to class," I whispered, and I began to turn away.

"Wait," He said grabbing my arm. "Do you maybe fancy hanging out Saturday? We could go bowling or something,"

"Sure," I smiled.

"I'll pick you up at 7:30?"

"Ok see you then,"

He began to move towards me slowly our lips were inches away when that horrible voice of our vice-principle rang in our ears.

"Shouldn't you two be in class?"

"I'll see you Saturday Kaylin," He smiled and walked away.

I watched as he disappeared down the corridor.

"Kaylin Dixon did you hear me?"

I rolled my eyes. "Yes miss," I replied and walked the opposite direction to Thomas giving a sarcastic grin to the vice principle.

I was staring out of the window in Calculus class when I saw it well what I thought I saw, it was a woman wandering round the side of the building slow and limping, then she bent down trying to capture birds that were flying around the field. She was successful and brought it to her mouth.

"Kaylin?" My teacher said recapturing my attention.

"Yes Mr Moor?"

"What's the answer?"

Shit.

Suddenly the bell rang and I relaxed until I realised we were only half way through the lesson and the bell wasn't the normal bell it was the drill bell and normally the teachers were informed of it but Mr Moor looked very confused.

"Ok everyone you know the drill get down under your desks," He demanded fear in his voice.

We all got quickly under our desks and watched as he made his way towards the door and locked it. He was about to pull the blinds down when a frantic Miss Grimly started banging on the door. Mr Moor let her in.

"The Principle wants everyone to be evacuated into the gym this isn't a practice but it's also not a shooting,"

Everyone started to talk.

"Quiet!" She shouted. "To the gym now,"

I climbed out from under my desk and was one of the last ones to leave I caught the last of Mr Moor's and Miss Grimly's conversation.

"That was a bell for a shooting,"

"Well last time I checked we didn't have a bell for sick humans eating other humans," she hissed.

My eyes widened what the hell was going on here? I could hear screaming as I walked to the gym and could feel myself quicken my pace; eventually I reached it and took refuge next to my friend Tamara.

"What's going on?" I asked her.

"I don't know really, apparently the virus has got into the school some people have been bit. That's just what I've heard,"

"What happens if you've been bit?" I asked.

"Have you not been watching the news?"

I raised my eyebrow at her.

"Of course not," She responded. "You die," She said quietly.

"Die?"

"That's not the worst part you come back but not as yourself as one of them," Tamara explained with fear in her eyes.

"Shit," I sat back my mind racing. "There's no cure?"

"Not at the moment, the CDC are apparently working on one though so I think we'll be safe," Tamara reassured but I wasn't so sure.

Finally the last person was rushed through the doors of the gym and the principle closed the doors.

"I'm sure you've all heard about the recent outbreak, I can ensure you we are all safe and we are just clearing the area before you'll be evacuated from the building..."

While the principle spoke I looked around the gym at all the scared faces of everyone who were just as confused as what I was. My eyes caught onto Thomas' gave me a small smile and I responded. Suddenly there was a shriek.

"Principle Davidson help!" A girl squealed I think she was called Danielle. Everyone turned to look at her a girl lay next to her she looked unconscious her skin a clammy white and she looked like she was struggling to breathe her arm rested over her stomach. The Principle moved over to her.

"Hello can you hear me?" He asked lifting up her limp body and bringing her mouth to his ear that's when her arm flopped to the side revealing a blood stain mark on her t-shirt. He gently laid her back down and rolled up her top. I strained my neck so I could see better, it was a bite a nasty bite by the looks of things. The girl coughed blood pouring from her mouth, then she stopped and everyone fell silent.

Pressing his hand against her neck, Danielle started screaming. "She's dead!"

And that's when everyone started panicking, screaming and crying.

"EVERYBODY QUIET!" The Principle screamed and everyone fell silent again. "She's breathing," he smiled and everyone breathed a sigh of relief but something didn't sit well with me.

Tamara's words still in my ear 'You come back,' she wasn't breathing normally, groaning and her body twitching her skin had gone a weird dirty white.

Principle Davidson stayed leant over her. "Can you hear me?" He asked the girl again. She reached her hand up and gripped onto his arm.

"You're ok," He reassured her all the while my heart started racing at a rapid speed. Suddenly she was loudly groaning and started trying to eat him. Everyone started screaming again while the principle wrestled her and some other teachers ran over to help.

"Run run straight home and don't look back don't stop for anyone get out of here!" He shouted and people ran for the door, yet I couldn't move I stared in shock. Tamara pulled my arm.

"Kaylin we need to go!" She managed to pull me up and I stumbled out of the building.

"You ok Kaylin?" Daryl asked.

I nodded.

"You were a bit spaced out there,"

Suddenly Merle slammed on the brake and I was thrown forward. "For fuck sake Merle!" I shouted.

"I'll wash your mouth out with soap if you ain't careful kiddo," He warned. I sat back onto the seat and crossed my arm.

Suddenly I noticed one of them things in the middle of the road feeding on what was left of a deer.

"Well well well," Merle sighed and slowly began to creep the car forward. He reached over to me and handed me a gun.

"Kill it," He said.

"What!" Daryl exclaimed.

"She heard me," Merle said and pressed the gun into my hand.

"Come on Merle this is stupid just keep driving,"

"She's gotta learn Daryl,"

I fingered the gun in my hand unsure what to do. I know I needed to learn how to protect myself I mean I didn't know how bad things were, but I didn't know how to use a gun and I was scared, I was scared of what was going on I didn't know what to do.

"You don't have to do this Kayl," Daryl assured me.

"Shut up Daryl! Merle yelled.

Daryl sighed, there was no way he could argue with Merle on anything he was the boss man of both of us.

"Kaylin do it, I got your back,"

I nodded and opened the door, slowly but surely I climbed down from the truck and made my way slowly towards the monster. My hands shook as I raised the gun to its head I pressed the trigger and missed completely. It snapped its head up it let out a roar and stood up making its way towards me. I ran backwards shooting and missing.

"Concentrate Kaylin aim for the head!" Merle shouted.

I tripped and fell to the ground, before it could pounce on me I pressed the trigger a bang and it fell just before my feet, the bullet wound visible through its head. I gasped and stumbled to my feet running back to the truck I jumped in through the door. Great so this apocalypse had almost killed me three times in two days.

Merle laughed. "Well done kiddo proud of you, you hang onto that gun."

"You're a fucking idiot Merle," Daryl muttered.

We finally reached the highway just before sun down and I could see Atlanta in the distance. It was short lived when I saw the massive traffic back up. People were stood aimlessly on the highway next to their cars, they looked like they'd been there a while people were talking, swapping food, laying out blankets whilst kids played with each other.

"Great," I mumbled as we came to a standstill. I opened my door.

"And where are you going?" Daryl asked.

"For fresh air we ain't going anywhere are we," I stated and jumped out.

The boys followed me. Me and Daryl sat on the front of the truck whilst Merle went to go and find out what was causing the hold up.

"About what happened back there..." Daryl began.

"Daryl its fine I'm ok,"

"I know but you're my little sis you know I don't want out bad happening to you," He explained giving me a little punch on my arm.

I smiled. "Merle's right though I need to learn to defend myself the worlds gone to shit now, I need to be prepared I can't rely on you guys forever,"

"God damn it!" We heard Merle shout, as he stormed back towards us. "The cities over run with those mother fuckers they ain't letting no one in or no one out,"

I looked over at a woman and a man listening to our conversation. "Can I help you?" I asked I can't stand people who can't keep their noses out of other's business.

"Atlanta's overrun?" The guy asked.

"What's it to you?" Merle asked.

"Alright arsehole I was only asking!" The guy shouted.

"You want to say that again!" Merle shouted back and began making his way towards him.

"Merle!" I shouted pushing him back by his chest.

"Just leave it Shane!" The woman warned pulling him back by his arm. I felt bad for them, I mean they didn't really deserve us been rude to them everyone was worried about what was going on.

"Atlanta's a dead stop we ain't going there," I told them. The Shane guy put his head in his hands and the woman on her hips.

"I'm Kaylin and this is Daryl and Merle," I introduced. The boys looked at me confused.

"I'm Lori and this is Shane and over there is Carl my little boy,"

I looked over and saw a boy sat in the trunk of a car talking to a girl similar to his age.

"So err where were you guys thinking of heading?" Shane asked.

"Well Atlanta but I guess that plan got messed up," Daryl said standing up off the truck.

"I know there's a camp set up not too far from here we bumped into some people who invited us along, they said Atlanta was a no go but I guess we had to see for ourselves," Lori told us. "You could join us if you want."

"We're kind of lone rangers miss, ain't getting ourselves tied down to no group no offence," Merle smirked, not caring if he offended them at all. God he was such an arse sometimes.

"Suit yourselves," Lori

Suddenly the sound of planes flying low caused everyone to look up. I watched as they headed to the city and suddenly it was exploding they were dropping bombs on it. Everyone stared in shock and fear the sound of people screaming filled my ears. It had got so bad they were destroying the city whether or not people were dead or alive it didn't matter. The explosions stopped the city was engulfed with flames. This wasn't normal not even Merle could deny that.

"So about that camp?" I questioned.

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