Everyone stood crowed in the elevator, Their hearts were racing and their breathing heavy.

It all seemed a little odd that during all this madness of running away from those things and seeing people they had gotten to know die in a matter of minuets, here all nine of them stood stuffed in the elevator as soft jazz mall music played in the background.

CJ then smiled in the back of everyone and said...

"I like this song."

Everyone was still for another minute when the bell chimed and the steel doors opened into the parking garage.

All at once everyone ran as fast as they could towards the buses.

The plan was less people would get into the first bus with the plow since the less weight the faster it could go through the doors, The other bus would ride behind.

Everyone was in a panic and tried to get onto them as fast as they could, Ana never felt so scared in her life...she knew they needed to hurry up fast.

Steve was leaning on one of the buses with the gun Michael had given him, He knew he was in it deep and tried to put his friendly smile on.

"Hey guys, what happened?" But CJ threw him against one of the buses and took his gun.

"I'll deal with you later mother fucker!"

CJ then jumped inside the first bus and helped Ana in to.

Michael came in next and then Nicole.

CJ locked the back door of the bus and Michael jumped in the driver's seat and Ana took his gun.

The engines were started and so wasn't the other bus...then they started to move...

Ana could only remember how bumpy the ride was, how once they burst through the steel door of the parking garage there was a sea full of zombies.

It seemed impossible to get through. Ana held on as tight as she could as the buses started to shake and she heard the low moans of them outside.

CJ threw one of the tanks from the bus and shot it, The blast was bigger then everyone excepted. It shook the buses even more but once the smoke cleared most of the zombies were down and on fire.

They started to speed down the empty city streets, through old rusty cars and dead bodies.

Everyone was scared out of their minds...but somehow it seemed like somehow it was going to work.

Ana could see a blue tint coming in the sky...it was going to be dawn soon.

Then their was a horrible crash behind them and CJ yelled at the top of his lungs...

"STOP THE OTHER BUS CRASHED...BACK IT UP!"

Michael did so as fast as he could and then parked.

It streets seemed empty...to empty.

No one knew what to do, Ana tried Kenneth on the radio but no one spoke.

"Were they dead?"

Just then she heard the back door opening and CJ crawling out.

"What are you doing?"

She asked as he jumped onto the ground.

"Fucking nursery school."

Ana knew he couldn't go alone...Michael was the only one other then CJ and Kenneth that knew how to drive the buses, so she jumped out before Nicole and him could notice.

Once outside she saw how empty and dead the city really was.

The once huge buildings stood around like skeletons around the trash covered streets.

It reminded her a lot like that movie she had seen when she was younger "Escape from New York," was it? Whatever it was none of those things were around and everything felt still in the gray and blue light of dawn.

She could see her breath as she ran towards the other bus which had crashed on it's side.

CJ took Kenneth's bag and started towards the bus. Ana saw that only Terry and Kenneth had gotten out.

She went to check when Kenneth stopped her.

"No, Ana...everyone's dead...Steve ran off."

"What?" She was shocked...she then brushed past him and looked inside...what she saw would haunt her for the rest of her life.

She had a sick feeling in her stomach but turned away and started towards the other guys...then she heard footsteps and saw Steve standing right in front of her.

She stopped dead.

"STEVE!" CJ yelled...but it wasn't Steve anymore, once he opened his mouth and screamed like a wild cast and his glassed over eyes took with hers she knew.

"I got him..." She could remember what Steve had said on the roof top that day in the mall.

Deep down inside this felt good.

She fired the handgun and blew a small bullet whole big enough to blow the back of Steve's brains out.

His body feel limp and Kenneth said...

"Dam..."

Ana then spun around and started to run with the others when she remembered.

She stopped dead and then turned around as fast as she could...but the sounds of those things were getting closer and closer.

She reached Steve's body and searched through his clothes as fast as she could.

She then found it, her fingers felt numb and she heard them getting closer and closer.

She jumped up in a snap and started to run, her legs were pumping and she heard her name being called out.

"ANA!"

She saw Michael reaching out for her in the bus, she ran faster and almost crashed into one of those things...she ducked quick and screamed as she reached his arms.

She then spun around because she could smell them...feel their rotten hands grab for her.

She screamed as Michael reached out further and put his arms around her and pulled her in closer.

A thousand of those zombies were right in her face...she shut her eyes and screamed as Michael pulled her in faster.

Since her eyes were closed she didn't see that one of those zombies jumped up and sunk it's infected teeth right into Michael's fine tanned skin.

She thought she heard him scream...but he pulled her in and both crashed on the floor.

CJ took their place and fired the shot gun into the crowd of zombies at least ten times...then he slammed the door shut Kenneth jumped into the driver's seat and the bus started to speed away.

Nicole and Terry hugged each other and kissed as hard as they could.

CJ was up near Kenneth as they drove on.

Ana felt like she was having a heart attack...she tried to catch her breath.

"What the hell were you doing?" Michael asked...not in a mean way, Michael was never mean to her...but in a worried way as she laid back on him.

Ana then reached into her pocket and dangled Steve's boat keys in front of his face.

Everyone knew without the keys they would have been screwed.

Michael smiled and looked down at her...he then bent down and kissed her as soft as she could and she smiled.

She had done good...and they were all gonna make it.

The sun seemed to come out of nowhere...it lit up all the empty buildings and everyone's faces.

Michael had helped her up from the very same floor they had laid on together less then twenty-four hours ago and then stood by himself...she didn't notice anything was wrong.

Then the scent of salt water filled her nose...she knew they were close.

The bus took another right and then Kenneth yelled about there were more of them coming.

Ana rushed to the back and looked out the small window...she saw millions of them running after the bus.

She screamed and told Kenneth to step on it...he then crashed through the gates and then into the dock.

Everyone flew around and Ana whacked her arm hard on the wall. Everyone then the minute the bus stopped started towards the back door.

Terry opened it and jumped out as Michael came next and helped Nicole and Chips out.

Ana came next and Michael gave her his hand as she jumped out and ran towards the dock with the others.

Kenneth also jumped out.

Ana raced past the broken pieces of wood with the others and reached the boat and turned around...the zombies were running towards the bus and Kenneth was running away trying to shoot them.

He then reached them and Ana and Michael both tried their best with Kenneth to kill as many as they could before they reached them.

"Where's CJ?" She thought...and just then the explosion happened.

Ana flew back onto the hard wood and felt parts of the bus rain around her...she opened her eyes and saw Nicole and Terry holding chips...amazed by what had just happened.

Michael was laying next to her and helped her up...Kenneth joined them and they knew CJ was dead.

But the explosion helped block off the zombies...everyone ran towards the boat and jumped inside.

Ana jumped on with Kenneth's help and they put down their bags and Ana looked around...Terry and Nicole had Chips...Kenneth was pulling the boat lines to the right...now all they needed was Michael.

Michael was still on the dock undoing the lines and throwing them onboard.

Ana then faced him and reached out her hand.

"Come on let's go."

Michael stopped what he was doing and faced her.

"I can't."

Ana stopped head...she couldn't of heard right.

"What?"

Michael then turned over his left arm and showed everyone on the boat.

He had been bitten.

Ana's eyes grew wide and her heart skipped a beat.

The bite was ugly looking and dripped his warm red blood down his arm.

"Got it down town when they jumped on us."

"Oh no...Michael."

She couldn't find the words...how could this of happened?

"No..." She cried out again looking him over. He couldn't of been bit...she loved him to much and he was the only reason she was still going.

"I have to stay here." He said and undid more of the boat lines, trying his best not to look her in the eye.

Ana couldn't let this happen, her legs felt like they were about to buckle.

"You...you can't." She followed him up and down the boat as he worked on giving the lines to the boat.

"Sorry Ana..." He said in a soft hurt voice.

Ana then felt tears starting to form in her eyes.

"I can help you..." She begged, anything to get him to come with them.

"No you can't...you can help them by staying on the boat."

Michael then did the final line and handed it to Terry who looked just as shocked.

"I can help you..." She was crying now.

Michael then faced her and locked his eyes.

"It's okay...it's going to be all right."

"No.It wont."

The only hopeless wordsshe was able to choke out as she spoke to Michael who was still standing on the dock looking into her eyes.

Michael raised his hand and touched the side of her cheek, the feeling of his warmth and his smooth palm made Ana raise her own shaken hand and cover his.

Both starred into each other's eyes for what seemed like a lifetime, His sad dark gray eyes and her tear filling wide blue ones, seemed to melt together and know what they were thinking right at that moment.

After all that they had gone though he had to stay behind and die...Hadn't she lost enough people...Was God's plan to see how much loss and pain she could take before she lost her own mind?

"Hey..." He said in the same calm voice he had used when they were both laying together on the bus floor that day.

He tried his best to smile but nothing was working...both of their hearts were breaking.

"It will." He said in a stern voice and tried his best to make her believe that was true.

He then used his other arm and pushed the boat away from the dock, it make a small jerk and Nicole and Terry both held each other watching them.

As the boat started to pull away, Michael brought her hand and kissed it, they clasped hands as tight as they could but the boat pulled ahead and make them lose their grip.

"You sure you want to do this?"

Kenneth asked, Michael smiled at Ana as she tried to hold back the tears watching him.

"Yeah...I think I'll stay here for a while...Watch the sunrise."

The boat then started up and they slowly started to pull away, Further and further away from the dock.

Ana watched from the back of the boat, tears making the vision of him starting to blur.

He looked at his arm and then slowly took out the handgun that was in the back of his shirt and started to raise it to his head, His eyes still strong watching her.

She was dying just then watching him.

He then pointed the gun under his chin and looked up towards the clear blue sky...almost as if he was thinking of something.

She watched helpless and then the gun went off.