Thanks to a Guest reviewer, I got a new Zombie to introduce. Honestly, I've done a story where I kinda had no plans for any other characters, but when someone suggested one and I actually added him in, it came out great and I ended up getting a close friend out of it and better plot points. So I'm always willing to try someone else's character. I love writing other's OCs. (Sorry to the person that reviewed the OC, took off the review so people don't spoil the character development)

Disclaimer: I only own this image of Dave, Rudy, Natalie, and have been given the new Infected.


"Rudy, Kano!" The raven haired man yelled out upon entering the Penthouse Suite. Seeing that the door was already kicked open and hardly on it's hinges, the large glass doors leading outside being shattered and all over the ground. A few bullet holes in the walls as well as empty shells scattered across the floor. Dave nearly cried upon seeing the body, but was quickly relieved to see it was not that one of his friends. But the torn hoodie of the small infected was suggesting otherwise.

The blonde woman soon entered the room and took a moment to walk up to the dead body, finding a wide smile still etched on his face. She didn't know how to feel about the man, yes he was murderous and a bit insane, but he protected her for this long.

"Dammit, guys where are you?" The man softened his voice, making it easy to tell he meant no harm.

"We're in the closet." Dave took in a breath of air, having stilled his breathing as to not miss anything. He dashed for the opened closet and found the Hunter sobbing softly into the brown haired survivor's chest. Rudy only trying to calm him down and soften the pain.

"Are you guys alright, what's wrong with Kano?" The Hunter turned his head to have teary eyes stare up at him. As it was already difficult for the infected to speak, his guilt made it impossible to form any coherent words.

"His hoodie is torn... And he loved it..." The man didn't exactly lie, but it wasn't the whole truth for the sad Special.

"Then who kill-"

"I did." Again, the human lied for the Hunter. Thinking if the murder of a human affected him this much, that taking the blame for him to his friend would ease it, even if it was only slightly. Whatever the cost was to bring back that smile on him, he would pay no matter the cost.

"Rudy... You killed him...?" Dave backed away, thinking this was the reason for having the Hunter to hold on to.

"Yes, now can we just drop it?" He asked kindly, rising from the ground with Kano still holding firm. Taking a moment to hold the small infected in a more secure way, the brown haired man past the green eyed man on the way out and noticed the blonde woman on the way to the bed.

"Hi there... Rudy and Kano right?" She asked, her voice was shaking a bit, nervous from overhearing that this man killed Max.

"Yeah, I'm Rudy, and this Hunter is Kano, don't worry, he's harmless." The third lie to fall out of his mouth that day, Kano was far from harmless, but he was a controlled chaos that was still affected by his own emotions.

"I'm Natalie... I knew Max over there." She titled her head to the carcass. She was too focused on the conversation to notice the Hunter tense up upon mention of the man. But it did not go unnoticed for Rudy.

"Let's not talk about him." He took a look around at the destruction of the Suite. Feeling mortified at the conditions. With the glass broken, it would allow the weather in, and with the possibility of infected wandering around the building, it could be a hazard to their lives. "Dammit, we can't live in this room anymore, we're gonna have to use another..."

The woman eyed the bathroom, which Rudy quickly understood why. "Go ahead and take a bath, we have running water, electricity, and food to spare. help yourself." Despite the nature of the moment, she felt it best to stay away knowing she would just bring more trouble somehow. Taking a bath would do her good and be a way to stay out of sight.

"Thank you. I hope you two feel better soon." She waltz into the bathroom and nearly died of happiness at the running warm water.

"Kano... I'm so sorry for what's happened..." The small infected released the man and leaped over the broken glass to reach the outside area of the Penthouse. Crouching down again and leaping out into the other surrounding buildings.

"Kano!" The brown haired survivor ran through the broken glass, feeling a few pricks cut through his shoes and socks. Reaching the edge, he could faintly see the Hunter leaping across buildings. Hearing the yelling, Dave immediately joined him and watched the blur moving away from their sight.

"Where's he going?" The raven haired man asked, getting a silent Rudy in return.

"He's going to get some air... He should be back." 'At least I hope he will...'


The Hunter still felt tears prick the corner of his eyes. The rushing wind from each leap didn't help keep them at bay either. He couldn't stand that the human would go as far as to take his burden of killing a human. This was his sin, and he was the one responsible. Rudy showing compassion was a bit comforting, but it still made him feel terrible on the inside, he killed a man and taking the blame for it won't change that in his mind.

The Infected paused in his leaps, staying on a low building and noticing something strange around him. At first it looked to be a few S.O.S. spray painted on the ground, but after fully checking it, it was more of random graffiti and art. Surveying the whole rooftop, the whole thing seemed spread in the art.

Even finding the door leading to the inside of the building was painted with some designs. Curious enough to see what made the drawings, Kano opened the door and ventured inside. And exterior matched the interior, more art lined the walls as he descended down the stairs, but he was beginning to notice that the colors were becoming less vibrant and dull. Soon the lifeless colors started to fade into one color. A dark color that soon mortified the small infected. Whoever had spent their time drawing all this must have been really desperate to go as low to even use blood as a paint.

The small Hunter was curious enough to even focus his sense to see if whoever created this was still in the building. He picked up on a faint heart beat, but it was muffled to his ears. Following the beat, Kano could even catch the fresh scent of blood. Though based on how many infected out of human there were, this was more likely infected blood.

As he progressed through the halls of the building, the small Hunter found that the drawings would get smaller and more erratic. Possibly due to scarce amount of blood. Then, he found him, the source of the all the drawings.

From behind, Kano could see skinny jeans that appeared torn in most places, higher he found a black tank top in contrast to pale skin. Dark oak brown hair that appeared messy and shaggy, especially compared to what the Hunter had seen. Paying close attention to the person, the small infected noticed that on the blood stained hands, were claws, this person was an infected, an infected that had the ability to paint intricate shapes and designs. This zombie was like him, sentient and human.

Feeling elated from finding another like himself, Kano tried to find the right words to announce his presence.

"Hi..." He croaked out, causing the other to turn his head and stare at the small Hunter. Yellow stared into Red for a moment, the fact that this Infected spoke back to him registering in his mind.

"You can talk too?" The words came out much more fluently than Kano expected, though the strained voice was a sure sign of infected and human.

"Kinda, not... Much." The both studied each other's features, the other zombie's Yellow eyes appearing just as human as his own.

"So... My name is Nate... Do you even have one?"

"Kano." Nate felt skeptical about the name, it sounded as though he made it up on the spot.

"Hehe, think of it all by yourself?" He teased, though the small infected felt offended. "So, what are you? You look like a Common but those eyes say you're not." To answer the question with loud actions, the small Hunter leaped up the hall and back. "Cool, a Hunter with no claws. I'm a Hunter too."

Nate smiled, wiping his bloodied hands on his skinny jeans to give a proper handshake, being cautious with the claws. Kano shook his hand and look back at the walls. He remembered the whole reason he found this place and his guilt. He turned away from the other Hunter and began to walk away.

"Hey, where are you going?" Nate rushed over and kept the same pace by the small infected's side.

"To friends... Back home." The Yellow eyed Hunter smiled wider, intrigued that this Hunter had friends and a home.

"Are your friends like us?" The Red eyed Hunter shook his head.

"No, humans." Nate couldn't believe it, an infected managed to make friends with humans.

"Can I come with, I want a place with people to talk to..." Kano thought for a moment... This could be a way to make up for killing a human. By bringing in another sentient infected to help protect each other. With two deadly Hunters, people would think twice before trying to kill them.

"Yeah." Upon the approval, Nate hugged Kano tightly, even picking him off the ground and spinning around.

"Thank you so much!" After being released, the smaller Hunter felt his head was still spinning and needed to be held onto to walk straight for the duration of the trip. Though he was better back on the roof, but after briefly explaining the Hotel's location, Nate had challenged Kano to a race.

Several minutes of leaps later, it came to Kano winning by a full minute. The small Hunter having a bit more leg power due to his exercises the days before. He wasn't sure how Nate even managed to leap up to the top of the building with his larger body.

"Wait here..." Kano needed to brief the others about Nate before he walks in with him. The Yellow eyed Hunter nodded in understanding and watched the Red eyed infected walk inside the Penthouse.

Kano noticing that the glass was cleaned up and gone. Though he found that the body of the dead man was gone, Dave asleep on the couch with Natalie occupying the bed on her own. He was confused on where Rudy was until he felt another pair of eyes bore into him. Turning to beside his entrance, he found that the brown haired survivor was seated against the wall, waiting for him to come back, and now staring at him with a smile.

"I'm glad you're back..." In the form of an apology, Kano leaped over and gave Rudy a hug, which the human returned.

"Hey, quit hugging and let them know about me." The brown haired survivor jumped at the unfamiliar voice, and stared off to the side to find the yellow eyed Hunter.


Yes, ending it there. Somewhat cliffhanger and it's landed on a comedic tone and away from the sad tone like last chapter. So I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and such.