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We've been walking around Boston and the rest of Massachusetts for days looking for Ben and other survivors. We haven't had any success, but we went to wal-mart and raided the food, drinks, meds, and weapons. Dad was upset about the weapons, but I convinced him we needed the guns. We needed to protect Matt. Hal, being the overprotective brother that he is, stated we needed them to protect me also. I laughed at that and I punched him playfully on the arm.
That made Matt laugh. I was happy he laughed; he hadn't truly laughed since Mom died and Ben went missing. Mom's traits went into effect in me and I felt as if I had to make everybody happy and find my older brother.
We left wal-mart and set up camp in the woods where those aliens couldn't find us. Dad went to sleep after Matt and I did. I had Matt sleep next to me so I could watch over him and he didn't object, he could tell I was worried and my mom traits were coming out.
I pretended to go to sleep until Matt fell asleep and I got up and checked on Hal. He was still awake and was sitting on a mold covered, fallen tree limb. He saw me and sighed. I could tell he wanted to be alone, but I could also tell he wanted to talk to someone.
I sat down next to him and said, "Hey, Hallie."
"What did I say about calling me that?" He replied teasingly.
"You said never to call you that unless it was an emergency."
"What's wrong, what's the emergency?" He asked, worried.
"Well, you're staying up and not sleeping. You look like you're upset and I want to cheer you up."
He smiled at me and said, "Mom is really coming out in you in this trip. Thanks for everything since, well, you know. I'm scared, Liz, really scared for me, Ben, you, dad, Matt. I mean what if there are no survivors, what if..."
I stopped him there and said, " Don't worry, we'll all be ok and we'll find survivors. We can't be the only ones those bloody aliens left alive. And if we don't find survivors, it'll be ok cause we have each other." Hal smiled at my little speech and hugged me.
He told me to go to sleep and I stood up and put my hands on my hips and told him in my 'mom' voice, "No, you go to sleep now and I'll do the first watch."
I watched him go to bed in defeat as I sat down on the log with my gun and watched as my father and siblings slept. I heard a noise in the woods and jolted up. I looked at my family and walked into the woods with my gun in hand. I saw a man's face so I ran back to my family and woke up my dad. I told him that I saw someone in the woods so we woke up Hal and Matt. I picked up Matt and we ran towards the person I saw. We met him and he said his name was Capt. Weaver and he was with a group of survivors called the 2nd mass. and they were looking for survivors like us. We joined them and I was beaming on the inside out. We had finally found others.
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