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Disclaimer – Nuh uh still not owning Resident Evil, still only Carter but if this story goes the way I hope than that's enough for me.

A plan is nothing but an idea,
An action,
Yet to be put to effect
My Own

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Carter retook his placement outside the transport truck, this time on the opposite side next to Alice. Ever since arriving he had opted to remain silent for the entire meeting unless asked specifically for his opinion which he was sure the redhead wouldn't ask for. He flicked his glance away from his gloves and towards the wristwatch, not being able to see the numbers without the night vision switched on, on his glasses. If he had to take a guess he'd say that they'd been talking about food and gas supplies for a little over half an hour and now he was starting to tire of it…not that it had been particularly interesting in the first place.

"Okay well we could try here," Carlos pointed to a small dot on the large map.

Alice shook her head, "No I tried there it's dry." She shifted closer towards the map as Carlos ran his fingers over the map.

"What abou-"

"Vegas," Claire spoke up cutting Carlos's sentence off before he could finish it. She turned to face the group, "Vegas is our only bet at finding supplies."

"Yeah there's a reason for that. Vegas is too damn dangerous." Carlos retorted as the groups eyes fell on their leader.

"She's right Vegas is our only bet," Alice spoke up as she looked up towards Claire.

Claire stared at the blonde for a few minutes trying to think what to make of the blondes support for Vegas. She knew she didn't need any support if she said Vegas they would pack up and head to Vegas but silently she was grateful for the support the blonde had given to her.

Carter opened his mouth to make some smart comment towards the redhead and blonde who had seemed to get lost in each other's eyes for the past few minutes, but before he could even utter a sound he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head as Kmart walked past him towards the yellow Hummer as she lowered her hand with a small glare back at him.

He glared at the teenager rubbing the back of his neck, after handing out the food he had been introduced to the rest of the convoy and he had picked up a few things almost immediately; the man L.J. was a try hard, Carlos was a lost puppy that just followed the rules, Betty was the outrageous one, Chase was the follower, Mikey was the one with the crush on the redhead, Kmart was the one with issues that seemed to haunt her which was not something he would wish on anyone especially at her age not even his enemies. Then there was Claire, he could tell by the way she looked after the convoy that she had lost everyone she really cared about and she blamed herself for every death that happened within her convoy.

He shifted his gaze from the redhead towards the blonde, the blonde and redhead shared a lot in common; their loss, they both had lost people they had cared about dearly. Their blame, they both blamed themselves for the deaths of others. The weight of the world, both seemed to believe they had to hold it on their shoulders and on theirs alone. The responsibility, they both seemed to believe themselves responsible for anything and everything that happened in the world. Though there seemed to be one difference between the two; Alice seemed to be out for revenge, yet Claire was willing to let it go.

Claire snapped her eyes away from the blondes noticing everyone had already left, when? She had no idea. Claire had to fight down the blush of embarrassment noticing the blonde was doing the same; this gave her little comfort to know she wasn't the only one to feel the after effects. "I take it this means you'll be coming with us?" Claire broke the silence, turning to Carter the redness in her cheeks brightening at the grin and obvious control he had over the laugh that he looked like he wanted to let out.

"For the moment," Carter nodded. He was in no way planning on staying with the convoy; he'd head back to Las Vegas grab some more supplies and then go his own way. "Well," Carter clapped his hands together giving them a rub as he pushed away from the truck, "I'm gonna go catch some zebras." He shook his head with a small chuckle when the two women looked at him as if he had just grown another head, "Zebra's as in Z's as in sleep." He continued his chuckling for a few seconds before walking away.

"I'm beginning to wonder if that man is crazy on purpose or just plain crazy," Claire turned to face Alice once Carter was out of sight.

"Do we really want to know?" Alice asked a small smile tugging at her lips.

Claire started laughing at Alice's questions, after a few seconds of her own laughter she finally heard Alice start laughing along with her. After a few minutes she finally stopped laughing, a smile spreading across her lips matching Alice's. She hadn't laughed so good better yet she hadn't laughed in a long time and she was glad she had finally gotten the chance to do it again. "Maybe we should follow his example and get ourselves some sleep."

"Don't you mean catch ourselves some zebras?" She asked the smile growing wider as more chuckles left the redheads mouth.

"I don't know whether I will have nightmares or pleasant dreams about chasing Zebra's." Claire jumped out of the truck, hearing the blonde drop down beside her.

Alice smiled at the thought of having a dream about chasing zebra's. She didn't have dreams often and when she did they weren't dreams at all they were nightmares.

"You know you're welcome to share the hummer with me and Kmart," Claire spoke up placing her hands on her hips, the belt that hung low on her hips didn't even shift to the sudden pressure against it. "It's not a five star hotel but it's more comfortable than sand and cold desert air," she looked around the camp her eyes resting anywhere but on the blonde.

"I'd like that," Alice replied hoarsely with a small nod.

"Great," Claire clapped her hands together before turning to face the blonde, "I mean it's great for you that you're not going to freeze and wake up stiff tomorrow from the hard ground beneath you." She quickly masked the sudden happiness she had let slip in her tone.

Alice smiled brightly as Claire turned walking towards the yellow hummer in the centre of the convoy. She had caught on to the redhead's enthusiasm to her agreeing to stay in the hummer even though the younger woman had tried masking it. She had to admit Claire was right the nights did get cold and the sand wasn't the most comfortable place to sleep on.

Claire reached for the passenger seat door handle, yanking open the door before giving a small bow to the blonde, "Madam." She watched Alice chuckle for a few seconds before stepping up and into the hummer. Claire had to admit to herself, she hadn't felt this comfortable in a long time; she waited till the blonde was seated comfortably before shutting the door and making her way around the hummer to the driver's side. Getting inside the hummer she shut the car door with care before leaning around the front seats to make sure Kmart was comfortable.

Claire leant back into the driver seat, a small content sigh escaping her lips, "Goodnight Alice."

"Goodnight Claire," Alice made sure to reply and only to drift off to sleep when she knew the redhead had fallen asleep herself. For once since the apocalypse, Alice fell asleep soundly without any nightmares only dreams.

When my internet went down I wrote loads of chapters for this story so I plan to keep updating as quickly as possible. Hope you enjoyed.