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The group backed into the corner. The Tank was so obvious.

"How did that get there?" Zoey whispered, deathly white. Louis shook his head.

"This is too weird..." Bill murmured. Francis slowly crept across the room, never taking his eyes off of the monster. It roared, causing everyone to jump, but it didn't see them. If it was to look through the hole, they'd all be dead. But, for some reason, it was more concerned with something in the hallway.

Francis, now on the other half of the room, opened a closet door slowly. It creaked open, causing everyone to stiffen. The Tank turned a little, listening. Everyone froze, silently praying that it would turn away. After a tense minute, that really felt like an hour, it turned it's back to them. Louis silently ushered the others to follow Francis into the closet. Once everyone was inside, Francis slowly pulled the door shut. Zoey groped through the darkness and finally found a lightswitch. With a small pop, the bare bulb flickered on.

"Wow, what luck." She smiled at the guys. In the light, everything was thrown into sharp relief. All of the guys despretly needed a shave, and Louis and Francis had cuts on their faces. Bill looked older and more tired. She gave them a comforting smile.

"What are we going to do?" Louis whined, wiping the smile from Zoey's face.

"I don't know... we could jump out of the window..." Francis started.

"Francis, we're up 2 stories." Bill rolled his eyes and hit him with his pistol. Francis dodged the attack.

"What? It's better than getting killed by that monster out there!" His tone got cold. He and Bill glared at each other.

"Come on guys, we can't fight." Louis said, playing peacemaker. The two men looked at each other and sighed.

"Maybe we can jump onto something, like a van or a car or something to lessen the fall." Zoey said, thinking. They could hear the Tank snorting in the hall. Zoey shuddered. Francis put a hand on her back, unknown to the others. She looked at him and leaned closer to him.

"It's worth a shot." Louis said. Bill nodded. Francis moved to open the door. Just before his hand touched the doorknob, they heard the Tank roaring and felt the room shaking.

"How?!" Zoey screamed and quickly reloaded her weapon. Francis looked around and pulled a box off of a shelf behind him. "Everyone grab some!" He screamed, opening a box of bullets. Everyone loaded their weapons with it, not caring what it was. The Tank broke the door down and roared at all of them, sticking out it's tongue and grunting. Everyone let out a scream and started shooting. As soon as the bullets hit the Tank, they exploded, sending it backwards more. Francis grabbed Zoey by the arm and roughly shoved her towards the window.

"GO!" He screamed, continuing to shoot. Zoey jumped out of the window, wincing as the impact hit her. Louis, Bill, and Francis soon followed. They ran down the street, shooting. Soon, the Tank fell to the ground, dead.

"It's about time you guys found us!" A voice said. Inuyasha, Kagome, and a Hunter came out from a nearby building. Zoey subconsciously raised her gun at the sight of the Hunter, but immediatly lowered it.

"Guys... this is my little brother, Souta." Kagome said, looking happier than she had in a long time. The others looked at the Hunter cautiously. Inuyasha seemed relaxed. If he was relaxed, then it must be alright.

"Souta, this is Zoey, Francis, Bill, and Louis." Kagome said slowly, pointing out each person, who waved or smiled at the boy. The Hunter looked at the priestess.

"Hi." he growled after a moment. Zoey let out a quiet yelp.

"They... they can talk...?" She whispered, slightly scared now.

"No. Souta is the only one." Inuyasha said, ruffling the boy's hood as if it was his hair.

"How?" Bill asked, amazed.

"I think it's because Kagome. She's a priestess, so I think that some of her spiritual power rubbed off on the kid. But, not enough to totally save him." Inuyasha said, sounding like they had talked about this for a while. Kagome nodded and squeezed her brother's clawed hand. He gave it a gentle squeeze, remembering that humans were weaker than the other Infected he had seen. Zoey knelt down on one knee.

"Souta... can you understand the other Infected?" She asked, talking like she was talking to a little child. He looked up at Kagome, then looked back at her and nodded.

"Can we bring him with us?" Kagome asked sadly. The group looked at her.

"Of course we can." Bill said after a moment. Kagome smiled and started crying. Inuyasha and Souta started freaking out, but Zoey just smiled and hugged the young woman tightly. Kagome laughed and hugged her back. Bill shook his head with a smile.

"Women. I'll never understand them." Inuyasha said after a moment with a chuckle. Bill laughed.


Back at the Higurashi Shrine, a Smoker stumbled around, coughing. He tripped over a large chunk of wood. Underneath was a glowing blue light. He clumsily shoved the debris aside to see a hole in the ground, glowing blue. He leaned over, staring into the depths. Suddenly, he lost his balance and fell in.


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