(Disclaimer: same as on first page... i still do not own Gorillaz, blah blah blah)

(Sorry for the slow update, i've been tied down with schoolwork as i have a science gcse on tuesday and im failing science, joy! Anywho.. next chapter... read, review, enjoy, cherish, do whatever you may wish :) )

Noodle wandered through the brief bit of countryside she was stranded in and headed towards a narrow country lane. She wandered down the lane for a while until she came across a sign encrusted in mud and dust. Noodle shimmied up the pole and scraped away the dirt to see what the sign said.

Fallen Town 1 ½ m

Essex 14 ¼ m

Elsewhere 100 ½ m

Noodle took a double take at the first town… she'd heard of that before… just where?

She slid back down the pole and headed in the direction of 'Fallen Town'.

As she walked, she racked her brains thinking of where she'd heard that name.

'Of course!' she whispered. '…where someone's still aliveee…' she smiled, finishing the part of the song.

Noodle hummed O Green World all the way to Fallen Town, wondering whether by some extremely slight chance she'd find the rest of the Gorillaz there.

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2D, Russel and Murdoc turned up at the crash site with Russel's finger dents in the headrest, where he'd dug in so hard to stop himself from flying out.

'Mud's… your never driving… ever… again.' 2D stuttered, falling out of the Geep and shakily standing up.

'Yeh Muds… your crazy man!' Russel added, pushing 2D in the direction of the clean-up crew.

The trio reached the clean-up crew and began to speak when they were interrupted.

'There's been no sign of Noodle, we can't reach her mobile and we're assuming she's dead… she couldn't of survived a fall like that with her parachute punctured.' The manager of the crew said solemnly.

2D's shoulders slumped as he turned back to the Geep and climbed in the front seat, staring at the dashboard.

Murdoc and Russel thanked the crew manager and headed back to the Geep in silence, both trying to deal with their confirmed fears.

They all sat in silence for about 5 minutes or so, before 2D piped up. 'Let's go to Fallen Town… please… there's still a slight chance to be 'onest.'

Murdoc whacked 2D around the head. 'Don't be stupid Dullard… didn't you hear Mr.Moustache over there?'

'Yeh I did… but can we, please? Please Murdoc…'

'No.'

'Why not?!'

'Because I SAID SO. I don't want to do anything right now except abuse my liver and lungs thanks. We gotta accept th' truth, alrigh'.'

Russel cleared his throat from behind Murdoc. 'Get your dirty stinkin' ass over to Fallen Town right now Muds. Now, man.'

Murdoc went to reply but received another earful from Russel.

'There's no harm in trying Muds, they don't know what they're on about, and they get paid to talk crap! DRIVE.'

Murdoc sped off, fuming silently towards the grey skyline of Fallen Town.

Whilst Murdoc drove like a maniac… no changes there… 2D was in deep thought.
'Noodle will be 16 in a day… it seems like only yesterday she turned up in that box…' he smiled to himself '…and she's grown into such a stunnin' girl… lovely figure and all…'

2D stopped and scolded himself. 'She's like your sister, Stu; you can't go 'round finkin' that!'

But another voice in his head thought different.

'Yeah you can… she's 16 in what… a day, and if she's 16… she's legal and a woman. No one said you can't have feelin's for the girl, did they? No.'

2D fought the silent battle in his head. He'd liked Noodle just that bit more ever since she was 13, but he'd always pushed it to the back of his head. It'd never affected him like this before. Maybe because there's the possibility he wouldn't be able to tell her how he felt… or maybe he'd just realised now she's 16, she's more independent.

He didn't have a clue which one… he couldn't stop his feelings.

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Noodle entered Fallen Town… to realise… it lived up to its name.

Buildings stood derelict around her, crumbling from the roof down. No sign of life… nowhere to stay. Her shoulders sagged as she trailed across the town, following whatever signs she could make out from their crumpled mess.

Noodle followed the signs until she found herself back where she'd started.

It was beginning to grow dark and Noodle screamed in frustration. She looked around for somewhere to stay, somewhere quite safe and away from the roads so she wouldn't be found if there were to be any passers by.

Noodle wandered around for a bit longer, muscles aching deeply and energy wasting away.

A few minutes later, Noodle found a small doorway which had a piece of corrugated iron across half of it and a small patch of grass where it hadn't been weeded.

She threw her backpack in and crawled though the gap, thankful for her skinny figure.

A few more minutes later, she'd pulled the broken parachute cover over herself, curled up in the corner and slowly fell asleep, fatigue taking over her body.

As she slept, she dreamt of home, where zombies roamed, Murdoc slept, Russel cooked and 2D… 2D held her close every night before she fell asleep, telling her she was so special to him and how he'd die if anything would happen to her. He'd kiss her on the forehead/cheek/lips, depending on how nice/drunk he felt and tell her to sleep tight, before singing her to sleep.

Noodle woke up, tears streaming down her face at this memory, missing 2D's embrace, Russel's cooking and Murdoc's… moodiness.

Noodle sniffled into her makeshift blanket, wanting to be comforted by 2D and his butterscotch scent. Her heart ached… a feeling she'd never had before… when she thought of 2D, she pondered on what it could mean.

She slowly fell asleep again, thoughts of 2D pushed to the back of her mind as her tiredness took advantage of her weak state.

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On the other side of Fallen Town… a camouflage painted Geep roared into the

Derelict town, stopping a dozen meters from Noodle's hiding place…