I do not own Glee
"Who the hellare you?" he jumps back from the gun. He looks up and is met with deep, brown eyes. She's short, so the gun is pointed upward towards his head. Her brown hair is pulled back into a ponytail and she has a blood splattered on her clothes.
"I asked who you were. Are you going to give me an answer, or should I just kill you?" she cocks the gun back, then repositioning it at him again.
"No! Don't shoot me! My name is Finn Hudson. I was just trying to find some weapons." he rushes out. She doesn't move the gun, but she looks at his leg. It's still bleeding, and it's hurting really bad.
"You were bitten." she doesn't say as a question, but as a statement. He shakes his head.
"No, I wasn't. Just scratched. I was trying to fight them off to get here. There are so many outside." he explains. She nods.
"I know, I had to fight them too." she replies, gun still in position.
"Can you please lower the gun? I'm not going to hurt you. I just need weapons, so I can find my brother." she looks at him for a minute, before slowly lowering her gun. She places it on the counter, grabbing another gun from below and placing it on the counter.
"I'm trying to find my cousin and his girlfriend. We are in New York together. I also need to find my best friend," she says as she fills the two guns with ammo. She smirks at him. "I wasn't going to shoot you, but I had you fooled. I'm an aspiring actress and you were a good target. The gun was empty. I just got here five minutes before you showed up." she laughs, continuing to fill the guns.
"Clever," he rolls his eyes. "looks like we had the same idea to come here. What's your name?" he asks. She looks up at him, a small smile playing on her lips. She's really pretty, but mysterious at the same time.
"Rachel Berry." she smiles at him, then goes back to filling the guns.
"It's nice to meet you Rachel. Do you live in New York?" he asks, reaching down to pick up the shotgun. He walks over, placing the gun next to Rachel's. She looks at him from the corner of her eyes.
"Well, I'm originally from Ohio, but I go to Juilliard. You?" she asks, keeping focus in what she's doing. He smiles and looks over at her.
"I'm from Ohio, too! I go to NYU, though." she nods slowly.
"Do you want to team up?" she asks quickly. He stops what he's doing. "I mean, we both are looking for people, we both are from Ohio, and, if I'm correct, I bet you want to get your family. I want to get mine, too. It might be easier if we team up, so we can fight them off better." she suggests. She avoids his eyes, and he smiles at her.
"You're pretty smart, Berry." he says.
"I didn't get into Juilliard from my looks and talent only, Hudson." she says playfully back.
"Well, you just got yourself a partner." he extends his hand. She looks at him, and then his hand.
"Try to keep up with me." she says, shaking his hand.
"I think I can." he replies, feeling the spark as their hands stay connected. She smiled slightly, before gently taking her hand back.
"Let me fix your wounds." she says, when she watches him hobble around the shop. He stops, and nods his head. She goes to her backpack, and grabs out some bandages.
"You came prepared." he says. She laughs.
"I grabbed anything I thought I would need. You never know what might happen," she says. "Now, I need you to take off your shirt and your pants." she says, crossing her arms as she waits.
"What?" he asks, confused.
"I need to get to your wounds. You have a cut on your shoulder and leg, and I can't get to them unless you take off your clothes. Stop being such a baby." she rolls her eyes. He gulps before removing his shirt and then his jeans. He watches as she raises her eyebrows.
"What?" he asks.
"Nothing," she gently sits him on the ground, her hands cold on his skin. "Avengers boxers?" she giggles and he feels his face get hot.
"They were a gift." he says, embarrassed.
"Cute," she giggles again, before getting to work on his shoulder. Her hands are soft on his skin, and she gently focuses on her task. "So, what do you do at NYU?" she asks, trying to spark a conversation.
"I play football, and I was majoring in teaching." she raises her eyebrows.
"Teaching?" she says, looking into his eyes.
"I had this teacher, back in Ohio, who really inspired me. He was awesome and he made me want to be a teacher myself. He blackmailed me into joining our school's Glee Club, and it was one of the best things he ever did for me." he rambles on. She looks at him curiously.
"You were in Glee Club?" she asks. He smiles.
"Yeah, but we never really won anything. I'm from Lima, and we always lost to the Glee Club Vocal Adrenaline." she laughs.
"You were on New Directions? With Mr. Schuester as your coach?" he nods and she smirks. "I was in Vocal Adrenaline. I was the female lead." and it like slaps him in the face. He remembers this tiny girl and her huge voice. She had a remarkable voice and that's why they were beaten all the time.
"I remember you! Your voice is amazing." he compliments her.
"Thank you. Although, I'm sorry to say that I don't remember you. I was very focused in High School. It was my destiny to get into Juilliard." she says. She finishes wrapping his shoulder, and begins to work on his thigh. They are silent for a few moments, before she finishes on his leg.
"Thank you." he says. She smiles shyly.
"It was no problem," and they stare into each others eyes before she looks away. "We have to get moving. Where is your brother?" she asks, getting up to pack her bag. He slowly gets up, and follows her.
"I don't know. I was going to go to his dorm, but there are a ton of zombies blocking the way, and all I had was a baseball bat, so I came here instead." he answers, grabbing his gun. She nods.
"Last time I saw my cousin was yesterday morning. I really have to find him and his girlfriend. It's important. I saw my friend yesterday as well. I just hope they are still alive." she whispers the last part. He gives her a reassuring smile, before hoisting the gun up.
"Let's go. We'll go to my campus first and then we'll make our way around the city. Once we have found them, we will get a car and get to Ohio. Then, when we've collected our families, we'll go to Texas. I met someone, and they said that it's safe there." she nods and grabs her things.
"Let's do this." she says as she opens the back door.
They move silently back to his campus. When they finally get there, he leads the way to Kurt's dorm. They get to the building, and he slowly opens the door. It's empty, so he makes his way to the stairwell. He turns the corner and he's tackled. He shoves his hands up to push away the zombie, but it fights back, punching him and kicking him.
"Stop!" Rachel screams. Finn takes this opportunity to shove the zombie off of him. He grabs his gun and aims. "Finn! Don't!" Rachel says and he stops to look at her. She pushes past him to the zombie laying on the floor.
"Fuck." it says. Finn stops. He knows for a fact that zombies can't talk. Rachel bends down and helps the girl up. The Latino girl spits, blood coming out.
"Santana! I can't believe I found you!" Rachel squeals as she throws her arms around the girl.
"Boy, am I glad to see you. I've been everywhere looking for your sorry ass. Then this giant has to come and attack me." the girl, known as Santana, glares at Finn.
"You attacked me first. I just fought back." he defends himself.
"Yeah, well, I thought you were a zombie." she shrugs, rolling her eyes.
"Santana, this is Finn. We met each other at the gun shop. We are looking for you, Noah and Quinn. Oh, and Finn's brother," she turns to Finn. "Finn, this is my best friend Santana." she says, motioning to the girl.
"What great friends you have." he mutters.
"Listen here, giant. Let's just get the hell out of here, before we end up like them." Santana spits at him. He rolls his eyes at her.
"C'mon! Finn, show us where your brothers room is." Rachel says. He sighs before leading the way. He makes his way to Kurt's floor. There are few zombies and Rachel takes them out easily. He gives her a smile and she beams at him. Santana rolls her eyes at them, and he laughs as he turns around. He finally makes it to Kurt's room, and finds that it's locked. He kicks the door open and enters the dorm.
Brett, Kurt's roommate, is laying dead on the floor. He was obviously a zombie by the way he looks. Finn continues in and sees Kurt, laying on the floor, eyes closed. There is a patch of blood on his stomach. Rachel sucks in a breath, hand over her mouth. Finn falls to his knees in front of his brother.
"No. No, no, no. God! Dammit! I'm so sorry Kurt! I'm so, so sorry." he puts his head in his hands. He feels a hand on his shoulder, and knows that it's Rachel.
"I'm so sorry, Finn." he can hear how choked up she sounds. He wipes his eyes, before standing.
"I promised our parents that I would take care of him. I promised that I would protect him. What is Burt going to say? He lost his wife, and now he's lost his son." he says. His eyes fall on Kurt again, but this time he notices the slight movement of his shoulders.
"Ughh." comes out of Kurt's mouth, and Finn flings himself on the floor.
"Kurt! Wake up! Kurt!" and then he begins to stir.
"What the-" Kurt says as he slowly gets up. "Finn? What are you doing here?" he asks. Finn smiles at his brother, before pulling him into a crushing hug.
"I'm so happy you're alive, Kurt." he says, releasing Kurt.
"Thanks? Now, what hell is going on? All I remember is Brett trying to attack me!" he screeches. So, Finn explains everything. He tells all about what happened to him and how he met Rachel. He explains there plan, and Kurt nods his head at everything.
"So, now we have to find Rachel's cousin and his girlfriend. Then we can find mom and Burt." Kurt nods.
"Well? What are we waiting for?"
Thank you to everyone who read the first chapter! I'll try to update my other stories, but it may take me a while. I've been have some writer's block for awhile, and I hope this story brings me out of it! Thanks again!
Some things that will happen in the next chapter:
-Puck and Quinn will be introduced
-Rachel and Finn get closer
-Kurt meets another survivor ;)
-Santana and Finn bicker some more
Review's make me very happy!
-Kelsey
