I don't know why I keep doing this but…

Disclaimer – Don't own Resident Evil however if Paul wants to give it to me I'd be happy to accept.

Fear cannot take,
What you do not give it

Christopher Coan

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Carter couldn't believe it he had given up his car for somebody else to drive, he hadn't even gone back to the vehicle after getting out not even to get weapons in fear he would get in the car and run the redhead over. Then Kmart and Claire's argument had begun as Carlos got into the hummer and L.J. got into his Charger which was more frustrating since L.J. reminded him of a gangster and gangsters driving cars meant scratches and dents which his car hand neither especially after he had spent hours working them out to perfection with battery powered tools and hammers after his run in with Umbrella vehicles.

Kmart had ended up winning the argument with some help from Alice, which seemed to make the redhead cave almost the moment the blonde had opened her mouth. They had split up into the tanker and military transport vehicle as the others headed off to the outskirts of Las Vegas to set up camp. He had been paired with Alice to the tanker since Claire insisted that Kmart stay in her sight completely, they took the truck and that was how he ended up in the passenger seat a deadly childish glare on his face as Alice drove the tanker into Las Vegas.

"Isn't there some saying about the wind changing?" Alice waved her right hand as she followed closely behind the military truck. She had sat in relative silence as they checked frequencies on their walkies but now the silence was getting to her. She didn't mind silence but the one that had settled over her and the blond beside her was beginning to take its toll, so she tried her best to break it.

Carter turned his head to face the blonde a death glare pointed her way, his arms crossed and hung low before turning back to look at the military vehicle in front of them.

"First things first, we find gas then supplies and then weapons."

Alice glanced over to the young man whose glare turned into a scowl; he obviously wasn't going to reply instead he'd sit there and try to kill the redhead with his mind, "Agreed." Alice spoke with a smile after picking up the walkie.

Carter watched the small smile playing upon the blonde's lips. He squinted slightly before the mischievous smirk started forming on his lips. If he had to let someone else drive his car, be forced to be a passenger to a female driver in a tanker and be forced to follow a frustrating female leader than he was going to milk whatever he could for what it was worth. "So you and Claire huh?" he grinned.

Alice nearly swerved of the road the moment the blonds' sentence had left the young man's mouth. Pulling the vehicle back to straight and narrow she shifted in the seat to straighten herself out as she turned to face Carter nervously. "What?" Her voice cracked slightly even with its hoarseness. What the hell was wrong with her she never got nervous before or after the apocalypse?

Carter's mischievous smirk only seemed to widen. He had gotten the exact response he was hoping for, "I mean I don't blame you look at her she's hot."

This time she nearly swerved the tanker of the road and into the ditch but she had managed to steady the tanker before any actual trouble occurred. She cleared her throat and looked over towards Carter who had a mischievous glint in his eye as well as a smirk plastered across his face, now she realized he was just trying to get under her skin, she swallowed the lump in her throat...it was working. "I..I don't know what you mean." She stuttered out.

Carter's smirk grew wider if it was possible, "Oh come on that woman has a body and come on she's got the tough sexy persona nailed down perfectly."

Alice cleared her throat, she couldn't deny him the fact he was right but she couldn't exactly agree to it either. "Well why don't you ask her out?"

Carter's face dropped the smirk almost immediately as he shifted with a look of disbelief across his features, "Cause she's a pain in my fucking ass." He settled back down into his seat, "Plus I think she's got a thing for you, you should totally go for it."

"What?" Alice asked with disbelief and nervousness mixed into her tone with maybe a hint of hope.

"Yeah I'll be your little support group in the corner with a picket sign and megaphone cheering you on," He laughed, "I could imagine it now, Mike glaring at you for taking his girl away from him, the love of his life."

Alice chuckled at the thought, she had seen that Mikey had not liked her the moment the redhead started talking to her much more. "It's Mikey not Mike," she corrected trying to get her thoughts of the redhead as they drove through the sand barred streets of Las Vegas.

"Whatever," Carter shrugged he couldn't care less if the man's name was Freddo Frog...second thoughts he probably would, Chocolate! He grinned from ear to ear at the thought of chocolate; it was one luxury he was actually grateful for apart from his personally customized glasses and car.

"I see a gas station not too far from here we'll pull the tanker up and fill it up and then check the surrounding buildings for supplies and weapons."

Carter grabbed for the walkie first bringing it up to his lips, "Roger that Commando there is a large shopping complex across from the gas station you're bound to find supplies and weapons inside, over and out." He grinned watching Alice shake her head in amusement.

"Thanks Blondie."

Carter smirked at this before bringing the walkie back up to his mouth, "Alice thanks you for the comment."

"I..I..I..that wasn't for Alice that was meant for you."

Carter let out a small laugh, he knew the redhead was trying to get under his skin by calling him Blondie which was a name he had hated his whole life but she had more than likely forgot that Alice was in the car and that she was in fact blonde.

Alice snatched the walkie out of Carter's hands before he could talk back with something that was bound to piss Claire of and end up in another argument between the two, "We hear you Claire." She spoke before placing the walkie on the dashboard.

Carter pouted playfully towards Alice, "You no fun."

Alice smiled at the pout before pulling into the gas station, jumping out of the vehicle before reaching for the gas nozzle giving it a small squeeze. A small smile fell onto her lips as the nozzle started leaking out gasoline.

"You do know the nozzle goes into here," Carter pointed to the opening of the tanker's fuel carriage, "And you fill up the tank as much as you can, after all the ground don't need no fuel." He turned to look out at the sanded wasteland, "It could do with some water though." He mumbled pushing the glasses up his nose as walked away from the tanker leaving Alice to rolling her eyes at him.

"Are we in business?" Claire asked coming up next to blonde woman who gave her a nod as an answer. "Sweet," Claire placed her hands on her hips watching Alice climb the ladder up to the top of the tanker to start filling it. "Kmart don't go too far," Claire called out to the teenage blonde who rolled her eyes and followed after Carter. She was uneasy about bringing the teen along but with Alice's recommendation that it may be safer to bring her along and an extra hand was useful she had given in and brought the teen along. "How was your trip with pretty boy over there?" Claire asked with a nod towards Carter. She watched as Alice scrunched up her nose in distaste, "That bad huh?"

Carter had sat patiently on an upturned bench waiting for the tanker to finally fill and he could honestly say that he had never been so relieved of waiting than he had when they had finally bled the gas station bone dry.

He had been at peace for the first five minutes then the next twenty five was filled with hundreds of questions the blonde teenager had asked, he had to grip the upturned chair till his knuckles turned white and circulation had stopped reaching his fingers to stop himself from screaming at the teenager to shut up and mind her own business. But him being him he was patient and answered the questions to his own satisfactory.

"Okay we got about half a tanker full of gas that's all were getting out this gas station," Claire said walking over to stand in front of Kmart and Carter, Alice hanging back slightly.

"Great I say we find provisions and weapons and head back to camp," Carter spoke before thumbing towards the building he was sitting in front, "Welcome to Las Vegas' shopping complex." He rubbed his hands together before pulling open the double doors.

Kmart was second in which was noticeable by the loud squeal that erupted from the young teen. Claire had honestly thought she'd gone deaf after that squeal and that if there were undead inside then their brains would have exploded from the ear piercing echo that flowed through the complex.

"You know what on second thoughts Alice, Kmart can be your cheer squad." Carter wiggled his left finger in his left ear trying to get his hearing back.

Claire turned to face Alice a curious look on her face, "Cheer squad?" She questioned.

Alice shrugged pulling her shotgun out and walking forward. She did not need to start being questioned by the redhead, especially when the conversation with Carter would make its way back into her mind and she'd start blushing.

"Okay so first we go clothes store, than shoe store, than a beauty salon to grab shampoo." Kmart spoke up running from shop to shop.

Claire's curious look was soon gone the moment Kmart started moving from store to store, "This is to gather necessary supplies nothing more...but we will take the shampoo."

"But...but-"

Claire held up her hand cutting the sentence short and erasing the puppy dog look on teens face, "No buts now come on."

"Anybody got a weird yet awesome feeling towards this?" Carter falling in behind the three women, "This feels to much like Dead Rising 1 & 2," he paused waiting for some reaction, "You know the zombie filled mall?" Again no acknowledgement came, "Video game?" Still no reaction, "If I say Halo and I get no reaction I'm gonna be pissed." Still none, he threw his hands up into the air exasperated, who the hell didn't know Halo? "Ahhh! Somebody save me, anybody I'm stuck with strange people." He walked away shaking his head as he made his way around a corner mumbling to himself.

"You could have admitted you knew what he was talking about," Kmart turned to face Claire.

"And what fun would that be?" Claire grinned earning a chuckle from the teenager.

Alice had smiled but moved ahead keeping her eyes on the young man, he looked able to take care of himself but he also looked irresponsible. She ran her eyes and inside each store making sure to get every detail, the last thing she wanted was a surprise of undead. She looked back over her shoulder at Claire and Kmart laughing about something, she could tell Claire was just making sure the teenager was fine with their current course and that she wasn't scared or afraid.

Alice turned back to the still rambling man, thinking back to when she had met him at the convoy. She swore she had met the man before but couldn't be sure that she had, there were a lot of blank spots in her memory still to this day but she was positive she had met the young man before.

"Alice tell Claire that shopping for clothes isn't a bad idea," Kmart ran up next to Alice, Claire following in a small jog behind her.

Alice shook her head snapping herself out of her thoughts as she turned towards the teen. "I don't know about clothes but…" Alice turned to look back at the still rambling man as he kicked a large pot plant mumbling something like 'stupid plant'. She had to contain her laughter at that a noted the redhead next to her was also trying, "Maybe a stress ball would be good."

"I heard that!" Carter called back.

"Claire..ot..ack..ere," the voice came broken over the walkie, "Were..ing..ell..ut…ff..et..ou..t…" The voice died halting the small groups movements.

"That doesn't sound good," Carter piped up earning glares from the three women at his obvious statement.

"We need to get back there now!" Claire yelled turning to run back the way they had come, Kmart and Alice of her heels.

Carter squinted slightly before chasing after them, "Wait! Don't go outside!" Carter called out and held up his hands in protest as he rounded the corner in a sprint.

Alice managed to grab Claire pulling her back but Kmart had already reached the door and yanked it open a silent 'no' had slipped from her lips the moment Kmart opened the door. She had heard the sounds of propellers and loud thuds of metal hitting sand. The whole world seemed to stand still to her as she pushed Claire back towards Carter before reaching out for the teenager and pulling her back by the collar. She knew that there was no chance now that they hadn't been discovered; her worst fear had come true…They had found her.

Dun Dun Da lol I had laughed the whole entire time I wrote this and edited it. This has got to be my favorite chapter hope you guys enjoyed it too.