EPOV

"When will Em be back?" Alice asked as she gripped the front of my shirt as she rested her head on my chest and her short, black hair tickled my chin, but I wasn't going to move her if she was finally going to fall asleep.

"Soon. Go to sleep, Alice" I soothed, I was tired myself from Alice crying and she was scared that Emmett was possibly hurt, but we're talking about Emmett here, and he looks like he takes fucking steroids!

"Will you wake me up when he's back?" She asked in a hushed tone and she looked up at me with hopeful eyes, but there is no way that I'm going to wake her up if she falls asleep.

"Alice, please sleep" I said desperately, and she pouted, snuggled into me further, and I felt her relax as she drifted off into a sleep that I hope she won't wake up from for a while, because just looking into her eyes told you that she was absolutely exhausted.

The moon was the only light I had as I shifted on the tree branch as slowly and quietly as possible, not wanting to wake Alice, and I relaxed my back against the trunk of the tree and looked up at the moon and the stars that scattered around the grey circle.

I've always imagined that each star is someone who has passed on, but after three years of this Zombie shit going on, all my beliefs about god and jesus, and anything else about that shit has gone out the window and was taken by the wind; never to be seen again.

"Edward?" I looked down when I heard the quiet whisper, and the moon illuminated Emmett's tanned face and his light grey eyes as he look up at me with a worried expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" I whispered back, tilting my head away from Alice's so she wouldn't wake up from the sound of my voice.

"I found these iron fences and there at least five feet and I tried, but I can't lift them on my own" He said, and you would have to be an idiot if you didn't hear the excitement in his quiet voice.

"Bloody hell, Emmett" I groaned. I was comfortable right now and I really didn't want Alice to wake up, but I'm kinda sure she wouldn't wake up because when she sleeps...She sleeps like the fucking dead...No pun intended.

"Emmett, I can't just leave Alice here you dope" I said, looking down at him like he was a complete idiot...Well he was, but in serious situations, he's a pretty smart cookie.

"Edward, just use some of the rope to keep Alice there and get your ass down here. We can figure something out" He said with impatience.

"It's on you if she starts crying, ass hole" I grumbled before I looked down at Alice's peaceful face and hesitated. I really don't want to wake her up.

"Alice" I whispered and her face didn't even twitch like it usually does before she wakes up.

"Alice, please wake up" I said a little louder, and her eyes fluttered open, closed, and then opened again as her eyes adjusted to the dark.

"Edward? Is Emmett back?" Oh, thank god she isn't crying...Maybe god is real...Probably not.

"Yes, Emmett is back. Alice, we have to get up and go help him with something" I said because there is no way that I'm leaving Alice here, and she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and struggled to get up onto her knees, and then looked down at Emmett, who smiled up at her.

"What are we helping you with?" She asked as she stretched her arms and prepared to get down from the tall tree.

"You'll be our look out. Edward and I will carry the stuff" Em said, and I helped Alice down while Emmett lifted his arms, and I let go of Alice's little hands and watched as she dropped into Emmett's arms as he lowered her gently to the ground.

"Edward, pass me the 22" Emmett said a little quieter. You would think Zombies would come out more at night, but they are the most active in the day time because then everything that is living, is awake and moving around, not hiding and sleeping. We don't even know if there is any humans alive, but the Zombies will go for animals sometimes, I've seen it before and it's far from pretty. It's fucking disgusting.

"Yeah, sure" I said while I reached over to the wide branch that was beside me and I grabbed the 22 double barrel and carefully dropped it down to Emmett while I grabbed my Kris dagger, and I love this thing, it's like my own baby and it works like a fucking dream when it comes to chopping up some Zombie parts.

"Let's get this shit done" I huffed as I jumped to the ground, and Alice rolled her eyes at my choice of language while Emmett rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

"These will work pretty good" I praised Emmett for his find. These fences were about four to five feet and it would take a Zombie a while to climb them, and by the time they got over the fence, they would be laying on the ground with their heads rolling away.

"I know right! We can set these on top of a fire, make them bendable, and wrap them around the tree at a fair distance" He nodded, looking over the fences that lay in the dirt, stacked on top of each other.

"Let's get this done. Alice needs sleep more than we do" I said as I placed my dagger into the loop on my belt and grabbed one side of the fence while Emmett grabbed the other.

"Alice make sure you're looking out" Emmett hissed out of breath, the weight of this fucking fence was pretty remarkable.

"Yeah, yeah" She mumbled and went back to looking around the trees as Emmett and I started walking back to our tree, Alice following, but still keeping a sharp eye out for any Zombies that jump out of areas randomly. Like in the movies and video games.

Emmett and I set the fence down by the trunk of the tree, wiped our sweaty and dirty hands off on our pants and made the second trip, and hauled ass by taking two fences instead of one, and then it made my knees weak to think that I could actually sleep after we got back to the tree.

I faltered in my steps as I heard a twig snap from my side of the trees, and I looked over to Emmett, but he was watching where he was stepping while Alice was looking in the trees on his side, not fucking mine!

"Jesus christ!" I growled out through clenched teeth as I dropped the fences, almost making them land on my toes, but it was hard to ignore it when something fucking grabs at my god damn ankle!

"Fuck!" Emmett cursed as he let the other side of the fences fall, making them clatter together as he fumbled for his gun while Alice whimpered and stood behind him, but I already got my dagger out and I was blind with the trees blocking the moon, but I pin pointed where the hand was gripping my ankle, and went to town.

"Give me the gun!" I yelled at Emmett as I staggered back and watched as the Zombie staggered out of the bush and trees, but he or she looked like a dark shadow without the moon to tell me other wise.

I gripped the gun like a life line and shot the bastard and watched in satisfaction as it fell on its face and didn't get up, but with my panick and adrenalin gone, I could feel the stinging pain in my ankle.

"I think I cut myself with my dagger" I hissed through the pain as I bent down to feel around my ankle, and my theory was confirmed when I felt the hot and sticky liquid.

"Damn it" I muttered to myself, but handed Emmett back his gun and put my dagger away as I stood straight up.

"You okay, man?" He asked as he gripped my shoulder and made me turn to him as he glanced at the Zombie, and then down to my ankle, even though there was no way that he could see it in this dark.

"Let's just get back, okay?" I asked, and I would apologize later for sounding so hostile, but I'm fucking tired, hungry, and just plain pissed off at the Zombie, and at myself for cutting my own ankle.

"Yeah, okay man" He sighed.

We finally got back to our tree and I was the fastest to climb the tree, so I got up there first and helped Emmett, and I sat back while he helped Alice up.

"We'll deal with those fences tomorrow" I said as I tied the black rope around my waist and leaned my head back against the trunk of the tree.

"Sure" Emmett said, his voice already groggy with exhaustion.

I hate when this happens. I'm so tired, but I can't get to sleep. At all.

I'm really comfortable right now, though. We always go to a store called 'Electric Outlets' here in Chicago and we got some black rope that we tie around the branch we sleep on, so if we ever rolled off of the branch, which Emmett has done before, the rope would prevent us from falling and breaking a few bones.

We got these grey foam things there too. We put them on the branch and they are the best thing I've slept on for the past three years, and I've slept on a lot of shit before.

These branches are wide, so we're able to lay on them and stuff like that.

Alice sleeps on the branch that is in between Emmett and I, easier to keep an eye on her, she's like a sister to me and I would never forgive myself if she was killed or turned into one of the 'living dead'.

Us three haven't left Chicago yet, obviously, and I almost don't want to because I'm sure everything is a complete waistland, empty and cold...Well, Chicago has been freakishly hot so far.

Just thinking about seeing another person except Emmett or Alice made my heart beat faster and made me sweaty. I would be nervous because they could be infected from a bite, but I would be pretty damn happy because someone was able to survive this for three years like Alice, Emmett, and I have.

Sleep did finally take me and I dreamt for the first time in a month, and it was about attempting to find some civilization, but all there was in my dream was a waistland.

A fucking waistland.


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