A/N: well here you have it, the second chapter. big thanks to skillet since that was what i was listening to most of the time i was writing this. reviews would be greatly apreciated and i still need some OCs. if you want to submit a idea just PM me with the description.

DISCLAIMER: i do not own the walking dead, resident evil, or HOTD.

chapter two

we should have stayed home. that was the first thought i had that didn't involve that mans face. the roads were awful. congested and slow. there were people scrambling about, all of them clearly afraid. of what no, none of them knew. yet. when they got about half way there they hit a complete stand still. up ahead there was a car crash and a big one from the looks of it. i looked to my mother. she was still staring at her feet, obviously trying to keep calm. haley was in the back, her face scarred.

"ok it looks like we won't be getting any farther this way" i said gesturing around them. with the area ahead of them and the area behind filling with cars, the only choice was to leave the car. and idea i was not fond of.

"but we're safe here!" mom said in a panicked tone, catching on to my train of thought.

"we're sitting ducks here" i explained remembering a story Chris told us about them getting ambushed while in a situation similar to this "Chris said we might get attacked. if we stay here then we'd have no where to run if we needed to. we need to leave."

mom opened her mouth to argue but i was already out of the car. i walked to the back seat and let Haley out then went back to the front to see if the pistol my dad kept under the seat was still there. it was. i quickly grabbed it and stuffed it in the waistband of my pants next to the revolver.

my mother, apparently deciding she couldn't change my mind, got out as well and grabbed her purse.

"okay so we're are about a mile away from Sara's house" i said, having walked this route many times before

"but i don't know if i can walk that far terry" Haley said, her face worried

"its ok sweetheart" i said comforting her "if you get tired ill carry you."

that thought seemed to cheer up and she smiled and took moms hand, i looked to her and noded slightly. she wouldnt meet my eyes.

"then lets go"

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we were about three fourths of the way there when things went wrong. as we were walking i noticed a man walking ahead of us. he wasn't walking in the hurried pace that everyone else was. it was like he was drunk. shuffling aimlessly toward us. the sight unsettled me and unconsciously i put my hand to the revolver at my side. the revolver i had used to kill a man not a hour ago. the thought brought me pain and i quickly pushed it away.

he closed the distance between us before uttering a low and bone chilling moan. i decided to speak up

"hey!" i shouted "are you okay?"

the mans head perked up slightly and he shuffled toward us a little faster. it was just like that man. once he was about a third of the way we could get get a closer look at him. he was in his mid twenties, his body large but thin. he almost reminded me of a scarecrow. it looked like he was soaking wet, as if he had just been splashed with a bucket of water.

"hey man are you okay?" i asked again hoping for a reply. i received only another moan in response.

the man was now only a few feet away from us. i took a protective step forward and put my hand out in a gesture of stopping

"sir i'm going to ask one more time. are you okay?" the man continued to shuffle on oblivious.

i pulled out the revolver, cocked the hammer, and pointed it at the man "i'm done talking. get away from us or ill shoot" i said my hands shaking as i held the gun

"terrance!" mom gasped "put that away!"

"not until this guy leaves" i said baring my teeth

the man stopped for a second, just a single moment, before he rushed at me. startled i pulled the trigger and shot him in the shoulder. the man was knocked flat on his back. i quickly re-cocked the hammer and pointed it at him again, my hands shaking even worse this time. the man slowly got back up, seemingly oblivious to the hole in his shoulder just above his heart. he stood and began to shuffle towards them again. this time i decided to make a call.

"mom, Haley, i want you guys to run for it. sara's house is just up the street. you know which one it is mom. once your there i want you to lock the doors and cover the windows. dont let anyone in except for me do you understand?" i asked in a stern voice i learned from my father.

"but i wanna-" haley said starting to pout

"no." my mom said in a hoarse tone. she looked to me "please dont get hurt"

"i won't" i said not taking my eyes of the man "now go"

mom grabbed haley and ran for the house

"i guess that just leave you and me" i said, alomst to myself. looking closer at the man i could see that he was not covered in water but in blood. the source being a wound on his neck, where a large chunk of flesh was missing. i re-aimed the pistol, now pointing it at the mans face.

"now your gonna turn around and walk away" i told him "or i'm going to kill you" the words were not mine. i would never say that. never kill a man. but i did. and if i had to i would do it again. the man seemed to have heard him but just kept his slow pace up. i decided to fire a warning shot beside his face so he would see that i wsnt joking. he showed no indication that he cared.

four feet away

"please just walk away" i pleaded.

three feet away

"all you have to do is turn around and leave" i told him, my hands shaking again.

two feet away

"please" i pleaded "please"

one foot away.

i pulled the trigger. there was a small moment before the the bullet hit where you could see the mans face, bared in a ferrel snarl. then the mans head snaped back and he crunpled to the cround like a sack of potatos. he did not get back up. i stood and stared at him for a while. some of his blood had got on me but i didn't care. i was eventually able to tear my eyes away, my mind numb. i began to walk towards Sara's place. only later did i realize that that i didn't cry that time.

"so it gets easier" i thought bitterly

i got to Sara's house in a roughly two minutes. once i got there i knocked on the door.

"who is it?" came the fearful voice of my mother from the other side

"its me" i said without emotion.

the locks on the door opened and Sara burst through the doorway to graple me into a tight hug.

"i'm so glad you're okay" she said resting her head against my chest

"i know baby, i know" i said trying my best to keep my voice from cracking. i wouldl not cry in front of them. i would not cry in front of haley.

sara all but pulled me into the house and up to her room where she closed the door and locked it.

"what happened?" she asked

"i killed them…" i said in a voice that was barely a whisper "i killed them both."

"oh baby" she said as ran to me and pulled me into another embrace.

"i killed them" i repeated to myself as the tears started to fall. she walked me over to the bed and sat me down. i clung to her and started to bawl. i cried like i had never cried before. when i was finished i was exaqgsted. sara and i curled up on the bed and put on the news. the T.V. showed a middled aged female reporter standing in front of a hospital with a huge influx of people. she was saying

"... and it seems that it spreads by bites. if some you know gets bit isolate them immediately. if you get bit it looks like you will slowly come down with a savage fever and eventually go comatose for a few minutes."

sara and i looked to each other worried glances put the reporter continued on talking

"after that the person will wake up completely insane, attacking anyone in sight. the police offered this simple advice on the matter. "of you want to put one of um' down shoot them in the head, otherwise they'll just keep coming at you". it seems that the police must be quite ill equip-" she was cut off as she turned around on screen to see a man behind her. he was covered in blood and his skin was grey. he quickly took hold of the woman and bit down on her neck causing a spray of blood to erupt from what seemed to be a severed artery.

"turn it off" Sara said looking away. i picked up the remote and turned the T.V. off and looked at her. i put my arms around her and held her close, just a she held me. we fell asleep shortly afterward.

A/N things are looking depressing for terry now aren't they. and i have a feeling its gonna get worse (grins evilly)