Once inside Coach and Nick carried to and laid him on a table. Rochelle moved to close and lock the door, and Infinity went to work on Ellis. His moans and cries were enough to break her heart.

"I can't do anything for him until this bleeding slows…" she mumbled.

"What do you want us to do." Rochelle whispered.

"Someone keep pressure on his chest. I'm gonna try to calm him down."

"I got it." Nick said. When Infinity removed her hands he replaced them and immediately put as much pressure as he could.

Infinity moved up to where Ellis' head was and placed her hands on both side of his face, and turned his face to hers.

"Ellis." He didn't respond. "Ellis look at me. Please Ellis."

"Infinity?" He croaked. His breathing was labored but he wasn't screaming or moaning anymore.

"Yah Baby it's me."

"I'm scared."

"Sshh. I know. But your going to be fine. Just keep breathing, and stay calm. You need to stay calm Ellis."

He looked at her and the look on his face and what she saw in his eyes broke her.

"I can't die here." He whispered.

"Sshh, don't talk like that." She stroked the side of his face. "You're going to be fine…"

Ellis pinched his eyes shut.

"Bleeding is slowing." Nick announced quietly. Infinity looked at him and nodded.

"You're going to be okay Ellis. I'm gonna take care of you." She kissed his forehead, "Just hold on okay?"

"Okay…" She removed her hands from his face and went back down to where his chest was.

"Give me some water." Coach handed a battle of water to her.

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Coach watched as Infinity went to work, pouring the water on Ellis' chest to clean it off so she could get a better look at the Witches stab wounds. Ellis hissed in pain but didn't scream or struggle to get her away. She put some gauze on his chest and with the help of Rochelle, Nick, and he managed to wrap his chest tightly. Ellis moaned in pain.

"Guys. I found some morphine over here!" Rochelle came walking up to the table with a shot.

"Thank God." Infinity took it greatly and injected Ellis with it in his leg.

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"Thanks Rochelle." Infinity looked at the woman.

"Of course."

Infinity went back up to where Ellis' head was and stroked his face.

"Infinity…" He mumbled.

"Sshh. You're going to be fine now. Just lie still."

As the morphine started to kick in Ellis grew quieter and quieter until he was completely still and in a drug induced sleep. She cleaned up the rest of the blood away from his face and off his arms and legs. His shirt was history so she looked around for another left behind shirt. She found a large black t-shirt and laid it down where she'd be able to find it later. She didn't want to put it on now, she still needed to access the wounds.

Infinity sighed. She was exhausted, physically, emotionally, and mentally. She closed her eyes and massaged her temples. God… please don't let Ellis die. I need him. If he dies I don't know how well this group is gonna stay together. He holds us together. He's the glue of the group. So please Lord spare his life. We all need him. She paused. Aside from my own selfish desires… Lord he is so young. So full of life. To end it here. It seems so unfair. Please don't let him die…

Her eyes flew open as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Coach standing there, Nick beside him.

"Rochelle made a makeshift bed… would you like us to move him there?"

Infinity looked at Ellis, laying down on a table. She looked back to Coach and nodded.

Once Ellis was moved and settled on the bed that Rochelle had made up, the other four settled around the little space.

Since the bed was on the ground and more of a poofy mat, Infinity maneuvered herself and placed Ellis' head on her lap, provided a small pillow, while also keeping close tabs on him.

Nick and Rochelle were sitting next to each other again and leaning up against the wall.

Coach was sitting in front of the door, his back leaning up against it. He had his legs spread out in front of him.

"How did that Witch survive? I don't understand. They should have all been nothing but ashes." Rochelle said after awhile.

"I don't know. She was lucky I guess." Coach shrugged.

"Ellis wasn't." Nick stated.

Infinity unconsciously started to run her fingers through the young mans hair.

There was a deafening silence. It was strange compared to usually hearing the sounds of moans and yells, or other strange noises usually coming from the undead. She assumed that the fire in front of the safe house was keeping any hordes from coming this way, and any stragglers would probably miss-step and catch on fire.

Again Rochelle broke the strangely awkward silence.

"So did you have any family here?"

Infinity laughed airily. She had forgotten that the only person she had really talked to about her past was Ellis. He was the only one who had really wanted to talk. Rochelle and her had spoken for while, but nothing deep.

"Um, no actually. I'm from Ohio. Close up to Cleveland. That's where my family is. I came down here for medical school. Once signs of the infection started breaking out I tried to get the next plane. They wouldn't allow it."

"How long were you down here for?"

Ellis moaned and shifted in his sleep. She watched him for a second to make sure he was still alright before she continued.

"I was to be down here for 5 months. I had been here for four when I tried to get out. They just wouldn't let me bump up my schedule."

"Nobody really took it for a threat until half the city was infected. Why did you?" Nick asked. Actually interested in the story.

"Let's just say I had a belief in the possibility of it happening ever since I saw my first few zombie movies. When I started seeing signs… I tried to tell my superiors but they wouldn't have it. So I tried to get out while I still could. When I found I couldn't leave by train, plane, or boat I tried car." She laughed and shook her head. "It didn't work out."

"What happened?"

"Long story, so basically I went and bought a whole shit load of guns and ammo and prepared for the worst. I had already had experience with guns and shooting so I didn't really need to learn. So when the full outbreak occurred I got ready for battle. Broke into a surplus store and got dressed. Probably should have just waited to do the same for my guns but I got anxious. Then I met you guys after a while and, well, you know the rest."

"How old are you?"

She smiled and started running her fingers through Ellis' hair again. "I'm 21."

They all fell into silence again. Coach eventually fell asleep as did Rochelle, leaning her head against Nick's shoulder.

Infinity was starting to doze a little when Nick spoke up.

"That kid is damn stubborn and, surprisingly, tough as hell. He'll be alright. You patched him up real good. He's gonna be fine."

She smiled weakly, "I really hope so Nick. He can't die. He's too young to…. full of life. He can't die now. Not here, and not like this."

"He won't."

"Thanks."

"Just tellin' ya the facts. I got a question."

"Shoot."

"You said you had experience with guns…"

"My dad was a Marine. I had a friend who went rifling every other weekend, and I was always interested in the military and police force. So basically it's in my blood, it was around, and it was a hobby."

"Got it."

"How are you so good?"

"I'm a gambler. Sometimes I run into problems. It's a handy skill."

"Got it." She echoed.

"Well I'm gonna get some shut eye."

She nodded and Nick closed his eyes.

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Ellis woke to the sound of a gun being reloaded and cocked. He looked around to see Nick and Rochelle laughing and whispering. While Coach was reloading his shotgun. What worried him was that Infinity was nowhere to be seen. He went to sit up but was met with an intense burning in his chest. He let out a yelp as he fell back into his pillow. Which he found, when it grunted, wasn't a pillow.

He looked up to see Infinity blinking her eyes awake.

"Infinity?"

"Ellis!" All four people shouted in union.

"Dudes!" He replied with just as much enthusiasm.

"Infinity I can't breathe…" he croaked out when she started to squeeze him too hard.

"Sorry." She blushed. "I'm so glad you're okay! I thought…." She trailed off. He was certain he felt like he did when she was the one who was near death.

"You and Infinity, man…" Nick shook his head. "You guys gotta chill. Always getting beaten to a pulp."

"Got to keep things exciting." Ellis shrugged. He smiled as Infinity started to run her fingers through his hair.

"Don't make things exciting anymore." Coach spoke up. He had pulled out a bar of chocolate and started eating bits of it.

"Kill joys." Ellis mumbled. Infinity smiled.

"Don't worry honey, I'm sure things can still be exciting without you getting yourself killed." Rochelle winked.

"How are you feeling?" Infinity looked down at him.

Ellis looked down at his bandaged chest and then back up at her. "Like hell. How bad is it?"

"Terrible. She really jacked you up."

"How did she even survive?"

"Unlike you Overalls, she got lucky."

"Well good for her." Ellis replied sarcastically.

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Infinity smirked.

"Alright lemme take a look at your chest." Ellis nodded.

Infinity removed his head from her lap and laid it gently on the mat. She moved to his chest and removed the bandages and lifted the gauze.

His wounds weren't nearly as bad as last night. There was slow ooze coming from one in the lower left part of his abdomen but other than that there was no profuse bleeding.

"Alright. You're looking great Ellis." She smiled broadly. Ellis was going to be okay.

"I'm gonna re-bandage your chest, give you some painkillers and we'll go from there." She informed him.

"Great, can I take like a LOT of painkillers? I feel like I'm on fire."

"Death by overdose. Nice. You survive a Witch, but die by overdose on painkillers. That would look fantastic on the obituary." Nick laughed.

"Have you ever… never mind."

Infinity sent Nick a glare. He smirked and went back to Rochelle who was messing around with her gun, making sure it was ready for some serious zombie ass kicking.

Infinity finished taking care of Ellis and then helped him stand. He walked around a bit to try and get used to the new restrictions of his bandages, and then he also went to work with his weapons of choice.

Infinity was sitting on a table, the same one Ellis almost died on, she noted. She wasn't one for paranoia or supernatural so she didn't think it was bad luck or anything.

She smiled when she heard the usual banter of Nick and Ellis. Ellis had been trying to tell about Keith and him making bumper cars in his back yard. Coach was getting irritated and butted in and Rochelle came to sit next to her while she finished cleaning her shot gun.

"I have to say. I'm glad you're here." Rochelle said.

"Yah, I don't know how sane you would be if you had to go through all of this through the end with three bickering men." She laughed.

Rochelle giggled. "Yah. I'd probably come out more sane going by myself…" She paused. But I'm glad for other reasons."

Infinity listened.

"Nobody would have been able to save Ellis… he would have died without you."

Infinity stopped working on her gun and looked down.

"You're also the extra amount of "glue" we need. Without you guys talking about things that were before the infection…. We wouldn't talk. We would just sleep, shoot, and survive. We would lose…. our sanity… our humanity."

Infinity turned, and looked at her, and smiled. "I'm glad I'm here too."

Rochelle smiled.

"Ladies? It's time to go." Nick formally announced.

"Ready?" Rochelle smiled.

Infinity smirked. "Kill all sonsofbitches." She winked at Ellis and he smiled sheepishly.

They all stood in front of the door and Ellis turned around and kicked the door out.

There was a horde right outside their door, the team ran out pulling out their preferred weapons.

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Hm…. That was kinda weird. It was more about Infinity's past. But like I was reading the first three chapters over and I noticed a lot of things that I was supposed to elaborate on in the first place wasn't elaborated on. Follow? So I figured I would elaborate? Savvy?

Alright so that's chapter 4. Hoped you liked it. I LOVE reviews so if you like this story…. please Please PLEASE review.