Anon woke up on top of a bed. Something he hadn't felt in months... He looked to the right and saw that wall again. Anon wanted to help it to stay standing in any way he can. Anon heard a knock and turned around.

ANON: Come in.

Adagio opened the door and handed him a watch.

ADAGIO: We have the breakfast at 9.

Anon noticed it was set at 8:31.

ANON: Thanks. Adagio, right?

Adagio nodded and left the room. Anon closed his door and noticed that someone left fresh clothes for him. He changed and walked out to the breakfast room. There was a man with someone who looked like his wife...

MAN: Mornin'! You must be one of the newbies from yesterday.

ANON: Yeah. And you are?

MAN: Name's Davis.

ANON: I'm Anon. Nice to see friendly faces again.

DAVIS: Yeah. Here. I give these to all the newbies.

What Davis tossed to Anon was a box. Anon read the side and stopped at one word.

ANON: Condoms?

DAVIS: Like I said, I give them to all the newbies. You never know when someone'll need 'em but don't have 'em.

Anon rolled his eyes and placed the box in his bag. He sat down at a table and waited for 9 to pass. Anon noticed more people coming by and one sat down with him. A survivor his age.

KID: You must be Anon.

ANON: Yeah. Who are you?

KID: I'm Will.

ANON: When did your people come here?

WILL: A few weeks ago. I get that you don't get this yet. Let me try to break it down. It's not what people say it is. Sure, some people decide to be their playthings, but those are isolated scenerios. The rest are guards, scavengers, or just people.

ANON: Really? Then how come Davis-?

WILL: Davis is my dad. He gives that around as a joke. But I'd take him by his word if I were you, though.

ANON: I heard that... it was the price of staying here. Is that true?

WILL: No! Not in the slightest! The only way that's possible is if you peak their interests. No offense! I'm sure that you can prove your worth somehow.

ANON: I think I know how...

A bell rang and people started taking seats. Anon just stayed there when Adagio and her sisters came out.

ADAGIO: Everyone! We have good news about the run yesterday. Besides from the new people, we also found enough food and supplies to last us months.

People cheered and Adagio giggled. It was obvious to Anon what this was. She brought the supplies, now they respect her. It was a fascinating system when it came down to survival.

ARIA: Also, the brawl in the pits was finally resolved.

Aria, however, wasn't exactly Anon's favorite. She either pushed everyone away, or shoved them all in her face. And not in the metaphorical way... Sonata was another story, though. Anon felt like he and her had a connection. He felt like several other people felt the same way, but he didn't give a damn.

ADAGIO: The menu is the typical MRE from that National Guard station, as usual. We will try to change that, but for now, this is all we can share.

People seem agrivated, but they didn't say anything. Anon seemed eager to eat some real food for once.

WILL: You seem excited. What, you used to eating maggots?

ANON: No. More like anything else. Old canned pasta, expired Big Cats, you name it, we ate it.

WILL: Good God... Glad me and my family found this place when we did.

ANON: Me too...

Anon noticed that his stump was still wrapped in dirty bandages.

WILL: You should get that redressed after you eat.

ANON: Nah, I don't wanna waste your resources.

WILL: It's just a bandage. We have lots more laying around as it is.

ANON: Alright...

The food was placed on the table and Anon opened it. He pulled out something the package called "Bacon N' Chedder". Anon took a bite and instantly loved it.

WILL: Get used to that.

ANON: Trust me, I already have.

Anon took another bite. It's been months since Anon ate something like this.

WILL: What have you been eating out there?

ANON: You don't wanna know.

WILL: People?

ANON: No. Anything else but that and maggots. Jesus, it's bad out there, but it's not like Mad Max.

WILL: Alright...

Anon was taking a walk around the wall when they noticed that a car was ready to leave the gates. Anon walked towards it.

ANON: What's going on?

ADAGIO: A run. What we found was good, but that wall needs to stay standing.

ANON: Need an extra hand?

ADAGIO: Can you shoot?

ANON: A pistol. Me and my brother had training back at Woodbury before we went to Walter's camp.

ADAGIO: With one hand?

ANON: How much harder can it be?

Adagio chuckled.

ADAGIO: Our tinkerer, Todd, he can make you a bayonet. He's in that shed by the hotel. We'll wait for you.

Anon went to the shed and saw Todd working on a gun.

ANON: Uhh... you're Todd, right?

TODD: Yeah. How can I help ya?

ANON: I'm going on a run and I kinda need a bayonet for this.

Anon waved his stump.

TODD: I might already have something!

Todd ran in a tote and pulled out a form of prothstetic with a knife attached to the end.

TODD: We had someone who needed one. All I gotta do is adjust it.

ANON: What happened to him?

TODD: After the runs, he decided to settle down. You can still see him, in room 115.

The arm fit like a glove. Anon admired the blade it came with, it was about 7 inches. Close enough to kill, but not give ridiculous length.

TODD: You should go see them.

Anon went back with his knife sheathed.

ADAGIO: That quick? I almost forgot about that spare guy we had on runs...

ANON: Thank God.

The car was a tight fit, with 4 people inside a 2-person truck. Adagio was driving and Anon called shotgun.

ADAGIO: How long has it been?

ANON: Since what?

ADAGIO: Since you were in a car, not escaping Walkers.

ANON: Walkers? That's what you call them?

ADAGIO: Yeah.

ANON: Huh. I like it, sounds better than Biters. It's been about... 6 months since this.

ARIA: That's when everything went down...

ANON: ... I know.

They kept driving until the warehouse came into sight.

ANON: That's it?

ARIA: What, not exciting enough?

ANON: It's not that. It just... looks empty.

Adagio chuckled.

ADAGIO: You know what we found there? Flare guns. Flare. Guns!

ANON: How many?

ARIA: Enough for our runs. The flares aren't so hard to make. Just an empty shotgun shell and a firecracker for distracting, and a lit shell for signaling.

ANON: Seems crafty.

SONATA: Trust me, they've kept away HERDS of the Walkers. Once, we had a herd the size of 400! All lured into a quarry by some flares.

Anon already liked this place better than Crawford, better that Woodbury, better than all of it. He wanted this life, he wanted this...

The truck was parked and they went inside.

ADAGIO: We already scavenged some og the supplies a few months ago, but now we need it. Now that we have four of us, this should go better. I have the north, Sonata has the east, Anon has the west, and Aria has the south. If anything gets inside and it's in your line of fire, you kill it. Keep tight formation, all of you.

The crew took their places and went inside. Anon noticed that a military crate was inside and in his line of fire.

ANON: You guys ever notice that?

Adagio turned and saw the crate.

ADAGIO: That old thing? It's just a useless box.

ANON: Maybe not...

Anon went to open is and pulled out a LMG with a loaded ammo belt.

ANON: What was that about the crate being useless?

Adagio turned and saw the LMG and smirked.

ADAGIO: Good find. Now who gets it?

ANON: I'm out, since I got one hand. Besides, I couldn't lift this thing if my life depended on it.

Aria stepped up and grabbed it.

ADAGIO: Don't fire a bullet until we get back!

ARIA: Don't worry, Adagio. I won't.

The crew kept going when they heard rumbling.

ANON: What was that?

They looked up and saw a Walker fall through and get trapped in rebar. The Walker's stomach was impaled and its legs were dangling due to the momentum. The crew noticed that the roof was crumbling on top of them.

ANON: Yeah, I think it's time to go.

The crew ran for the exit, but Aria was falling behind.

ARIA: This damn LMG's holding me down.

Anon ran up.

ANON: Hand me it, just go!

Anon grabbed the LMG and ran as fast as the weight would allow. The roof fell and Anon's leg was trapped in the rubble. Anon noticed a Walker was inched away from his head. Anon pulled out his knife arm and stabbed it. Sonata noticed and ran to help. Adagio wasn't far behind.

ADAGIO: Aria, keep watch!

SONATA: You alright?

ANON: Yeah, but my foot's caught.

SONATA: Man, your lucky. If this thing fell on you the wrong way...

Aria noticed a Walker from the roof start to crawl towards Anon. She ran toward it and stabbed it. She noticed that others were starting to rip their trapped legs off and start crawling.

ARIA: Shit. SHIT! We gotta go!

Adagio and Sonata lifted the rubble off his leg and Anon crawled out. Anon tried walking, but he stumbled. Sonata ran up and grabbed him.

SONATA: Come on!

Anon was leaning on Sonata for support as they ran for the truck. Anon hopped in the back with Sonata and Aria took the wheel.

Some time later, Sonata pulled off Anon's shoe and noticed that it was bloodied and scrapped.

SONATA: That must've hurt like hell...

ANON: Trust me, it did.

Sonata grabbed some disinfectant and placed it on a towel. She placed it on Anon's leg when he winced.

ANON: Fuck...

SONATA: It can't be that bad.

ANON: Trust me, it is.

When the blood was wiped, Adagio handed the dressing and Sonata covered it.

ADAGIO: You can get it properly looked at back home.

ANON: Yeah... home.

SONATA: What is it?

ANON: That was great and all, but I think I'd be safer inside. I wanna work on the wall, help it stay up.

ADAGIO: Can you shoot a rifle?

ANON: I can learn. It might be harder with one arm, but it can't be harder than getting out of there.

Adagio took this under consideration. The wall did need to stay up.

ADAGIO: First, let's worry about your leg, then I'll ask around.

ANON: Thanks.

ADAGIO: Any time...

Sonata looked at the walls and smiled to herself.

SONATA: I'm starting to like this guy...