A/N: Susie now holds two pieces of memory of Matthew, keeping her from forgetting about him. Humphrey and rest of the group now try to find out where to head off next, until something holds them back. . .

The funeral was over about three hours ago and everyone was back to their normal tasks. Humphrey walked over to a table set up near the RV and placed a huge map of the U.S. Right above in the corner of the map marked Seattle in red marker. Below that was Portland, Oregon. Below that was Los Angeles, where they found Carez.

To the right of it was Las Vegas, also marked off in red marker and where they found Alberto. Garth, Carez, and Luis joined Humphrey into planning out the next route to the next destination. While the guys were figuring that out, a quiet Susie was sitting on the front steps of the RV, holding Matthew's M14 rifle.

She looked at it and saw how clean Matthew had kept it since he found it in Seattle, the first city that they came across that had been overtaken by the dead. She again saw the black lines marked above the trigger, almost like a score tracker.

She just held it close to her and then laid it out against the wall next to her. That's when she remembered the small book Reba had given her. Susie reached into her bag and pulled out a small brown journal with a red yarn known as the book mark.

She opened it and went through it and found a date: 'March 23rd, 2011. This was the day that my home town, Jasper city was being attacked by wolf-eating freaks. I met up with my friend, John and a girl he likes, Jade, and their friend, Flyra. We then found a new member to our group, Hager, who was a wolf marine that crash landed in a helicopter. We all didn't like each other at first, but after what we faced, we stood by each other.

That's when we meet Susie. I couldn't tell ya that she was beautiful and funny. I really wanted to talk but we had to get out f the city before time ran out' Susie rolled her eyes playfully and skipped down to the bottom. 'We made it to John's house, where we took shelter from the 5 days of hell. I found Susie all alone in a bedroom, where I finally confessed my love to her, and telling I had to before any of us die. She felt the same way towards me and we finally fell in love. That's when things went really far and we had a fun night after that' Susie smiled at what Matthew wrote in his journal and the events that took place. She continued reading in the next pages.

'April 8th, 2011. We made into Portland, Oregon, where we found most of the city in ruins' Susie skipped to the next page. 'June 28th, made it Los Angeles, where I was taking the lead in taking down walkers from my sniper rifle. CJ was pretty upset about not being as good as me. But these shots weren't for fun; these shots were meant for Susie. I marked the headshots I pulled for her on my M14 sniper rifle. These dead freak bags are for meant for her. That's how much she meant to me'

Susie cried at what she was reading and closed the journal, book marking the page with the red yarn. She put the journal back into her bag and pulled out the M14, with the cross out's of headshots above the trigger. She just sat there in complete silence, and just let the memories come back to her. But it was all interrupted by a nasty cough from Salty. She looked up to see Salty coughing again badly. "Are you okay Salty?" She asked him. Salty had sweat coming from him and looked very pale, almost as the same as Flyra when she got. . .

Susie then saw blood coming from his neck, but was covered up from a mask wrapped around it from carrying the bodies. "Yeah Susie, I'm fine. Just really tired" Salty said back. He then coughed again in a horrible. "Salty, did you get . . . bitten?" Susie asked, backing away from him and grabbing the rifle. Salty then stepped forward towards her. "Look, let's not make a big deal out of it, okay? I don't want the group to know it otherwise its going get ugly" Salty said pressing hard on his teeth.

"A walker got him" Susie said out loud. Everyone turned their attention to Salty and Susie. "A Walker bit Salty!" she cried, raising her rifle at him. Humphrey, Hager, Carez, Garth, Luis, Kate, Lilly, CJ, Clark all stepped forward with their pistol ready. "Show us" Garth told him. Salty backed away and picked up a shovel, trying to keep anyone from getting hear him.

Humphrey tried to reason with him, while some of the members argued with him to calm. That's when Alberto came from behind and pulled his arms back, making him drop the shovel. Garth ran up to him and saw the blood coming from his neck. He pulled it off and revealed a deep, red, scratch mark on the side of his neck, still bleeding. "Holy shit" Garth gasped from shock.

Alberto let go of him and backed away from Salty. "I'm okay, I'm okay" He said, trying not to scare them from the sight. "Get him to a safe spot" Humphrey ordered CJ and Clark. The both walked up to him, wearing gloves and masks, and pulled him by the arms and had him sit in a chair on the edge of the camp, with CJ armed with a axe and desert eagle.

"Make sure he doesn't try anything" Humphrey told CJ. He nodded. Everyone, 29 of them, was worried about Salty. While everyone was focused on him, Shakey turned around to hearing the radio making static noises. "Attention everyone" said a female voice. The group gathered around at the radio and Humphrey tried to reach signal until the channel was clear. "Anyone whoever is alive out there, this is a broadcast from live from Washington D.C. There is a military base here just outside of the capital building. We have food, shelter, and protection from the dead" Everyone started to question about what they were hearing.

"There hundreds of us here looking for anyone who may be still alive out there. Come to Washington, there is no hope for other cities around the country. This is a warning to all of those who are hearing this, get to Washington as quick as you can. It is not safe in every city of every state, the dead are coming back to life (static) Do not . . . . (Static) the head . . . (static) it will only make them stronger . . . . (Static)

The broadcast suddenly ended, leaving the wolves confused. "She said there was shelter at D.C, we can be safe there" Lilly spoke "Then that's our plan: fight our way through the states and get to Washington for safety" Humphrey agreed with her.

"That's a week trip to there, we'll be out of gas, food, and ammo before we even make it there" Garth disagreed. "We have to take our chances, it might be better than what we are in right now. We lost 7 of our members. Let's not lose anymore" Humphrey stepped forward to him and looked him in the eye.

"I agree with Humphrey" Kate spoke. "We do too" Reba spoke for herself and Janice. "We're friends; we go stay together no matter what" CJ spoke out from him and Clark. "We do too" Alberto said, holding his son, for him, Luis, and his gang members. "I'm with you too Humphrey" Lily spoke as well. Humphrey looked at everyone and saw Garth with his arms crossed. "Alright . . . . I say we give it a shot" He finally agreed. Humphrey smiled.

"What about Salty?" Shakey asked. "Maybe we can hold him in the back till we can find a cure and . . ." Reba suddenly stopped talking when she heard growling noises coming from behind her. Everyone looked to see Salty groaning and stumbling to the ground. "Shit" Kate said.

"Salty, you okay bro?" Shakey asked. Salty's head was facing down and blood was dripping from his mouth. Everyone now was stepping back from him. "Salty?" Janice asked. Salty suddenly lifted his head up, revealing his glowing orange eyes and dark yellow teeth. He screeched loud and jumped up at the group, making Humphrey pull out his M4A1 and pulling the trigger.

Five gunshots echoed throughout the forest, showing the ending of a life of another beloved friend.

A/N: I am sorry I had to do that, Please R&R this story, I got a lot more tricks up my sleeve.