A/N what is up guys I have some exciting news, were about to hit 1000 views. I know that it might not be a big deal to you, but it is to me. That means that 1000 people are finding my work entertaining, which is just a great ass feeling. Either way I hope you all enjoy the next chapter.

Jeremy was sitting on the porch of an abandon wooden shack. A river was a few feet in front of the shack, glistering from the stars. It was really late, about 2 in the morning if Jeremy had to guess correctly. Kate, Luke, Logan, and Jeremy decided that since Kate new the forest like the back of her hand, we thought that it would be the best place to go. Now the rest of them were in a shack that they had decided to sleep in for the night, all except Jeremy that is. He couldn't sleep, especially since Kate is in heat and he has had to 'help' her the past few nights, including this one. So Jeremy wasn't tired one bit, and was perfectly contempt to just sit here and watch the night go by. He wasn't worried or anything, he had his M4 sitting right by his side in case any infected showed up. Jeremy wasn't paying much attention to his surroundings anyway, so that M4 probably wouldn't come in much handy since the infected would have the element of surprise.

Jeremy was thinking about how they had managed to get here in a day, while it took them two days to get half way across the high way the first time to meet the scavengers. In all honesty, it was probably due to the fact that they were running most of the time. When exiting the building, one of the hunters had spotted them. And they had been chased out of the city by hunters and infected, the infected obviously chasing them longer since they didn't tire. But they threw the sent off their trail by hiding in a trailer on the side of the highway. All of them were surprised that they were not found, but were thankful. In the next few hours, they made their way to the forest. And that is where they meet the fifth person to enter their little four man group that was established earlier that day. This person called himself, Zero.

Zero was a different case all together. He was like Kate in many ways, and at the same time like us. He had blood red eyes, which made the group hesitant to let him stay with them, just because they so closely resembled that of what their imaginations thought to be a demon. He had red hair, or fur. He was a mixture of a wolf, and a human. He didn't even have a very detailed explanation to how he became to be like this. He said he was a human who was bit by one of the anthro wolf infected. And after that, he changed into this mix between the two races. It was both interesting and disturbing at the same time, but he was somewhat young so we let him stay. He was younger then Logan, who was 18 and since he was the oldest and elected himself leader of the group, which no one really agreed with, he let Zero stay.

Zero was now sleeping in the shack as well with the rest of everyone else, him and Kate reserving the only bedroom while they took the small living room. He was slightly muscular, somewhat like the build of Logan. He was nice two, but didn't seem all that responsible or trustworthy to complete a task. Unless of course the task involved food, in which case he seemed to excel in the completion of the task, much to the amusement of the rest of the group. And through all of this that had happened in a day, Kate still found time to ask Jeremy for 'help'. This annoyed Luke and Logan like usual, but really annoyed Zero. Jeremy had actually hoped that Zero had talked some sense into her, since he was losing a lot of sleep due to Kate's condition. And when he realized that this would be going on for a month or so, he wasn't too happy.

After thinking about all that had transpired the previous few hours, he decided to take a bath. He hadn't had one since his run in with the hunters those few faithful nights ago, and could really use one. They had found three suitcases in that trailer that they had used to hide from the infected, and some of the clothes in those bags fitted Jeremy. So he entered the shack and grabbed some of the clothes. He walked back out and stripped, then walked into the river. It was freezing cold, but Jeremy didn't all that much care. He much rather feel clean and not like a dirty ape then be a little cold. The surface of the river was nice and smooth, with hardly any rocks. The depth wasn't too large either, as he was still able to stand in the deepest part. Once he was used to the water, he decided to relax on the bank of the river. He laid down, his body still in the river and just decided to rest his eyes, enjoying the peace and quiet. But he was interrupted quickly form his little rest, by the sound something big moving on the river.

He opened his eyes and looked down the bend on the left side. He saw an old man, with a small wooden house boat, paddling his way down the river. Besides him, chained up to the boat was a woman infected. She was old as well, so probably the man's spouse. 'The hell' thought Jeremy as the man rowed up to him. "Greetings young man, I was just wondering where the city was. My wife here seemed to become the victim of a strange Illness, and I wanted to take her to the hospital" he said kindly. 'He must have no idea what is going on, I bet he was living in the forest all this time.' He was going to tell him that his wife was gone and about the infected, when he thought about the boat. The boat would increase the rate at which they could travel by, and keep them safe from infected since it was on the water. It was a sinister idea, but hey, it was survival of the fittest now.

"If you get off that boat here and walk straight, you should come onto the highway. It will take you right to the city where your wife can get treated" he lied. "Thank you young man." He unhooked his wife, and put a leash around her. "I don't know what is going on with my wife, but she wants to bite me so I have to tie her up like this. Any way thanks for the support" said the man as he lead his wife off the boat and into the forest. That's when Jeremy sprang up, putting on the fresh clothes after he dried himself off with the old ones. He ran in the shack, waking everyone up. "Let's go guys, we got a new ride."

Well there it is. Another short chapter and I'm sorry guys just a lot of stuff like school so I can't right huge chapter until on the weekends. I hope you guys understand peace.