But none of those things happened...
It all seemed to flash before Ana's eyes...almost like how coma patients and people who had fallen through thick ice during the winter talk about how their own life's and moments flashed before their every one eyes in a matter of seconds.
It all seemed to go backwards...
First she saw herself eight months pregnant sitting alone in her new house holding a driver's licensee and not even knowing she was crying.
Then herself laying on the dark beach with Kenneth crying their eyes out as the tide went back and forth.
Michael being shot down and his last words... "DO IT NOW!" was all she heard before the bullets were fired.
Her and Michael crying together on the bed...wishing they could have another chance.
All of them riding in the boat together and reaching the first island full of zombies.
Her waking up to Michael's scared face looking down at her on the boat floor...soaked. and how she told him never to leave her.
Her jumping into the cold water and passing out as Michael started to raise the gun towards his chin.
Watching Michael stand on the dock as the boat slowly pulled away.
Having him tell her everything was going to be all right as he kissed her hand.
The explosion of the bus and how everyone fell down hard.
The bus crashing into the docks and everything running out.
"What the hell were you doing?" And her showing Michael the keys...
And then...most of all when they were running back to the bus.
Ana's eyes snapped and she found herself just standing stupid in the middle of the empty city street.
In one hand was the keys and the other her handgun. She blinked and couldn't believe where she was.
Then she heard his voice...
"ANA!" She snapped her head to one side and saw CJ and Kenneth jumping past Michael who had the back bus door open and screaming her name.
Just the sight of him made her heart ache...there he was, alive.
Then she heard the loud sounds of the moans behind her.
She then started to run as fast as she could...she ran faster and faster as she past the running monsters.
Her legs pumped even harder and she felt like her heart was going to burst through her chest.
She was coming close...but not close enough when she started to smell them.
"MICHAEL!" she screamed and then with all her might jumped into his arms.
She started to feel their rotten hands touch her skin...she screamed but knew it was now or never as Michael and her tried to pull themselves in.
She had her eyes wide open this time and she saw the zombie that would bite Michael.
She then took her hand with the handgun and screamed...
"DIE BITCH!" she fired all five bullets into the thing's dead and then she pushed even further back and CJ took their place shooting them with the shot gun.
The sounds of bullets were like music to her ears once CJ slammed the door and told Kenneth to step on it.
She heard Chips in the background bark and saw Nicole and Terry holding and kissing each other.
The ride was getting bumpy and she had no idea what had just happened when she heard his voice...
"What the hell were you doing?" Ana then stopped and turned her head a little.
It was Michael.
She looked over his face and wanted to cry...her heart started to beat even faster.
Everything she missed about him was brought back in a matter of seconds.
She then without even thinking took the keys out and showed him.
Michael smiled just like before and then Ana couldn't take it...tears rolled down her face.
Michael looked concerned and looked at her with his dark gray eyes.
"What's wrong? are you hurt?" Ana then started to laugh through the tears...Michael looked at her as if she was crazy.
"Are you hurt?"
"What?"
"Are you bit?"
She then turned over in a flash and pulled up both of his sleeves. Michael looked stunned but she checked and felt him all over...he wasn't bitten.
She then started to laugh and she kissed him as hard as she could...Michael couldn't understand why she was going nuts like this.
"Thank you..." she cried as she held him harder.
They the scent of fresh sea water filled her nose...she then jumped up and yelled over at CJ as Michael got up behind her.
"CJ! GET THAT TANK READY AND MAKE KENNETH SPEED IT UP?"
CJ yelled back why but she told him not to ask...she looked out the back window and saw all ready the zombies were running after them.
Then they crashed through the gate and into the dock.
Terry threw the door open and Michael helped Nicole and Chips out.
Ana was then helped out and she yanked Kenneth's arm almost off when she pulled him out.
"CJ PUT THE TANK DOWN AND AS YOUR RUNNING SHOOT IT!"
"WHY?" he yelled...then the moans of the zombies became closer.
'"JUST DO IT!" she screamed and then joined the others...
CJ dropped the tank in front of the bus and had to fire his guns with the others to block off a run that were running close.
But then Ana yelled at the top of her lungs to shoot it and he did...
The explosion seemed even bigger this time.
Everyone was knocked down and Ana got up within seconds of the smoke clearing.
"Come on everyone on the boat."
Everyone jumped on as fast as they could and CJ and Michael worked the ropes.
Ana was able to get her breath as she looked over at what used to be the bus and saw their was no way the zombies could get through.
More tears came from her eyes and she laughed.
Just then she felt someone's hand hold hers and she looked up.
Michael had gotten into the boat.
"Okay Kenneth take her easy..." he said.
Ana gasped as she looked up at him...there he was standing beside her and looking ahead.
"He made it," she thought and watched his sandy hair blow around with the light breeze that had picked up.
Nicole and Terry were sitting towards the back with Chips. CJ had joined Kenneth up front...and Michael was standing next to her alive.
She then looked back and saw the dock...the very same dock he stood on as they pulled away.
Now he was with her.
She then hugged him as hard as she could and the tears burst out like a dam breaking.
She sobbed against his chest and he held her.
"Honey what's wrong?" he said as he held her tighter.
Ana then looked up and sniffled.
"Your with me."
Michael smiled and kissed her.
"This the only place I would be."
She laughed and sat down with him...not letting go of him for a second as they drove off further into the unknown waters.
They reached the island before they ran out of fuel thanks to Ana.
And as everyone stepped out onto the soft sand they knew that it had all been worth it...they found their island and everyone was okay.
Right away they started towards making the island their own.
They all picked out houses and then started their new life together.
Ana never felt a moment of sadness. She had Michael by her side everyday. Both wouldn't spend more then a few minuets apart.
Their loved grew and Ana spent all her time looking into his deep dark eyes and knowing she had done right.
The Island was filled with happiness, laughter, and love.
Weeks turned into months and then into years.
Everyone had known the island as their new home and knew that their future was full of hope.
Ana became pregnant first and gave birth to twins later that winter. Michael had never been so happy as he held them in his arms and told her she did a good job.
Nicole followed not long after and around the time that whole thing had started a year ago she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.
Michael made an outstanding father like he said...he took care of them with Ana and always seemed to have such deep love inside his eyes when he held them.
Ana loved her babies and knew that this was the first step to a new future.
They raised their kids and Kenneth and CJ served as uncles to them all. They had also changed a great deal and everyone loved each other as much as the next person.
Ana and Michael's twins grew tall...their girl silk blond hair like her and her father's eyes. Their boy was handsome when he reached sixteen and has his father's hair and his mother's eyes.
It all seemed to perfect and in place.
Ana then found herself sitting on the beach on a warm summer day and watching her two children play with Nicole's and Terry's in the water.
Kenneth and CJ were further down the beach fishing and Nicole and Terry were both laying closer towards the water together.
Michael sat beside her...his hand covering hers.
His skin was darkner now and his hair was still shot but a little shaggy. Her skin had tanned beautiful over the years and her hair was down to her waist.
Both laughed as they watched their kids play.
Ana leaned against him and smiled.
"Guess we we're pretty lucky that day huh?"
She laughed but didn't hear him reply.
Then suddenly the wind picked up and the sky turned a deep black.
The palm trees snapped back and forth and bits of sand hit her face.
Fear then rushed inside her heart and she looked to where Michael was.
He wasn't beside her...no one was on the beach.
She cried out for her children and the others but no one came.
Ana's eyes then snapped and she found herself back on the boat that day pulling away from the dock and Michael still standing there with the gun pointed under his chin.
He locked eyes with her and then...
Fired the gun.
His body fell and she started to scream.