A/N: I wanted to thank my reveiwers, but there is probably grammer errors, but it's late and I'll be busy streaking my hair tomorrow. (purple) And I'm sad to say that this story is almost at it's end. Probably only one chapter left.

Robbie lifted his head and gave me a small smile, I smiled back. It was walking slowly away so we both knew we couldn't move. I was just so thankful that we survived.

Then I sneezed.

My heart swelled and then stopped, Robbie winced and squeezed his eyes shut. I did the same, making sure to untense my body as the tripod turned back to us. It stood very still, probably to see if any more movement would occur. A arm snaked out and scooped me up, bringing me close to the top.

Feel dead, feel dead.

It shook me slightly up and down, causing me to almost black out. My ears felt strangely fuzzy, but I wasn't going to hate it. The more it shook me the limper my body became and more was I slipping away from conciousness. Until I remembered a sudden, "Whoosh" and painful blackness.

When I woke up I felt the up and down movement of walking, becoming more aware of my surroundings I realized that I was on Robbies back. His hands were wrapped around my wrist to keep me up on his shoulders. My face felt bruised, as did my back and I cringed. Feeling my sudden movement he stopped and turned to me smiling.

"Ah, so you've blessed me with finally gaining conciousness."

"Huh?" I said stupidly as he slid me off his back.

"Well I didn't think you'd ever wake up, after that tripod dropped you…" He trailed off as I looked frantically around. We were no longer in the vast fields or following a fence.

"Where are we?" I said, we were in a city that looked like it had encounters of the tripods but had not been totally destroyed.

His smile grew as he answered, "Boston."

"We're here already?"

How long were you KO-ed!

"Well after the tripod left you were still all…dead, or so I thought at first. But I could see you breathing, very faintly. It dropped you from a very high spot. I waited a hour and you still wouldn't wake up. But by then a tank came by. Offered a ride and dropped us here on the outskirts." He said rambling, he was very happy. Boston must have held his family.

"Oh," I said taking small steps next to him. He chatted animatedly while I nodded. What was I doing in Boston?

"We're almost there…do your ears still hurt?" He asked, stopping to look at me. I shook my head, suddenly very relieved that they didn't.

He smiled again, "That's cool."

We walked more through the city, sometimes finding destroyed buildings, most were intact. When we stopped near a water fountain I saw that it was covered in gray, dead looking vines. Intrigued I poked at it, and noticed interestedly that it immediately crushed under my finger and turned into dust. I began pressing my palm to the vines enjoying the way it flew away with the wind.

Robbie glanced at me, "It's dying for some reason. I don't think they'll succeed in whatever they planned."

I nodded blankly still pressing on the gray, brittle vines before stopping. This was the red stuff…

Blood.

My eyes widened and I gasped shoving myself back and away from the vines. Robbie caught me before I stumbled further back.

I pointed at the vines and stuttered a bit before I could actually get something out, "It's blood…dry blood-it's just-that…I touched it…"

Robbie nodded, understanding my shock.

"We should begin walking some more, there are still more tripods on the outskirts. They don't seem to hold much threat."

Further into the city we encountered a tripod, it was moving around taking very sporadic steps. I wanted to stop and watch, but Robbie and various soldieres were ushering me along. I walked forward but kept my head towards it. It began to tilt and I saw it take one last step before it crashed into a building. I stopped again, staring at it wide-eyed but Robbie grabbed my arm and pulled me along.

I began to pay more attention towards the soldiers, some looked very familiar. Possibly from my dad's unit. I kept hopeful that I would see him, and was not disappointed as I saw him ushering people along.

At first I considered acting dramatic and walking by him dazed until he recognized me, but I couldn't keep my excitement in. I broke from Robbie's grip on my arm and ran to him. All he had time to do was open his arms as I latched my arms around his neck.

"Tammy?" He whispered, quite dazed, "They said the whole town…our neighborhood was gone…but you're and you're..?"

I shook my head against his neck and I could feel his arms around me loosen, but then tighten, "But you're here and I am thankful for that."

When he release me he looked at Robbie questioningly. Robbie smiled at him and introduced himself.

"So you're the one who kept her alive, huh?" Even in situations like this, dad somehow kept his humor.

Robbie shrugged, "Only half the way."

Dad nodded and Robbie talked about why he was heading to Boston in the first place. He had apparently gotten separated from his dad and sister on his way to his grandparent's house. He said he knew they were there, or coming.

"Well right now I think it would be best if Tammy went with you, I can find her once all this clears up."

Robbie nodded and agreed. Dad gave me one last hug before ushering me along and telling me to be careful. Robbie seemed very nervous about going home, but excited nonetheless.

"They'll be there right? Or coming?" He asked as we walked down a neighborhood.

"Ofcorse," I answered, speeding up to catch up with his fast pace. As we neared a house a lady very late into pregnancy came out her face etched in amazement. Robbie took off in a run and nearly knocked the lady over as he gave a huge hug. An older couple, most likely his grandparents and a younger man came out. They too had looks of amazement on their faces. After he was able to hug them all, he was told that his dad and sister had yet to come. That didn't deter him as he smiled and assured his family that they would show up.

Minutes later they then glanced at me questioningly. Robbie smiled introducing me and repeating what my dad had said. They all smiled at me and we all crowded into a kitchen. We all tried our best to keep the discussion off of what had happened and mostly they reminsqued in the past. After twenty minutes Robbie's mom kept glancing nervously at the window.

A little later she suddenly gasped and got up from her chair, heading towards the door. We all crowded around the window to see a lone man walking.

The grandma sounded disappointed as she said, "He didn't bring her."

"He did." Robbie said curtly, squinting outside. He did not doubt his father.

The closer he got, you could see that he held a small girl in his hands. We saw Robbie's mom rush outside and the child jump from the man's arms to her mom's. I remained in the kitchen as the rest rushed outside to stare incredulously at him. The man stared into the door, and I was confused before I realized he was staring at Robbie. Who had now tentatively walking up to the man. The man stood wide-eyed for a second, before pulling Robbie into a huge hug.

A/N: Gah I'm too sleepy to beg for reveiws...