I want to give a big thanks Red Hope for the review, it'll end up branching off the storyline the moment Alice/Claire/OC meet each other. Will edit 'Those That Prey On The Weak' (Chapter One) and then chapter 3 will be up where I introduce the OC character. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer – I still don't own it, if I did I'd spend every day with Milla and Ali.

What I found in this town
I'm heading for a breakdown
What's that sound, you're so loud
I'm heading for a breakdown

Breaking Benjamin – Breakdown

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Claire squinted slightly down the stretch of road before letting out a small sigh at the vehicle in a ditch on the side of the road and a body being mauled by an infected human. She pushed even harder on the accelerator until she heard the thud and felt the bump of impact with the infected. With a glance in her side mirror she noted the school bus finishing what she had started with its school buses spiked wheels. She leant back in the seat a small smile gracing her lips before disappearing just as fast; she was satisfied with the end result.

Claire brang the walkie talkie to her mouth one hand remaining on the steering wheel, "Hey Carlos, this is Claire." She spoke turning to give K-mart a small glance before looking back at the road, "You got any smokes?" She smiled feeling K-mart's smile at the question.

"No."

Claire shook her head slightly, "Like I'm supposed to believe that." She said the tone of disbelief now clearly evident.

"Claire would I lie to you?"

Claire's smile only seemed to widen as she heard Carlos's voice on the other end of the walkie talkie. She couldn't help but turn to face K-mart whose smile was nearly splitting her face. She knew the teenager had a crush on Carlos which made her tease K-mart as much as she could. Carlos on the other hand was oblivious to it which made her able to tease him without him knowing or at least understanding.

"L.J.?" She questioned.

"Claire Redfield what can I do for you?"

Claire listened to the other man's tone full of humour. L.J. always reminded her off a clown with the way he conversed. The man was full of stories from his life before the apocalypse but how many of them where true were never to be known.

"Got any smokes?" she continued staring at the young teenager who was putting mascara on her eyes.

"No can do."

Claire's smile was now lost, she had been holding on since Salt Lake but now the craving was reaching unbearable levels that she'd take anything that she could get, "How about alternate?" She pleaded to whatever God there was that there was at least that left.

"Sorry to say where out of that too."

Claire was tempted to throw the walkie talkie out the windscreen, pull the hummer over get out and scream at the top of her lungs until she was deaf and could no longer speak.

"You gotta be shitting me, Otto?"

Claire shook her head at the interruption from the doctor in the convoy. They had picked up Betty about a month ago after losing their previous doctor. Although Betty had only been an intern it was better to have a doctor even if she was just an intern than not have one at all. She shook her head remembering L.J. flirting with Betty every chance he got...weird thing she and Carlos found was that Betty flirted back and humoured all of L.J.'s wacked stories.

"Sorry campers. Smoked the last of it back in Salt Lake."

Claire shook her head yet again. Otto the school bus driver had been found around the time she had found K-mart. He was simple and to the point, fun to be around and always had a smile on his face no matter the situation. He gave the kids a laugh and kept them calm; he was just easy to get along with.

"Damn it," she whispered pitching the empty crumbled packet off cigarettes out the small gap in the protection screen.

"Yeah people...really is the end of the world."

Claire groaned no alcohol and now no cigarettes, how much worse could it get? She shifted already feeling the nicotine craving reaching new heights, if it were possible. For her the apocalypse was bad, no alcohol was worse and no cigarettes meant hell...yeah it really was the end of the world.

Hope you all enjoyed Chapter 2 I know short but as it goes on they get bigger, next chapter will introduce the OC.