As the car drove down the road, BonBon and Renesmee began seeing more and more broken down and destroyed cars on sides of the road. In the distance they could see a few buildings, which looked to be old, broken, and abandoned, just like everything else in the world. More and more trees were popping up as they drove down the now-forest road, gradually gaining distance towards the town.

"Hey…Renesmee… Can I ask you something?" BonBon asked.

"Yeah! Anytime, kid. Something bugging you?"

The bunny shifted in his seat, sitting up and adjusting his posture. He was obviously uneasy, which made Renesmee slightly worried. After a few long moments, BonBon spoke again. "This…Might sound stupid…Considering the world is a fucking shithole. But, it's something I've been wanting to ask…"

"Go on and tell me then, I'm listening." Renesmee reassured.

"I understand that it's safe with just us in this world, just you and me…And I appreciate that you take my safety very seriously. B-But…Why don't we ever…Befriend more people?" BonBon watched as Renesmee's expression dropped from worry to fear, but he wasn't done talking.

"Like, I get…Lonely. When it's just us. Why can't we ever just get one more person in our party?" He saw Renesmee open her mouth to speak, then cut her off. "Maybe even…Someone around my age…"

Then it clicked in Renesmee's head. She knew what BonBon was talking about, but didn't know what to do. She had dreaded this day coming ever since she had started taking care of BonBon. Realizing she was getting lost in her thoughts, Renesmee found herself with her mouth half open like she was going to talk, but didn't have any words to speak with.

The lack of response worried and saddened BonBon. Did I do something wrong? He thought. He looked down in shame, feeling bad about himself. Renesmee noticed BonBon's discomfort and decided she had to say something. Even if it didn't make much sense.

"W-Well…" She stammered, but gained BonBon's attention as he tilted his head back up. "I-I…I didn't know that…You were feeling like that." It was the truth. "U-Um… J-Just tell me, is it really you wanting anyone to join our party? Or are you just…Hitting that age…?"

"W-What…W-What do you mean, 'Hitting that age'?"

Renesmee slowed the car and pulled over on the side of the road, coming to a halt in the grassy dirt. She grabbed the sides of the steering wheel with her hands and leaned forward, placing her forehead in the top of the steering wheel. She groaned slightly,

"Right…We never actually had 'The talk'…" She exhaled and sat back up, letting go of the steering wheel. She looked at BonBon, "Ever wonder where babies come from?"

BonBon felt grossed out, but after Renesmee explaining, he knew why he felt some of the things he was feeling. But not all of it. Renesmee was red with awkwardness.

"Gross…" BonBon muttered.

Renesmee exhaled, "Yeah, it's not the best conversation to have… You got any questions while we're on the topic?"

"N-No…I got it… Can we just get to Prescott already?"

Renesmee had never said yes so quickly in her life. "Y-Yeah, let's go." The car begun moving forward and back onto the road, continuing on the course to Prescott.

After for a few minutes, they passed by a sign on the side of the road. Welcome to Prescott. It wasn't long until they entered the town. There were quite a few standing buildings, they were crumbling and faded, but still standing. But alas, not all were like that. Many buildings had been half destroyed if not completely fallen down. It wasn't the saddest sight, though. At least it wasn't like Phoenix. That entire city was crumbled to nothing but dust. But they also didn't see any Biters here, which was odd.

"What the fuck…Why's there no Biters?" BonBon asked.

"No clue. At least it'll be easier to rummage this sack o' shit town."

"You say everything is shit."

"Because it is. If you could've seen the world before it was like this, you'd be agreeing with me." Renesmee said somewhat defensively.

BonBon exhaled, "So what's the plan? Where are we starting?"

"Gun stores. That's where we start. We'll see if we can get you another Beretta, as well get some more ammunition." The car came to a halt as Renesmee parked by the sidewalk.

She took the keys from the car and got out, bringing her Walther P99 with her. BonBon took his Beretta M9 with him as he got out as well. The two shut the car doors and Renesmee locked it with the keys, then set out down the street, BonBon following right beside her.

Seeing the town left in such abandonment was saddening, but it didn't affect Renesmee nor BonBon. They were use to everything being this way. The odd thing about the place was the lack of Biters. Usually towns of this sort had a few to a flood of Biters, but this one was empty.

"I can't be the only one who thinks this is wrong. There should be Biters here." BonBon said, keeping his guard up as him and Renesmee walked through the town.

"Yes, we've established this, it's weird. Just keep your guard up," As BonBon already was, "And we should be okay. Let me know if you see anything out of the ordinary."

"The lack of-"

"Shut your fucking mouth." Renesmee cut off.

"I wasn't gonna say Biters!" BonBon argued.

"What were you gonna say then?"

"Lack of people. If there's no Biters, there should be other people here ransacking the place just like us." The bunny paused, then spoke just as Renesmee was opening her mouth to respond. "What if we do find people? What do we do?"

Renesmee spoke as soon as she was given the chance. "Don't know. It depends on how the situation plays out. We get jumped, we fight 'em. We find other people ransacking the place, we leave 'em alone. We find someone who needs help, we do what we can."

The bunny nods.

They continue through the town of Prescott until BonBon notices as gun store. He points to it, "There!"

"Good eye, kid!" Renesmee said as she broke into a run, heading straight for the gun store. BonBon followed swiftly behind.

The two quickly made their way to the gun store. The glass in the storefront was shattered and smashed, but it was nothing new. Renesmee opened the door, but BonBon cut in front of her to enter first. She scowled for a quick moment, but pushed it aside and entered the building behind BonBon. The place was ransacked, but not completely. Things were broken, smashed, knocked over, and broken. But there was still a few guns and ammunition cases left. It didn't seem right that some things were still there. The place should have been empty. But it didn't matter, it benefited BonBon and Renesmee.

"Holy shit! This is awesome!" BonBon exclaimed.

"I haven't seen a gun shop like this in years. Un-fucking-believable! We've really hit the jackpot this time!" Renesmee celebrated.

BonBon rushed through the abandoned store, looking for his favorite type of gun. Renesmee took her time as she searched the place, grabbing boxes and cartridges of bullets everywhere she saw them. Even if they didn't go with their guns, she took them.

BonBon let out a loud, girly squeal. "BERETTA!"

Renesmee busted out laughing, mainly from the squeal BonBon had just exclaimed. BonBon ran over to Renesmee and shook around the new Beretta in his hand,

"LOOK LOOK LOOK!"

"I see! I see!" Renesmee said through her laughter.

The two then heard a gun cock back. Renesmee's laughter stopped. The two turned their attention to the direction they heard the gun. They weren't alone. They both darted towards the door when they were met by a bear pointing a PT111 G2 pistol at them. Hiding behind the adult bear was a younger bear, which looked like the other bear's son. The younger one looked like he was around BonBon's age.

Renesmee pointed her Walther P99 at the adult bear while BonBon hid behind her. Now the four were in mirrored positions. Both Renesmee and the bear had their fingers on the triggers of their guns. Both BonBon and the younger bear had their own pistols by their sides, but kept them down as they hid behind their protector.

BonBon and the other boy's eyes met, both filled with fear and confusion. But once they locked, they didn't look away. Somehow, the fear of the situation was slowly beginning to fade for them as they looked at each other. They both felt weird. Something they hadn't felt before.

Renesmee and the bear had eyes locked on each other, both angry and scared. Neither of them lowered their weapons, but neither of them spoke either. At least, for a good minute or two. Then the bear spoke,

"Who are you?" He spoke with a high amount of authority, but everyone could tell he was scared too.

Renesmee winced, "I could ask you the same."

BonBon elbowed Renesmee, having heard what she said even though his attention was mainly on the other boy. The bear winced back at Renesmee, but he was given a response to his question.

"Renesmee."

Before she could what the bear's name was, he spoke again. "What about the kid?" He glanced at BonBon.

Renesmee looked at BonBon, then back at the bear. "That's BonBon." This time she made sure she got to return the question, "Now what about you two?"

"I'm Artie," He gestures to the younger bear, "That's A.J."

After Renesmee and Artie had looked at both BonBon and A.J., they noticed the two hadn't looked away from each other. Artie nudged A.J., pulling his attention away from the bunny. BonBon's attention was pulled away as well when A.J. stopped looking at him.

Artie looked back at Renesmee, "Now that we've introduced ourselves, how about we both put our weapons down. Okay?"

Renesmee reluctantly nodded, "Fine."

The two both did as they set their plan. They both lowered their pistols and put them to their sides. Artie backed away from the door, A.J. moving back with him. Renesmee looked at the door, wanting to get away, then noticed BonBon and A.J. were staring at each other again.

"...Mind if we stay?" She asked.

Artie raised an eyebrow, not expecting such a question. He glanced at the door then back at Renesmee, "Pardon?"

Renesmee exhaled, "Do you mind if we stay with you two for a bit?"

BonBon's eyes lit up, as well A.J.'s. They both looked at their protectors with pleading looks. Renesmee and Artie looked at their kids, then back at each other.

Artie rubbed the back of his head. "I…I guess…But if you try anything funny, you're out."

"Got it. Thank you." Renesmee said.

Artie walked off to look through the gun shop without another word. A.J. still stood where he was, him and BonBon fixed on each other. Renesmee nudged BonBon toward A.J., then returned to searching the store. BonBon shuffled over to A.J., his posture lacking his usual stance. Him and A.J. both put their guns away. They each had one arm behind their backs, grabbing the other arm.

BonBon rubbed his arm and spoke with a shaky voice, "H-Hi…"

"H-Hello…" A.J. replied, his soft voice also shaky.

"Y-Your name is A.J., r-right?"

"Y-Yes…A-And you're BonBon?" He replied.

"Y-Yeah…"

A.J. took his arm from behind his back and held it out to BonBon to shake hands, "N-Nice to meet you."

BonBon took his arm from behind his back as well and shook A.J.'s hand, "N-Nice to meet you too."

They both rubbed the back of their heads, the feeling of awkwardness being mutual. BonBon decided he should probably say something,

"H-How old are you…?"

"J-Just turned thirteen…W-What about you…?" A.J. asked.

BonBon's head drooped somewhat, "I-I'm twelve…B-But I'll be thirteen soon…!" He perked his head back up.

A.J. smiled slightly, "I-It doesn't feel much different than b-being twelve. I-I know I'm technically a teenager now…B-But it's not very different."

BonBon returned the slight smile, "A-At least I don't have to be w-worried about it anymore."

The two continued conversating, the awkwardness was slowly fading as it went on, but the two still felt the weird feeling. Renesmee and Artie spent about ten minutes by themselves before figuring they should probably talk to each other.