Riley stared down at the corpse in front of her with her lips pulled into a frown. They'd been on this supply run for what felt like a week now, and the only thing they'd found were walkers. She let out a sigh as she brought the metal pole back down on the walkers head. One could never be too careful. Brown eyes darted around the room to make sure there were no others. Every abandoned house started to look the same, just a different colour of paint here and there but always blood and decay. This room happened to have faded pastel pink walls that would have been quite nice in their prime. Now they were caked with dried blood, a matching freshly killed walker splayed across the dirty carpet. Flicking a piece of dark hair out of her face she stepped over the body and exited the room. "All clear up here" she called down the stairs to the others. She heard a young woman named Sofia give an affirmation before heading up the stairs. Riley leaned against the wall, looking out the neighboring window. She heard Sofia call her from behind and turned to see the red head standing at the top of the steps.

"Down stairs is stripped clean Ri" the 20 something said. It was evident she'd grown up in the south by the honey like drawl to her words. "Someone's definitely been here already."

Riley cursed under her breath. "This is the third one this month." It was getting too risky. It was looking more likely that they would run into someone on their runs nowadays. Sofia simply stared at her with a worried look, knowing the other woman had been talking more to herself than Sofia. Riley ran a hand over her face and looked at the metal rod in her hand then to the gun on her hip. Their group had a minimal amount of weapons. Mostly they just had knives, a handful of guns along with ammo, and whatever they could find that could be used as a weapon. If they ran into another group they wouldn't really be able to defend themselves if they weren't friendly. The group had no other option though. They were running out places to grab supplies so they had no choice but to start to venture out further. However it was starting to look like they were walking into someone else's turf. Biting her lip, she looked out the window again.

Shit.

A truck was pulling up the drive way to the house and it wasn't one of theirs. Riley pushed passed Sofia, grabbing the other woman and pulling her along. "Tyson we've got company!"

Tyson met them at the bottom of the stairs and nodded towards the front door. The sound of the truck's engine being cut and doors slamming could be heard from the front. The trio pressed themselves against the walls near the door. Riley tilted her head towards the window and saw two men standing a couple feet from the porch. "Tyson" she whispered, "go meet Jer at the truck. Sofia and I will make sure they enter through the front before sneaking out the back. Make sure the truck is running." Tyson nodded, double checking the men were still there before he made a move to leave. He looked just in time to see another man rounded the corner with a gun pressed firmly between the shoulder blades of Jeremy. The situation kept getting worse. Before Riley could say anything Tyson had lunged to the front door and swung it open.

"Let him fucking go!" he screamed while waving his gun at the three new comers. Riley hissed for him to stop but he was already out the door. Sofia followed Tyson out, despite the Riley telling her not to, her metal pole held out in front of her.

The brunette took a deep breath, fighting the urge to run out as well. Instead she surveyed the scene before her. It seemed to just be the three men but they held the upper hand with Jeremy. She chewed her lip as she tried to thing of a plan. Tyson could be heard threatening the men again and their muffled reply for him to lower his weapon. As quietly as she could, Riley made for the back door. She wasn't sure what she'd do but she knew nothing would come from added another body to the front. Her brain was running a thousand miles a minute and she was trying to think as clearly as she could with her heart pounding in her ears. She was glad to see no one around behind the house, almost completely confident now that there were only 3 newcomers. As the brunette approached the side of the house she heard one of the men shout at Sofia. They had noticed her eyes darting back to the door, giving away Riley previous location.

"There's someone else" a soft but strong voice said. " watch these two, I'll go look."

Riley pressed herself against the side of the house as she heard footsteps approach. Her heart pounded in her chest even quicker than before. She had one shot or else they were utterly fucked. Exhaling slowly, she listened to the sound of boots against gravel getting closer. Just as the man rounded the corner she swung her elbow upwards and into his chin. He stumbled back, allowing Riley to spin him around and press her gun to his temple. Long hair brushed against Riley's face with the motion and his beard pricked at her forearm as it pressed against his throat.

He let out a soft chuckle. "Well I wasn't expecting that."

The woman guided him forward and around the corner. "Let's not do anything hasty now". Riley's voice was steady but her heart was shaking with adrenaline and fear.

"I"m sure we can figure this all out like reasonable people" the man said. He gestured for his comrades to lower their weapons, which they did with weary glances. A pregnant pause sat in the air until suddenly the man before Riley moved with speed she had not expected. He quickly grabbed the arm around his throat and pulled Riley forward by her elbow. He twisted his body to the left as he succeeded in throwing her off balance and fall forward. Still firming grasping her arm the man twisted the limb behind her back and forced her to her knees. Stars danced in front of her brown eyes and she knelt in the gravel driveway. Just as Riley caught her breath they heard a gun shot. Her eyes shot up and widened at the sight before her. A few feet away was Sofia, gripping her now bleed thigh as she lay on the ground. Riley scrambled out of the long haired man's grasp and over to her friend. She heard him curse behind her before joining the redhead's side.

"What the hell, Clive?" the man hissed.

The man named Clive approached the growing group besides Sofia. He had short blonde hair and a nervous look in his blue eyes. He couldn't have been more than early twenties. By now, Tyson and Jeremy had crouched down beside the fallen woman.

"I'm sorry, Jesus!" Clive whispered. "She ran and I got nervous."

Riley took a moment from trying to stop Sofia's bleeding to glance at the long haired man she know knew as Jesus. She raised an eyebrow, to which he offered a sheepish smile in return. "Its a long story."

The third man of Jesus' party came over with supplies from the truck. He handed the dark haired man a piece of gauze and a wrapping for the wound. Riley grabbed the army knife from her pocket, the one she always carried in case of emergencies. She wouldn't question why this man was now helping them, not until after they stopped Sofia's bleeding and got her to safety. She wouldn't be surprised if the walkers could already smell the fresh blood.

"Hope you weren't a huge fan of these pants Sof" Riley said with a small smile. Sofia gave a weak laugh and nodded for the brunette to continue. Riley made a small cut in the jean right above the mid thigh wound. She dipped two fingers under the rough material and held it away from the skin. She continued to cut around until there was enough space to put her whole hand in. Grabbing both sides of the fabric Riley tore the rest of the material. Once it was discarded, Jesus applied a sanitation wipe to it. The redhead hissed and gripped Riley's shoulder. Jesus then put the gauze over top of the wound and began winding the wrapping around Sofia's thigh. Once he was done, he helped lift Sofia up and put her between Tyson and Jeremy. The two men draped an arm over their necks and wrapped one of their own around hers for support.

Much to Riley's surprise, the dark haired man turn to her with a kind smile and held our his hand.

"We'll that all turned out different than we had expected. Let me introduce myself. The name's Jesus."