The ride in the truck was quiet and awkward. After a long while of siting next to the young man in silence I decided I should brake the ice. "ThankYou," I muttered. He looks at me. "For saving me back there..." I trail off.

"Your welcome.. Uhh." He muttered realising he hadn't got my name.

"Vee.." I add and he smiles.

"10k" he adds. I give him a funny look and he laughs.

"I'm Addie!" The red head calls happily, interrupting us. The male next to her laughs.

"And I'm Mack, nice to meet you" He smiles and I smile back.

After a while we get talking and I learn the rest of the groups names. The scruffy man was known a Murphy, the whole reason the group kept him was because he had the cure to the virus in his blood. He young woman sat next to him was Cassandra, they found her in a cage after she escaped her old group, who may I add, we cannibals! The black woman in the front was Warren, the leader of the group. And the man with the white beard was called Doc, he wasn't a doctor, not a real one, but by apocalypse standards he was as good as you were going to get.

After a long while we pull up to a abandoned truck stop. 10k jumps out and starts to shoot Z's that were too close to us, muttering numbers as he shot them. Addie tells the rest of the group my name and age, and Warren comes over to me to tell me I could stay with them as long as I please. I smile at her and the run off in the direction 10k disappeared in.

I find him crouched behind a wall watching over the group, shooting Z's so they wouldn't hurt any of them. "Boo!" I shout grabbing his shoulders. He lets out a little yelp and falls forwards off the wall, landing on his back with a thump. He looks up at me and smirks.

"What was that for!" He laughs, putting on a pout and pretending he was hurt.

I giggle and watching him struggle to stand back up, as the rubble underneath his feet shifts as he moves. "Just because" I smile as I help him climb across the fallen rocks and back up the wall. We sit there for a while, just shooting Z's and talking about stuff. I found out that his name means he hopes to kill up to 10,000 Zombies and that's why he counts when he kills them. I tell him Vee's not my real name, but when he ask what it is I reply with "What's yours?" And he goes quiet.

I think for the first time in forever, I may have just made a friend...