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AN: Thanks for the feedback guys. I had someone PM me wanting to know more Info on Wade and Greg. If more people show interest in them, I can post a small Bio of them on my Profile. Just let me know through Review or PM. Thanks! Also, something in this chapter are going to be a little different, just a warning.

Chapter 2: Hopeless

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If it weren't for the abandoned cars, dead bodies, and occasional walker, she would have thought that the ride through Tennessee was beautiful, like it was with Kentucky before the outbreak got bad. There was a natural beauty in both states, especially while going through the mountains. It reminded her of the past, her past in the Feudal Era.

Sighing, she took her mind off of her past and looked ahead. They were getting close to the Tennessee and Georgia border. Had maybe thirty miles left to go. They had been on the road all day. She needed to stretch her legs.

"Hey Greg, lets make a small stop for about fifteen minutes, my legs are cramping."

"I agree, Im sure Remy has to use the bathroom too!" Souta chipped in.

Looking out of the corner of his eye's. Greg seemed to contemplate it for a moment before nodding slightly. "Alright darlin', fifteen minutes, no more. No less." He said while slowing the SUV to a stop, they hadn't seen any walkers for a while, and they were in a more remote area of the state, so there weren't many towns or cities to worry about them coming from.

There was a chorus of "Yay!" From the three Asians in the vehicle before they all piled out of the vehicle in different fashions, which ended up with Souta and Chouko falling onto the road.

Kagome smiled and shook her head while heading to the back of the Rav4 to let Remy out. She knew the poor dog had to use the restroom. "Come on Remy, lets go potty." She said after opening the back of the vehicle.

Remy wagged his tail and jumped out of the back and went straight to a tree near the side of the road.

Walking up beside Kagome, Wade placed his hand on her shoulder. "Make sure everyone stays together, I have a feeling something big is about to happen in the next day or so." He said seriously. He stared at her with his green hues, and she could see how much stress he was under. She noticed several days ago that he had taken up a roll of mainly protecting her and Souta. He hardly left either of their sides.

Nodding to him once, she whistled to Remy to follow her and she turned from Wade to walk to were Souta and Chouko were. They were getting more gas from the abandoned cars. Best time to do so since they had already emptied one of the ten gallon gas cans on the way here.

Turning towards his sister Souta smiled big at her which had her raise an eyebrow. "Hey Sis, look what we found!" He held up another smaller gas can and pointed to where several bottles of water were and three bottles of Fuel Stabilizer. "They were in this car, the Gas can still has some gas in it too. Greg said that the Fuel Stabilizer stuff can prolong the lifespan of the gas too, so it wont go bad."

Kagome smiled back at him and patted his head, which wasn't as easy as it use to be. He was a good head taller than her now. "Good going, this will help a lot." She laughed when he tried swatting her hand away. "You guys hurry up, we got about ten minutes left before we need to leave again."

Getting a nod of affirmative from both seventeen year olds, Kagome stretched before heading back towards the SUV where Greg was. She learned quickly that he was a grease monkey. If he wasn't on Guard duty, he was working on their 'Tank', the poor Rav4 hardly looked like it did when they found it. Greg had modified the front with a police cruiser grill guard so the front wouldn't take so much damage from any walkers they literally ran over. He even painted it a dull black so it would be harder to spot at night or in darker area's. All she understood was that it didn't have a "clear coat" anymore or something. He even put off-road tires on it when there was still twenty or so in their group.

Actually, he only got as much done on it as he did because there use to be a lot more of them.

Leaning onto the driver side door, Kagome watching him curiously. He was doing something with the Grill Guard. "Is it damaged?"

She heard his heavy country accent from under the vehicle. "Not that I can tell, Just makin' sure that everything is in place. I was worried that the welding might of cracked after we hit those 3 walkers in Chattanooga." He got out from under the vehicle and stood up, placing the wrench back in his small tool box.

"Its time we get back on the road."

Both turned toward where Wade was and nodded. It was going to be dark soon, they needed to find a somewhat safe place to rest for the night.

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"She is just having a hard time."

"The whole world is having a tough time! Damn man! Look where we are,stuck in this mess here!" T-Dog all but yelled while him and Dale sat against the RV.

Dale tried his best to shush him. "Shh, What is wrong with you?" He asked in worry.

Mumbling to himself, T-Dog placed his hand on his forehead and managed to stumble while sitting, looking to the whole world like he was drunk.

Standing up and placing his hand on his friends forehead, Dale took it off immediately when he felt how hot T-Dog was. "My god, your burning up! Give me those!" He demanded and motioned to the bottle of Ibuprofen T-Dog was holding in his other hand. Opening the bottle, he handed T-Dog a few. "Take some of these, they might take the fever down."

He sighed and looked towards the woods near the road. "Where the hell are they?" he asked himself. Repositioning the rifle he was holding, Dale went to sit back down next to T-Dog but stopped.

"I think I hear a car."

"Maybe it's the others, man."

Looking down at T-Dog, Dale gave him a disbelieving look. "They didn't take a car to look for Sophia in the woods. Stay put, I'm going to look to see if I can see anything from the top of the RV." Getting nothing but a grumble of affirmative, Dale went to the back of the RV and climbed the ladder to the top of it.

Taking out his binoculars, Dale looked in the direction he heard the noise coming from and gasped at what he saw.

He looked down to where T-Dog was still sitting. "There is a black SUV coming this way. There seems to be a woman and male in the front seats."

"Good, maybe they have some more cigarettes."

Resisting the urge to smack himself in the forehead, Dale climbed back down and stood beside T-Dog. He had an idea, and while it wasn't the best one, it was better than nothing. He was sure Shane was going to give him a ear full later.

"We should ask them if they know anything about Sophia."

T-Dog laughed and lit another cigarette. "You're crazy, you know Shane and maybe even Daryl are going to lay into you're ass, right?"

"Its better than sitting around here and not doing nothing to help."

Walking in the direction the SUV was coming from, Dale waved his hands trying to get their attention. To say he was nervous was an understatement. He was nearly scared shitless. What if these people killed him and T-Dog? Took all their things? What would the others think?

He almost wanted to curse himself with his kind heart.

When the SUV came to a stop, the woman in the front seat seemed to argue with the male driving, and someone else in the vehicle. After a few moments she got out, soon followed by another male that was in the back seat. The woman looked Asian, and the male looked American. The male didn't look one bit happy about the whole ordeal.

Both had guns on them too.

The woman waited for the male to meet her in front of the SUV before they started heading towards them. It looked like the male asked the woman something, after she answered, he nodded.

He could of sworn he heard a dog growling too.

Making his way towards the pair, Dale held up his hands to show them that he didn't mean any harm. "I don't want any trouble. My friend and I just need some help."

It was the girl who spoke first. "What do you need help with?"

Smiling to himself, Dale pointed back to the RV. "My friend has a very bad infection, would you guys happen to have any spare antibiotic's?"

This time it was the male who spoke. "Was he bit?"

"No, we were hiding from a hoard and he cut his arm on a car."

He saw the woman look at the male, it looked like they were having a conversation without speaking. After a few moments, the male motioned for the SUV to come closer. Once it was close to the RV, the girl went to the back of it and opened it. After she opened it, he heard her tell something "Stay" before she came back to the front of the SUV, carrying a small medical bag.

The whole time the both the male in the drivers seat and one outside were giving him cold looks.

Coming up to him, the girl gave him a small smile."Where is your friend?"

It was nice to see that there were still people in this world that could still smile so easily.

Smiling back at the young woman, he motioned to the RV where T-Dog was sitting. "He's right there, the cut is on his right arm." He told her while walking back to where T-Dog was at.

It didn't get past him that the male with her stayed really close to her, and that the other male who was in the drivers seat had also gotten out and making his way towards them. He was also well armed and both were eye balling his rifle.

Kagome knelled down next to the injured man and set her small medical bag beside her and opened it, pulling out a small bottle of antibiotics. After opening it, she gave him a few. "Here, these should help with any infection forming. I also need to see you're arm to look at how bad it is, ok?"

The poor guy looked delirious and was drenched in sweat. He managed to swallow the pills though.

He looked at her lazily out of one eye. "Have at it lady." After saying that, he none too gently leaned his head back on the side of the RV.

He passed out.

Kagome blinked at him. "Well, that certainly makes things easier for me." She thought.

Taking out a small pair of scissors, she gently cut the electrical tape they used to hold his gauze in place. After gently peeling off the gauze she grimaced. It was bad.

She looked up to where the old man, Wade, and Greg were now standing. "How long ago did this happen?"

"A few days ago. We don't have many medical supplies..." He trailed off. The poor guy looked like he wanted to say something else, but refrained from doing so.

Kagome stared at him in disbelief. "Well, you are lucky he is even still alive, he has a serious blood infection and there is gang green starting to form around the edges of the wound. I doubt he would of made it another day. Or the night for that matter."

Dale looked at her in shock. He knew that T-Dog was in bad shape, but he didn't think it was that bad.

By this time, Chouko and Souta had gotten out of the SUV and standing by Wade.

Looking at Kagome from behind Wade, Chouko couldn't help but ask. "Is he going to be ok?"

"Yeah, It's going to take a while to get the wound cleaned, and I have to get rid of the area's where the gang green is. An hour at most."

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While Kagome was working on T-Dog, Dale tried to make conversation with the two younger Asians while the other two males were keeping watch with their giant dog.

"So where are you guys from?"

It was the girl who answered.

"Kagome, Souta, and I are all from Tokyo. We were in Kentucky for a Archery Tournament Kagome and I were in."

Dale nodded he was surprised to see them this far south, it explained why Kagome had a bow and quiver with her though. "Are any of you related?"

This time the boy answer. "Kagome is my older sister. I came with her to cheer her on at the tournament."

He nodded again."I see, why are you guys this far south in Georgia?"

"We are heading to the CDC, we heard that they were working on a cure." Chouko explained with a big smile.

Oh no.

"I'm sorry, but the CDC building has been destroyed. It went up in flames not long ago..."

It broke his heart to break it to them. He could see the hope in their eye's lessen that much more...

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End of chapter 2! Still not decided on a pairing yet, so keep throwing idea's at me!