I think there will only be two more chapters. Hopefully, I can have those up before the weekend, but I know I'm going to have a ton of homework the next few days...so it isn't set in stone. And again, I'd like to promote "The Difference" which I am writing with FlyingShadow09. The first chapter will be put up by both of us by tomorrow, and it'll be good. Some humor, some drama (although knowing her, a lot of drama...) so put one of us on alert if you're interested!

"Dude, come on, we have to leave." Laurent called back to me.

He, his girlfriend Irina, James and Victoria were all waiting on me so we could leave Chicago. Things had been going so well. We had new weapons (and I, for one, was a big fan of the lobotomizer), and the city was still mostly safe. But eventually, people stopped showing up for work or patrols or whatever. And more zombies were turning up in their places. So we had been evacuating the city for a few weeks. We hadn't seen many people in that time. Chicago was officially lost.

"I know." I called back to them. I shouldered the lobo, and began walking after the others. It was fairly hard. I didn't want to leave my home, but it really wasn't safe here anymore.

Within four months, I was alone. Irina had been the first to die. She had gotten too close to a car that had a zombie in it. It had managed to grab and bite her. She just left us, so we wouldn't have to kill her. Laurent had been very depressed after that. We had just woken up one morning, and he was gone. James and Victoria had lasted quite a while, but eventually James was bitten as well. I was surprised when Victoria was three weeks later. She had always had this sense when it came to keeping safe.

I just began wandering. I was hoping to find survivors. There was nothing for a long time. I began wishing I had a gun. I'd be able to get myself out of this if I did.

After close to two years alone, I was debating with myself about who was the better captain: Kirk or Picard. That was when something small and definitely alive ran right into me. Whoever it was took a few steps back and we just stared at each other for a while. He or she was fairly small and dirty.

"My name's Edward." I said.

The other person just continued to stare at me.

"Are yo okay? Are you hurt?"

The person shook their head. "Alice. We need to go that way." she pointed north.

"Are you sure?"

Alice smiled and nodded.