"No way!" this one girl, Rei, shouted in disbelief. "How the hell did you guys survive all this time on your own?"

I laughed and shook my head. "We barricaded ourselves in the underground storage under the west side of the mall. It had everything down there. Except guns…" I explained.

"I still don't get how you stayed down there for a whole week." Sayo, the pink haired one, said with a know-it-all attitude.

"Well obviously we didn't, given the fact that you guys just saved our asses." I retorted.

"Why did you leave?" Saeko, the purple haired, serious one asked.

"We didn't want to be locked up our whole lives. Plus, we were looking for better weapons. Frankly, that shithole mall doesn't sell anything other than clothes and electronics." Hikari said next to me.

"Wel'll l we kind of need a place to lay low for a few days and restock on our provisions. Could you give us directions, Amy?" Takashi asked.

"Um yeah, just turn here till you get to the highway and then left until you see McD's and then down 31st." I explained.

"Alrighty then." A busty blonde women named Ms. Shizuka chirped.

Hikari sighed. "Back to our little Hobbit hole huh Amy. Yay."

We arrived at the mall and everybody cautiously left the hummer single file as Kohta, the fatty, watched from the top of the vehicle.

"They're not around." I said, stretching as I hopped out. "They haven't been for the past three days."

"Oh." Kohta said. Than he hopped down and ran to catch up to us.

We entered the west side entrance of the mall and Hikari wheeled her way into the lead and led us down to the staff entrance to the basement levels. I walked in a steady pace not far behind her.

"Amy, huh?" Takashi asked, falling into step next to me.

"Yup." I replied with a smile.

"Are you American?" he asked.

I giggled. "Nope."

"Uh… European." He said.

"Not quite." I laughed. "I'm Canadian. I entered an exchange student program with a girl named Misa Ichinamaga. She is staying with my family up in Toronto right now. I would have gone back this upcoming June. You know… if things hadn't changed."

"Hmm. I'm sorry." Takashi said.

"It's alright! I got my bestie here with me so it's all good in the hood." I said with a wink.

"Damn right she does!" Hikari added.

"Hey, are there public showers in this place?" Rei asked with a sneer, pushing herself between me and Takashi. She was acting like she had a big problem with something.

"Uh, yeah. In the pool change rooms." I replied.

"Thank God!" she shouted, nudging her way between us and walking. I stepped away from her so I wouldn't have to choke her. I knew right then we wouldn't be getting along.

I walked down the stairs in front of everyone since Kohta right away offered to help Hikari down the steps. I pushed the door open and ran across the room to where our makeshift bed was, which was just a mattress on the floor with a billion blankets and pillows, and landed on it.

"Wow. You guys sure got everything worked out down here." Saeko said with an approving nod. Everyone looked around at our little home we had created down here. I had grabbed a bunch of stuff from the mall and brought it down. There were two mattresses on the floor with blankets and a bunch of pillows (I like pillows), we had boxes full of water bottles and canned and packaged stuff.

And FYI, I carried all this shit down here! By my myself!

Hikari used her massively strong upper body to hoist herself out of her chair and plopped down next to me and grabbed her little teddy bear, which was a giant frog named Beer Goggles. She calls him that because of his big eyes that are each the same size as his head.

"This girls aren't as stupid as they look." Sayo said. I narrowed my eyes at her but decided not to start a fight and kept my mouth shut.

"Gah!" Kohta jumped back and practically stumbled into a stack of crates. He did a little dance to avoid stepping on something.

I jumped up. "Georgie!" and I ran and picked up the little kitten.

"You kept a kitten?" Takashi asked in surprise.

"Duh! We had to let all of the animals out of the pet store, but this little guy is only a baby. I couldn't possibly let you out all by yourself now, could I? You little cutie pah-tooty!" I cooed and stroked the grey kitten's fur. He purred and clung to my grey hoodie.

"I take it back." Sayo said with a sweat drop expression.

I simply humphed at her and went back to sit on my bed. "We can get more beds down here, and I'll show you where the pool is and stuff."

"Great. I'm starving. Let's visit the food court while we're up there!" Kohta cheered anxiously!

Sayo appeared next to him and clocked him over the side of the head. "That's why you're so fat!" she barked.

The girls wasted no time getting to the bathroom. I showed them the way there and went back the other way to get mattresses.

"Hey, Amy." Someone called.

I turned and saw Takashi run up to me. "Sup, Takashi." I greeted.

"You want some help?"

"Why not?" I smiled.

Once Takashi and I lugged down a couple more mattresses down the rest of them had already gotten back. All of the girls were dripping wet from lack of towels. I guess they were too nervous to look around for some and wanted to get back underground ASAP. Kohta didn't seem to mind at all. His nose bleeding as he gawked at how the clothes clung to their wet skin showed that much. What. A. Perv.

We all got comfortable in our beds. I tucked Hikari in and settled in next to her. Saeko shared the bed with us and Rei, Saya and Alice slept in another, leaving the boys to have a bed all to themselves.

"So what's the plan after this?" Saya piped up, getting right to the point.

"Can't we figure it out in the morning?" Takashi groaned, staring up at the ceiling with his hands tucked behind his head.

I looked down at Hikari, who was cuddled up with Beer Goggles, sleeping away already. I smiled warmly at her and looked up at everyone. "It has been a big day for everyone. It can wait."

"I disagree Amy." Saya sneered. "It is the perfect time to discuss tactics and plans while we have the peace of mind to think about it without being attacked by Them."

I narrowed my eyes at her, but I just grit my teeth. So far I've only liked the boys and Saeko at this point. Alice too, but she's such a cute little kid how could you not like her?

"You wanna know what we've been thinking about?" I announced. "I thought that we could go across the sea to America, and then move our way up north to Alaska. There They can't survive. They have no beating hearts or body heat to keep them from freezing up there, so they'd become a bunch of zombie popsicles before they could even reach us."

Everyone just blinked at me for a few seconds. A blush crept across my cheeks and I buried my face in my pillow. Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut.

"That sounds like a great idea." Saeko assured me, patting me on the back.

"And just how exactly do we get across the sea?" Saya asked.

"Yeah. We can't exactly swim there Amy!" Rei added.

"Quit ganging up on her guys!" Takashi barked. "There's no need to be total bitches to her! She was just throwing out a suggestion. A good one at that so shut up!"

That left the two girls speechless and I had to burry my face into my pillow again to keep from laughing.

"There are lots of boats by the docks. Yachts, cruise ships, mostly rich guy stuff, but maybe we can manage to sail it." Hikari said, awake now. I guess Takashi woke her up when he yelled.

"You come from a wealthy family, Saya. Have you ever sailed?" Saeko asked.

Saya crossed her arms. "It's not a good idea."

"That doesn't answer the question really…" Kohta said.

"Shut your fat mouth! Of course I've been on the ocean!" Saya shouted.

"I guess that settles it, huh?" Takashi said. "At least for now. We'll figure it out once we've all had some rest." And he pulled the blanket over his head to dismiss the conversation.

"America indeed." Saya grumbled, laying down too.

I sighed and me and Hikari both flipped over so we were staring up at the ceiling. A few minutes and most of them could be heard snoring, especially Kohta. He even started talking in his sleep, saying stuff like "Oh, you're so naughty…" and whatnot.

"I think that Kohta guy is a closet perv." Hikari whispered.

I giggled. "Nah, just a general perv. He was never in the closet."

We both laughed and then there was silence for another few minutes.

"What a day, huh?" Hikari asked.

"Yeah… I'm glad you decided to wheel your ass into trouble this time. This time." I said with a smile.

"Maybe we'll finally get out of this shit hole." Hikari said with a shrug.

"I hope so." I agreed. Then I yawned and curled up into a ball. Not long I fell asleep, dreaming of a life with out zombies.