Naomi's pov

I feel like shit, I haven't slept tonight because I've been too busy helping deal with all the corpses around camp. We only suffered one casualty though, Ed. I think it's fair to say that no one is that upset he's dead, well of course Carol and Sophia and a bit cut up right now but in the long run they'll be better off without him in their lives.

So here I am, Freddie and I have the honour of stabbing every corpse in sight just to make sure that they're dead while the rest of the guys around camp gather them up to burn. Shane and Rick are mainly overseeing of course, being the bosses they think they are I'm pretty sure that's why they still dress like cops so they can be in charge. I'm past caring right now anyway, they tried to tell me I'd be better sitting it out with the other woman but that just made me more determined not to. I'm pretty surprised that Emily listened to them although Katie was a bit shaken up which is probably how Kel persuaded her to go sleep in the van with Katie and Effy.

"I'd love a cold beer right now" Freddie piped up while stretching his arms "thirsty work."

"Me too" I sighed heavily "we could have some warm vodka but I feel like that wouldn't be the best idea."

He laughed lightly "probably not."

"He's got a bite!" I heard Jackie yell from over by the RV.

I turned to see Jim holding his hands up in surrender while repeating the words "I'm okay" over and over. Shit, that was the only thing running through my mind. I've never really had a conversation with Jim but someone in our group getting bit fucking sucks. Me and Freddie both stopped what we were doing and are just standing, watching while Rick and Daryl argue. I'm more than happy not to get involved, far too much testosterone over there for my liking. I turn to go back to work but stop as I see Daryl lunge at Jim with a pickaxe. Fuck it, I think before making my way over, someone has to be a fucking grown up around here.

"We don't kill the living" I hear Rick say as I get closer.

"Funny coming from a man pointin' a gun at my head" Daryl retorts dropping the pickaxe.

Rick lowers his gun and rubs his temple before speaking "I think we should go to the CDC."

"Hey man we all agree with Kel that we should get outa' here but the CDC?" Shane said in a challenging tone "I think that if there's anywhere we should be headin' its Fort Benning."

"Whatever government structure that was still around would've made the CDC a priority to protect" Rick replied "I heard they were still going before everything shut down."

"We all heard a lot o' things" Daryl added "don't make any of 'em true."

"I still say Fort Benning, it's a military base so it'll have weapons and provisions" Shane insisted.

"What about Jim" Rick tried "we have a sick man; if we get him to the CDC they might be able to help."

"You two ever think that maybe it should be a group decision and not just you arguing" I asked fed up with them bickering like kids.

"Of course it's a group decision" Rick replied "I'm just saying that the CDC is the logical option."

"Listen Blondie why don't you get your girl and the other two from the van and we'll have a vote on it" Shane said.

"I'll go Naoms" Kel came over obviously seeing the pissed off look on my face "Shane how about you round up the guys?" And with that he went off to the van.

Emily's pov

After a pretty crappy night's sleep in the more cramped than usual van since Effy was staying with us, it was time to finish packing up the camp so we can start making our way to the CDC. That's right we finally came to a decision, Shane wasn't too happy but he's come round to the idea since last night.

So here we are collapsing the last tent while everyone else packs away bags and sorts out who's going where. So far I think Rick, Lori and Carl are joining Carols car, JJ and Cook are taking the jeep with Shane, Freddie, Effy, Katie, Naomi and I are in Kel's van with him and everyone else is squeezing into the RV, apart from Daryl of course he insisted on taking Merles Motorcycle.

"Ready?" Kel asked as got the last tent pole in its bag.

"Yeah"

We got in the van, Naomi in the driver's seat since Katie didn't want to sit in the back so Kel said he would. A quick honk of the horn and our convoy is off with the RV leading followed by Daryl, the car, the Jeep then us taking up the rear. Morales and his family decided to go off on their own to try and find Miranda's sister, as much as I try and stay positive I can't help but feel like we'll never see them again.

Leaving Morales and his family reminds me off Pandora and Thomas. They had to go to Massachusetts to sort out some paperwork for school before they were meant to join us. They were supposed to be on a flight when all this shit started and we couldn't get a hold of them. No matter how positive I try to be I can't help the niggling voice in the back of my mind that keeps telling me I'll never see them again.

Our journey is pretty quiet apart from Freddie and Kel playing snap in the back of the van and the occasional comment from Katie about the magazine she's reading. I decided to close my eyes for a while. I'm not sure how long I was asleep before I felt the van come to a stop. I opened my eyes rubbing the sleep from them and looking around to see Kel jump out the side door.

"So why have we stopped lezza?" Katie asked Naomi.

"Well Katiekins" Naomi began her voice dripping with sarcasm "everyone else stopped and I thought crashing into the jeep would be a bad idea" she rolled her eyes and got out.

Katie huffed and crossed her arms "was just asking."

Now it was my turn to roll my eyes as I joined Naomi outside. We walked up front where Dale was explaining he needed some sort of tubing to get the RV going again. Shane, T-Dog and Kel volunteered to take JJ to the gas station up ahead so he could look for the piece they Dale needed. They were gone for a few minutes before Jackie announced that Jim wasn't doing so well. With a bit of effort so he wasn't in too much pain, the boys managed to carry him out of the RV and sit him up against a tree. It wasn't long before Kel, and the others were back and Dale and JJ were fixing the RV but Jim decided to stay.

We got back into the van; Freddie took the driver's seat this time with Katie and Effy up front. Naomi and I got in the back with Kel, he grabbed one of the duvets he'd folded away behind the driver's seat and threw it over Naomi and me.

"Go to sleep, I'll wake you if anything happens" he said with a smile.

So naturally I obliged. Naomi wrapped her arms around me, pulling my head to her chest and wrapped the duvet tighter around me, I fell asleep almost instantly.

I think one more chapter in this story since I plan to have a new story for each season for two main reasons.

So I can keep better track of what I' doing

So I can move the story out of the crossovers and into the Skins section because (I'm not going to lie) not as much traffic comes past the crossovers as I thought there'd be.

So yeah be prepared for that : )