CEDA journal entry 3:this infection is weird, it take anyone, a vrolik syndrome riddled person, a frail old human, a child even,and turns them into a blood leaking, clawed killing machine that can kill without remorse, they usually have a affinity for boomer bile, we have done test that indicate that it releases ceritan prohormones that drive the infected into a sort of blood frenzy, they claw at the human or the treated "bile bombs" we employ on other infected until there is no more left, not even a sliver, this technique we call BBT(bile bomb treatment) has even caught on with the various survivor groups, they treat the bottled boomer bile with human skin, this we have extrapolated that bile covered humans have a sort of priority than it just sitting on the ground

(jayson burst through the door to find emma curled up in a corner crying)

(jayson moved closer, but as he got closer the crying got louder, he decide to stop a few feet from emma)

Jayson:"emma whats wrong?"

(this made her jump, and whine louder)

Emma:"y-you m-murdered that hunter d-didn't you"

Jayson:"no emma i d-"

Emma:"liar you killed him and didn't care, all y-you had to do was just leave this f-forsaken place, but no you had to complete this "mission" of y-yours and and"

(she has another fit of crying)

jayson:"(softly) listen emma, i know that he was just a survivor, and he didn't want to die, but i didn't kill him, he may have a few broken bones but he's not dead"

Emma:"ok b-but you still have your mind set on this stupid mission, and when your done you'll just leave and f-forget about me, and i'll be alone again t-trapped in this godforsaken place"

(she keeps crying)

(jayson is wracking his mind on what to say, but it comes to one thought)

(he crosses the room and sits next to emma and wraps his arms around her)

Jayson:"listen emma, i don't want to leave you"

(emma notices tears in his eyes and how his voice is breaking)

Jayson:"your the only one who cared about me, enough to save my life, and i may not want to admit it, but i'm still hungover about karen, you, like her, had cared about me even when the world went to hell, and i owe you for that, and i can never pay that back, if i hadn't made that promise to karen, i would have stayed here with you, or we could have went on a lot of crazy adventures together outside , but right now my friend is sad so, im obliged to help her"

(emma looked up into jayson's eyes, she could always tell when he was sincere, through the tears and the strong man facade, he was truthful and a bit sad, she mimicked his gesture, wrapping her arms around him, returning the gesture)

Jayson:"listen emma, when i get done with my mission, i'll stay here, with you, as a friend"

Emma:"really jayson?"

Jayson:"well i got nothing waiting for me back at the survivor camp, so yeah i'll stay with you"

(emma felt that same burning sensation from within, only now she can name the feeling…...love)

jayson:"(jokingly)ok why don't we stop hugging before the horde gets to wondering what where doing"

(emma laughed, it felt good to laugh, it felt good to be human, like the rain clouds over her heart had finally gone away)

(they both got up off the floor)

jayson:"(swinging his pack over his shoulder)you know emma, your more human than some of the people back at camp, you techanaly stop being called a zombie if you laugh(he gave emma a smile)

(emma returned the smile with pleasure, she had unlike others, learned to be human, well beside for the lack of a pulse)

(they walked there way up through the hospital, talking, joking and sharing secrets, through this emma learned who karen was and why jayson had such a hate for hunters, she offered her sympathy, and jayson took it with sincerity, and jayson told her a bit about her life before this and even made a promise)

Jayson:"emma, i promise that after this, i will personally come with you, and help you regain your memories, and "maybe" we can call it even"

(emma took this to heart and they continued with their trek through the hospital)

(time lapse) 2 minutes

(they were nearly to PZ, but jayson, needed a stop, they noticed a couple of graffitied walls but only one got jayson's attention)

emma:"(they were searching through the rooms)jayson what a-are we looking for?"

Jayson:"where looking for a red duffle bag"

(this made emma stop and question)

Emma:"whats a d-duffle bag?"

Jayson:"it's kind of like my bag only longer about this long(he held his hand apart about 17 inches )

(about a few more minutes of scrounging around, they found it, a survival cache, a big red bag stuffed with various items, and an note on top that says"if your going to take something out, put something else in", jayson had always put food cans in the bag)

(he opened the bag to find a bunch of weapons, of all types, sharp to blunt and some d.i.y weapons, and guns, it seemed like the last person who got to the bag had way too many weapons)

(jayson picked out a couple of choice weapons, a machete to replace his hunting knife he lost, a SPAS shotgun with the stock wrapped over the top, and a p226 handgun(maybe he can teach emma how to shoot later), and a hail of bullets, jayson put in some surplus water bottles and cans of food)

(Time lapse) 5 minutes

(they were tired, they had marched the rest of the way up and they had encountered mild resistance from the infected, they had found out that PZ was a floor above them, so they found an medium office room to barricade and moved in)

(the room was, by all rights a big room, it had cubicles paced to one side(im going to have to search them later) and a fully furnished kitchen/lounge, it just makes you think, why do they need all these lounges)

(jayson whnt to sit on the couch and maintenance the weapons he got, when emma sat down next to him)

Jayson:"hey em, need anything"

emma:"(she was doing that thing anime girls do, where they poke both their pointer fingers together)i just want to ask, what is love?"

(jayson was caught by surprise, he thought she knew, well the infection did leave zombie's without prior knowledge of feeling and emotion, but nonetheless he still answerd)

Jayson:"well people say that love is indescribable, but you can feel love for anyone, for family, for friends, for that special someone, for me it was karen, for you…..i don't know"

Emma:"ok but how do you s-show love"

Jayson:"well there's a lot of ways, hugging, giving them a kiss, kind words work too, but the most you can do is be there for them"

emma:"(nervously)w-well w-what do you think of me?"

(jayson was confused, what did he think of emma?,he liked her….as a friend, he never thought of her as a romantic interest, he hasn't thought like this since karen, he thought they would be together forever but then "it" happened, emma was mhhhh cute but she is a…..well she's…...he couldn't think of anything to say, he never thought that way of emma, well maybe, but before he could register, emma had did something that made his mind whorl and jump)

(she kissed him)

(it was surprising, the warmth that enveloped his lips as hers met his, it may had been a little sloppy but it still made his heart jump, she pulled back suddenly, so suddenly in fact he could still feel her warmth, the way she kissed him, they were both blushing, hearts racing, he then got his bearings)