"W-what...how can you be so sure?" Hunter asks nervously.
"I watched you get bitten Hunter, the bites have been the same for the last few days." Lola says.
"I meant, how do you know the time so accurately,it could've been only a day or two."
"Because of this." Lola points to her wrist watch.
"How do you find all this stuff Lola." Hunter asks smiling for once.
"Well it all comes down to good eyesight." Lola chimes.
"That was a rhetorical question." Hunter says slowly standing up and examining their whereabouts.
"A what?" Lola asks never having heard that word before.
Hunter laughs, "Nothing Lo, but just remember to keep an eye on me, I wouldn't want to turn in front of you."
"O-okay..." Lola trails off.
"What's wrong?" Hunter asks kissing his baby sisters head.
"It's nothing, we should get going I want to see Fireflies" Lola says smiling.
Hunter laughs again "Haha, sweetie you know the Fireflies are people not the bugs, right?"
"I know I was just messing with you." Lola says gigging.
"HAHA" Hunter says mocking her humor and ruffling her hair. "Alright lets search this place then get a move on, okay Lola...Lola?" Hunter looks for any sign of his little sister.
"Here." Lola says quietly putting a finger on her mouth to motion silence. She points up at the window and Hunter crouches down beside her. They both hear footsteps and voices. He can't make out who it could be but makes the rough guess of two people, and older man with a young girl. Hunter grabs the gun from Lola's hands and presses his back near the entrance. He hears the footsteps coming closer and knows the two mysterious figures are going to invade their shelter. The door creaks open and Hunter tackles the man down, pushing him down on the floor and aiming the gun at his head. He feels pain in his back and looks behind him to see a girl beating him with a bat. When he turns around, she holds a knife at his throat and pushes him against the wall. Hunter sees Lola hiding in the corner looking scared. The girl relieves the knife and Hunter lets go a deep breath.
"You're young." the girl says looking into his eyes oddly.
"So?" Hunter asks.
"So you're not the bad guy." the girl says, pushing away and sitting down by the man.
"Are you okay Jo-." the girl stops.
"Yea I'm fine, and its okay they can know our names, names don't matter no more" the man says in a gruff voice.
The girl stands up and helps the man to his feet. She walks towards Hunter.
"Sorry for that first impression, I'm Hunter and this is Lola." Hunter says pulling Lola to his side for the two to see.
"I'm Ellie and he's Joel." the girl says motioning her thumb behind her back.
"We're sorry for interrupting your adventure, but we're looking for the Fireflies, I just want my sister to get to safety." Hunter says.
"That just happens to be where we're heading." Joel says stepping forward as well.
"Would you happen to have any tips as to where they would be?" Hunter asks.
"His brother said we could find them in the-"
"Ellie." Joel interrupts.
"What, Joel?...I'm just trying to help."Ellie says giving Joel a look.
"The boy...he's got a bite." Joel says pointing to Hunter's arm.
"Its not what it looks like sir, I got this bite a long time ago." Hunter pleads.
"No way..." Ellie says, dragging up her sleeve. "I got this a month ago, it hasn't got any worse since then, you?"
"I've had this for about week or so." Hunter says. "Still looks like it did on Day 1."
"Are you gonna try to tell me, we've got ourselves another immune?" Joel asks.
End of Chapter 2, be sure to follow and check out Chapter 1.