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"Hey guys! Looks like I found myself a sewer rat!" Ray comes out of hiding with Regan struggling to get away from him.

"Oh man Ray, we almost thought you were a goner."

Ray smirks. "Must be my luck."

"Yah, dumb luck. But I'm glad you're okay." Budd comes over and pats him on the back, truly happy to see that his friend is unharmed. Then he looks over to Regan and shines the light in her face. "Well would you look at that. It's Ms Queen of the Fireflies." She spits in his face. Budd steps back and calmly wipes it off. "Let's head back to base camp."

A random soldier approaches him. "Sir, what about the other two?"

"I'll send out a small search party for them. If they don't come up with anything by tomorrow morning then fuck 'em. Let the clickers get them."

Aubrey is huffing and puffing as she kept getting dragged along underground. The bank building was above an old subway and they were able to break through the spore and get fresh air, out of the other side. "Oh man, fresh air never felt so good."

"That plan was dangerous… but it worked." Kai takes off his mask and takes a deep breath of fresh air. "Looks like your friend didn't make it."

Aubrey quickly turns back to see Regan is no where in sight and frantically rushes back to the tunnel. "We have to go back."

Kai grabs her and holds her back while she struggles against him. "We can't. It's too dangerous and it would be an unnecessary risk. I have my orders and you are my priority, not Regan."

"Fuck orders."

Kai is getting more and more frustrated and tosses him over her shoulder. "From now on, you need to listen to every god damn word I say, or else I really will treat you like merchandise."

"Put me down!" Aubrey keeps hitting his back until she gets tired and goes limp and leans on his back. "Why does everyone keep leaving me?"

Kai stays silent and puts her down. "…sorry." He pats her head like a little kid. "I have no idea where in Denver we need to go but I have an old friend who can help us with that. But first, we need to find a car."

Aubrey wipes off a tear that was peaking out of the corner of her eye. "Do you have an idea where we can find one that works?"

"An idea, yes. But it ain't gonna be easy." He said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "I'm gonna have to pull out all my owed favors for this one. I have an old acquaintance who owes me… he's a bit rough around the edges." He sighs. "Come on then." Aubrey nods and follows after him.

The two of them have been walking for at least half the day with minimal breaks. With the soldiers still on their tale, they didn't dare stop for very long. But they haven't been across anything. For hours. No soldiers, no infected. Aubrey was starting to get bored. She looked over to Kai but she knew that he wouldn't entertain her, let alone even talk to her. So instead she put her lips into the shape of an 'O' and tried to attempt whistling... and failed.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kai looked over at her with a facial expression of both confusion and concern.

"Whistling... well, trying to. I have always wanted to learn how. So, since we are in the middle of nowhere, I decided to try it."

"Well knock it off. We need to stay vigilant."

Aubrey frowned. "Always so serious, even when there is no one around." He ignored her. "You don't really talk much do you?"

"This is just who I am, Aubrey." His tone was starting to express his frustration. "what specific amount is there that someone has to speak? Maybe you just talk to much.

She shakes her head. "Yes, but its a defense mechanism... because I'm always scared of being alone. Everyone i know eventually leaves me. I just want to get to know you before the same happens to you." He stayed silent. "Sooooo... Where is this friend of yours?"

Kai sighed, knowing at this point that she wasn't going to shut up. "A little outside Boston."

"Oh... Is he nice?"

"No."

"Soooo... how did you get started in this smuggling business? Where you an ex bandit?"

"Aubrey! Enough with the questions already." He watched her as she slouched over in disappointment, and he let out an even longer sigh. "I started a few years back when I realized I had nothing left to lose. Plus once this is all over, I'm spending the rest of my days living the retired life. Sooooo..." He snickered at himself mocking her. "How did you get bit?"

"Nothing special. Just like anyone else that gets bit in a safe zone. I was in a restricted area and just got stupid." She smiles, glad that he is actually talking to her.

"Sounds about right. Generally what happens when people feel too comfortable and think they are invincible. They get themselves killed."

"Oh and does that include you Mr smuggler?"

"Heh. No, not me. Otherwise I wouldn't be here." He hears a grumbling sound and immediately ducks down, pulling Aubrey with him and finds some place to hide. "That sounded like infected."

"Pfffft" He looks over at Aubrey horrified.

"I fail to see how that is funny."

"What's funny is, that wasn't infected... that was my stomach."

-.-''''''''''' "If you were hungry you should have said something." Gets out from the hiding spot and finds an old abandoned apartment. "Stay put and let me check this place out."

Aubrey waited, and twiddled her thumbs until he came back for her. "Is it clear?" He nods and she follows him inside where he leads her to one of the apartment units that has the least amount of damage to it.

"We can rest here for the night. But don't get to comfortable."

Aubrey takes off her backpack and pulls out a couple of granola bars. "Want one?"

Kai shakes is head. "No thanks. I'll pass." He then proceeds to pull out a buffet from his jacket.

Her mouth can't seem to come out of the state of 'aw'. "Well... alrighty then. I was starting to think that you were just fat but now i see that it was just food." She then proceeds to enjoy her granola bar to the fullest.

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