Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, Zombieland, or any of the franchises whose characters appear here.

Before I begin, I just want to say that updates will be a little less frequent, as infrequent as they are. School and me wanting to get Total Drama High School finished as soon as I can tend to delay updates. Without further ado, the chapter you have all been waiting for!

It had been a week since we had to leave Danny behind. Even though we barely knew him, everyone in the group mourned the death of our comrade. He was the first person outside our group of eight that we had encountered after we split up from the others. As we walked on, we tried to remain positive. We were hoping to reach Toronto within the next week. We had to abandon our cars because, even though they had full gas, they were display models and had a modified gas tank to hold less gasoline.

Despite the sadness however, I think everyone had learned that communication was essential in this new world. Everyone began to talk more, though some people talked to others more frequently. I found myself talking to everybody, even Justin. I actually learned that despite him being the opposite of me, we both used to play the same computer game. It's amazing what you can learn about some people when you don't know how much longer you have to live. Speaking of Justin, he and Sadie continued to talk more and more. If I didn't know any better, I would think they were falling for each other.

Katie and I were still in love with each other, and I wouldn't have it any other way. We slept with each other whenever we could and when we had guard duty, we tried to be with each other. While I may not admit it in front of others, she helped me calm my nerves and I did the same to her. We would usually just talk about random things, getting to know each other better.

Leshawna began to talk to Eva more, and the two tough girls both learned new ways to defend everyone by bouncing ideas off each other. Granted, this meant they were talking about killing people, but when most everyone you meet is an undead freak, we can take all the help we can get.

DJ and Harold, while they had talked regularly before, were talking even more now. They told each other of what plans they had for when they made it to America. DJ was going to open an animal shelter and let people adopt cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, pretty much any animal that would be considered a pet. Luckily for him he seemed to have gotten over that "animal curse" thing he claimed to have during Total Drama World Tour. Harold on the other hand, planned to open another dojo and continue training people, but he said he was making slight changes to the training regiments to deal with zombies.

Anyways, as we kept walking, we kept getting closer to our destination: Toronto. Every day we got closer to finishing the first major part of our journey. We all had high hopes as we approached a decent sized town that was less than a week from Toronto.

This town was located near a small forest, which served as one of the boundaries to the settlement. For the most part, large warehouses separated the dwellings of the former citizens of this town from the forest. Naturally, curiosity and the need for supplies convinced us to head for the warehouses, though doubt lingered if there actually was anything there.

When we made it to the first warehouse, we cautiously entered and looked around the interior. Most of the large boxes had been ripped apart by people who had wanted to survive. A few remained untouched however, and they were quickly opened and their contents inspected.

DJ was the first to call out, "Yo, I've got some bandages and gauze in this box."

Eva shouted, "I've got some batteries over here."

I pinched my nose and said, "There's some rotten food in this box." After a few more minutes of searching and finding little of use to us, I called out, "All right guys, that's enough. I doubt we're going to find much else of use here."

We had all gathered up near the back of the warehouse and we were about to figure out our next move when we heard moaning. Looking toward the rear exit, the moaning only got louder. We swiftly turned around and prepared to head for the front entrance when moaning also was heard near the front.

I glanced ahead and muttered, "Crap we left the front door open. Why did I think leaving a door open in a zombie apocalypse would be a good idea?"

Leshawna frowned at me and said, "This is no time to be making sarcastic remarks string bean. What should we do?"

I looked around, trying to think until Katie pointed to a corner and said, "Look at those crates stacked up over there! We can hide in the corner where the crates protect us from one side!"

I looked at where my girlfriend was pointing and saw the pile of crates in question. I nodded and added, "Yes, and if there are too many of them, we can climb the crates to get to the upper viewing level."

Justin quirked an eyebrow and said, "Well what are we waiting for, let's get over there!"

The eight of us got into the corner and stayed low to the ground, hoping we wouldn't be seen. A few of us had guns drawn and at the ready, in case one or two zombies came too close for comfort. We sat or crouched behind the crates for a few minutes, waiting in anxious anticipation. We heard a few moans here and there but nothing too severe.

I decided to peek my head above the crates for a moment to see how many zombies there were. As my eyes saw the rest of the warehouse, I noticed nearly a hundred zombies all milling around. I ducked back down almost instantly. The minutes continued to tick past and the moans got louder as more zombies approached our position.

One zombie came into our view and looked around randomly for a moment before its head slowly turned in our direction. It moaned in what could be described as delight as it moved toward us, arms outstretched. The moan attracted a few more zombies to our position and Eva shooting another zombie in the brain with her pistol attracted even more.

After Eva fired she said, "Well, I think we should get the hell up to the top."

Harold nodded and said, "That would be a sensible idea."

We all scrambled to get to the top of the crates, attempting to get to the viewing platform. Harold was the first to climb the crates, jumping gracefully, or at least what could be his attempt at graceful. He immediately took his rifle and began to look down the sight, shooting zombies that approached our position. DJ began climbing and I started to help Katie up.

Once my girlfriend safely made it up, I began to climb alongside Leshawna. When Harold's shooting wasn't enough to help us, Eva and DJ began to take down zombies. DJ was doing the same thing Harold was doing, although he was using pistols instead of a rifle. Both were cautious to avoid shooting near Eva, who was using a katana to slice up any nearby undead.

Once Leshawna and I made it to the top of the crates, Sadie and Eva started to climb. Everyone who had made it up to the viewing platform was now covering those who were trying to make it up, though the number of zombies kept increasing. Eva was quick to climb and noticed a door.

She walked over and opened it before yelling, "Hey guys, there's a platform that connects to the next warehouse! Once everyone's up here, let's go to the next one. Maybe we can shake the zombies if we keep changing warehouses."

I nodded and said, "That's a good idea. Once we get a chance, let's go for it."

Sadie kept climbing, but it proved troublesome for her, because of her weight and crates shifting from us climbing them. She almost fell at one point before Justin grabbed her and pushed her up, helping her make it to the top. He was about to make the climb as well but before he could begin a zombie grabbed his ankle.

He quickly kicked its head off with his other foot but noticed there were too many zombies. Making a quick decision, he yelled, "There's too many of them down here! I'm going to run around the warehouse and try to shake them. You guys go on ahead, I'll catch up!"

While not many agreed with the plan, I was the only one to realize he was basically committing suicide. I ignored that feeling and yelled back, "Justin, we're not going to stray far from these warehouses, so be sure to find us when you can!" We all hurried through the doors and across the platform to the next warehouse. I was the last one out of the now zombie filled warehouse and I muttered, "Thanks for buying us some time Justin. I'll remember you, my friend."

As I crossed the platform leading to the next warehouse, I noticed that there were only a few zombies at the back door to the first warehouse. Oddly enough, some dead zombies were also on the ground. I ignored this as I ran into the next warehouse to see a ton of corpses. While some of the undead were walking, many of them were on the ground, dead.

I stopped in my tracks and whispered, "My god. What could have caused this?"

A few of the zombies seemed to notice us and wandered in our direction and began to moan. This alerted the rest of the zombies who began to move in our direction. We all took up our weapons and began to fire into the horde. Eva took her shotgun and fired a shot which took out two zombies and wounded three more. DJ fired with his pistols into the mob which seemed to do little to help our situation. Harold kept using his rifle and killing the ghouls but it still did little to quell the growing mass that formed below us.

Nonetheless, we kept firing our weapons into the crowd. We were shooting every zombie in sight until we ran out of ammunition in our guns. I looked around and frowned before saying, "Well that's just great. We left our bags in the other warehouse. Now we're out of ammunition."

After I was done griping, the sound of a jeep could be heard. The seven of us looked to the source of the noise when a jeep crashed through the side of the warehouse. The jeep had a snowplow attached to the front of it, which explains how it managed to drive through the side of the warehouse. It drove over the crowd of zombies, decapitating every one in sight before the vehicle stopped and the rider exited.

The driver was a man of average height and build. He had short brown hair and a slight beard. He had a sleeveless gray t-shirt on and he carried a crossbow. He aimed the crossbow at the only zombie he missed and fired the bolt with pinpoint accuracy, striking it in the head. He walked over and pulled the crossbow bolt out of the zombie's head. When he turned around, I managed to get a glimpse of three or four dead squirrels hanging from a rope tied to a belt loop on his jeans.

Before I had a chance to stop her, Sadie exclaimed, "Ew! Dead squirrels!"

The man whipped his head around and said, "Who's there? Who the hell is there?"

Eva was the first to summon her courage and said, "I'm here! And so are six of my friends!"

The man raised his now-loaded crossbow and said, "Oh yeah? And how do I know you ain't gonna kill me and take my stuff?"

Leshawna stood up and said, "How do we know you ain't gonna do the same to us?"

I managed to reveal myself and said, "We're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. It's only natural for us to work together to get out of here alive."

The man looked at us for a few more seconds before he said, "Fine. Get down here. But I've got my eye on you."

We used a nearby ladder to descend to the first floor of the warehouse where we stood in a group in front of the man. I looked at the crossbow he still had pointed at us and I said, "Please, lower your crossbow. We can talk like civilized people."

The man looked at me and said, "Alright, fine. Now who the hell are you?"

Harold questioned, "You don't know who we are?"

Katie added, "We're from the show Total Drama. You have to have heard of us!"

The man looked at us as if we were aliens and said, "I've never heard of it."

Leshawna glared at the man and said, "Oh no way! I didn't bust my behind for three seasons to have somebody not recognize me! Everybody in Canada knows who we are!"

The man snorted and said, "Yeah? Well I'm not from Canada!"

Eva cracked her knuckles and said, "All right. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The man rolled his eyes and said, "My name's Daryl. I'm from the Atlanta, Georgia area but I came up here to do some hunting. Didn't think I'd end up in the middle of a freaking zombie apocalypse."

I put my hand out to shake his hand and said, "Well then, my offer still stands, Daryl. What do you say we work together to get out of this zombie apocalypse alive?" T

he southerner looked at my hand as if it was a trick before he finally shook it and said, "Deal. But if any of you try anything funny, you're getting a crossbow bolt to the brain. Got it?"

DJ whimpered and said, "Yeah, don't worry Daryl. We won't do anything funny."

We stood around awkwardly for a moment before Sadie asked, "Um, so now what?"

Daryl shrugged and said, "I was about to make a supply run in town, a couple of you could come with me I guess."

Harold raised his hand and he said, "I'll go with you."

Leshawna shrugged and said, "Aw, what the hell, I'm in too."

Daryl nodded and said, "All right, you five hold down the fort. Make sure it ain't overrun with walkers when we get back."

I quirked an eyebrow and said, "Walkers?"

Daryl turned to look at me and said, "That's what I call 'em, 'cause they get up and walk around after they die from the bite. I don't call them zombies 'cause they ain't like those zombies from those zombie movies."

I shrugged and said, "All right then." Daryl, Harold and Leshawna piled into the jeep and drove into the center of the town to locate food and other provisions. When they left, the five of us looked around the warehouse that we assume Daryl had been using as a home for the time being. A grill was located in the corner of the warehouse, alongside a box filled with bottled water. Against the opposite wall was a blanket laid out on top of a camping mat, a bed I assume.

Sadie walked towards the ladder to the upper level and said, "I'm going to go to that walkway and look around. DJ, do you want to come with me?"

The gentle giant nodded and said, "Sure."

The two departed, leaving myself, Katie and Eva. Noticing the other people in the room, Eva said, "I'm going to check the woods out back and see if I can map out an escape route, if we need it."

When the muscular girl departed, Katie said, "Well, it looks like we're all by ourselves now."

I smirked and said, "It appears that way."

Katie looked deep into my eyes and pulled me in for a kiss. It lasted for at least a minute before we had to break for air. Katie looked over my shoulder and asked, "Do you think Daryl would mind if we used his bed?"

I smirked and said, "As long as we fix it before he gets back, how will he know?" Katie smiled rather seductively and tackled me onto the bed, beginning a long make-out session.

Daryl stopped the jeep in front of the town's Wal-Mart, saying, "Well, we gotta pick up some supplies for you guys now."

Harold corrected his glasses and said, "What could we get at Wal-Mart that we couldn't get elsewhere?"

Daryl glanced at the nerd and said, "As far as I know, this is the only place around here that has camping equipment. So unless you want to sleep on the ground tonight, I would advise going to Wal-Mart."

Leshawna glanced at Harold and said, "Harold, if you were smart, you would settle for the Wal-Mart. You don't wanna know how angry the girls will be if we had to opportunity to get a good night's sleep and we didn't. Trust me sugar, it won't end well."

Harold gulped and nodded as Daryl pried open the doors to the retail store. Once Harold and Leshawna were in, he closed the doors, stating, "Trust me, we can shop a little easier if we don't have to worry about them Walkers coming in and bothering us." The three set off to do some shopping.

As I broke yet another kiss with Katie, I realized how much pent-up affection she had. After only giving me about fifteen seconds to catch my breath she dove back in, assaulting my lips with her soft lips. Without warning, she stuck her tongue into my mouth, starting a French kiss.

Our tongues wrestled with each other as we continued to make out. After we finally managed to break our kiss, Katie started to reach for her shirt. I grabbed her hand and said, "Katie, don't you think we're going too far?"

Katie let go of her shirt and said, "Well, we're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and either of us could die at any moment. I figured that given the circumstances you would give anything to see my boobs."

I stood there, mouth agape, unable to form a coherent sentence, "I-I-I."

Katie giggled and pushed me down on top of the camping mat and said, "Relax Noah, this is something that I want to do for you."

I just lay there thinking I must be the luckiest man in the world as Katie removed her top, exposing her pink bra.

Out on the balcony, Sadie and DJ looked out at the town that we were staying at. Sadie sighed and said, "You know, if it weren't for the fact that I knew there were zombies everywhere I turn, I would think that this is the most peaceful place in the world."

DJ nodded and replied, "I know. This town has the charm of being a small town and yet it's developed enough that it isn't quite a small town. Mama would like to live in a town like this."

DJ stopped his train of thought as Sadie waved her hand in front of his face, asking, "DJ? Are you okay?"

DJ began to openly sob as he said, "I can't believe I forgot about Mama! She's probably worried sick about me!"

Sadie grabbed the hand of the gentle giant and asked, "Do you think she made it into America okay?"

DJ shook his head and said, "Mama moved to Jamaica right after season three ended. But I haven't gotten a chance to call her, so hopefully she's not worried sick about me."

Sadie looked down and said, "Well, the reporters have probably said that Canada has been overrun. I don't want to alarm you, but she probably thinks you're dead."

DJ sniffed and sobbed, "Oh Mama! Why did you tell me to stay behind and finish my high school education? Why couldn't I have come with you?"

Sadie awkwardly pat DJ's shoulder as she said, "There, there. She also knows what a strong man you are and probably thinks you'll make it through just fine. I mean, she knew where you were going to be. You are with friends after all."

DJ managed to smile a little and said, "Thanks Sadie, I needed that."

Sadie smiled and hugged the gentle giant and said, "No problem DJ! We could all use a little emotional support right now. I hope Justin's okay though."

DJ chuckled and said, "You like him don't you?"

Sadie blushed slightly and said, "Well, yeah. He's a model, so he's very attractive."

DJ smirked and said, "You know what I mean Sadie."

Sadie blushed even deeper and said, "Well, I guess I do, a little bit. I just want to have somebody, like how Katie has Noah. I'm not jealous, I'm just lonely, I guess."

DJ smiled and said, "Hey, don't worry. You'll find somebody. Especially once we make it out of here. I don't know if they're your type, but nerdy guys would be lining up to date you once they hear you lived through a zombie outbreak."

Sadie giggled and said, "DJ, you always know just what to say. Someday you will make a girl very happy."

Eva was walking through the woods, keeping an eye out for any unwanted zombies. She had already finished off eight of the ghouls and she was ready to take out any others that stumbled her way. The forest provided the muscular girl many advantages, like using the sounds of leaves crunching to tell if something were coming.

As she walked past a large bush, she saw one of the zombies wandering away from her aimlessly. She quietly drew her katana blade, which had slowly become tinted red with blood since the beginning of her journey, and crept toward the unknowing ghoul. Once she was close enough, she swung her sword horizontally, decapitating the undead creature.

She smirked and said to herself, "I'm really damn good at this sneaking around thing. I bet I could be a ninja if I wanted to." She thought for a few seconds thinking about what she had just said and said out loud, "Dear God, I've been around nerds too long, now I'm starting to think like them!"

She took notice of the position of the sun, which had been slowly descending since she had departed the warehouse and said, "I should probably be headed back." With that, she turned toward the warehouse and followed the cuts she made in the trees to find her way back.

Parking the jeep outside the warehouse, Daryl noticed the hole he made when he had previously crashed through the wall. He saw how big it was and said, "Huh. You know, maybe we should move to a different warehouse. One that doesn't have a big hole in the side of it."

Harold nodded and said, "Yeah that would probably be a good idea."

Leshawna looked to the assortment of sleeping bags and other supplies that were in the jeep and said, "Well, first maybe we should bring some stuff in and ask the others what they think."

Daryl shrugged and said, "Suit yourself. It just means you'll have to move things if we decide to move."

The trio picked up some of the sleeping bags and walked inside the warehouse, Leshawna calling out, "Hey y'all! We're back! And we got sleeping bags!"

DJ and Sadie both walked back inside the warehouse and Sadie exclaimed, "Yay! Now we don't have to sleep on the cold ground!"

As DJ and Sadie celebrated the sleeping arrangements, Daryl noticed something near his camping mat and quietly approached. Not knowing it was Katie and I, he raised his crossbow, he said, "All right, now who's been messing up my bed?"

Katie and I sat up on top of the bed, both of us blushing with embarrassed looks on our faces. Katie held the blanket around her chest to keep herself decent, which caused my chest to be exposed.

Daryl's eye twitched and he said, "Did you two make a mess in my bed?"

Katie's blush deepened exponentially and I shook my head vigorously, saying, "No, no, no! It's not as bad as it looks like."

Harold hazarded a guess, "Second base?"

I stammered and said, "Well, um, yes." Leshawna whistled and said, "Looks like Noah had some fun while we were gone!"

I smirked and said, "Yes I did. More fun than it looks like you all had."

Katie piped up, "All sarcastic comments aside, do you think you could all leave for a minute so I can get my clothes back on?"

Harold nodded and said, "Certainly, m'lady. It would be the gentlemanly thing to do."

Harold, DJ, Leshawna, Sadie and Daryl all exited the building. I quickly got my clothes back on and prepared to leave before Katie said, "You don't have to leave, Noah. You've already seen me like this, so it won't hurt for you to see it a little longer."

I turned around and said, "Um, okay Katie. If you're comfortable with that."

Katie happily stated, "Of course I'm okay with it Noah. If I weren't comfortable with it, I wouldn't have shown you the first time."

I nodded and watched as Katie slowly and sensually prepared to put her clothes back on. Right before she was about to put her clothes back on, Eva opened the back door and said, "Hey Noah, did the others get back yet?"

At that moment, Eva saw a topless Katie, who looked like she was going to die from embarrassment, and me, who was staring with a look of shock. She turned around and said, "Yeah, this is awkward. I'm gonna wait out back, let me know when it's appropriate to come back in."

Eva shut the back door and Katie hurriedly put her clothes back on. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen anyone put their clothes on so quickly. Once the two of us were finally fully clothed, we got the others and we all stood around in a circle.

Daryl looked between everyone and said, "Well, I did some snooping around in the other warehouses and I found that this one's the only one without any Walkers in 'em. So I think, despite the giant hole in the wall, we sleep here. Once day breaks we can head for the border."

I pointed out, "Will you be fine with being in a lookout shift? If we have two people awake for two hour intervals that should provide us enough sleep so we're ready for tomorrow."

Daryl shrugged and replied, "I'm fine with it. The question is, will you and your girlfriend be able to keep your hands off one another when one of you is on watch duty?"

I sarcastically replied, "I think we've had our fill of embarrassment for the day, so we should behave. As a matter of fact, we can have our shifts be separate, if you so desire."

Leshawna glanced to the side and said, "It wouldn't hurt if you two were on separate shifts. You two were in the zone earlier and if we hadn't gotten back, who knows how far you two would've gone."

I rolled my eyes and said, "All right, we get it, we got too intimate given our surroundings. Now can we please drop it?"

Harold nodded and said, "Noah's right. We should get our sleeping supplies in here and try to patch up as much of that hole as we can. We got some plywood earlier so that should help. DJ, your help would be greatly appreciated with getting that set up."

DJ nodded and replied, "Yeah man, sure thing."

As the hours ticked by, we fortified the warehouse so we could be better protected. We put up some big sheets of plywood but that unfortunately only covered half the gaping hole in the wall. We arrayed the sleeping bags as far from the hole as possible and put two chairs halfway between the wall and the sleeping bags.

While they were out, Leshawna, Harold and Daryl picked up some canned food, and it was probably some of the best food we've had in awhile. After eating it slowly became nighttime and we all desired to get some sleep.

DJ and Katie volunteered for the first shift, which went over without any mishaps. Daryl and Leshawna took the second shift, which was also uneventful. Approximately four hours before daybreak, Sadie and I were awoken to take over the watch for Daryl and Leshawna.

Nothing happened for the first half-hour since we were woken up. I was slightly groggy and Sadie looked like she would fall asleep at any moment. This was partially due to the camping lantern we used for illumination. The batteries had been waning as the night wore on and the dimming light began to take its toll on us.

Nonetheless, whenever we heard a strange noise, we both jumped up and waited to hear if it continued. For the most part, nothing did continue making noise, save for a single owl that we had already known was outside the warehouse.

The eerie silence ended up surprising us when we heard something grabbing onto the plywood and walking inside. The footsteps echoed loud enough that we were able to pick up on the approaching figure. Sadie, who was closer to the door, looked and shone her flashlight in the direction of the footsteps.

She squinted as she tried to decipher if the person was a zombie or not. After a few seconds of staring, she turned to me and said in an excited whisper, "It's Justin!"

I cocked an eyebrow and said tiredly, "Justin? I thought he was dead. After all, he didn't show up at all during the day."

Sadie nodded and replied, "Yeah, but look at his body! He doesn't have a single bite mark anywhere on him."

I shone my flashlight at Justin, and true to what Sadie said there were no bite or claw marks anywhere on him. I still looked at him quizzically as it was strange that he was almost limping along.

I shone the light into his eyes and he did partially raise his hand, but not completely, like how any regular person would. I don't want to sound cocky but somebody of my intellect would know something was wrong. But due to my tired state, I didn't pay it any mind.

Sadie got up to approach Justin and I said, "Sadie, be careful. He could still be a zombie for all we know."

Sadie walked in Justin's direction, and I followed, a slight suspicion remaining inside of me. Sadie seemed elated to see Justin again and when they were near each other, the light from the lantern finally went out, cloaking most of the area in darkness.

I shined my light over to Justin as he put his hands on her shoulders and I noticed something when the light passed by Justin's eyes: his eyes were dark and clouded, completely unlike normal eyes, which are bright with light.

I dropped the flashlight and fumbled with the rifle I had, shouting, "Sadie, get back! He's a zombie!" Sadie turned in my direction but couldn't see where I was. Turning back towards Justin, she saw him open his mouth, revealing bloodstained teeth. She shrieked but was rooted to the ground by fear.

I finally had the rifle ready to shoot. I aimed in the direction of her shriek, using only my flashlight, which had rolled away, to see where Justin's feet were so I could line up my shot. I fired a couple rounds, the sound echoing throughout the empty warehouse.

Daryl and Harold were up in an instant, and they quickly took to waking everybody else. Once everyone was awake, they rushed over to where I was, using their flashlights to see what happened. I stood there, breathing heavily, the thought of having to kill one of my companions, even though he was a zombie, was weighing heavily on his shoulders.

As Daryl ran by with DJ, Leshawna and Eva, he said, "That shot probably alerted the Walkers that we're in here. We need to move those big crates that are stacked up there, now!"

Meanwhile, Katie hugged me and said, "Noah, are you alright?"

I nodded and barely managed to say, "Justin came back, but as a zombie. Sadie didn't know he had changed." After a second I shouted, "Wait, Sadie!"

I grabbed Katie's flashlight and shone it around, eventually finding Sadie on the ground, with a dead Justin on top of her. I quickly sprinted over taking note of the very fresh bloodstains on the ground and Justin's ripped open back. It was no wonder Sadie and I thought he was still among the living; all of the bites were made to his back, through his shirt. Rolling the body of Justin off of Sadie, I sunk to my knees in defeat.

I could barely hear Katie's hysteric crying as she held her best friend's body in her arms. I could barely hear Harold trying to pry Katie away from Sadie's body, in case she came back sooner than expected. I couldn't see anything except the image of Sadie's body burned into my brain. She had her mouth open in shock and fresh blood was coating her chin, neck and upper body, a chunk of her skin missing from her neck, which was later found in Justin's mouth.

The worst part of it for me however was the three burn marks on her clothing, the three small bloody spots on her body away from her neck, the three small holes through her body. In the confusion of the darkness, I had accidentally shot my girlfriend's best friend. Granted, she had been bitten by Justin, but when Katie finds out that I shot Sadie, even if it was an accident, things will most likely be over between us, I can tell.

Katie never left Sadie's side and I never got up off the ground until DJ lifted Katie and I up and slung us over his shoulders. As we headed back to where our sleeping arrangements were, I noticed the strange eight sided red and white symbol I saw in that lab was present on the back wall, where the crates used to be.

Once DJ set us down, Harold said, "Noah and Katie look really out of it. Let's leave them be for now." As Katie and I sat on the ground, the other five talked about our possible options to the side.

Katie was openly sobbing quite severely and I sat next to her and pulled her into a comforting hug. I simply sat there for a few minutes, listening to Katie sobbing. After figuring out what would be appropriate to say, I said, "Katie, I know this must be hard for you. It'll be hard for all of us. But you have to ask yourself what would Sadie want in this situation? Would she want you to sit around and mope all day or would she want you to live?"

Her sobbing slowed down in intensity greatly and she said, "Thanks Noah. I needed that. I'm going to be sad for sure, but I'm going to fight twice as hard now."

I nodded and sat there, still hugging my girlfriend. After a minute, I said, "Katie? Can I tell you something?"

She replied, "You can tell me anything Noah."

I sighed and said, "Well, right before Justin attacked Sadie, the lantern went out. I couldn't see very well at all and when I fired off some shots to take care of Justin, they apparently went through Sadie. She was bitten by then anyways, so she was going to die regardless, but I figured you had a right to know."

Katie gasped and squirmed out of the hug while she said quietly, "I think I want to sit by myself right now."

I turned toward her and said, "Now Katie, you know as well as I do that I would never deliberately hurt Sadie. It was dark and I couldn't hold a flashlight and shoot a gun, so that had something to do with it. But you also need to know that I feel incredibly guilty about this. If I had realized Justin was a zombie sooner rather than later, Sadie would still be here. It's my fault she's gone."

Katie turned to look at me and said, "Given all that you've said Noah, I acknowledge that what happened was an accident. But right now I want to be alone."

I got up and started to walk over to the others before I said quietly, "All right. I guess we're breaking up then, right?"

Katie shook her head and had a confused look on her face as she said, "I wasn't planning on breaking up with you. I just need some time to myself, to get over my loss."

I nodded and said, "Well, I shall respect your decision Katie. Don't forget, if you want to talk with any of us, we're right here."

I walked away as Katie said very quietly, "Thank you."

After much debate and discussion, it was decided that once day broke, we would find working vehicles in town and head out for Toronto. Katie kept much to herself, which was only to be expected.

I also kept to myself for the most part, which was primarily due to my guilt over shooting Sadie. Despite the fact that Sadie was bitten by Justin, I still can't help but feel guilt knowing that I shot Sadie, even if I hadn't meant it. I know Katie said that it was all right, but I can't help but feel I'm going to have to earn her trust back.

When day broke, Daryl, alongside Eva and Harold left to get vehicles, while DJ and Leshawna stayed behind to console myself and Katie, respectively.

Daryl looked around the side of the building he was using as cover and turned back to Eva and Harold and said, "I count six of them. I'll take out the closest ones with my crossbow while you two use those swords to get rid of the others."

Harold nodded while Eva tapped the broad side of the sword against her shoulder and said, "Let's do this already."

Daryl turned the corner and fired his crossbow into the nearest of the six zombies. While the southerner quickly reloaded his crossbow, Eva and Harold charged and sliced at the other ghouls. Eva sliced the head clean off of a zombie and then stomped down hard on the skull, taking the zombie out for good. Harold stabbed the undead creatures between the eyes, piercing the weak skulls and stabbing the reanimated grey matter inside the decaying heads.

Daryl was about to follow after the two when a zombie tackled him from behind. Grabbing a knife he kept taped to his leg, he quickly slashed the head multiple times until the undead monster's grip weakened, allowing Daryl to kick the head forcefully enough to knock the head clean off. He got up, plucked the crossbow bolt he fired earlier and ran ahead to catch up with Harold and Eva, who were checking the cars in a parking lot of a small business.

Harold found a pickup truck that had the keys still in them and a decent amount of gas in the tank. The nerd approached Daryl and said, "Well, this truck would work nicely for storing our supplies."

Daryl nodded and said, "So we got a truck that holds two comfortably, my jeep which can hold three or four. We should get one more car."

Eva tried the engine of a nearby Ferrari and said, "Well, whoever the dumbass was that left his keys in the ignition of this car, they at least had good taste."

Looking around, Daryl found a crappier, beat up pickup truck that had the keys in the ignition and said to the two teens, "Go get the others and tell them to pack up. I'm gonna kill some Walkers with this thing."

Eva and Harold got into the vehicles they found and drove back in the direction of the base. Daryl took out some tape and a bullhorn he brought with him and used the tape to keep the bullhorn on.

Getting in the truck, he drove around the streets of the town and lured dozens of zombies to him. The whole time, however he had a plan. He was actually corralling the zombies into an area near a gas station with a virtually depleted supply of gasoline left. The only reason he knew that the supply was almost depleted was because he frequently visited that gas station when getting gas for his jeep.

Once at least fifty of the undead creatures were surrounding the gas station, Daryl took a brick he had picked up prior to driving around. He put the brick on the gas pedal and grabbed his crossbow, driving straight toward the gas station.

When he was about fifty feet from the gas station, he opened the door and dove out of the truck, watching as it slammed into the gas pumps and causing the gas tank to explode. This in turn caused whatever gas was remaining in the pumps to combust as well, generating a large fireball.

The flaming death incinerated the zombies. Daryl sat on the grass and watched as the undead flailed around in the fire, enjoying every second of it. Once the movement stopped, Daryl got up and started to head back in the direction of the warehouses.

When Harold and Eva returned from their expedition, they told us to pack up. Wanting to give Katie space, I said, "Well, we have to go next door to pick up our bags. Who's going with me?"

Leshawna stood up and said, "Noah, I got your back." Eva nodded and said, "Yeah, me too."

Harold volunteered as well, "If there's as many zombies now as there were yesterday, you'll need all the help you can get."

I turned to DJ and said, "DJ, I want you to watch Katie. I don't know how she's feeling right now, but I bet she's not up for combat. We'll be back soon."

With that, the four of us walked out the front door and walked the couple hundred feet to the next warehouse. With the utmost caution, we slowly entered to see that the warehouse was empty. There were some corpses littering the ground, which showed that Justin at least put up a fight before he was taken down.

We swiftly grabbed the bags that we left behind in the corner and proceeded to leave. Before we left, I did a double take and looked again at the wall that was behind our hiding place. I stared at it quizzically and said, "That's odd."

Harold, who was closest to me, asked, "What's odd?"

I pointed at the back wall and said, "That symbol on the wall over there. It's on one of the walls in the warehouse we slept in last night. It was also in that lab we found ourselves in with Danny."

Harold shrugged and said, "It's probably the logo of some American-based company or something. Don't let it bug you." I shrugged and followed him, my back turned to the octagonal red and white symbol.

Upon arriving back at our base, we found that Daryl had not yet returned. However, within five minutes, the southerner had returned as well. He stood before us and said, "Well, let me just get my stuff and we'll head on out. We going straight for America or what?"

Harold shook his head and said, "Not quite. I wish to see if my top student from my dojo in Toronto is still there. I'm confident he survived, but I wish to see if he's still fighting."

I added, "In addition, we were planning on going to New York, so the easiest way would be going to Toronto, then down to Niagara Falls, which would then be followed by crossing into New York state, from which point you could go with us to New York City or you could go back to Georgia. It's up to you."

Daryl smirked and said, "You kidding? I'm sticking with you. The only thing waiting for me in Georgia is my brother Merle, and to put it lightly, he's a complete asshole."

Leshawna looked at the cars and said, "Well let's get moving! Standing around here isn't going to get us anywhere."

We loaded all of our supplies into Harold's truck, and then decided who was riding in the different vehicles. Leshawna decided to ride with Harold in the pickup truck, Daryl drove his jeep with me and DJ as companions and Eva and Katie were taking the Ferrari to Toronto.

Before we left, we dug a hole and buried the bodies of Justin and Sadie, to give them a proper passing. Once we were done, we piled into the different vehicles and rode out of this town which caused us so much sadness and got on the highway to Toronto. The sooner we could get there, the sooner we could get out of this zombie nation and to the safety of America.

So Justin and Sadie have both died and everyone is going to have a tough time coping, especially Katie. Before anyone asks, Daryl is from AMC's show, The Walking Dead, and his character is exclusive to the show, so he wasn't in the comic, at least as far as I know. I didn't really like this chapter that much. Up until the part when Sadie died, I liked the way I did it but from that point on I wasn't feeling it as much. I wanted to make it so that Noah was forced to shoot Sadie and Katie saw it, but that would completely end their relationship and I didn't want to do that. Ah well, that just means I have to make the next chapters better, right? Also, I know this chapter was low on the fighting scenes, but I'm taking an approach to storytelling similar to the show The Walking Dead, where the focus is more on character interactions than pure violence, as good as pure violence is in zombie stories. Well, please review and wait patiently for the next chapter, which will feature Duncan's group and the aftermath of Geoff's death. Until next time!