(Hey guys, i know,I've been skimping on human but there is other stuff to write about, but what brought me back is the fav/follows, it's has grown from the last few chapters, i thought this write was going to be a bust again but it's doing better than my others and i haven't done it in a while, sooo i bring to thee another chapter of human,(btw i'm having to do some chapters on a phone, my writing is going to be a bit bad,maybe))

Jayson's journal entry 9: i think now that mike may(scratched out)(MAY!)be a good addition to the group, it adds character to it, we got a human, a witch, and now a hunter, but if the chance arises i'd opt out a jockey(those laugh's get to me, real bad)but if it's sentient, and it doesn't try and eat me, then hey, give it a chance

(Jayson had been pacing for the last minute, him and emma knew it was his restless nature, they had been cooped up in the room for 2 days, mike had learned from jayson in the time, but it didn't help Jayson's patience, it actually worsened it, he had jusy looked out the window and waited, he never liked staying in one place, bad things always happened, be never ran out of food, but with 3 people the food may run out, he could grow fat and lazy in the time, a horde could kill trap them in the room)

(He sighed and rubbed his face, he had not shaved or showered in a few days, the room came with a fully stocked bathroom, he found himself a shirt and pants and headed in)

(He was standing in front of the mirror shirtless, he knew it would take awhile but he counted his scars, through all his time in the apocalypse he had killed countless hunters, each leaving a scar, his body was mostly scars, he had only let mike hit him directly in the face, that was a scar now to, he had always hated hunters, he dealt with them in a way similar to torture, he wanted the hunters to feel how he felt, losing karen was the most painful experience he ever felt, he had killed hunter's without discretion, they took Karen away so he takes there life)

(the door opens and arms wrap around jaysons waist, he knew who it was before he turned around)

Emma:"jayson, i know y-your restless"

Jayson:"what gave you that idea"

Emma:" oh i don't know w-what, the pacing or the fact your standing here looking at yourself in the mirror"

Jayson:"em, you know me, i have to keep moving"

Emma:"why you have me, w-where just a few m-minutes from the place i stayed at, this is almost over, we can be together"

Jayson:"yeah but every time i'm happy and my journey is over with, something happens and i've got to survive it all over again, it happened with karen, i hope it doesn't happen with you"

Emma:"jayson listen(she pulls him into a hug) you will never lose me, you saved me, now i'm saving you"

(she kisses him, she knows this at least calms him a little bit)

jayson:"(breaks up the kiss, with his forehead to emmas)heh, do you want to join me"

Emma:"well i've got nothing to do either, sure"

(she undoes her top and enters the shower with jayson)

…..

(mike was asleep, well aside that infected can't sleep, he was just kind of lazing there, when he heard the balcony door open, he followed the sound with his ears, it crossed the room, to jays bag, he heard it sniffing, maybe another hunter, it crosses the room and he hears the door open, and that's when he jumps, from his coiled up sleep he uses his strong legs and catapults himself at the intruder with a ear piercing scream, he wraps himself around the intruder knocking it down the letting out a warning yelp,when the hunter threw him off, he saw jayson come charging through the door, snapping it in half and stunning the intruder, he then reached for his machete and swung wildly, it doges and flings itself at him knocking him to the ground, pinning him, then emma comes sliding out of the shower, wearing a towel, and slashed at the intruders back with razor sharp claws, making them retreat, until jayson got his wits together)

….

(jayson stood there bleeding and soaking wet, what had caused it was between him and the door out, a hunter, but not like any of the other hunters, it wore a orange hoodie, and seemed a little more lithe, but still jumped with the full force of a hunter, he threw his machete but followed up with a grab to the throat, this hunter had disturbed his pleasuring moment with emma, he slammed it against the wall only for it to backpedal up the wall and jump over him, he then strunk out with his back leg catching it in the back, making it fall over, then he followed up with a pinning foot to the chest)

Jayson:"mike take his hood off, i want to see his face before i kill him"

(jayson knew this was against his training, his mind and body had to be free of pride, ego, anger and other hindering emotions, but he wanted to show this hunter what truly to be fearful of)

(mike flicked the hood off, but what it revealed was surprising)

(the intruder was actually a woman, a female hunter)

jayson:"(he looks over at mike) old crush of yours"

(mike just shrugs)

Jayson:"emma hand me my pistol"

(emma throws his weapon, and he catches and pulls the hammer back, when his instructors saying flash through his mind, True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one, he then remembered the last time he spared someone, he looks back at mike, the hunter, who if jayson wanted he could have ended him in mercy, but he became his friend, he lifted his foot off the hunters chest and sat back on the bed)

Jayson:"ok listen, i know you understand me, okay you come into my room, you interrupt me and my friend, normally i would kill you, but I'd rather not"

(The hunter still laying on the ground, grunted and sat up, listing)

Jayson:"i know that look, like no other, your a survivor, you would rather live than die, so i would not end you here(he holds his hand out)come on, this could be easy"

(the hunter sat up and shook his hand)

Hunter:"d-d-deal"

(everybody, except jayson, gasped, the hunter just talked, not even mike with his training could string together sentences)

Jayson:"you hear that mike, your the only one who can't talk, man your just slow"

(mike threw one of the wadded up paper at jayson's head, missing)

Jayson:"you can't even hit me"

(they heard a small snicker from the hunter)

Jayson:"i know it's out of the blue, but how about you join the group"

(the hunter was abit heastient)

Jayson:"come on, i'm friendlier than i seem at first"

Emma:"y-yeah he's a big t-teddy bear"

jayson:"(he holds up the gun)it's still loaded you know, i could aim and pop"

Emma:"y-you won't th-thoghue"

Jayson:"yeah,(turns towards the hunter)banter asied, i'm the technical leader, my names jayson, the heart of the group is emma, the witch, and that "towering" jumper, is mike, now do you have a name or is it just hunter"

(they could tell the hunter tried to think of something but came out with nothing)

Jayson:"nothing, well let's come up with something"

(the hunter had a flash of recognition)

Hunter:"a-alice"

Jayson:"ok then alice, welcome to the group"

(alice went around shaking hands with the rest)

jayson:"(to emma)ok i'm still wet, i'm going back in"

Emma:"wait for me"

(time lapse) few minutes

Jayson:"ok, so alice, how did you find us"

Alice:"i-i smelt human"

Jayson:"hey i know i haven't had a shower in a few days but that's not need"

(mike stops near him and gives the air a sniff, then covers his nose)

Jayson:"yeah but you forget(he gets mike in a headlock)your infected strength ain't nothing compared to me"

(mike lets out a grunt at emma)

Emma:"jayson, let him go"

Jayson:"okay i guess(he lets go of mike)"

(mike gets away quickly, finding himself at the complementary table,he grabs three beers and throws them without looking)

(Jayson and emma catch them without thinking)

(Mike looks back at Jayson with a i dare you look)

Jayson:"oh you know i'll take any dare you put on(he screws the cap and downs the bottle)you can't beat me at drinking either"

(Mike gets the cap off and nearly downs it)

Jayson:"see man"

(Time lapse) 2 minutes

(There was laughing and banter, they had drunk nearly the whole bar, even alice had a couple)

(Mike and emma congalined into the bathroom, jayson was alone with alice)

Jayson:"man those two keep my life crazy(serious)hey Alice"

(Alice turned from where she was)

Jayson:"i know this is a little confusing, but my ex's friend was named alice, and as far as i know, she didn't like orange(he got up and looked at her)"

(They shared this stare)

Jayson:"(sound of drunkness)maybe it's just the beer talking, what are those two doing in there(he gets up and walks over to the door)"

(He opens the door,only to get sprayed, they had the head to the shower off and they were ready for jayson)

Jayson:"come on guys you couldn't have put it for warm(he snatches the shower head and start chasing them around the room)"

(Time lapse) next day

(The last night was fun, and it was a kind of initiation for alice,they had drunk(but not as much as the first night),they had partiedpartied,and then the night was over)

(jayson woke up next to emma, surrounded by bottles,he peeked over to the hunters, they were curled(literally)up,sleeping, jayson moved, only for emma to wake up)

Emma:"mhh d-don't move, to t-tired,just stay w-with me"

jayson:"(kisses her on the forehead)i was just thinking breakfast in bed for my lovely hungover girlfriend"

(emma grunts at him and turns over, letting him go)

(he finds himself in the kitchen, he ruffles through the cabinets and drawers, he at least finds some spam in a can, and a couple of slices of bread, he checks the fridge and finds some eggs, and a beagle, he bits into it to find out it's cream cheese, then he gets to making it)

….

(alice woke up next to the other hunter, his name was mike she thought, the drink they passed around numbed and scrambled her mind, when the light hit her, her mind flared with pain,she got up quickly when she hear clanging and banging in the kitchen, she clumsy got onto all fours and snuck into the kitchen, she found the human messing with the nozzles on the big white square)

Jayson:"hey alice, just take a seat and i'll help you with that headache"

(his voice made her jump, she thought she was being stheathly enough, his senses where acute, even for a hunter, she nonetheless got up and sat down at the counter/table)

Jayson:"don't worry your not the only one who's had a hangover, this will help(he puts a cup down in front of her)i don't know if hunters like cream and two sugars"

(alice stared into the liquid, it was black, like a moonless night, she swore it stared back at her, but she picked it up and took a sip, a bitter flavor bit back, but the headache had started to recede,she kept drinking)

jayson:"so, first time drinking"

(a vision flashed, she saw someone, the face was distorted, but she saw her head go back and a glass come up, the memory cleared)

Alice:"n-no"

jayson:"(grunt)well i guess you remember what you want, better than emma i suppose"

Alice:"what do you m-mean"

Jayson:"well she being a zombie doesn't help, but her memory is more spotty than yours it seems, well anywho i've got something i need doing so"

(he turns around and keeps cooking)

…..

(mike was stunted from "sleep", he hated waking up after drinking, but he had to get up sometime, he slowly got up, every bone popping as he did, the sun hit him making him flinch, he stumbled him way to the kitchen, seeing how he smelled food)

(mike found himself in the now warm kitchen, mike was cooking something, and their newest member was there, anna or alice or something, his mind was baked form a night of drinking, he sat down beside…...alice that was her name, he sat beside alice, she looked just groggy so she must have just woken up, she had a coffee mug in her clawed hand, mike let out a grunt trying to get jayson's attention but failed, that's when a coffee mug slid into his hand,he looked over to see alice getting up to get another)

(jayson walked over to get some plates)

Jayson:"hey mike, hows the headache"

(he let out a grunt, to tell him he's not in the mood)

Jayson:"come on man, even alice took it better than you"

(he gave a aggravated growl)

Jayson:"well then i guess you don't want this then(he slid over a plate of surplus spam and eggs)"

(mike grabbed it and started eating it)

Jayson:"oh and alice there's some extra spam left in the pan"

(he walked out the room, he felt happy for once, he felt like he had a family(albeit a little dysfunctional) but he still felt like mike and alice where his family,he never thought he would be friends with a hunter, but now he know that not all hunters are bad, he finally reached his bed, emma was dug in the covers, with only her head sticking out, he laid the tray down and lightly kissed her on the forehead)

(her eyes fluttered open)

emma:"(groggily) what now"

Jayson:"oh just something to help the hangover"

(she lays up at the awnser, and jayson lays the tray on her lap,it had a stack of sizzling spam, sunny side up eggs and toasted buttered bread, and a coffee with the sugar still bobbing on the top)

(emma's eyes light up, she's always hungry)

Jayson:"that's why i do it"

…..

(emma scarfed down the whole meal, she saw jayson preparing his weapons, she walked over)

Emma:"what are you d-doing"

Jayson:"i'm just going to the room across the way"

Emma:"then w-why are you packing weapons"

Jayson:"always got to be prepared, do you want to come along"

Emma:"well what else am i supposed to do, sure"

(they head out, across to the room,the room was dark and dank, jayson got his flashlight out, the beam didn't pierce the darkness more than 5 feet, they still walked in)

(the room was like theres, only more dilapidated, it was devoid of all color,jayson, hit the glass table, shattering it, to make sure there were no zombies hiding in the swirling darkness, jayson, hated this type of darkness, he made sure, but there could be more zombies hiding in the choking darkness)

Jayson:"emma, dumb idea, but can you see in the dark"

Emma:"baerly"

jayson:"(he holds on to emma's shoulder)i guess then the flashlights useless(he turned it off)"

(jayson sharpened his hearing, he could hear both them breathing, if he concentrated, he could even hear his heartbeat, and the short thump-thump of emma's heart,his mind wandered, why was this room dark while the rest had light)

Emma:"jayson keep your hand on my shoulder"

(he felt his hand lower)

Emma:"eep, jayson i said shoulder"

(it was cute how flustered she got sometimes)

(jayson felt the slightest change in air, he heard a raspy breath, he knew what he was facing…..he lashed out with his machete, lopping the stalkers head off in one swing)

Jaysons journal entry 7 :today me and emma met the evilest of infected,stalkers, the gruesomest of the infected mutations, it makes the zombies feral,even more so,it starts when a zombie spends most of its time underground(it could be in a sewer, maintenance closets, and the closets at whispering oaks)or in a dark room or building, they have hyper mutated, there now depigmented, like albinos, and weaker, but there more feral and bloodthirsty, like the regular horde you never met just one,i've dealt with a hive of them back home, there deadly in packs and the don't follow the regular chain of command like the hives do,they devold into animals,hunched over and clawed they will kill and eat anything they can get there hands on,there even scum to the regular infected and i deal with them so

(the head came of easy, but they were still in for a fight, the walls shifted and the stalker group burst from the wall, he knew where they where, they let out a stomach churning scream, jayson was tapping his foot on the ground. They use echolocation to see, this threw them off, four came at him , he swung his machete, all there head rolled of, hitting the floor causing more noise disturbance,he turned to hear emma get swamped, stalkers forced her to the ground, jayson, made a clicking sound, he could see three stalkers, he threw his machete at the nearest one, followed up by a punch to the face, there bones where weak, they crumbled under his strength, he then kneed another one in the face, he could hear the tiny bones breaking, he got to emmas side, he could smell blood, he knew she was hurt, he heard them approaching, they were light sensitive, he fumbled for his flash,he uncapped it and flicked the light, it filled the room with a staggering light, the stalkers backed of, he hooked his hand under Emma's arm, and backpedals out the room)

…,.

(Mike was sitting reading a book, when jayson came into the room carrying a wounded emma, he dropped her on the bed, and got his bag, reaching in he pulled out two green ovals, mike got up to follow him,)

Mike(held up paper) wot are u doing

Jayson:"i'm making sure"

(When he got to the door he kicked it open and pulled the pins)

Jayson:"HEY SCUM SUCKERS COME GET SOME!"

(mike heard some screams, he could tell they weren't human,they were somewhere halfway to the door when jayson threw the ovals in the room, one into the living room the other into the kitchen, he closed the door)

(A loud BANG! Sounded from inside, mike's ears were ringing, and jayson ran back into the room, not even phased by the explosion)

…..

(without thinking he found himself beside emma, she was badly hurt, just made claw marks oozing blood, he was holding emma's hand,)

jayson:"(crying)emma don't,please don't die"

(jayson got up, he remembered the hemostatics and gauze in his bag, he quickly jumped up and grabbed his bag, he unpacked all the weapons and food, to find the hemos and gauze stuffed at the bottom,he thought he would never need them, but today he did, he started with the wounds that would prove to be most trouble, her hips, and chest, most of her clothing was clawed away, jayson tore the rest away,he wrapped her arms in gauze, and her neck, the bleeding stopped when he applied the hemostatic, he couldn't wrap her fully in gauze, but he could wrap the wounded parts, he put his head to her forehead)

Jayson:"emma, please don't leave me"

(he pulled up a chair, and sat down)

…..

(mike gave them space, jayson looked like he was on edge, he walked into the kitchen, followed by alice)

(he sat down at the cabinet island, he was shaken, he's never seen jayson lose his cool, even when he fought him, he still had a ounce of calm, alice sat beside him, she put her hand on his back in a comforting way)

Alice:"a-are you ok?"

(mike crossed both his arms and shacked, like he was scared)

Alice:"your sc-scared?"

(mike nodded)

Alice:"d-don't worry e-emma is going to live"

(mike shook his head, and spelt jayson in the air)

Alice:"because of j-jayson"

(mike nods)

Alice:"why?"

(mike grunts)

Mike:"because mike never lost his cool before"

(alice switches to zombie)

Alice:"i know, but there's something between him and emma and he's protective of her"

Mike:"i know there together, and that he doesn't care that she's one of us"

Alice:"see he's protective, even if he loses his cool, he's still the guy who spared you and me"

Mike:" i know, it's just i'm afraid that if he loses emma, he won't have a reason to need us"

Alice:"he won't though, he used those healing pads"

(the door opened and a haggard jayson walks through)

Jayson:"oh, all that grunting i thought you were doing something else"

(mike breathe a sigh of relief, jayson was back to snarky jokes)

Alice:"is she alright"

jayson:"yeah,(sigh)i feel tired, i know mike, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to lose my cool, i just felt my blood bolling, when they swarmed her, and when i went to throw the swarmed i was steamed, now that's over, i feel wasted"

(mike claps his hands together, and makes snoring noises)

Jayson:"yeah i will, i just needed to ask you guys something, could you check on emma while i sleep, i don't want to lose her while i snooze"

Alice:"of c-course jayson"

(mike gives a double thumbs up)

Jayson:"thanks guys, i appreciate it"

(he goes into the bedroom and collapses beside emma)

(well that was long, but this chapter is over with, and all i've got to say, is thanks for favoriting and following, i thought i was going to have to scrap this like the others, but it's doing better than the rest, and my school has blocked fanfic net, so i can't post for awhile, but i will be writing in that time, so be prepared for a lot of chapters when i can)