Here it is, Chapter Five. Enjoy! Probably have some spelling errors so sorry.

Mason's POV

"No" Dad said for the millionth time. "I will not repeat myself. You are not going. That governor guy could be anywhere." He put out the fire with his boot and went inside his tent. It has been about two days since we left the motel and everyone behind. Kate and I were still the odd men out though. I had asked Dad if I can come with them on their next run but he wouldn't let me. He still thinks I'm useless.

"Hey, you tried." Daniel spoke softly so dad wouldn't hear. "If it was up to me I would have let you come" he pat my back gently and looked into the now empty can of green beans.

"Yeah, right. I just don't want to be dead weight to you guys… I feel that I only slow you guys down." He looked up at me with a glare getting ready to argue. "For god's sake, even Aiden is better than me at fighting and stealth and all that crap." I signal over to Aiden sitting on a rock. "You guys walk through the woods without making any noise while I'm back here acting like a damn idiot trying not to step on any leaves."

Aiden looked up from the ground. "Would'ya shut up!" he hissed. "You're gonna attract every damn walker over here." He got up and walked towards the tent but then stopped next to me. "I am better than you though" he chuckled before entering our tent. Huh. That was the first time in almost a month that I had heard him chuckle like that. That's good right?

"Look we should talk about this tomorrow; let's just go to sleep." Daniel whispered when he heard a twig snap in the distance. I swear to god that Daniel has developed enhanced hearing. He could hear almost everything since we left, from me mumbling under my breath to a walker groaning from I swear twenty miles away! It has gotten really annoying. I rub my hands together while standing up and look around. If they won't let me go with them then I'll go alone. I grab my knife, flashlight and bag and start walking out of the woods. It probably isn't hard to find the store since all you have to do was follow some signs. I'll just go in and out, bring back the supplies then Dad will let me go with them. Well Kate will probably be left alone but she can take one for the team. After half an hour of walking I finally made it to the small surprisingly clean store called Meekley's. That's a ridiculous name for a really small store but that's none of my business.

I haven't seen any walkers which is probably just dumb luck but I should just go fast and stay alert.

"Hey!" a loud familiar voice called behind me. Oh no. Fucking bullshit. I cannot believe that Daniel found me. "Mason, what the fuck is wrong with you?" I turned around and saw Daniel and Aiden sprinting towards me. I just stood there, glaring at them while they basically dragged me back to our small camp. I guess I saw it coming from the fact that I didn't even wait till they were asleep. What can I say, I half assed it.

"You're lucky we aren't telling Bill" Aiden spoke behind me as we walked inside our tent. There were three tents: one for Kate, another for Dad and one big one for the three of us.

Morning came and I did NOT want to wake up. I don't think I even slept for more than three hours. Kate kept poking me trying to wake me up but I don't want to.

"Come on, wake up" Kate continued. "I'm tired too y'know."

"Please just leave me alone" I groaned while turning away from her.

"Don't be such a baby. Even Aiden woke up when I told him to." She groaned and finally gave up. "I thought you wanted to prove to your dad…"

"Mason!" I heard dad hiss outside my tent. "We have to go NOW." The urgency of his voice woke me up completely and I sat up looking at Kate with wide eyes. Dad unzipped the tent and grabbed my arms pulling me outside where I saw hundreds of walkers groaning. They were far away enough to not see us but one wrong move would put us all in danger. Aiden grabbed his gun and machete while Daniel and Dad grabbed most of our stuff. We all ran out of their sight but none of us stopped running. We kept running to the point that my legs physically gave up and I fell to the ground. Breathing hard and literally crawling I had just couldn't take it anymore and just collapsed. Funny enough, Kate was lying next to me. I couldn't see if Daniel and the others were there and at that point I didn't give a rat's ass. I just closed my eyes for a few seconds.

After a few minutes of resting, I heard groaning and footsteps coming towards me. I opened my eyes and looked directly into Aiden's eyes. "Hey, May." He said as he pulled me up. My legs were weak and I almost fell a few times but eventually managed to walk straight.

Me and Kate were following Aiden as he lead us to Dad and Daniel.

"Dad found a gas station really close by and told me to go look for you while he got us a car. Took me a while but I finally found you guys." He looked back and smiled quickly

We were lost? For how long?

"Wait. How long were we lost?" Kate asked him.

"About three hours."

"What?!" we both said in unison.

He stopped and looked at us like we were crazy. "How long were you guys sleeping in the ground?"

"I just closed my eyes for a few seconds." Kate said looking at me

"Me too"

Aiden chuckled and shook his head. "Well I got news for you…"

Man, that's crazy I literally thought I closed my eyes for a few seconds not three damn hours.

Driving around in an old beat up car is better than walking but it is just so gross. Dad is driving, Daniel is in the passenger seat, and the rest of us were squished in the back.

"Bill, where are we even going?" Kate broke the silence we had got ourselves into.

Dad sighed quietly and looked at us through the rearview mirror. "I honestly do not know." Immediately after saying that, Dad put on the brakes causing all of us to move forward and hit our heads.

"Ow, Dad?" I looked over at him and saw him looking over at a group of people right in front of the car. We were almost going to run them over. What are the chances of that in this world?

We slowly got out of the car with Daniel, Dad and Aiden were holding up their guns at the people.

"What? No apology?" the man with a shotgun and a hat said. He looked like a he was a cop judging by the shirt he was wearing that had the logo for the Atlanta police department. Behind him was two other men. I looked over at dad and practically read his mind. Is this the Governor?

"What's your name?" Dad said gripping his gun tighter.

"What?" the man with a shotgun replied confused.

"Your name" Daniel repeated what Dad said louder.

"Greg." The man with a shotgun said. "What's yours?" he said more serious than he was before. Dad glared at him and didn't answer.

"Daniel" Daniel stepped up after realizing that these people might not be bad. He is a really good judge of character and if he trusts them I do too. "That's bill" he said motioning at Dad who was still glaring at Greg. "Mason, Aiden, Kate."

Greg nodded at all of us and turned to look at his group. "That's Max" he said motioning over to a bald man in his late forties. "And Jack" he grabbed the shoulder of a young man. A really cute guy to be exact. We all nodded to them and kept quiet waiting for… anything. Dad, Daniel and Aiden had lowered their guns. It got awkward after a few seconds.

"I gotta ask." Max said. "You guys ever meet the governor." At that Dad, Aiden and Daniel raised their guns while they raised theirs.

"HEY whoa just calm down. We have nothing to do with him. He robbed us and left us for dead. We're on your side" Greg explained. "Just… lets lower our guns." Dad didn't move so I went over to him and grabbed his gun out of his hands while giving him my 'mad and annoyed face' that he hates so much. He looked at me and told Aiden and Daniel to put their guns down. They all did the same and Greg silently thanked me.

"How did it happen?" I asked referring to the governor incident.

"Found us a few weeks ago. Took everything from us. We had to move… it's just us and a few others back home." Max explained.

"The governor killed one of our own." Dad finally started to talk. "We were at a camp. We went out for a run. He shot one of the guys. We left after that; we left everyone behind."

Greg looked over to his guys and whispered something to them and then smiling and all of them agreed.

"Bill, I woudn't usually do this but you all don't seem like bad people. We have a place up route 12. It's a big house with a even bigger backyard in the middle of nowhere...it's real safe." I looked at Daniel and Dad with an expecting look. I wanted to go with them. It seemed like a good place to live in this world. "Look, I know you don't trust us but we could use the numbers."

Dad turned around and went towards the car without saying anything else. I looked back at Daniel "what's he doing?" I asked panicked. I did not want Dad to pass this up. We needed a place to stay.

He came back with all of our bags. "Lead the way." He simply said. I smiled at him quickly and we all took off towards their house. Something good finally happened.