HEY! The chapter is here Friday like I promised! YAY! SO last time Ethan, Gwen, Jake, Max, and Geoff were stuck, but they were able to shoot their way out, unfortunately, Jake died saving Geoff and Max slipped and got eaten! Now it's just Geoff, Gwen, and Ethan in the thick forest! What will happen next?!

A/N: If you like Full Metal Alchemist I recently wrote a one shot called "Contemplation" so please check it out :)

Ethan, Gwen, and Geoff were running. As fast as they possibly could. They managed to outrun the zombies. They collapsed on the ground. "That...was...too...close...dude..." Geoff said in between breathes. Ethan got up "Come one, we gotta move. The others went west." Ethan pulled a map out of his backpack "Let's get to the end of the forest...there is a target store about 3 miles at the end of this forest...maybe the others will stop there and we can meet them." he said while pointing to different spots on the map. The other 2 weren't experts on maps but they could see where they were on the map. "The forest is 2 more miles so we should be able to get there by tomorrow!" Ethan said. The others got up. "What supplies do we have now?" asked Gwen. They all pulled out their backpacks, for guns they had Ethan's Glock 26 gen4 handgun, Gwen's Ruger P Series handgun, and Geoff's Smith and Wesson 500, with half a box of 9mm ammo. Ethan also had his bowie knife, Geoff had a machete and Gwen had a Columbia River Combat Fixed Blade. They also had rope, a pocket knife, flint, several maps, 6 cans of chicken soup and a can opener. "We're low on ammo so let's try not to use it too much." Gwen and Geoff nodded.

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The others stopped at a target store. They all got out of the vans except a few. "Why'd we stop here?" asked Duncan "We got more than enough supplies and remember what happened last time?" "We made some pin point locations to meet at if we ever got seperated. We're gonna wait here for Ethan and the others." said Mark. "You're a good guy, Mark." said Bridgette. The death of DJ flashed through Mark's head. If only that were true... thought Mark.

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Trent and Sarah were sitting behind the BMW. "Do you think they're gonna make it?" asked Trent. "Yeah." said Sarah. "I've known Ethan for a while now and if anyone can survive, it's him. And Gwen seems pretty tough too!" "She is. She's independent, strong, and on top of all that beautiful. And that's what I love about her." said Trent, with dreamy eyes. "Ethan's and I have been together since we were 15. He's so kind and always wants to protect everyone...after we lost our families we were all we had...then we found Mark, Jake and Alan...there were a few others but they died...but we've stuck together." "Ethan's a good guy all right. I can see why you like him." said Trent. "We're all we have." said Sarah. A single tear rolling down her face. "Like you said, he'll be okay...and there's one other reason why he's gonna be okay for you." said Trent "What is it?" asked Sarah. Trent looked up. [1]"Because if he dies he won't be able to see you again." Sarah hugs Trent and he hugs back.

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Ethan, Gwen, and Geoff are hiking through the woods. A single zombie walks toward them. "I got this" Gwen says. She takes her knife, and stabs the zombie in the head. But then...a snarling sound was heard.

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A horde of zombies was right behind Ethan, Gwen, and Geoff! and they were coming at them fast! Then...another horde came from the other side of them "Damn it not again!" said Gwen "We can't outrun them! And we're low on ammo!" said Geoff. "UP THE TREES!" shouted Ethan. And the 3 climbed the trees, while the zombies clawed at the trees. But even if they were above the zombies, they were stuck!

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The group at target were still waiting...it's been 2 hours, but they knew it'd take the other 3 longer to get there...but then...out of the store, tons of zombies burst their way out. "WE GOTTA GO!" shouts Mark. Everyone gets in their vehicles. "But Ethan-" said Sarah "Gwen!" said Trent, but they were both cut off when they were dragged to their vehicles...but then...

"SHIT!" said Mark. The road was blocked by another huge horde of zombies...the vehicles were surrounded by the undead. They couldn't drive. Is this it? Am I going to die here?! thought Sarah.

So there you have it! Chapter 8! Hope you liked it! I hardly made my deadlines with finals and such but my grades suck anyways so fuck it XD

[1] I SWEAR THEY AREN'T A COUPLE! SHIPPERS! NO! STOOOOOP!