NOTE: Adrianna and David have nothing right now. I'm just trying to make her seem more human. I gave her a lot of boyish qualities so I wanted to remind you that she can buckle down and have girly thoughts too, teeheehee. Anyways, this chapter is more of a character building chapter than anything, but chapters 6 and 7 will be filled with gore. Muhahahaha.

By the next day we were at the top of Mount Oord. For the first time in a long time we were able to get out of the van and stretch our legs. We unpacked a few bags of food and laid it out before us.

"I'm hungry for a good, large meal," Caden exclaimed. Alice and I agreed, David just kind of stared off into the deep desert valley. 'I wish I had a normal life, I mean, I always thought everyone was out to put a knife in my back, but these people are willing to help let me live for almost nothing in return. Maybe I should wait to tell them who I was and how I want to change. This experience has probably strengthened most people, but it has weakened me for the better' I thought to myself. I sat down.

Caden reached into one of the bags. Oh flying nigger fuck! I screamed at myself internally. I jumped up and snagged the bag from him and slowly backed away.

"What the hell, that bag had the Nilla wafers!" Caden whined like a small child.

"You can have your wafers but the rest of the contents are not made for your eyes," I retorted, throwing the wafers to him. I unpacked jelly and a bag of marshmallows from the same bag. I then tied it up and began to hike down the mountain.

"Where are you going?" Alice asked.

"To dispose of this bag," I said quickly, making my way down. After a quick hike I held the bag over the edge of the road, ready to drop it 10,000 feet to its obliteration; until I heard footsteps behind me, I expected to see something waiting to eat me, but I saw quite the opposite.

"Why are you getting rid of that bag?" I heard a calm voice murmur. I looked into David's eyes and slowly turned my head back and fourth indicating nothing needed to be said. He didn't except that as an answer. His reached out and grabbed the bag from me.

"Please don't! Just let me get rid of it! You don't even know me! Why does it matter!?" I screamed as he opened the bag. He looked up at me and grimaced.

"You nosy little shit," I hissed, snagging the bag back from him.

"There's no reason for cocaine and hundreds of thousands of dollars during an apocalypse, officer," he replied coolly, taking a pause, "You're not a cop, you're a drug dealer aren't you?"

"Why does it matter to you?" I fought back.

"Scum," he growled. That hit me really hard.

"I know it sounds pathetic but after this situation I really wanted to change for the better, I really don't want to be that person anymore. I don't want to be the person who kills their way to the top," I pleaded.

"If this infection is contained you'll go back to the way you were," he said, walking up next to me, "My parents are gone, my dad overdosed on heroin and my mom ran away."

"I'm sorry I really a-"

"Bull shit, you drug dealers get off on ruining people's lives."

"You've got to believe me!"

"Why should I? I knew from the beginning you were a druggie, I could see the signs."

"You've only spoken a few words to me, you don't know my personality, and you don't know how I can cope with situations like these. I was prepared to drop everything I 'earned' over a cliff, isn't that proof enough?"

"It doesn't matter."

"I know how you feel about being betrayed."

"Fuck, really?" He said sarcastically.

"My parents were both drug addicts. I ran away when I was 16 and worked as a prostitute until drug lords told me they could make it all better if I joined them. I was brainwashed as a stupid, ignorant child! I stayed that stupid kid all these years until now."

"Okay."

"Believe me."

"I'll give you a chance, but I'll be watching you every second I can, you will not screw these good people over," he said firmly, I nodded as I threw the bag over the cliff. The both of us just stood there for a few minutes in awkward silence. The whole time it felt like my heart was literally being eaten by the guilt. People like me made this poor guy's life a living hell.

"I really don't like myself right now," I finally replied, breaking the silence. I kneeled down and began to cry my eyes out. I felt a hand on my shoulder; I looked up to see David hovering over me.

"I believe you have good in you, you just need a chance and decent people to help you," David smiled. I forced a smile back. We held the same position until we heard screaming and gunshots from far away.

We both ran as fast as we could back up to camp.

"Did you hear that?" I screeched while gasping for air.

"Yeah, it seems like a few of the infected crowd have made it out here already, that's inevitable though, there's bound to be a few of them no matter where we go in the desert, and there's bound to be some survivors being eaten by them," Alice remarked. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Maybe we should travel down the mountain tomorrow to search for helpless survivors in the trails?" I suggested.

"That's far too dangerous, you're crazy Floyd," Caden reasoned.

"I think she's right, we could save a lot of people," David retaliated in a low, unthreatening tone.

"I'm not going down there, and if you guys go you're going without the van," Alice said sternly.

"Tomorrow I'm going down there, I don't care if I'm going doing this by myself," I protested.

"I'm going with her," David said, looking over at me.

"Fine, you guys can pack weapons and food tonight and leave tomorrow morning, we'll wait for you considering we have no where to go anyway," Caden replied, but he didn't seem too happy about it.

Hours passed and it was nightfall again. Me and Alice were sitting side by side about 20 feet away from camp. I never really connected with girls but Alice was really cool. I hated admitting that to myself.

"So, David is pretty cute," Alice giggled, poking me in the side.

"Yeah, he isn't ugly," I said flatly.

"You guys were gone a long time," she winked at me.

"We just talked!"

"Sure you did," Alice taunted.

"I need to get some sleep, I have a long hike tomorrow."