Snake and I were doing pretty well, having walked for about three or four hours. He lead me to places where I could grab food, we were now heading back toward the city again. I knew we were because I was beginning to recognize the surroundings, and I had noticed a lake which I thought was the one I liked to swim in.

"Can you swim?" I asked Snake.

He nodded and pointed his head back to the direction he wanted me to go. I obeyed and walked the way he wanted me to. I smiled once we made it to the edge of the forest and walked across a field. It was definitely my city, I could see all the military vehicles and all the tall buildings. I ignored them and continued to go where Snake told me to go.

It was still exetremely quiet, it bugged me but Snake seemed calm. I tried to be like him, calm, and paying attention to what's going on. "So Snake where are we going anyway?"

He looked at me, and hissed, it was a low hiss like he thought that was a stupid question to ask.

'Well it kinda was... cause he can't talk...' I sighed "Sorry." I walked past a bunch of human corpses and tried not to look at them. I lowered my head, and stared at my feet until I heard Snake growl. I stopped and looked up.

There were two Xenomorphs that seemed to be patrolling the place. They were both hissing and growling to each other.

I gasped and ran to the side before they noticed me. I ducked behind a building and sat there, glancing around the corner. "What do we do?" I whispered.

Snake slithered down my arm and out into the middle of the road, I went to stop him but was scared they would see me. Snake screeched and the two Xenomorphs came running to him, they stared down at him and hissed.

I sat there completely confused, I stared at the strange sight in front of me. A little Snake talking to two massive fully grown Xenomorphs that were listening it. Snake growled a few times and the Xenomorphs took off to the other side of the road.

Once they were out of sight Snake slithered back to me and slithered back up my arm. " You are one very magical Snake." I got back up on my feet and decided to walk through backyards and buildings knowing that it was probably safer then on the road.

'Well I know for a fact that no one survived the Xenomorph attack here, I wonder if the whole world is under attack by these things... Well... that might get interesting if it was. At least then I wouldn't be the only one alone in the forest talking to a messed up Snake.'

Every time I took a step it felt like hours were going by, it was beginning to annoy me, I knew for a fact that I was going to need to grab a watch once we found one. 'If only Snake could talk, at least then I would know where we're going and if it was close.'

Snake bit my shoulder, "Ow!" I glared at him. He stared back at me then looked forward. I looked to see a massive Wallmart in front of my face, "I forgive you for biting me again Snake."

He nuzzled his head against mine and I chuckled. I walked into the store, I knew not to go looking for anything at first, I did a sweep of the store to make sure no Xenomorphs or other humans were hiding anywhere. It was really dark but my eyes quickly adjusted. Once I knew that it was safe I took out my shopping list and looked around.

I was looking through the kids aisle trying to find a good backpack, Snake had slithered down my arm and was next to me, he was looking at all the backpacks too. "See any good ones?" I asked him.

Snake looked side to side for a second then hurried to a black backpack.

I ran up to him and stared at the backpack "You like this one?" Snake nodded. "Well okay than, this is my new backpack." I grabbed it, took off the shopping tag, and put it on my back. I looked back at my list. "Hmm food, we need food."

I walked down some more aisles and looked for food that I knew wouldn't go bad for a long time. I sighed and looked down at Snake. "Candy seems like a good idea at this moment, nothing here lasts a long time or it needs to be cooked..."

Snake hissed and I followed him toward the cereal. Some said that they expired in a few months, others said they expired in a year. I grabbed all the kinds that expired in about a year. I put the backpack on the ground and shoved some of the cereal into it.

'Okay I got cereal, now I need more different food.' I walked into the meat aisle which seems to drive Snake insane. He ran into the meat and tore into it. I stared at him with puzzlement then walked away to the other food aisle. "You enjoy yourself Snake!" I called out as I stepped into the canned foods aisle.

I grabbed some more canned corn and green peas, I put them into my backpack, stared at my list, and went off to the electronics section. I picked up two flashlights and got some extra batteries. Then I started to look around for a decent watch. I found a black one with a silver rim and put it around my wrist, I was guessing that the time was correct.

After walking into several wrong aisles I found three lighters and a pack of matches, I put them into the smaller pocket of my backpack and finally went looking for a bunch of water bottles. "Snake!" I yelled to see if he'd hear me, "I'm almost done with the stuff! You better be done eating!"

I walked down a hall full of fabric and instantly stopped. I had to feel every single one I saw. Everything was super soft, I grabbed a 'blanket' and rubbed my face against it, it was so soft. I made sure it was big enough that it could cover my whole body then put it in my backpack.

My backpack was getting really big now, it wasn't really heavy but it took forever to shove my new blanket into it. 'Is this considered stealing...?' I ignored the fact that this was kind of stealing, I didn't think it really mattered because no one was running the store anyway. 'And this is survival.'

I ran and grabbed five bottles of water. I put them into the pockets of my backpack and walked off to find Snake. "Snaaaaake!" I called. No reply. "Snaaake!" I called again. I sighed "probably can't hear me." I walked back to the meat section.

There was meat everywhere, I looked around but couldn't see Snake anywhere, "Snake?" I whispered "where are you?". I couldn't see anything, I put down my backpack and grabbed my flashlight.

I flicked it on and looked around, I noticed a shape on the ground that looked like snake. I dropped my backpack and walked up to the weird shape, crouching next to it. It looked exactly like Snake but it was hollow, I poked it and quickly moved my hand back.

I squinted and stared at the thing, I got up to look for any signs of Snake. I then heard a noise come from a counter beside me, I looked at it and smiled with joy, "Snake?" I said walking up to the counter. "Is that you?"

What I saw was not Snake but a Xenomorph. It crawled up onto the counter and stared at me, it's teeth were bared and it was hissing.

I stared with shock and began to shake. My breathing got rapid and I stepped back. Tears began to roll down my face the more I stared at the monster, I remembered my parents and how my mother had been this close to one and been killed by one up close, now Snake was gone or most likely dead and this creature was looking at me as if I was dinner.

I whimpered and turned to run away, once I was around the waist high open freezer the Xenomorph immediately screeched with surprise and pounced at me. I began to sprint but there was nothing in the path of the Xenomorph to stop it.

It quickly gained on me and as it jumped, I yelped and cried with pain as it bashed me to the ground and we both rolled a few times. The Xenomorph was now on top of me, staring into my eyes.

I cried out in horror and whimpered. The Xenomorph lowered it's head as if sad. It hissed and nuzzled it's head against mine.

I sniffed and stared at it with surprise. I breathed heavily and said in a shakily voice "Sn... Sna... Snake?"

The Xenomorph nodded and grinned at me, I grinned back at him and wiped the tears away from my eyes, "You were a Xenomorph this whole time?"

He nodded and got off of me, he stood on his back legs with his head lowered a bit.

I got up and looked up at him, he was at least three feet taller then me, he had a rib cage like chest, I could see all the bones which kinda creeped me out. Snake made a sniffing type sound and tilted his head.

I stared up at his face and smiled at him, "You're not a Snake anymore," I said "So what do I call you now?"