| Riley POV - a flashback |
I sat down in the last class of the day, the day before my high school graduation.
I saw a boy sit in the seat beside me with a giant grin on his face.
"Hey, man!" The grin widened somehow.
"Why the hell are you so happy, John?" I stared at him.
"Tomorrow we graduate!" John looked at the ceiling and leaned back in his chair. "Can you believe it?"
"No. I can't. Honestly." I sighed and smiled.
"Sad shit is that my parents are still on vacation." John frowned.
"My ma and sis are coming definitely they said." I grinned.
"I love your family, man." John grinned at me and I just smiled, as the bell rang, for us to leave. "See ya tomorrow!"
He ran out as I stood and left
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Present times...
Three hours had passed since me and Nova got left behind. I knelt by a river, splashing the cold water on my face as Nova knelt beside me.
"How the hell will we find our way back?" He whispered.
"I don't know. Shut up about it, we'll be okay. I promise." I glanced at him and he just sighed with a nod.
"I hope your right." He stood and looked down at me.
"When am I not?" I stood with a grin.
"When you risked your life to save mine." He glared. "You should of let me die. At least you woulda been with the others when they left!"
"Show some fucking gratitude, Nova! At least we are both still here! We just gotta-" I cut off as I heard footsteps.
"Infected?" Nova whispered.
"No. The feet are moving too fast. Get down!" I hissed as I pulled him with me as we ducked behind a bush.
Nova cocked his gun as a boy came into view and aimed it through the bush.
"Don't you dare, nova." I hissed at him, as he went to shoot.
I pushed his arm down as he shot, making the bullet miss, and hit the ground, as the kid turned.
"Damn it, Riley!" Nova glared at me.
"He's harmless it seems." I whispered. The kid only had only a sword with him.
"I see and hear you two." The kid gripped the hilt of the blade. "Come on out!"
"Let's go Nova. Don't shoot him." I said as I stood and raised my arms, as the kid just looked at us, Nova stood a few moments later.
"Don't do anything rash, kid..." I began slowly walking forward as Nova grabbed my arm and I looked at him. "Trust me, I got this."
He sighed, letting go as I kept walking to the kid.
"Who the hell are you?" The kid gripped his sword tighter.
"Riley. That's Nova." I nodded. "Your turn."
He stared at us for a few moments before speaking.
"Matthew." He answered.
"Matthew... You alone?" I asked.
"Yeah... Have been for a while..." Matt answered.
"Me and my buddy here... We got separated from our group. You help us find them and reunite... You can join us." I looked at him, and he just stared. "Deal?"
"Deal." Matt stared at me and extended his hand, which I took and shook it.
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| Lyon POV - Somewhere a few miles from Nova and Riley |
"Are we really lost?" I groaned, and kicked a pebble into a tree hard.
"Afraid so." Fox sighed, rubbing her brow. "We got lost within that herd and wound up... God knows where."
"You got an inkling on where to go?" I looked at my girlfriend, who shrugged. "Great..."
"Let's just keep walking." Fox spoke as she quickened her pace, and we went on in silence for a bit.
Suddenly a gunshot echoed, and we sprinted to it.
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| Riley POV |
We heard more feet as I turned and saw Lyon and Fox heading for us.
"Who are they?" Matt gripped his sword tighter.
"Stop." I touched his arm gently as a sign to lower it. "Their with our group."
"Riley. Why the hell are you here?" Lyon stared at me.
"At Sunshine Estates, Nova got separated, and when I went to find him we got left behind." I answered.
"You two don't know the way back either, I'm guessing." Lyon sighed.
"Yep, pretty much." I rolled my eyes.
"Let's start walkin' back, then." Lyon groaned and walked off, as the rest of us followed.
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| Fate POV - Back at camp |
"Darren please, they've been gone for hours! We gotta send out a search team!" I begged him.
Why the fuck was I getting so worried?!
"We can't." Darren sighed. "We have orders not to go."
"I'll go then. Alone." Carlos went to a car and left without another word.
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| Carlos POV |
I drove the car, scanning the forests at my side.
Where the hell are they... Could they have perished inside Sunshine Estates?
No. In the short time I knew them, their tough. They wouldn't be dead that easy.
I got distracted in my thoughts, and worry and didn't notice a ton of undead in front of my car as I swerved to avoid them and went into a ditch, getting knocked out on impact.
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| Riley POV |
We heard Infected moaning and I knelt by a ditch, seeing one of our camps cars, and the Infected having broken the window, were eating whoever was inside.
"Who is that?" Lyon looked at me.
"Carlos." I stuttered, and gulped.
Nova teared up, and started crying at the sight.
The Infected heard the crying and turned to us, beginning to walk.
"Shit!" Lyon hissed and aimed his gun, shooting. I aimed mine, firing shots, as Fox did the same.
"How many are there?!" My eyes went wide, as I spun around seeing more coming out of the woods.
"Damn it!" Matthew hissed, as he slashed with his sword, cutting one's head off.
I looked at Nova, seeing him balled up, crying.
"Damn it, Nova! We need you!" I hissed at him.
"Why... Why!?" Nova kept sobbing.
"The kids useless..." Fox hissed.
"Shut up." I kept shooting.
As the last one fell, I turned, seeing the Infected version of Carlos grab Nova. I swung my gun, knocking him back into the ditch.
"Lyon!" I hissed, as he nodded, shooting the Infected in the head.
"The burns from when he swerved. Right here." Fox knelt by the side of the road, then pointed. "He came from that way."
"We aren't too far." I sighed, helping Nova up. "Let's go."
I pulled him after me as we kept walking, in silence. It wasn't long before we spotted the huge gates of Camp Haven. James was leaning on the wall, looking down, Quinn was pacing back and forth, speaking. We couldn't hear what either said.
AN: P.S. Thanks bearclaw for the char of Matt!