Later that night...

Gwen stared outside her house, looking at a bunch of police cars out there. She had a curtain open, as she was staring at two police officers that were talking by the sidewalk of her house, most likely to where that psychopath is in this town. Gwen was all ready to go out to try to find this guy already.

The goth was wearing a black cape-looking trench-coat with a dark gray shirt and black jeans underneath. She went over to her backpack that had a baseball bat inside, which included a crossbow that Gwen borrowed from a from named Shawn, who was using that until the zombie apocalypse ends up happening. He heard about what was happening, and was happily able to give Gwen the crossbow. Now that Gwen was all ready to go out, she went out the back door to go and find this person so that she can finally take care of him or her for good.

Gwen walked over to her fence, and then jumps over it so that she can go out into the neighborhood. She pulled out the crossbow from her backpack, ready to make sure that she doesn't end up getting killed by whoever is out here. Gwen's glare kept looking around the entire place, trying to find where this person is going to be, and when they are going to attack. So far, she seemed to be safe. She was going to have to avoid the cops around here as well, since she wanted to finally get rid of this guy for her neighborhood.

Walking through the lonely streets of one of her neighborhood, she looked up at the street lights, noticing that one of them was flickering. She kept her crossbow ready, in case this person was ready to attack. The sound of the wind rustling was heard behind her. So she turns around, holding up the crossbow as she quickly turns around, ready to fight back.

"Who goes there?!" Gwen shouts, keeping the crossbow forward.

"I-It's just me!" A female voice said, walking over to her. It was Bridgette. She was wearing a trench-coat, over her usual wear, due to the fact that it's cold tonight. Gwen sighed in relief, before shaking her head in annoyance.

"What do you want, Bridgette? If you haven't noticed. I'm trying to find this person on my own, and I'm making sure that I kick his or her ass so that this neighborhood can finally be safe."

"So...it's too late to change your mind on this? I don't want you to die because of a couple bullies around here." Gwen pats the crossbow that she was carrying before placing it back into her backpack.

"Well don't worry about me. We've just met, so that doesn't mean we're friends. All I can say to you is to just go back home, and make sure that you get some sleep." Gwen looks over to the house that was right nearby. "I guess your house is somewhere around here or something?" Bridgette points to the house to their right, while nodding her head.

"That's my house. I just came out of it when I noticed you were out here." Bridgette walks over to the gate that was leading into her house. "Are you sure that it's too late to try to change your mind?" Gwen nods her head, pulling out her baseball bat.

"My mother and little brother are out of town, and I'm making sure that this asshole is taken care of before they get back." Gwen said, twirling the bat in her hands. "I'm not backing down knowing that things might get worse if we sit back and do nothing." Bridgette looks down, crossing her arms and shaking her head, all the while, Gwen was walking away from her.

"This whole thing feels like suicide..."

Gwen continued to walk through the dark neighborhood, until she finally arrived at the town area. She found one way out of the entire civilization area, which had an abandoned gas station that was next to the forest. She could heard the crickets and owls hooting out in the distance as she was approaching the gas station building.

Kneeling down next to the side of the door, Gwen kept her crossbow ready, in case this person was in here. This gas station hasn't been entered in years, so this could be where he or she is hiding inside. The goth girl picks up a rock, tossing it through one of the broken windows, before leaning on the wall again, remaining hidden from sight.

Seeing that the cost was clear, Gwen entered the building, looking around the place. Some of the shelves around the place hasn't really been touched in days, which really shows, due to the dust on most of the items around here, including the counter and open doors. Gwen investigated the entire area, a bit more closer.

She looks behind the counter to make sure that nobody was ready to jump out and attack her. Thankfully, nobody was. Gwen continued to look around the entire gas station, checking behind the many shelves, and checked inside the hallway that was leading to the bathrooms. Seeing that out here was safe, Gwen went to check the two bathrooms that were around here. She looked inside the girls bathroom, seeing a note that was on the mirror. She walked over to the note, taking it off and reading the note to herself.

'To anyone who reads this, please make sure that the storage closet is cleaned out. If you're nothing more but a customer, please enjoy this note. You don't need to go into the closet and take whatever you want.' The note said.

It must be from the manager of whoever worked here before, so this note must've been here to place Gwen off-guard. If that's the case, than Gwen is thanking God that this doesn't mean she's trapped in this small little bathroom. However, while she was standing there in the bathroom, she ended up hearing something that proves that the person is close.

Outside of the bathroom, Gwen heard the sound of music softly playing outside of the bathroom. It sounded like 'Come and Get your Love' by Redbone. She kept her crossbow ready, wondering what this kind of trick is right now, because she doesn't trust this one bit.

Walking out of the bathroom, Gwen points the crossbow towards the direction of the counter, seeing that there was a radio that was on top of it. The radio appeared to be some sort of small radio that they would use back in the past rather than today. Seems suspicious to her, but she went closer to it, wondering what it's all about.

Upon approaching it, Gwen picks up the small radio, looking around it, before turning it off. But then she found a note that was actually hidden underneath the radio, on the counter. She picks up the note, reading to herself as she stood next to the counter.

'Guess you found yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, Jo. So sorry it had to come to this.' The note said.

Gwen had no idea what this note was even talking about, before the sound of a shelf knocking over was heard. Gwen quickly turns around, noticing that the figure jumped out from behind the ice cream freezer that was by the entrance of the interior of the gas station. The goth moved quickly, throwing herself over the counter, avoiding his attack.

The figure had a baseball bat in his hand as well. He dashed over to the counter, looking over it, seeing that Gwen was missing. But before he could look around, Gwen uses her bat to whack the figure's leg, making him drop his bat onto the ground. Gwen stood from the ground, and then pulled out her crossbow. But that didn't stop the man from kicking it out of her hands. But then Gwen pulled out her own baseball bat, glaring at the figure who was still facing away from the goth girl.

"Show me your face already, asshole..." Gwen growled, keeping her baseball bat in her grip as she kept her glare on him.

The figure turns around slowly. Inside his hoodie, there was a black mask on the person's face, making it hard to see the who this person even was. The figure stopped balling their fists, noticing Gwen behind themselves, before Gwen slowly moved herself towards the crossbow.

"Clever...clever you..." Gwen said, shaking her head, as she was heading for her crossbow. "...If you're not going to show yourself simply...I guess I'll have to..."

While Gwen was talking to him, the figure began to dart for the door. The goth grabbed a hold of the crossbow, then aimed it at the figure...

...Only to see that he escaped before she had a chance to stop him...

Gwen lowered her weapon, shocked to see that he got away. The goth quickly ran out of the gas station, looking around, making sure that this figure didn't get too far from her. The goth aimed her crossbow towards the direction that figure was running, then fired an arrow at the person as he was attempting to escape. Sadly, the arrow missed, hitting the sidewalk instead.

"Damn it!" Gwen shouts, before placing the crossbow back into her backpack.

She ran after him, then pulled out her phone as she was running straight to the figure, hoping to catch up to him. She needed a little bit more help to try to get to this guy before they attempt to get away from her. She kept running as he placed the phone next to her ear as she was still running at a full speed.

"Hello? What's going on, Gwen?" Cody asked the goth. "Finally got around to dumping that Trent guy?"

"Shut up, Cody! I'm not calling you for THAT! What I'm calling you for is to try to help me out here!" Gwen shouts, running down the sidewalk. "I think we're close by! I think! I came face to face with this figure!"

"WHAT?!"

"I went after him for the protection of our neighborhood! Look, it's a long story, alright?! Can you try to help me out with trying to take this guy down?!"

"Alright! I'll try to! Look, where are you right now?!"

Looking up at the street sign that she was running pass, Gwen noticed what street she was on. "We're on Maple Avenue, are you near that street right now?!"

"Yeah. I live on that block." Cody was silent on the other line, until the sound of running was heard. "Holy shit! I see the guy running towards my location right now. What do I do?!"

"Just try to hold him off! Pick up something right now before he gets away!"

"Okay! I'll try!"

Meanwhile...

With Cody...

The boy was outside of his own house, trying to find something so that he can attack the figure with before he gets away. There was literately nothing around his front yard that he could use to attack the man with, so guess Cody's going to have to try to stop the guy himself. It's a very stupid idea, but it's worth a shot.

Looking over to the direction of the figure, Cody ran towards the person, jumping onto him before he could get away from him. The figure struggled with Cody trying to grab and keep him from running away, before the figure ended up pulling out the crowbar out of their boot. The figure whacks the crowbar onto Cody's side, making him fall of them, causing the figure to become free and run off. Cody falls onto the ground, holding his side, which was actually bleeding.

"Oh crap! Cody, are you alright?!" Gwen asked, running towards Cody, before kneeling by the boy's side. Cody points ahead of himself.

"H-He's getting away..." Cody said, feeling pain.

Gwen aimed the crossbow at the figure again, shooting an arrow into their leg. But that didn't stop the person was continuing to run. This sight actually made Gwen nearly snap in annoyance.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me!" Gwen shouts, dropping her weapon to her side. She then looks over to the boy who was still feeling pain in his stomach. "Ah crap...Cody, we got to get you inside, like, right now." Gwen helps the man onto his feet, trying to get him into his own house.

"I've...I've been through worse than this...honest..." Cody said, as the two were heading to his own house. "T-Thank you..."

"Your welcome. Don't worry, I brought a first-aid kit in case this guy attempted to attack me...so you're lucky I brought something along with me while I was out here." Cody nods his head, smiling rather weakly. He cringed, feeling more pain in his side.

"Awesome...ah...okay, this feels worse than some of the things I've went through in the past...let's try to get inside already..."