Hey, sorry everyone about the extremely late update but I have some bad news. I already had some of the future chapters ready to be posted and everything but all my hard work some how got deleted off of my laptop and both of my back ups were deleted as well. This is way this chapter was so late because I had to rewrite it and it also means that future chapters won't be posted as quickly either. However this does not mean that I am giving up, nope I will still be posting chapters as soon as I can while dealing with school and work so please don't hate me.

A quick thanks to WishUponADragon and G for reviewing the last chapter, it really means a lot to me! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Z Nation in any way but Mo is mine.

Fracking Zombies

Why was it whenever they let Warren drive the ride was always so freaking bumpy? Because she was out of her mind and had to drive over any zombie that was in the way! One would think that with Addy driving the SUV in between Warren and Doc that the zombies would be more squished by the time Doc drove over them but that clearly wasn't the case. Mo had to hold on for her life whenever they started running over Z's, especially on the Tappan Zee Bridge, since she was so light weighted and got thrown around easily. On more than one occasion did 10K have to keep her from flying out the back of the pickup. She could have squeezed in the front with Doc and Cassandra but she didn't want to leave 10K by himself, besides she liked talking to him and he was a really good listener.

"I hate it when Charlie lets Warren lead, she likes to hit all the Z's she can." Mo grumbled as once again she was bounced in the air and landed with a hard thud.

"This is a bit ridiculous." 10K said as he steadied Mo as they drove over another Z.

"I think Addy is adding to Warren's mess." Mo told him.

"Well we're almost off the bridge. The road won't be so cluttered then." 10K said.

"Oh thank god." Mo laughed in relief.

Suddenly they ran over yet other Z, this one having to be a big one because Mo was tossed into 10K who luckily caught her and steadied them before they were both knocked out of the truck. Mo clung to his arm as he pulled her away from the edge, wide eyed and shaken. She almost fell face first out of the freaking truck and nobody would have probably noticed until it was too late if it weren't for 10K. He made sure that she was okay before pushing her against the truck and standing behind her with an arm on each side of her to box her in, not too close to her but defiantly close enough to invade her personal space. Mo craned her neck so she could turn and give the boy a look but was surprised to see a bit of pink coloring his cheeks as he stared straight ahead, not sparing her a glance. A blush started to form on her face as the thought that maybe he liked her crossed her mind but she pushed those thoughts aside feeling silly, they had just been out in the sun for a long time is all.

"What are you doing?" Mo asked, unable to keep her voice from cracking.

"You're getting tossed around like a rag doll and you're gonna end up hurt so I'm improvising." 10K said.

"Oh, okay. Well improvise away then." Mo said.

They hit another zombie but 10K was able to hold Mo in place, causing her to silently cheer to herself when she wasn't tossed around as much. Being small and light weighted made her fast but it sucked in situations like these. Soon they were off the bridge and they began to drive smoothly again but neither one of them made any move to get out of the position they were in. Mo's heart was racing in her chest and her palms were beginning to sweat. She hadn't been nervous like this around a guy since her crush on Mack but this couldn't be like that right? Sure 10K was cute and all but they had just met and they didn't really know anything about each other so she couldn't be crushing on him. Right? Mo peeked over her shoulder and quickly turned back around with a blush on her face. Well the guy did seem pretty cool so far and the road to California as a long one so there was plenty of time to get to know someone. Mo giggled quietly to herself and 10K gave her a questioning look. He had intended to move away from her when they got off the bridge but he couldn't bring himself to move and Mo hadn't said anything so he stayed put. The two seemed content where they were and didn't move away from each other until they pulled over. 10K moved away first and helped Mo out of the back of the truck before jumping out next to her. Addy got out of the SUV and gave Mo a sly grin who in return gave her the finger but not without an embarrassed blush on her face.

"We seriously have to talk about you two's driving and Z's. I was getting tossed around like crazy back there. So what happened, finally drive over too many Z's?" Mo asked.

"Ran out of gas. Looks like you got a flat though." Warren said as she pointed out the smoking front tire on the pickup.

"Well we ran over some fun stuff." Doc said.

"Which doesn't make a fun ride by the way." Mo added.

"Well let's just hurry up and fix it." Charlie said.

"Heads up, we got company." Mack pointed out.

Everyone turned and saw two men on motorcycles coming their way. Mo took a sharp intake of breath when she recognized them and quickly turned around and started to fiddle with the laces of her boots. She glanced up at Cassandra and saw that she had recognized them as well and had turned away. Cassandra hadn't been out anywhere near as long as Mo had so she had a lot more at risk. It had been nearly a year since any of them had seen her but she would rather be safe than sorry.

"That' right. Keep rolling and we all get to see another day." Warren said.

Mo and Cassandra both held their breath as the bikers drove by and released a sigh of relief when they revved off down the road. Mo fell back on her butt and shared a relieved look with Cassandra before turning her attention to the situation with the pickup.

"Alright let's do this quick." Charlie said.

"Doesn't look flat but it won't turn." Warren said.

"It's from that fun stuff we ran over." Mo piped up.

"Okay well help me get it off and let's see what's going on." Warren said.

While waiting for the tire issue to be taken care of Mo picked at the grass she was sitting while watching them change the tire. Finally they got the tire off and Mo let out a frightened gasp at the sight of a snarling Z stuck in the front axle. She scrambled backwards into 10K, almost knocking him over, and he pulled her to her feet and let her cling to his arm as she got over her shock.

"Whoa! That is not fun stuff!" Mo exclaimed.

"Well that explains the pull to the left." Doc said.

"What are you waiting for!? Kill it! Kill it!" Murphy freaked.

"Alright you, time to go home." Warren said before she gave the Z mercy.

"That so wasn't cool. No more running over zombies for the hell of it okay?" Mo sighed, letting go of 10K's arm but resting her forehead against it instead.

"Yeah I think that's a good idea." Charlie agreed while giving Warren a pointed look.

"What?" Warren said with a sly grin.

Mo shook her head and climbed back into the bed of the pickup as they began to put the tire back on. She was kind of embarrassed by the way she reacted to the Z while everyone except for Murphy stayed calm and level headed so she wanted to distance herself from the others while she got her shit together to avoid further embarrassment. Maybe she was just shaken up from the close encounter with her past she almost had or maybe she was just losing her touch. While she was mentally scolding herself 10K joined her in the back as they took off in search of gas. He noticed the pout on her face as she stared off into space and nudged her gently with his foot to get her attention. Her eyes immediately snapped over to him and she gave him a confused look.

"Are you okay?" 10K asked.

"Oh yeah I'm fine, don't worry about me or anything." Mo said, waving off his concern.

"You sure? Does it have anything to do with the Z?" he asked unsurely.

"I-I should have reacted better. I don't know why it startled me like it did." Mo admitted.

"It happens and you were pretty close to it." he pointed out.

"Yeah but still, I can't act like a girl when stuff like that happens. The others are strong so I have to be strong too, I can't be the weak link." she sighed.

"Well you are a girl and I'm pretty sure that you're the youngest one here so I don't think they expect you to be a trained soldier or anything. Besides from what I've seen you exceed any standards they might have for you." he told her.

"Thanks 10K." Mo blushed.

"So how old are you?" 10K suddenly asked.

"Seventeen, I was fourteen when it all happened. What about you?" Mo asked.

"I was right, you are the youngest. I'm only a year older than you. I figured you were a bit younger though." 10K said.

"It's because I'm short isn't it?" Mo joked.

10K gave her a small smile, glad to see that she was in better spirits. It surprised him by how much he talked to her, normally he just kept to himself but it was so easy for him to talk to Mo that he often found himself talking to her without realizing it. Most of the time it was her doing all the talking but he didn't mind, he enjoyed hearing her speak so if striking up a conversation meant getting to listen to her than he would do it. Currently things were silent between them because Mo had drifted off back into her own little world to contemplate on what 10K told her and he didn't want to bother her while she sorted things out. By the time they pulled over to look for gas Mo was back to her normal self which everyone took notice of. She stuck to Doc's side to help him look for supplies and 10K followed her lead, something that Doc noticed right off.

"So what's your name kid?" Doc asked.

"Ten Thousand." 10K said.

"I call him 10K for short." Mo pipped up.

"That's not a name, it's a number." Doc pointed out.

"It's my name. Made it myself." 10K said.

"Well I suppose you'd have to. Does it mean anything?" Doc asked.

"Yeah I never asked you about that." Mo said.

"How many zombies I'm going to kill." 10K said.

"Well that's a whole lot of zombies." Doc said.

"Already at 1,055." 10K said.

"Damn!" Doc said impressed while Mo whistled.

"So what happens when you get to 10,000?" Mo asked.

"Change my name."

"To what? Twenty Thousand?" Doc laughed.

"Jeff, I like the name Jeff." 10K said.

"Jeff is a good name but you don't look like a Jeff." Mo told him.

"Molly?" 10K asked suddenly.

"Pfft, not even close." Mo laughed.

"You don't look like a Molly anyways." 10K mumbled.

"That's two. You've used up you're guess for the day." Mo said.

"What are you two going on about?" Doc asked.

"Game." they both answered as 10K opened a car door to reveal a snarling Z.

"Ah shut up." 10K said before piking it.

"1,056." Mo counted for him, making him smile.

They continued searching for supplies and gas, slowly making their way back to the group. Well Doc and 10K were slowly making their way back while Mo practically skipped ahead of them. She stopped dead in her tracks though when she overheard the conversation Cassandra was having with the others.

"Mo and I were in Philly for Black Summer. It was bad, I lost thirty pounds. I thought I was dead. Mo almost did die though. Didn't think she made it but she did. I don't know how she found the strength to keep living in the shape she was in." Cassandra said.

"We found her not too long after Black Summer." Charlie said.

"How did you survive?" Addy asked.

"We did what we had to do." Mo spoke up, causing everyone to turns towards her in surprise.

Movement in the car next to her caught her eye so Mo quickly drew her pistol and started backing away. Warren drew her gun as well and everyone's attention was put on a man coming out of the car with his hands raised. For a split second Mo wondered if the others would get mad if she claimed her finger slipped and shot him then and there. It was really tempting but she thought better of it and spat at the ground in annoyance. She cursed Travis to hell and back as she silently fumed but she didn't lower her gun or her guard.

"Hey whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Travis said.

"Hold on, it's not a Z." Warren said.

"Peace, no bite here. I'm 100 percent alive." Travis said.

"What happened to your friend?" Charlie asked.

"Turns out he had other friends of low morals. Took my ride. Horse thieves should be shot." Travis said.

"You should choose better friends." Cassandra said boldly, causing Mo to internally groan to herself.

"Good advice…" Travis said, recognizing Cassandra.

"What can we do for you? One peaceful group of humans to a lone traveler?" Warren asked.

"Could use a lift. Sure don't want to spend the night out here alone." Travis said.

"Sorry, we ain't running a taxi service." Murphy said.

"Yeah I agree with him." Mo said.

As soon as the words came out of her mouth Mo instantly regretted them. Travis turned towards her and gave her a look before his eyes went wide and he turned away with a smirk. Her finger was itching to pull the trigger but she controlled the urge to kill him on the spot.

"Which way are you heading?" Charlie asked.

"Any direction but back. Word is there's a horde on the move south on the New York side. I see you're scrounging for gas. You know like we used to say; ass, gas, or grass. Nobody rides for free. I know where you could fill up." Travis said.

"Now would be the time to share that information." Mo said threateningly.

"Mo…" Charlie warned.

"Place called Jersey Devil Refinery, maybe five miles off, just off the turnpike." Travis said.

"How do you there's gas there?" Warren asked.

"Got overrun day one. All the tanks are still full, just rusting away." Travis said.

"All right, take us to this refinery. And if there's gas like you say then you can ride with us to the next outpost." Charlie said.

"What?" Mo deadpanned.

"You won't be sorry." Travis grinned.

"You got that right." Warren said.

"Let's get out of here. New guy is gonna ride with me and Warren. Everyone else load up in the truck." Charlie said.

Mo slowly put her pistol away and shot Travis one last glare before making her way back to the truck with everyone else. Her and Cassandra shared a worried look before getting in. She sat with her knees pulled up to her chest, once again a frustrated mess. 10K noticed but he didn't say or do anything this time, wondering if her sudden mood swing had anything to do with the guy they just picked up or if it was just a girl thing. It was a quiet ride to the refinery, neither of them saying anything to each other and they left it like that. When they pulled up to the refinery the two of them both stood up on alert. The place was creepy looking and smelled horrible.

"Why do we always have to go to the creepy places? Why didn't the apocalypse leave any nice places like Hawaii, Paris, or Disney?" Mo asked.

"Fracking zombies." 10K said simply.

Mo burst into a fit of giggles and tried to cover her mouth with her hand but she couldn't keep the grin off her face, causing 10K to smile as she turned away to continue laughing. He didn't think what he said was funny at all but he was glad that it seemed to put her in a better mood. She hoped out the back of the truck and gave 10K a huge grin before making her way over to Doc's side as Charlie began giving out orders so everyone knew what they should do. So far everyone but her, Doc, 10K, and Murphy had something to do.

"Where'd that kid go?" Charlie asked.

"He was here a minute ago. Oh and his name is Ten Thousand." Doc said.

"Or you can call him 10K like I do." Mo said as she looked around for said boy.

"Well he better be back by the time we're ready to go." Charlie said.

"Don't worry he'll be back." Mo reassured him.

"So what should we be doing while you're all getting incinerated to death?" Doc asked as Mo gave him a sharp look.

"Why don't you two take Mr. Congeniality here and the Suburban and get back to a safe distance, just in case." Charlie said.

"What if you know zombies?" Doc asked.

"If this all ends in tears you two get him to California." Charlie said.

"Sure, no problem." Doc told him.

"We will but that's not gonna happen because we'll all get him there together. But please be careful Charlie, you too Warren." Mo said as she threw her arms around Charlie in a hug.

"We will Mo." Warren said as Charlie quickly hugged her back.

"Good luck Cassandra." Mo said while refusing to look at Travis.

Mo wished that Charlie would let her go with him but he always sent her to the safest place possible which was normally with Doc since he was the closest thing they had to a doctor and they couldn't risk him getting too hurt or anything. Mo called shot gun in the Suburban and Murphy stayed in the back while Doc drove them off to another part of the refinery that he thought would be safe for them to hideout. They spent the first few minutes in silence before Murphy started complaining about being bored and Mo soon joined him. Doc, wanting to keep from going insane and to pass the time as well, took out his deck of cards and the three started playing Go Fish at Mo's request.

"Wonder how it's going?" Doc asked.

"Haven't heard anything blow up. Yet." Murphy said.

"Eights?" Mo asked.

"Go fish." Murphy said, causing her to glare at him as drew another card.

"Why'd you suggest this game if you're so bad at it?" Doc asked.

"Hey normally I kick your ass at this, which I'm still doing by the way. Murphy is just doing better than me at the moment." Mo grumbled.

"Keep telling yourself that kid." Murphy said.

"Oh shut up." Mo mumbled.

A few minutes later Mo was pouting, arms crossed over her chest as she glared a head of her. She was pissed and for a good reason.

"First time I've ever seen anyone cheat at Go Fish." Doc said as he watched Mo in amusement.

"It's a gift." Murphy said.

"Bullshit." Mo huffed.

"What the hell is taking so long?" Murphy asked as he ignored her.

"Full service just ain't what it used to be. Relax, Garnett and Warren know what they're doing." Doc said.

"Too many Z's around here, it's freaking me out. I got a phobia of them you know ever since I got bit." Murphy explained.

"I've been meaning to ask you about that. So these bites –" Doc said.

"Wait, what kind of a doctor are you anyways?" Murphy cut in.

"Not really a doctor, more of an amateur pharmacologist." Doc said.

"He's seen a lot of ER too." Mo pipped up, causing Murphy to grunt.

"What about you? How'd you get to be the savior of the human race?" Doc asked.

"You really want to know? Truth is for a guy who's been wrongly convicted I'm actually very civic-minded, I volunteered. It wasn't easy but somebody had to do it." Murphy said.

"Man they would have to beat me senseless, strap me down, before I'd ever let anyone inject me with a live zombie virus." Doc said.

"Yeah well it wasn't about me. You know you do what you got to do. For the kids…" Murphy said.

"So you got the vaccine and then you got bitten?" Mo asked.

"Eight times." Murphy confirmed.

"Good god dude." Mo breathed.

"If you say so." Murphy scoffed.

"That must have been horrible." Doc said.

"Must have been. Luckily I blacked out so I don't remember any of it. Somehow Hammond rescued me, better late than never I guess, and been on the run ever." Murphy said.

"Now Hammond's dead too." Mo said quietly.

"Yep good times." Murphy said.

"Shh, we got some nosey neighbors." Doc said the same time Mo noticed the Z's.

"Call the others!" Murphy freaked.

"You're attracting them!" Doc pointed out.

"Get us out of here!" Murphy panicked.

"Shut up!" Mo snapped.

Murphy continued to freak out and Mo gave up trying to calm him down so she kept an eye out for any more Z's. There were only two of them and he was safe inside the car so she didn't see why he was freaking out so much. Sure he had a phobia but still! Mo was content with just ignoring him but Doc nudged her and got her attention.

"We're going to draw them away and we're going to give them mercy. Now you just chill out." Doc said.

"And quit being such a baby." Mo added.

"Why is nothing ever easy?" Doc asked her.

"Because it's the apocalypse." she sighed.

Mo took out a knife, taking out a knife and leaving her machete since she didn't think she would need it for only two Z's, and got out of the car with Doc who started to get the zombies attention. Suddenly the car door made a clicking sound as Murphy locked them out and Mo glared at him through the window. The guy was really starting to piss her off. While Murphy continued to freak out more Z's started crowding the car. Mo gave mercy to two more Z's, wishing that she hadn't left her machete behind in the car and that she could use her pistol without blowing them all up. She was busy with the other Z's that another one wearing a hard helmet caught her by surprise when it came up behind her. She tried her best to fend it off since she couldn't pike it because of its helmet but it was quickly overpowering her and Doc couldn't do anything to help since he was busy dealing with Z's of his own. Suddenly the Z dropped to the ground with a huge hole in its head and helmet and Mo looked up in a mix of shock and relief to see 10K up in the window of a nearby building. He didn't leave them after all! Another Z went down at 10K's doing and then another.

"1,060!" Mo cheered.

"Nice shot kid!" Doc exclaimed.

Their relief was short lived though because the car reeved up and Murphy took off, nearly hitting Mo in the process. She stumbled over to Doc and they both stared after him in disbelief. They hurried and ran after him, hoping that they could get to the others before he could do too much damage but it was too late, by the time they reached the others Murphy had crashed the Suburban and caused the gas that they had gathered to explode.

"Ah damn…" Doc sighed.

"How much trouble do you think we'll be in?" Mo asked.

"Hopefully not too much, I mean the guy is still alive right?" Doc pointed out.

"Sadly." Mo sighed as she pocketed the knife she had dangerously been running with before Charlie saw it and she got in even more trouble for running with it in the first place.

"Hey where'd you get the knife?" Doc asked.

"Um had it for a while…" Mo said nervously.

"So did we get the gas?" Murphy asked.

"No." Mo snapped.

"Great, who screwed that up?" Murphy asked.

Mo glared and the others all gave him a look.

"Oh sorry." Murphy said not sounding very sorry at all.

"So where's your friend?" Warren asked Cassandra.

"He didn't make it and he wasn't my friend." Cassandra said.

"He didn't?" Mo asked.

"No." Cassandra said, causing Mo to give her a relieved smile.

Suddenly a payphone near them started ringing and Charlie answered it. While he was talking to whoever was on the phone Mo went over to Cassandra and wrapped her arm around her shoulders. For now their secret was safe. Mo wouldn't know what to do if the others found out. Their moment of peace didn't last long because more Z's started showing up and they had to get on the move but 10K still wasn't back and Mo refused to leave without him. Warren looked like she was going to argue with the younger girl but luckily she didn't have to.

"Wait here comes the kid!" Doc said, diffusing the tension between Mo and the older woman.

"Found these." 10K said as he held up two full canisters of gas.

"Kid you're a god." Doc said as he took the gas from him.

"10K you came back!" Mo cheered as she threw her arms around him in relief.

"Course I did." 10K said in surprise.

"I thought you left us! You can't just run off like that!" Mo scolded as she punched him in the arm.

"Well it's a good thing I did. I saved you didn't I?" 10K said as he rubbed the sore spot on his arm.

"Yeah about that…" Mo said.

10K thought that she was going to punch him in the arm again but was surprised when she kissed him on the cheek instead.

"Thanks, I really owe you." Mo said shyly, 10K only able to nod in response.

"Alright hurry up." Warren said.

10K helped Mo get into the back of the truck and she sat next to Cassandra while 10K sat on Mo's other side and Addy sat in the back next to 10K. Addy was giving Mo a huge smirk which she did her best to ignore. The silence in the back of the truck was now kind of awkward with the four of them back there and Mo was silently cursing Murphy for crashing the Suburban.

"Excuse me, ma'am." 10K said to Cassandra.

"Hey ma'am." Mo said teasingly as she nudged Cassandra to get her attention for 10K.

"You have a finger in your hair." 10K pointed out.

Mo leaned away to get a better look at Cassandra and sure enough there was a finger in her hair. Mo childishly scooted closer to 10K as she playfully grimaced at Cassandra until she threw it away.

"Ew…" Mo said as the others nodded in agreement.

"Before I forget, I believe you have something of mine." 10K said while giving Mo a pointed look.

"I do? Oh right I do! Haha um sorry, I sort of borrowed your knife." Mo said sheepishly as she handed it back to him.

"I saw you with it when you were fighting off those Z's with Doc. I didn't even realize that it was gone until I saw you with it. When did you take it?" 10K asked while Addy gave her a disbelieving look.

"Oh um back when we were on the bridge. I have sticky fingers, bit of a gift." Mo said shyly.

"Yeah that gets you into trouble." Addy said.

"Hey it's done us a lot of good too now!" Mo protested.

"Well you're really good at it." 10K told her.

"You better watch her, she steals for fun." Addy said teasingly.

"But I always give it back! Most of the time. Depends on what and who I'm stealing from. I'd never really steal from you guys." Mo said.

"You're wearing a belt that you took from me back when we met." Cassandra pointed out.

"I use it to keep my pants up! Besides you said I could keep it when I left!" Mo countered.

"What about your jacket? I remember pretty well Warren having one just like it." Addy said.

"She got a new one so she let me have it. It was just laying around anyways." Mo whined.

Addy laughed and watched in amusement as her and Cassandra continued to give the younger girl a hard time. She couldn't keep the grin off her face as she noticed how 10K would smile and look at Mo when she pouted and tried to defend herself to him. By the way the two interacted with each other Addy was sure that Mo was doing more than stealing knives from the boy and was having a taste of her own medicine for once without even realizing it.

So that's it for this chapter, again sorry for the late update. Leave me some reviews telling me what you think and you'll get mentioned in the next chapter! Feedback is always a good thing people! Hopefully the next chapter won't take so long to post, I try cramming a whole episode in one chapter so it does take awhile to get everything down while trying not to make any mistakes. Well I hope you all enjoyed, until next time!