Sorry this took a while, sorry the layout is probably going to be really confusing, as I wrote this on note pad, just ignore that.

Ruki waltzed along a long corridor; Lexie was nowhere to be seen, surely she had fallen asleep next to her? She wasn't that deep a sleeper; she would have heard her move. She ambled along the corridor making sure to make her steps silent. There was a sudden bang in the room she stood directly outside of; she entered the room whilst holding her breath. The room seemed to be some sort of garage, in the middle of the room sat one of the school's mini busses, where the school logo should have been a shield had been repainted on top. Ruki slowly walked towards the bus forgetting all about the noise she had heard, she had the strangest urge to touch the vehicle. Nostalgia had taken over all reasoning. The floor of the room was cold cement, and splashed in oil, if Ruki had been paying attention she would have noticed that she was about to walk into a rather large puddle, alas no. Ruki slipped and was caught by a strong arm; the arm pulled her to her feet, Ruki span to face her hero. "Uh, thank you." She mumbled whilst giving her hero a head to toe inspection, the first thing she noticed was his height, boy was he tall. He wore one of the brotherhood red cloaks, his hood was up, and he had a black scarf that covered his mouth. "What are you doing in here?" He had a foreign accent; Ruki couldn't quite work it out. "I was looking for someone, they clearly aren't in here, sorry." "You are one of the children from the school aren't you? Not your fault, you didn't know this place is out of bounds." His voice was like silk, smooth and very arrogant. "I'm not a child, I'm 16." Ruki hissed, and he chuckled in response. "I'm Ruki." She said and offered a hand to shake. "Eskil." He nodded once, took a screw driver from his back pocket and went to work on the mini bus. "If you want to be helpful, could you do me a favour?" it was a question, but his tone made it seem like more of a demand. "Sure, I'm up to anything." she smiled and walked towards her new master. "Be a dear and tell Michael the bus is nearly ready." He bent over to pick up another tool from his box; his hood slipped a little to reveal a tuft of white hair. "Oh, alright." She spun on her heel and left through the door she came from.

Picture the worst smell you can think of, and times it by a million, and that is half of what the bodies the Brotherhood guy and I were dragging to the bonfire smelt like, don't even get me started on the smell of them whilst they burnt. When we had finished dragging the dead to the fire he sat down, I sat next to him awkwardly, I was unsure whether it was acceptable to sit next to him, we had just defeated a group of the walking dead together with walking sticks, surely that qualified me as a friend, yes? He took a bread bun halved it and passed me the other half, so apparently he didn't mind. "My name's Lexie, by the way." I said playing with the bread in my hands. "I'm Dallas, interesting name, Lexie." He replied with a smile. "It's a nickname, short for Alexandria. You're not from around here are you?"

"What wus ya first clue?" He chuckled softly to himself "Born and raised Texas." "What are you doing in England now then?" I asked. "Military, the first signs of the virus started here, we were sent here to do what we could. But it spread so god damn fast, there wus nuthin' we could do." He muttered and spat into the fire. "Why didn't you go back to your homes?" I asked as I bit into the bread. "What home? Everywhere is gone." He said bitterly, the words hit me hard; I slumped and put my head into my lap. "So, where did a girl like you learn to fight like the way you did today?" It was a blatant conversation change. "I don't know, I guess anyone with older siblings has some sort of knowledge in self-defence." I smiled, and then frowned, what had happened to my older siblings? And then I remembered the letter from my mother, she said the men in red had saved them; maybe Dallas could give me answers. "My mother wrote me a letter, inside she said the men in red was helping them, was that you?" "In the first few days of the virus, we sent the survivors away to safe places." "Where did they go?" I asked excited, the first real moment of happiness I had felt in a long time. "There is an Island, guarded by the military, its safe. That is what we are doin' here, getting the survivors and taking 'em to the Island. And soon we are gonna to be taking you and ya friends there." He explained. "As soon as Sweden has finished with the mini bus, we'll get you there." He looked as though there was more he needed to say, but he was interrupted by one of the Brotherhood. "Sweden says the bus is nearly ready." The man was excited. "We can finally get out of this god damn town, and help people out in the cities." "Not until Alexandria and her friends are safe with the others on the Island, Andrew." Dallas snapped at his friend. "Naw I'm sure they'd love to give us a hand, and let's face it, it's gonna' be a long time till we find girls as pretty as this." Andrew smiled and brushed my cheek, Dallas slapped his hand off me. "You don't touch any of these girls Andy, I'm warnin' ya" Dallas was practically growling. "Chill Dallas, I wus just Jesting, but I heard they were fighters, we could use fighters." Andy muttered. "Yes, we'd love to help, you guys have been so lovely to us, it's the least we could do." I interrupted. "Naw no way am I gonna sit here and let you put these children into battle with monsters." Said Dallas. "She did great today Dallas, there is no denying it." Andy pressed. "I'm not a child, I'm 16. You said yourself you could use my brains." I frowned. "Then it's settled, we take 'em to the Island later." Andy said happily hopping to his feet. "We'll get ya cloaked in no time, don't you worry missus." He turned and walked back to the building. As much as I wanted to get back to my parents, I had to pay the brotherhood back somehow for their kindness, and Ruki was going to adore the red cloaks.

The next chapter will be as soon as I have a moments peace, thanks for reading. C: