The walkers were roaring through the shed door, with the clear intent of having a meal. "They're getting through!" Amy yells out in a panic. Matt struggles hard with the door, pushing his back against it, his feet sliding forward trying to keep the door closed. "Amy! I'm going to let go of the door!" Amy stands in shock. "What?!"
"I can't keep this held shut forever, get ready to fight!" He jumps forward, drawing his gun. A swarm of walkers begin pouring into the shed as he pops off shots. Amy runs to the back of the shed to avoid the walkers. Matt kills a few before he realizes there is too many. "No chance, need to make a break for it!" He reaches back and grabs Amy's arm. He pushes through the crowd of zombies, head down, and the two of them come out the other side. They are extremely lucky to be alive. They run back to the cabin. They stop running once they reach the door. "You okay?" Matt asks, panting. Amy nods, also breathing heavily. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine."
Matt opens the door to the cabin and instantly hears chatter. He draws his gun to see a group of at least six people sitting in the living room. As he points the gun at them, one man stands up holding his hands in the air. "Hey, hey!" He tries to reassure Matt. "Who the hell are you people and what are you doing here?!" The man is quick to respond. "We're sorry! We were running from walkers and we saw this place, we didn't think anyone lived here. But we're cool, you can lower the gun." Before Matt can respond, he notices a woman laying on the couch, she's pregnant. He lowers his gun. The man lowers his hands.
"I'm Lucas. That man in the blue baseball cap is my brother, Mike. That man in the buttoned shirt is Willis, and that's his 12 year old son Tanner. And the pregnant woman with her husband, that's Alyssa and Beck." The group all give a slow nod as a sign of hello. "I'm Matt." Amy steps forward smiling. "And I'm Amy." The man's brother, Mike, steps forward. "As much as I enjoy roll call, we need to get the fuck outta here, we can't stop now." Mike has a stubble and a somewhat angry look to him. Lucas turns to Matt. "He's right, we really should keep moving." Matt grows curious. "Why?" Lucas stands, silently thinking to himself. "We're running from a bad group of people. We were forced to give this group half of our supplies but we got tired of the threats. We figured we'd try running." Matt steps forward. "And how'd that work out for ya?" The pregnant woman's husband, Beck, speaks up. "Now our situation is even worse. They're hunting us, and if they catch us we'll be treated like slaves at their compound."
"As you can imagine, these people aren't real friendly." Mike steps in. Lucas turns to Matt. "To be 100% honest, you two should come with us. Now that we've stopped here those people will be here, and you'll be forced to kick up to the man in charge." Matt stands firm. "No, we're not leaving this place." Lucas frowns. "You'll never feel freedom again." Amy tugs on Matt's shoulder and they walk to a corner of the room. "Look, what they're saying makes sense. I don't want to be a slave, maybe we should go with them." Matt puts his hands on his hips. "We have a good thing going here, you really want to leave?" Amy steps forward. "No, but I do know there is strength in numbers." Matt stands silently for many seconds. He turns around and walks back to Lucas. "Okay. But you owe us for messing up our plan." Lucas gives a half smile. "I can't promise you won't regret it, but it's the thought that counts." Everyone packs their bags and before long Matt and Amy are back on the trail, but this time with new people.