ChaosUmbrella: She's from central scotland, Stirling, cause that's where I lived for most of my life and I just couldn't write from anywhere else ^_^

Mandy Rhymes: Yeah I couldn't kill her. She's a young pretty teen girl... she's drama. Haha.

Bamabelle360: I'll try and get character pics for you guys asap :) That's a pretty good idea. And don't worry, I love Dallas too much to kill him just yet xD

UrWorstNightmare97: Haha I love the accent too :) Although mine is a bit of a combination of Kam's and Dallas'... seeing as my mum's American xDhaha

Kam's POV

I love you. He'd said I love you.

I stood at the glass window in numb shock. Speechless, which was a new thing for me. Dallas had just run out with the soldiers to defend the CDC. I swallowed hard. He told me he loved me!

It's not like I didn't already know. But I'd never heard him say it before. And despite everything, I grinned at myself. Because I loved him, too. Dallas. My Dallas Gray.

Then the situation hit me and my smile faltered. I stared out the window into the dark in disbelief. How could he do that to me ? How could he just leave? We have time for being noble later. Later, when there wasn't effing dead people trying to kill us all. He wasn't military, he didn't have to obey orders. Why would he do that? Why would he put himself in so much danger ? Dallas!

"Excuse me, ma'am, but you're gonna have to move away from the glass."

I whirled around and shot red-hot daggers at the scientist behind me.

"No fuckin' way," I growled. "See that man oot there? That's ma boyfriend, right? Am noa movin' till he's safe. Got that?"

He sighed, "Look, ma'am, we're closing up the facility. We have to think about the civilians. We've been ordered by the military."

"He is a fucking civilian!" I growled.

"Hey! You're boyfriend isn't the only one stuck out there! See that woman over there?" He jabbed his finger towards a small family huddling together, "Her husband, and son are stuck, too, alright? So with all due respect, miss, please-"

"Aye, right! Wi awh due respect, pal, yooh can go an' fuck yersel."

I turned back around and pressed against the glass, seeing the scientist shrug angrily with his hands in the air, retreating back to the rest of the people. I didn't care what he said. They were not going to trap him out there. No way.

I jumped when I heard a loud rumbling over my head. That bastard was right. They were closing down the place. Well, I'm not having that. No sir. 'I'm not letting go for anything.'

I ran to the glass doors, ignoring the protesting of the people behind me, and threw one open, tumbling out blindly into the dark.

Dallas' POV

"Holy shit!" Matthews yelped, firing off another round. His gun cut off before he could kill the thing and started clicking. "Son of a bitch!" He turned to me, "Hey cowboy! Little help?"

I was out of ammo, too, so there wasn't much I could do to help. Except... I grabbed my useless M-16 from the concrete and used it like a bat, swinging it into the zombie's face. It didn't do much damage, but it was enough to put the damn thing off balance. It stumbled back and fell onto the ground and I grabbed Matthews' hand and yanked him up to stand. He nodded a thanks and pulled out a knife, now standing more steady. The zombie still on the ground, he shoved the knife into its forehead with brutal force.

I was breathing hard and sweating like crazy. Another wave of dead people showed up and I dove behind a tank, pulling Matthews with me behind cover.

"What now, man?" I panted.

He shook his head. "For lack of a better word, we're fucked."

I slammed my head back against the tank and shut my eyes. Ah, hell. If I died, Kammie would bring me back and then kill me again.

"Dallas!"

Speak of the she-devil. My eyes flew open and I looked over at Matthews. Did I imagine it? His eyes went wide and he jerked his head towards the CDC. Guess not.

I turned my gaze back to building and bit my lip at the scene before me. Kammie was stumbling out of an open door, heavy metal shutters sliding closed on the building behind her and the moans of the dead thick in the night. They were locking down the CDC. And the dead were closing in.

"Kam!" I got to my feet and ran to her and she all but melted into my arms. "Kam what the hell were you thinking?"

"They were goni close the place up," She cried, "I couldn't let you go!"

I looked to Matthews over by the tank. His eyes were shut and he was breathing deeply. I could see tears starting the crawl down his face. He knew as well as I did that we were screwed.

But I wasn't going to accept that. I grabbed Kammie's arm and shouted to Matthews, "Hey sergeant! Get your ass over here!"

His eyes shot open and I waved him over. "Dude, stop feeling sorry for yourself and let's get you back to your family!"

He stood shakily and ran to us, and I led him and Kam back to the CDC, just as the doors were being pulled shut by a few scientists.

"Hey! Hold up!" I screamed. "Wait!"

The three of us ran for it. The two standing at the door gave us sorry looks but shook their heads, starting to pull the doors shut again. A loud scream and one of them was shoved out of the way by a young woman. Matthews' wife. She threw the door open and ushered us all to her. Thank the fucking Lord.

I reached the door first and pushed Kam in ahead of me, pulling Matthews by the sleeve as we all tumbled and fell inside the building, landing in a heap on the marble floor. As soon as we were in, someone slammed the doors behind us and the metal shutters slowly descended again.

I sighed in relief and rolled over onto my back, sitting up partially and resting on my elbows. Matthews' wife pretty much pounced on him and Kammie turned and put her hand on my cheek, turning my head to look at her. Her eyes were sad and I put one arm around her waist, pulling her to me and kissing her softly.

"I'm sorry, baby." I whispered, our foreheads pressed together and eyes squeezed shut. "Kam, I'm so sorry."

"Shut up." She said softly. "Just shut up."

I smiled and she kissed me again.