(Three Months Later...)

The ground crunched underneath Kira's feet, a rotten odour pierced through the once fresh air. She lifted her foot hesitatingly to find she'd stood on the carcase of a rodent, but it was too destroyed to tell what species. Nearby Mark and Lee crept up behind some bushes and without hesitation Lee swung the axe down over the bush, hitting the middle of a walkers skull, its head splitting in two. Lee yanked the bloodied axe out, and bent down to clean it on the grass.
''What did the dead get this time?'' Mark investigated the small carcase that the walker ripped to shreds. '' looks like a rabbit,'' Kira answered half heartedly, wiping the rodent's blood from her battered shoes. Mark sighed, ''Well that's another meal lost,'' he looked at the rabbit sadly.
''Come on,'' Kira added with hope ''we'll find food, lets move on!'' Lee nodded and they both began to follow Kira along the mud bank. ''I still can't believe we went through all that commissary food in 3 months! It seemed like so much at the time!'' Mark breathed, in exasperation. ''Maybe you shouldn't have opened the door.'' Lee teased lightly. ''Yeah, except then he'd probably be food by now.'' Kira laughed and Lee and Mark smiled 'Yeah, trust me, I have no regrets!'' ''Ugh, I'm so hungry Lee!'' Kira moaned, ''we're all hungry'' Lee spoke gently. ''No kidding!'' Mark tried to improve the mood. ''When I accidentally grabbed for Carley's rations the other night, I thought she was gonna take off my hand!'' Mark chuckled nervously now. Lee looked at Mark with a reassuring smile, ''We're all on edge. Just cut her some slack.''

Kira changed the conversation. ''You think ol' Kenny's having any more luck than we are out here?'' Kira twisted her axe in her hands, keeping her eye on the blade. ''I sure hope so'' Lee worried. Yeah between the lack of food and Kenny and Lily fighting all the time, things are getting pretty tense back at the Motor Inn.'' Mark added, in thought. ''You know Kenny's been talking about taking off if he can get that RV running.''

A crow flew past cawing, Kira's eyes followed the fast bird, her mouth falling open slightly, her eyes widening, Kira becoming more alert. It landed on a nearby tree, and Mark took cover behind a rock and steadied his gun. ''Can you make that shot?'' ''Trust me if I didn't think I could Make this shot, I...'' Kira interrupted, ''No Mark! One bird's not worth it, besides Gunshot'll attract walkers.'' Kira observed the crow. Lee looked at Mark and nodded in agreement. ''Yeah, I know... I'm just.. really frickin' hungry.'' Mark sighed.

Suddenly a loud man's scream filled the air, and the crow took flight, disappearing into the nearest hedgerow. Mark lowered his gun, ''Shit, was that Kenny?!'' Mark worried. ''I don't know, come on!'' Kenny gestured with his arm for the other two to follow.
All three of them ran through the forest, ducking untidy bushes and a few destroyed, scattered rodents lay on the forest floor. The picked up speed when they heard a more stifled cry out. Slowly a large figure became clear, and Kira could make out three people, three people she didn't know. She slowed down a little as they came to an unsteady halt. From each of her ripped trouser pockets she retrieved a handgun and a knife.

Two older teenagers crouched down besides an older man, who cried out in pain as he sat upright losing blood, a large rusty bear trap clamping down tightly on his lower leg. ''Jesus Christ!'' Mark blurted.
The black-haired, shorter teenager shot around first followed by the taller brown-haired boy. ''Oh shit! No. No... Please don't kill us! We just went to help our teacher! We'll leave, I swear!'' The smaller one babbled. Kira glanced frantically between the man and the teenagers, her eyes scanning the two teenage boys jackets one reading Travis, the other Ben, before meeting a pair of angel blue eyes of 'Ben' for a second, when suddenly Kenny slid down the dusty hill nearby,''Lee! You guys okay?!''

The man wriggled furiously now, ''Get it off! Get it off, God Dammit, get it off me!'' Lee stepped forward. ''No!'' Lee stepped back on one leg, ''Travis, maybe they can help! Ben interrupted Travis. ''These might be the same guys that raided our camp and... We barely got away from that!'' Travis exclaimed, frightened.
''We're not gonna hurt you, for God's sake!'' Kira shouted and leaped forwards, to lose the bindings of bear trap from around the tree. Lee distracted the startled teenagers, ''Who raided your camp?'' Lee questioned loudly. ''I- I don't know! Guys with guns!'' Ben spoke frantically. ''Please, we won't bother you, I swear!''
''Lee, this is fucked up, we've gotta help them!'' Kira shouted, her attempts failing at loosening the metal chain. ''Please!'' Ben pleaded. ''Ben, shut up! My dad was Special Forces, I know what I'm doing!'' Ben continued, ignoring Travis, ''Just see if you can get him out! After that you can leave us or... whatever, I don't care! Please!''

Lee finally shot forward, he bent down on his hands and knees and examined the trap. ''Whatever needs doing you better do it quickly!'' Kenny added. Kira glanced up. A few figures staggered around nearby. Kira spoke loudly under her breath, ''Walkers!'' She joined Lee. ''Lee this trap's been altered,'' Mark worried. Kira continued his sentence. ''There's no release hatch on it!''

''Shit! The Walkers are closing in! It's now or never, Lee.'' Kenny shouted in panic. ''Mark get the boys back, Kenny, Kira, keep those walkers off of me!'' Lee ordered. Kira reloaded her handgun and began to fire bullets and the walkers heads, the zombies dropped like flies. Lee swung the axe down several times on the teacher's trapped leg. Travis bent over and started to vomit violently. Lee brought the axe down one more time on the leg as it finally broke in two, and freed the teacher from the trap. The teacher glanced, horrified at his maimed leg before passing out.

''If he's alive, grab him and lets go!'' Kenny urged. Mark swiftly lifted the man onto his shoulders and began to stagger up the hill. Walkers began to close in slowly. Lee began to push Ben back, ''come on lets go!'' Kira joined him, before catching where Ben was looking, and span around and gasped. ''Travis,'' Ben screamed. Travis turned around, but slipped in his puke, and a walker came down on top of him, biting his throat. A walker pierced Travis' stomach with their hands, quickly ripping out his intestines! Kira began to force him up the hill. ''NOOOO!'' Ben screamed, and all that could be heard was the painful cries of Travis as he had been dissected into nothing.