The Walking Dead: Season 1 – Episode 2 – Survival
It had been a few hours since Jett took out the walkers, and the group continued to make their way down the long back roads in the country. Humphrey walked alongside his brother, humming happily to himself, while Jett and Kate were holding hands. Garth and Lilly were talking just a few feet behind them. Lucky for them, today was a sunny day. The fog from the morning lifted, allowing them to see down the road better and enjoy the sunlight.
"Ah, the sun feels great!" Humphrey said with a smile as he trotted next to his brother.
"Yeah man, you said it." Jett replied, smiling at Kate, "But not as great as walking beside this pretty lady right here."
"Jett! You're making me blush!" Kate said as her cheeks flushed a slight bit of red, then kissing him.
"Ewww, gross." Humphrey groaned.
"Easy there kiddo, you'll get there one day, and it ain't so gross once you do either hehe." Jett explained, winking at Kate, who gave a little giggle.
"Again, ew."
"Guys! Walkers dead ahead!" Lilly shouted.
Jett looked up to see a group of walkers approaching. Jett pulled his pistol out and began firing. Kate mounted her shotgun and pumped a shell into the chamber.
"C'mon you assholes." Kate muttered under her breath.
While they were able to take out a few walkers, they were still getting closer. Jett switched to his commando knife and began stabbing walkers in the head. Kate had a Katana, and was slicing their faces in half with a single swing. Garth had a machete, and Lilly had a crow bar. Humphrey carried a hammer. The group continued to fight until the undead were dead once again.
"All clear. Everyone ok?" Jett asked.
"Yeah bro, were fine." Garth responded.
"Jett, we should find a car or something. More walkers are just going to come, and we need to get to a safer area before it gets dark." Lilly said.
"You're right Lil, I think I saw a sign for a town called 'Columbus', its just a few miles down the road." Jett said.
"Well, let's go then." Garth said.
The group walked for another few miles until they reached Columbus. It was already starting to get dark, so they would have to wait to find a car until morning. They came across an abandoned hotel that looked like it had been, well, abandoned for quite some time.
"This is perfect." Kate said, "We could find even some more food and supplies here too!"
"Yeah, unless its been raided already." Humphrey said.
"Gee, thanks for the confidence there." Kate snorted.
"Well, I mean it's true." Humphrey retorted.
"We won't know unless we try." Jett said, "And besides, it's too dark to go anywhere else. We'll clear it out, rest up, and gather supplies in the morning."
"Sound's good, I'm pretty beat…. And Horny." Garth said winking at Lilly.
"Garth! Not in front of my sister!" Lilly said, giving him a glare.
"Garth, really?" Kate sighed.
They walked into the hotel, only to meet a gruesome sight. Inside the lobby, were bodies that all had gunshot wounds to the head. Everyone was sickened by this, and the smell. Kate and Lilly both threw up, Humphrey covered his nose and Jett tried to hold his breath. Garth, who was used to the smell of rotting corpses just stood there and sighed. Jett walked up to them to examine the bodies, and noticed they all had staff uniform on.
"What is it babe?" Kate asked with a little bit of fear in her voice, also still recovering from vomiting
"It's the staff, they must have committed suicide. Either that or someone was here before us." Jett explained, still covering his nose.
"For the love of god who cares!? It fucking smells in here let's just get a room and go to sleep." Lilly cried.
Jett walked over to the front desk and found a master keycard to each of the rooms. He made copies onto other keycards and gave them to each of his pack mates.
"Ok, we need to find some rooms where we can be close by together just in case shit goes down. Everyone needs to be up by 8 AM sharp so we can gather supplies and find a car." Jett ordered.
"Gotcha." They replied.
Garth and Lilly took off down the hall on the first floor to search for a room. Kate, Jett and Humphrey followed close by until they came to a door that felt promising to Jett.
"Well, here we go!" Jett smiled as he opened the door.
While he expected and empty room, instead, he opened a door with at least 50 walkers in a single room.
"NOPE! FUCK THAT! NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE." Jett cried as he slammed the doors shut.
They moved on down to the next room. It was messy and there was blood all over the bed.
"Next room." Jett groaned.
Next room: More walkers.
"Next!" Jett cried.
More walkers.
"FUCKING NEXT!" Jett screamed.
More walkers.
"Fuck this, Kate you try."
Kate opened the next room, and to Jett's surprise, it was the cleanest, freshest smelling room they have been in a long time.
"Wow…. Really?" Jett sighed.
"Heh, maybe I should do the room picking next time." Kate laughed.
"Haha very funny." Jett chuckled.
The three wolves then settled in for the night after checking to make sure no walkers were around. Turns out, the room had a connecting doorway to a room with a single king sized bed for Humphrey.
"Oh Sweet!" Humphrey cried as he jumped on the bed.
"Hahah careful brother." Jett warned.
"Don't worry, I will!" He laughed.
"Jett, I'm kinda hungry. Wanna go raid the kitchen?" Kate asked.
"Don't we have sandwiches somewhere in your backpack?" Jett asked.
"I kinda ate them all…."
"KATE!"
"SORRY!"
"UGH! Look, that was for ALL of us. You can be a pig sometimes."
"Oh HELL no. You did not just call your girlfriend a pig."
"Oh, maybe I did."
"That's it mister! No sex for a month!"
"Okay okay…. Sorry… You know I love you."
"Awww, I love you too. And honestly, I love it when we get into little fights like this."
"Me too."
"God you guys are so bipolar." Humphrey said from the other room.
"SHUT UP HUMPHREY." Both of them said at the same time.
After unpacking for the night. The group met in the hall to go to the kitchen to see if there was any food they could have for the night. In the kitchen, the searched every pantry and fridge, but alas, they found nothing.
"Fuck this." Lilly groaned.
"There has to be SOMETHING." Garth said.
"I'm so hungryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" Humphrey whined.
"Well if a certain SOMEONE didn't eat all the fucking food!"
"Shut it Lilly! I was hungry!" Kate retorted.
"Will you guys shut up?" Jett sighed.
As the pack began to argue, Humphrey noticed a shadow outside the door. He suddenly felt like he was being watched or something. Instead of listening to pointless arguing over food, Humphrey decided to investigate. He went out into the main dining area and began to look around.
"Hello?"
No Answer.
"Hello? It's ok. I won't hurt you."
Again, no answer.
"Huh…. I could have sworn I heard a…. Hey!" Humphrey cried as he saw a figure run upstairs and down the hall.
"No way that's a walker, they don't move that fast." Humphrey said.
He ran up the stairs and followed the figure into the hallway. Once in the hall, he was pretty sure he lost whoever or whatever he was chasing, but just as he was about to turn back, the door slammed shut from one of the rooms at the end of the hall. Determined to find out what it was. He pulled his gun out, cocked it, and slowly approached the door. Seeing that it was unlocked, he slowly opened it and went inside.
"Hello? Anyone in here?"
No response.
"Look, I'm not gonna hurt you." He said in a reassuring voice.
"We can keep you safe if your looking for protection." He added.
The only response he got was pure silence.
Humphrey had given up. He shook his head sadly and turned to walk back down the hall. Whoever it was must have wanted to be left alone, and he had to respect that.
"H-hello?" A young, female voice whispered.
Humphrey turned around in shock.
"Yeah! Where are you?"
"I-In here…." The voice squeaked.
"It's ok, I aint gonna hurt ya. Can you open the door for me please?" Humphrey asked.
The door slowly opened, and who was on the other side made Humphrey's heart skip several beats. The door revealed a beautiful, young blonde wolf, which looked very similar to Kate, but had longer hair, and beautiful purple eyes. And the best part was, she was his age! She stared into his eyes, and she too felt her heart skip a beat, and her lips curved into a soft smile.
"H-Hi…."
"H-hello…"
"I'm Humphrey…"
"I'm…. K-Katie…."
"That's a beautiful name. What are you doing here alone, Katie?" Humphrey asked.
"Well, I was alone before I got here. My parents were eaten by those…. Things, along with my brother Alex…" Katie explained as the tears began to well up in her eyes.
"I had to watch them blow each other's brains out. They… didn't want to turn. So they each took a shot to the head from my brother's pistol…. And left me all alone." Katie continued, "So I ran… I ran so far away….I had too… I couldn't defend myself, so the best thing I could do was hide. So… here I am I guess…."
After her story, she began to cry softly. Humphrey hugged her tightly and smiled at her.
"It's ok Katie, you're safe with me and my group. My brother is really strong, and he can help you get stronger too." Humphrey explained.
"He can?" Katie asked, wiping the tears out of her eyes.
"Hell yeah he can! He's the best! C'mon! Let's go see him!" Humphrey said as he grabbed Katie by the arm.
Meanwhile, downstairs in the kitchen, Kate and Lilly found some ham and other stuff for sandwiches in a fridge that still worked, so they were able to make sandwiches and other things, which is rare in the zombie apocalypse. Garth and Jett were chowing down when Humphrey and his new friend, Katie walked in.
"Guys! I found someone! Her name is-"
"KATIE!"
"KATE!"
Kate ran to Katie, and the two embraced each other as the tears fell from their eyes. Humphrey was a little confused along with Garth and Jett, but Lilly soon ran over and hugged Katie as well, and also in tears.
"Uhhh, you guys know each other?" Jett asked.
"Yeah of course!" Lilly said.
"She's our little cousin!" Kate laughed.
To Be Continued. I only own Katie and Jett as of Now. The rest belong to Lionsgate and their respective Owners.
