To Miss Geek (Guest): In most of my other stories I wouldn't have made them besties, but for the apocalypse I feel like they would meet up and just hit it off, you know? Jenn has that badass attitude, while Kori is bubbly yet courageous in threatening situations. Yes, YES, a Flinx moment! WOOT! I love writing them, but it's not what you think in this story. I'm trying to make this very unpredictable. So yeah, it might or might NOT happen. Tee hee, glad you like it so far! Enjoy the next chapter! XOXO!

To Guest: Well here it is! Enjoy it in its full glory!

A/N: Wow, 15 reviews last chapter! That's an all-time high; even my first prized possession story "Unraveled by Love" didn't receive THAT on its sixth chapter. I hope the stories don't get jealous of each other…Just kidding. Alright, I know you're all excited about Kori and Jenn arriving so I'll stop rambling. Enjoy!

Part 1: Flesh

Chapter 7: Together

Dinner went surprisingly well. Jenn and Kori gave Raven's group a tour of the floor. So far they had enough hospital food left to last them a month. They assigned rooms, and everyone cheered when they realized that each person would have their very own bedroom, pretty much a hospital room but no one was complaining. To Raven it felt like Jenn and Kori were loosening up, they were being lenient to the situation. As they sat down and had dinner that night they each explained their stories, except Gar. Each person's parents had some tie to the government.

Kori's parents and older sister were in the capital when everything happened; they were second in command of the Secret Service sector for Foreign affairs. Kori was almost sure they were gone, listening to her explain what happened to her was heartbreaking. Kori's family was from a small island named Tameran, they spoke a completely different language but sadly a few years ago it was destroyed. She was looked at as an outcast when she moved to America.

Jenn was a different story; her mom was the leader of the NRA, which meant she knew all about guns and weaponry. Jenn was also sure her mom was dead, it was safe to assume because it happened so unexpectedly. When asked about her Leukemia she brushed off the questions, she probably didn't want everyone's pity; Raven understood that, although there was something in her demeanor that suggested she was hiding something.

Everything seemed ominous, but Raven ignored it. Her main concern was the voice nagging around in her brain. As she went to bed that night her mind wondered aimlessly on ways to find medication, or something to put the voice to rest for good. Her dreams consisted of nightmares and terrifying images of her own imminent death.

When morning came around and she exited her room Kori was there. "I have the most exciting news!" She giggled, her face inches from Raven's limit of personal space.

Raven gave her a curious look. Kori confused her, one minute she seemed like the victim of a terrible crime, but the next she was giggling and excited. Isn't she the one with the anger issues? The voice asked. "What is it?" Raven asked.

Kori grabbed her wrist and raced down the hallway. Raven wasn't one for physical contact so her annoyance tethered on edge. They arrived at the room where they had dinner and where the boys were tied up yesterday. Everyone was standing around and talking excitedly. Gar spotted them and made his way over to Raven . "Morning Rae." He handed her his open can of fruit. None of the boys seemed really phased by being tied up yesterday. They probably liked it. The voice said cheekily.

Raven adjusted her Uzi strap and took the can of fruit. "What's going on?" She asked as she took a few bites, slightly annoyed by Gar's use of the nickname.

Kori clapped her hands. "Richard has given us the most glorious idea!"

Richard made his way over, his sunglasses still in place. "Jenn and Kori didn't know that hospitals had gigantic generators. So I told them that we can go turn them on, meaning that we can have electricity and hot water for showers." He smirked at Kori and she blushed.

Raven's annoyance melted away. The words shower, water, hot all echoed in her mind. Hot showers? Count me in! The voice exclaimed. "Are you serious?" Raven tried to hide a small smile that spread across her face. "So there's a chance that I can have a hot shower tonight?"

Gar smiled. "Yup!"

Victor, Wally, and Jenn joined their excitement and the entire group cheered. Richard hugged Kori and addressed the group. "So here's the plan, Wally, Gar, Jenn, and Raven will head out and gather supplies that we'll need from other floors. If we're going to be staying here for a while we'll need to accommodate more people." He looked towards Jenn and she nodded.

"Kori and I don't mind if you guys stay here with us, but you know what happens with one slip up." She said with a hint of anger, her hand hovering over her weapons belt.

Richard smirked. "Kori, Victor, and I will head down to the basements and set up the generators. If we use them correctly we'll have electricity for at least two months. Then we can head back to the Bay." The group cheered again, Raven secretly had never felt happier. She looked at Gar and he swept a lock of her hair behind her ear. She hadn't realized he was so close to her.

Raven looked away and blushed. "Do we need weapons if we're going out to other areas of the hospital?" She asked.

Jenn bit her lip. "Probably, we didn't clear the other floors." She shrugged. "It'll be fun." She smirked suddenly and eyed Raven's Uzi.

Raven sighed, she wasn't a fan of using her gun for wasteful purposes, but if they were going to be staying here for a while they needed more supplies. "Let's go." She voiced.

Jenn, Raven, Gar, and Wally grabbed some backpacks and waved goodbye to the other group. They made their way to the dark and dusty staircase. Using their flashlights they made their way up to the tenth floor, it was supposedly where all the linen closets were. It also had spare underclothes and any extra supplies they needed. Upon arrival Jenn stopped dead in her tracks, she looked threateningly at the group. "We watch each other's backs, understood? If you get bit you stay up here."

Raven's heart unsteadily jumped. "I thought you said there weren't any Walkers!" She seethed.

Jenn rolled her eyes. "We don't know how many Geeks we killed; there might still be some up here."

Wally gulped and pulled out his Luger and Machete. "Alright, let's get this over with." He meekly smirked at Jenn and she kicked open the door.

Silence.

We should get out of here, please? "Shh." Raven accidentally said out loud. The group looked at her but she avoided their gazes. She flashed her light into the hallway and poked her head out. She looked both ways and saw nothing. Her shoulders slumped and she relaxed slightly. "There's nothing."

Gar sniffed the air. "The hospital smell really is tweaking out my senses, so I can't tell." He looked at Raven. "Something seems to be blocking me."

Raven turned away from him and adjusted her Uzi strap. "Let's split up." She said to the group.

They nodded and all went separate ways. Raven scurried down the hall and shouldered open some rooms. After stuffing multiple blankets in her bag she grabbed some bar soaps and toothbrushes. Small used tubes of toothpaste made her jump for joy. Feels like shopping day! "Got that right." Raven answered the voice. Her mind suddenly clicked. "Time to take care of the problem." She mumbled incoherently.

Raven exited the room she was currently ransacking and looked at the signs on the wall. The medicinal cabinets were down the hall further. Can't we talk about this? I'm part of you; don't get rid of me so soon! The voice pleaded. "Shut up." Raven said pointblank. It felt good to say that out loud.

She flicked on her flashlight again and made her way further down the hall. Her instincts were telling her to turn around but she needed to fix her brain. Can't we compromise? It asked. "NO." Raven said sternly and arrived at the medicine door. She took a moment to think, did she want to do this? Would she actually find something useful? "I have to try." She whispered.

She opened the door and realized that she made a horrible mistake.

Kori reached behind her and pulled out her bow and arrow. It was shiny black and tarnished with a protective coat, her arrows were sharpened to the extreme. Her weapon was surely to scare off anyone within a mile radius of her, not Richard. He watched in awe as she slid an arrow into place and clicked the button to hold it. She looked up and noticed Richard watching her. "Are you ready?"

Richard snapped out of his reverie and whipped out an Eskrima Stick, it was still sticky with dried blood from their last attack but he didn't care. They were in the bowels of the hospital, about to open the door to the generator room. Kori had a very apprehensive hunch that there were 'Geeks' inside. He sighed heavily and kicked the door open.

Immediately swarms of Walkers crowded around them. Victor cocked his machine gun and started to lay waste quickly. Kori shot multiple arrows and Richard was surprised at how precise her hits were. Her arrows slammed perfectly into the skulls of the Walkers and their movements abruptly halted. Richard swung his own weapon swiftly and quickly shattered the skulls of the undead. They made quick work on the Walkers; they were even able to work together to disarm them quickly. Kori giggled suddenly. Richard turned to her and she plunged another arrow into the last Walkers head. Richard gave her a curious look. "What's so funny?"

Kori smiled. "That was my doctor." She giggled again. "I was so angry at him for not allowing my family to see me. The karma has hit him." She giggled more and Richard smiled at how cute that sounded to him. Morbid, yes, but cute.

Victor tapped him on the shoulder. "Are you done flirting?" He asked as he put away his machine gun.

Richard blushed and surveyed the damage they caused. "That was fast." He flicked his Stick to shake off any extra blood. He switched on the flashlight and led the group inside the large mechanical room. It smelled like death and oil. Their boots made sticky sludgy sounds on the ground and their footprints looked like bloody sores on the tiled and concrete floor.

They made it to the generator fast, what alarmed Richard the most was the amount of dead rats scattered around it. "How have they been catching them?" He asked out loud.

Kori shrugged. "Maybe they were hungry."

Richard shook his head. "No, it doesn't make sense; they're too slow to catch anything."

Victor sighed and pulled out a wrench. "Let's just hurry up so we don't run into the fast ones." He shoved Richard aside and did quick work on the generator. "There's only half a tank left, we'll have to find a gas station and refill within the next three weeks." He noted.

Kori looked at Richard. "There's one a mile from here, it is surrounded by the Geeks, but I believe we can make it."

Richard nodded and when Kori looked away he stared at her. He knew it was creepy, but he couldn't tear his eyes away from her for too long. She was the definition of beauty. He knew he was in an apocalypse and probably would die within the next year, but still he couldn't erase the images of him and Kori being romantically involved-

"You are doing the staring." She said with a small giggle.

Richard quickly looked away, mentally scolding himself. His mind was soon taken off of Kori however when the generator purred to life. Bright lights assaulted their vision and everyone winced. It was so long since he'd been underneath the influence of electricity. His mind was in a dither with enjoyment. "Wow." Was all he could muster.

Kori laughed gleefully. "Glorious! We must do the celebrating!"

Victor clapped his hands together. "We can make this permanent; we can make this our home."

Richard looked at Kori and she nodded. "We could become a family, a team."

Richard admired her optimism and smile. "We'll talk to the others." He said simply.

They left the basement after tweaking the generator so it only used power on their specific floor; Richard had a great feeling in the pit of his stomach. Things might not be as bleak as he suspected.

A Walker the size of a blimp stumbled out of the medicine cabinet; it groaned loudly and grabbed at Raven. She fumbled her leg sheath for her Bowies but fell backwards. The Walker was morbidly overweight and reached a bloodied pus filled arm towards her. Its sticky heavy body flopped down on her, different fluids leaked from all types of crevices on its body.

Raven gagged and tried to reach for her weapons again, realizing with a heavy heart that her arms were pinned, she squirmed. Scream you idiot! We need Gar, or the others! Raven ignored the voice and before she knew it the drool from the Walker was dripping onto her neck. A green blur interrupted her train of erratic thoughts and the Walker slumped, blood oozing from its scalp.

Raven looked up and was greeted with a pair of angry green eyes and a shock of green hair. She sighed angrily and shoved the Walker off of her. "It's not what it looks like." She said while freeing herself.

Gar put his bloodied sword away and crossed his arms. "Do you have a death wish?" He asked angrily.

Not this again… The voice groaned. Raven sighed and attempted to wipe some of the Walker fluids off of her. "No, I was trying to do things on my own. I don't need you."

Gar's eyes flashed angrily once again. "Screw that, you could've died!" He looked at the open medicine room. "What's so important in there that you need?"

Raven looked down at her torn and bloodied sneakers. "Just go away, I don't need you."

Gar grabbed her wrist. "You can't get rid of me that easily, you know that."

Raven snatched her wrist back. "Mind your business." She said between gritted teeth.

Gar looked down the hall and back at her. "Need I remind you that I have super hearing? I can hear when you talk to yourself, and I know that you say 'shut up' an awful lot."

Raven's heart nearly stopped beating. Did she want this guy to think she was a freak? She just found these people; did she want to be an outcast this soon? Raven was torn. Instead of answering Gar she turned away from the medicine room and ran down the hallway with all her gathered material in tow. She didn't want his pity or sympathy. She definitely didn't want to see that 'omg she's crazy' look in his eyes either. Shutting people out is your specialty, right RAE? Raven rolled her eyes and spotted Wally and Jenn. They were currently arguing over something so Raven decided a distraction was what she needed. "Hey, what's going on?" She asked as she stopped her running.

Jenn looked at Raven like she was god. "Wally won't let me take this." She held up a large bottle of Jack Daniel's. The bottle sloshed and Raven's mind went back to horrid images of her father coming home drunk late at night.

Wally sighed. "The last thing we need is to get drunk." He said.

Raven nodded. "We probably shouldn't take that."

Jenn looked at them like they were crazy. "Are you insane? It's the end of the world, that doesn't make you want to get drunk?"

Gar suddenly appeared beside her, his small argument with Raven pushed to the back of his mind. "Just take it anyway." Gar said with a smirk.

Jenn smiled wickedly. "See, he's not a party pooper!"

Gar gave Raven a devilish smirk, he was just trying to get on her nerves. We should rip that smile right off his face. The voice echoed. Raven nodded and adjusted her backpack. "Let's get out of here."

Jenn laughed. "We are going to have a great night." Suddenly the hospital lights went on and the teenagers stopped moving. Never had they ever felt so grateful for finding other people to share their happiness with. It was so surprising seeing the lights on they almost forgot what it felt like.

When they made it back to their floor everyone unloaded their gathered supplies and basked in the glory of electricity. The generator was flowing juice through the entire fifth floor; Raven almost had mistaken this place for heaven. Her group handed out soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hospital clothing, and underclothes to everyone. Victor, Kori, and Richard cheered when they saw how many supplies the other group brought back.

After passing out supplies each person went to their respectable rooms and showered. Months ago, if someone asked Raven what her favorite thing was it would not have been showering. The hot water each person felt invigorated them. No one really realized how dirty they actually were until they watched the grey and brown trail of water flow down the drain. After lathering up about fifteen times Raven dried off and dressed in hospital scrubs. Everyone received their own pair; Gar had found the linen closet on the tenth floor. Everyone's clothes were washing in the electric powered washing machines on this floor.

Squeaky clean! The voice cheered. Raven rolled her eyes, still slightly annoyed at Gar's interruption earlier. She felt much more relaxed though having had that amazing shower. When she exited her room and made her way to the common room the smell of baked beans, veggies, soups, and fruits invaded her nose. Can this day get any better? Hospital food used to make Raven want to gag; now all it made her want to do was eat. She took a deep breath to center her emotions.

As she entered Victor smiled at her, he had a bunch of pots and pans spread out in the middle of a large break room table. Chairs were lined up around it along with utensils and napkins. "How did you do this?"

He shrugged. "Jenn told me where the kitchen was, since we have electricity I thought we should treat ourselves." He smiled largely.

Raven felt the others crowd in around her, their amazed faces reflected how she felt. Kori giggled and clapped. "We are having the party!"

Richard frowned. "Do we have enough supplies to eat this much?"

Victor nodded. "This place is stocked. I made a bunch of fruit for dessert too."

Wally and Gar hooted. "Let's eat!"

Everyone took their seats around the table and immediately dug into the food. In retrospect this would've been a hilarious sight, seven teenagers dressed in hospital clothing eating like animals in an abandoned hospital. Raven had never felt so, lively. "Maybe life isn't miserable." She accidentally said out loud.

The group looked at her. Raven sighed. "I said maybe life isn't miserable, we can actually make this work." Her monotone voice held an unusual amount of hope in it.

Gar, who was sitting right across from her, smiled. "You're right Rae, we can." He looked at Richard. "This can be our future."

Jenn suddenly stood up. "No, it can't be." She looked at Kori and the green eyed girl frowned.

"Friends, we have done the lying to you." Kori said sadly.

Richard looked at her intently. "What, what is it?"

Wally chuckled. "You're not gonna tie us up again are you?"

Kori shook her head and Jenn urged her to continue. "Before you arrived Jenn and I were planning on leaving, there is a colony named Terminus that offers sanctuary for all."

Gar frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Jenn went to the corner of the room and pulled out an old transistor radio. "Apparently they've been able to broadcast; it's the only station left." She turned the dial suddenly. The crackly raspy sound was hard to hear through but after some adjusting a female voice was heard.

"Terminus, sanctuary for all. Anyone who arrives survives. Terminus, sanctuary for all. Anyone who arrives survives."

Kori sighed. "The lady repeats this three times and then eventually a song plays. We are not sure if it is real, but if it is do we go?"

Everyone looked at Richard expectedly. "Kori, do you still want to go to Terminus?"

Kori shrugged. "After meeting new friends, I am not sure." She gestured the group.

Jenn crossed her arms. "I'm not sure either, you guys are okay to have around, we actually can make this work. Do we ignore Terminus?"

Gar suddenly stood up. "Dudes, we just got electricity, are we going to ignore this? We don't need another place similar to Wintergreen."

Victor stood up too. "What if it's not like Wintergreen, but better? We need stability!" He frowned at Gar. "Come on grass stain, we can't make the generator work forever."

Wally stood up too. "Yes we can, we can siphon gas from nearby stations, and we can go on runs. We can make this work!" His eyes were pleading with hope.

The group jumped into an immediate argument. Both sides were reasonable, both arguments were feasible. To Raven it seemed stupid to leave what they created, but it also seemed stupid to ignore Terminus. Can Jenn and Kori be trusted if they kept this a secret? Terminus might be great! No more runs, no more fighting. Just survival. "QUIET!" Raven shouted to the group and the voice in her head.

She glared at everyone and the voice on the radio cut off, a song started playing and Raven stood up. "Tonight is supposed to be a celebration, we've all made it this far. Don't ruin it." She scolded.

Gar smiled at her from across the table and Raven looked away. "She's right dudes. We should vote on it in the morning."

Richard smirked. "Whatever, my vote is we need to agree to stay together, always. We all found each other for a reason, let's celebrate that. We stay together, forever. We are a Team." He grabbed a bottled water suddenly and took a sip he passed it to Kori who also took a sip. Kori passed it to the rest of the group and everyone took a sip, it was an odd movement, but it was powerful enough to be inspirational. Gar handed it to Raven and she sighed. After a quick sip everything was done. They were officially a team, a powerhouse of togetherness. It was a subtle gesture, but everyone seemed to quiet down and somewhat agree with Richard.

Richard smiled uncharacteristically. "Now let's party."

The group partied, music played through the radio in between the lady's Terminus rhyme. The teenagers ate canned food, danced, and laughed. It was amazing what electricity could make them do. Everyone's demeanor was completely different, everyone was happy; everyone enjoyed their moments of elation. Raven even stood up and danced with Gar for one song, the voice in her head sang along to songs she didn't know and Gar told her unconvincing jokes while she carried on with her sarcastic remarks.

This was family, this was friendship, and this was the moment Raven would always remember.

Because it was the last happy moment they ever had.

End Part 1

A/N: Yeah, so I gave you a happy chapter! WOOT! Hope you enjoyed it 'cause there won't be many of them. There shall be much more angst, despair, and death on the way. Part 2 gets rickety! Most of you Walking Dead fans saw something vaguely familiar, didn't you? I hope I didn't get too chummy chummy with their friendships right away. I mean, they're in an apocalypse for god's sake. If I found people I would make friends as soon as they did too. Tell me what you think.

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Next Chapter: Part 2: Blood. The apocalypse just made it even HARDER to survive. Will the group cooperate with change? SO much more drama and romance on the way.

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Do you think they should've gone to Terminus?

A.) No, that's crazy talk!

B.) Yes, they're going to die at the hospital because Louddragon is crazy!

C.) Hmm, maybe they should've sent people out to scout it.

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