Chapter 2;

Jack's eyes fluttered open. Air brushed through his hair and sunlight stung his eyes. He was on a motorcycle...? He turned his head slowly to look at the driver. Orange curls bounced into his face and he turned his head quickly to avoid getting hit in the eye. They were in the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the country. Jack's only memory was seeing the barn on fire.

"Merida!" He shouted over the engine. The Motorcycle came to an immediate stop and jack fell off as Merida whipped herself off the Motorcycle and picked Jack up in a hug. Jack knew she was strong but didn't know she was strong enough to lift him. But then again; all of them had lost weight over the past year.

"Oh my! Jack! Thank god!" She released him and patted his shoulder. "When that beam hit you on the head, I thought you were dead!" She explained, starting to pull a white cloth from her jean pocket. She Began to dab at the small flow of blood from the wound on his forehead.

"Where is... Where is everyone?" Jack began, looking around.

"I think they got out" Merida began, placing the cloth in his own hand.

"THINK?!" Jack suddenly shouted. Merida slapped her hands against his mouth.

"Walkers" She hissed. He pulled her hands off his mouth and covered his eyes with his hand.

"... What if they didn't" He said, not removing his hand. Merida figured he was trying to calm himself.

"They did" She said after a long pause. "I know they did". Jack removed his hand and looked at her stern and calm face. The two stared at each other for a while. Jack could see that Merida had been crying as well. Her eyes were rubbed red and there was ash on her face.

"...What do we do?" He said after a moment.

"We go to St. Freeman" Merida said firmly. "We're not far, Jack. And Hiccup and I both know how to get there. Rapunzel and Emma are probably with him." Merida began to climb on the motorcycle.

"Wait..." Jack ran to the side of the path and picked up a big thick stick before climbing on with his back against hers. " will probably have zombies all around it and I lost my bat. Do you have your arrows?"

"Punzie?" Hiccup had parked outside of a big wall made out of fences that had been torn apart and nailed together. He shook her shoulder a few times before she woke up. Emma had crawled to the back seat at some point when Rapunzel was asleep and she was looking out the window. "Rapunzel" He shook a bit harder.

"Hiccup!" Emma's voice cried from the back seat. He turned his head and she was pointing at a group of black figures approaching. He panicked when he realized he didn't have weapons and pulled on Rapunzel's hair.

"OW!" She woke up with a jolt. "owwwww" She dragged on the wine, rubbing her head.

Something hit the back of the car and Emma got the the floor of the car. Rapunzel's eyes darted to the rear view mirrors as she saw black figures approaching but they didn't walk like zombies.

"Who is that?" Rapunzel whispered.

"I dont know... But i dont trust them" Hiccup added, locking the doors. Rapunzel moved her seat back and reached down on the car floor for a weapon. She had kept cooking tools down there so there should be a knife. She felt a handle and pulled it up but it wasn't a knife... It was a frying pan.

"This'll have to do... I'll be right back" Rapunzel said, flashing a smile at Emma in the back seat. Hiccup nodded as well. Most would say that Hiccup should have gone outside instead, but Hiccup was handicapped and a month ago he had broken his prosthetic leg so if anyone even hit it hard enough, It'd break off.

Rapunzel slowly climbed out and as she did, the hooded figures pulled down their hoods. They were just people. She relaxed slightly, lowering her frying pan.

"Are you bitten?" A man's voice shouted.

"No" Rapunzel replied back, walking closer. She could see their faces now. They were clean looking and one of them wore a white hat with the words " " written on it. " !" She exclaimed. "Were you there?" She asked, lowering the frying pan more.

"You're there now, miss" The boy replied, pointing at the wall.

"Where... Where is everyone?" She asked.

"How many are you" The tallest came forward. He had longish brown hair slicked back with grease. Rapunzel watched his grip on the baseball bat he held tighten.

"Just us three!" She urged, stepping aside to reveal the car behind her. "One boy two girls" She added.

"Weapons?" The tall boy asked.

"Only this" She lifted the pan to show them. The boys suddenly approached her and stood uncomfortably close in uncomfortable silence before the tallest patted her shoulder with a large grin.

"Welcome to !"

"Are we even close?" Jack shouted over the engine.

"I think!" she shouted back. "It should be somewhere in this city!". Jack looked up at the tall buildings and watched as the bright sun flickered behind buildings in the distance. He felt very… lost, yet zen. Maybe it was the wind or the lack of zombies… But everything felt normal for once.

"Mer…" Jack called out. Noticing the serious tone, Merida slowed down so the engine quieted.

"...What"

"Do you think they are actually there?" Jack asked in a hopeless tone. Merida made a tsking sound. He had been asking the same question like a broken record.

"Thats enough, jack!" She stopped the motorbike and shoved him off, climbing off after him. "I dont even know if my brothers will be there!" She shouted angrily. "It's called hope! HOPE, jack. It's all we got but it's better than nothing!" Merida was actually crying. It stunned jack, as for the months he had known her, he had never seen her cry like that.

"Merida…" Jack said quietly, thinking of something to say but failing. He knew she was right.

Sounds of growling began to echo the streets. They hadn't heard it because of the engine but the sound was now loud and it was very clear that there were many of them… Walkers. As quickly as they could, Jack and merida pushed the motorcycle into the closest ally and went as far in as they could until they reached a wall.

The two glanced at each other with questionable expressions before looking back at it. It was a wall of wood planks and wire fences.

Temporarily ignoring the wall, they crouched against the wall in silence and watched the Walkers limp by.

"...Jack" Merida whispered, squeezing his arm so tight it made him cringe. He pulled his arm away.

"what?" He whispered back, his eyes not leaving the Walkers limping by.

"...Do you hear that?" She grabbed his arm again and gestured to the wall behind her. He slowly turned his head and pressed it against the wall. It was distant and the words couldn't be understood but the voice was so recognizable that Jack's heart leapt from his chest.

"Rapunzel…" He stood up swiftly followed by Merida pulling him back to the ground beside her.

"Idiot!" She hissed. "Just wait till they pass"

"But we're so close!" Jack hissed back, this time he pinched her arm. She slugged him in the shoulder as a warning.