GUYS ITS BEEN SO LONG OMG IM SORRY! But anyways enjoy this chapter I had some major problems with my family so I do apologize for not updating ;-;)

Chapter 3

As the guys greatly regretted the amount of alcohol they drank in the back of the Jeep the girls were getting a few supplies from a small dollar store.

They found new maps of the area as they were leaving, and spotted a few gas stations they could stop and top off before leaving the city.

Wendy slowly drove to a newish looking gas station, "so this is it right?"

Lucy was unbuckling her seat belt, "Yup this is it, let's just hope no body hasn't cleared it out yet."

"Well I'll try to see if I can turn on the gas pump inside like usual," Wendy hurriedly walked up to the gas station store.

She had a odd feeling as she went behind the cashier desk and turned the pump on for Lucy. Walking out she saw Lucy give her thumbs up, then noticed a red Ford car parked the right of the store. One of the windows was broken with dents along side the driver side. If they were even more lucky maybe there was still some gas left in there too. She cautioned herself as she approached the car, placing her left hand on the broken window a sharp pain sparked in her head. She fell to her knees as the pain worsened, and tightly clutched her head. Her vision went white right before she blacked out.

"No not again, it's too painful to be real," she thought.

That familiar soothing voice spoke up, "Wendy sweetie we're here wake up."

"Weeeendy wake up."

"Wake up honey."

"Wake up."

Slightly opening her eyes she vaguely saw a warm and loving eyes and smile. She didn't know what she would do without it.

Lucy rushed to Wendy forgetting about the gas pump handle once she heard her scream. Even as fast as she ran she want able to catch her before she fell. After a few heart retching minutes Wendy came to, Lucy did her best to elevate her head and make her focus.

"Wendy wake up.. Wendy it's me Lucy... Wake up... Come on focus on me... Wake up Wendy."

Groaning Wendy squeezed her eyes opened, "Mom what's going on... Mom?"

Lucy felt a knot tighten up in her chest, "It's okay Wens I'm here okay."

"I'm sorry mom."

Lucy placed a hand on Wendy's cheek, "Shh, it's all okay don't worry about it."

"Mom you aren't real are you? Where's my mom," Wendy couldn't see for some reason everything was a very bright blue all she could see was a figure above her.

Lucy sniffled, "S-she went somewhere, and I don't know when she will be back."

After that Wendy shut her eyes closed and sobbed quietly as Lucy carried her to car. Natsu was conscious enough to notice when Lucy went running and was on high alert, then helped place Wendy into the back seat with Mest on the side. He was still snoring away with his face against the window.

The rest of the ride to nowhere was quiet for once, but there was sour atmosphere of what just happened. It was one of those moments that everyone wished music was still able to flow out of the radio like it used too.

Mest partially opened his eyes as he tried to focus. There was something cold against his cheek, it was the window. He saw two small lights bouncing inside of a building where they were parked, and shortly after that he heard muffled gunshots. He leaned up quickly checking to see if there was anyone else in the Jeep with him. It was only Wendy who has her head on his leg. He waited to see if the two lights would walk out towards the car.

Deeply looking and listening for the other two he didn't notice Wendy mumbling until he felt her move slightly. He was going to ask her if she was okay until he noticed there was thick tear stains on her cheeks and the sad expression on her face.

A new set of tears rolled out, "So.. Soorry... Momm"

Lucy startled him as she opened the door on his side, "Oh sorry, uh so me and Natsu found this visiter center off the highway. So we figured this is probably the best place to stay for tonight. There was a few pests to take care of though, luckily there wasn't any mutants."

Mest's mouth was dry, "Okay that's good. I noticed Wendy isn't looking so good is she okay? What happened?"

Lucy sighed as she looked at her, "We stopped at a gas station for some extra fuel, and she was looking at the car parked in front of it, then I suddenly heard her scream she was holding onto her head as she blacked out."

Mest felt a deep worry go over him, "What? She wasn't hurt was she?"

"Well Mest which one are you asking. Was she hurt on the inside or the outside?"

He was slightly confused at her words.

"We shouldn't waste too much time out here. I'll show you to the room we found for both of you to share and I will have Natsu bring your stuff to the room after he finishes clearing ours okay?"

Mest was getting Wendy into his arms as Lucy spoke, and once he had a good grip on her he nodded at her.

The air outside was crisp and cold that Wendy hung onto him more because it. His footsteps seem to echo as they entered the small building. Lucy lead him down a small hallway to left of the main entrance. Down that hallway there was offices, security room, employee break room, and storage rooms. They reached one of the office sized conference rooms, as Lucy opened the door he saw the table was up against the wall with Chairs stacked towards the front.

"Just wait here and make yourself comfortable. It shouldn't take too long for him to bring everything over. Also we are in the room across," she shut the door slowly and hurried to her room.

Mest could hear Lucy as she open and closed their door, then there was silence until he could faintly hear heavy footsteps come down the hall. There was no windows of any kind in the room so he couldn't check to see what it was.

Wendy was still sleeping away in his arms, but somehow he manage to hold her with one as he reached for his holster.

After that Natsu slammed through the door, "Oh shit," he lowered his voice quickly, "Sorry man I forgot about her. I'll put your stuff here. Good night man."

Mest just nodded his head as he continued to stand there looking around the office. He gently placed Wendy down in the floor as he got their blankets set up on the floor.

Wendy woke up to the feeling of the cold carpet, and the sound of someone shuffling through something. She saw Mest as he was straighten out something on the floor. Seeing him gave her a great amount of relief at the moment. As much as she tried not to think about it, she was very happy to have meet him in this hellish world. She had lost her only family she had left because of the virus, and the rest of any remaining emotions she had. Learning to survive in the new world, and trying to save people. All the people who decided to come with her either got separated, left, or died in the first few months. She spent the next year all by herself terrified at first, then soon grew cold. Thinking back when she first saw Mest the thing she would normally would have done is left him there on the side of the road.

For some odd reason she stopped herself that day and picked him up. He managed to warm up her heart, and learn to trust another human being within a night. She's lucky to find something rare in this empty shithole. She laid there with heavy eyes as she watched Mest carefully place the rest of the covers on the make shift bed.

Leaning back up Mest nodded to himself as went to pick Wendy back up to place on the bed until he noticed she was half awake looking at him.

Glancing down at her he spoke softly, "Wens the bed is ready so you're welcome to go lay down now or you can change your clothes. I'll just face the wall over by the door if you want to change."

Wendy blinked slowly, "I'll change.. I don't like the feeling of these clothes right now."

He patted her head, "Okay take your time, besides imma change as well it was pretty hot today."

She got up and grabbed her bag and tossed Mest his bag.

As promised he went towards the door and face the wall and dug through his bag to look for a loose pant he could wear. He never liked wearing a shirt to bed unless it was really cold. That was odd he just remembered something small.

Wendy had a hard time trying focusing on what she was doing, so it took her awhile to find her night wear. After she was changed she folded her clothes, and put them back into the bag. Taking off her hair tie she turned around to tell Mest she was done.

Before she could speak she saw that he finished changing his pants, and was taking off his shirt. She watched as he started shoving his stuff back into his bag and smiled to herself. He was pretty lazy sometimes when it came to himself.

She turned back around, "Mest I'm done now."

Turning around Mest threw his bag on the desk, "Feel better now? I'm ready to curl up in bed. I have feeling I always hated sleeping in a car since your neck gets stiff, and it's not as comfortable."

She yawned and nodded her head as she got into bed loving the soft feeling of the blankets.

Mest did the same and sighed.

Wendy quickly found sleep as she snuggled up more into the blankets. Mest stayed up for awhile as he listened to Wendy's breathing. It worried him when her breathing would get rapid, then suddenly slow again.

Before he fully fell asleep he held Wendy in his arms hoping she wouldn't get mad, and see his good intentions. He only wanted to comfort her and make feel safe.