Welcome back ladies and gentlemen! Miss me? Yes? No? Good either way! As you may have guessed, this is the second chapter to my fanfic "A Hunter's Story" And by the fact that you're reading it, you must have liked the first chapter! Sorry about the ending if you thought it was too much, like just dropping you off at a cliff but without further adoo, let the story begin! *takes a bow to the crowd as the lights dim until darkness, hold the screen, and walks off, stage left.*

'Now's not the time for things like that, so get your head in the game' He looked ahead and saw a fairly large Oak tree in the distance that he could lay her under for the time being. 'There, we could wait out the rain there.' He began to walk over to the tree. "So, uh…" "Y-yes?" He kept stuttering like a fool. He couldn't help it though; he was holding her… her… It suddenly donned on him. He was in love with her and he didn't even know her name. Idiocy at its finest. "I was wondering… what's the name of my 'Knight in shining armor'?" "M-my name is…" 'That's it; I've got to stop this idiot and man up.' He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Like I said, Idiocy at its finest to walk with his eyes closed. (Trust me kids, take it from me and NEVER walk with your eyes closed. I have a scar to testify to that.) He opened his eyes. "My name is Adam." She looked up at him. "Adam...?" He looked down at her and smiled. "Sorry, I can't remember much before… this happened…" He looked back up and continued for the tree. "So what's your name?" She blushed when he asked. "Uh my name is… 'Whisper whisper'" "Huh, what was that?" "I said my name was 'Whisper whisper'" He put his ear down next to her face to hear what she was saying. "Huh?" She blushed more. Her face was as red as a tomato. "I said my name is… Kimber… but you can call me Kimby…" "Oh, okay…" He blushed as they got to the tree.

He gently set her down against the giant Oak, and closed the umbrella. He set it down and went to look at her ankle. "Is it your left or your right?" he asked. "My right…" he looked at it and saw nothing visibly wrong with the ankle. He gently picked it up and examined it. He twisted it to the right. "Does that hurt?" She nodded no. He then twisted it a little bit to the left. "Ow…" "Oh I'm sorry!" He said worryingly. "It's fine… but like I said, I don't think I can walk on it…" He took a seat beside her and noticed her shivering. All she had on was a partially ripped up grey tank top and a ripped up pair of sweat pants that were made into a makeshift pair of short shorts. He started to take off his hoodie. Kimber looked over with a surprised face. "W-w-what are you doing Adam?!" He got it off and handed it to her. "Don't want you catching a cold, now do we?" He smiled at her and she blushed a little. Kimber took the hoodie and pulled it on. When she had it on comfortably she pulled the sleeves up so that they covered most of her hands. She then pulled herself close and smelled it. 'So this is his scent. It smells good, sweet even… I like it' The hoodie was big on Kimber, enough that it covered down to her thighs and when she pulled her knees up to her chest, it covered all of her. "Like it?" She blushed. "Uh yeah… it's warm…" She noticed that she blushed a lot around this guy, Adam. "Good, that means it like you." Huh? "Huh?" "My hoodie is special. If it likes you, it will keep you warm or cold Depending on the temperature that you desire. I don't know how but it really is like that." He explained "Maybe it's magic…" Kimber said "Considering the world we live in today, I wouldn't be surprised." Adam looked at her hands. "I thought that witches had long claws" She looked down at her hands. "We do, it's just that we can retract them. It would be pretty inconvenient if we had to live with foot long razorblade claws that cut everything that we touch." Adam nodded "Yeah, it would be pretty bad." He looked down at his hands. He retracted then released his claws twice. "Um…" Adam looked over at Kimber. "Yeah?..." She looked at her legs and blushed. "You've got a… home… right?" "Uh, yeah… Why?" she blushed more. "Do you mind if… I…" He stared at her. "I?..." She blushed even more. 'And I thought I was nervous but she… Kimber's even cuter when she's like this' He thought to himself. "I was wondering… and you seem nice enough….. Do you…" Her face turned beet red. "DO YOU MIND IF I… STAY AT YOUR HOUSE!?" Kimber said with a loud voice, obviously nervous. "Sure, I don't mind." Adam said with a smile. She looked at him with a face full of surprise. "T-thanks…" She said, looking back down. "Not a problem." He looked at the scenery. The park was beautiful. It was seemingly untouched by the hell the earth had become. He looked around, leading to the space beside the left of him. He saw a small flower that stood out. He gently picked it and looked at it more closely…. Owww… He remembered this flower. It was a white Lily. A mixture of a white and there was some red in there too. Which means it was a hybrid of a White lily and a Stargazer lily. The difference between a Stargazer and a White lily was that a Stargazer was pink with dark pink spots. This one was red instead of pink but still as beautiful. It must have been the only one of its kind. Adam smiled. It kind of reminded him of Kimber. He turned and leaned over towards her. She looked over in surprise. "A-Adam! W-what are you doing?!" He brushed her hair behind her right ear and placed the hybrid on her ear. "There. It goes good with your skin and eyes." He smiled and leaned back. 'Just who is this guy?' Kimber thought. 'I can't believe this right now. He's probably the nicest guy I've ever met.' "Wellll…." Adam said as he stood up and stretched, then looked over to Kimber, only to receive a blush as she looked at him. "Maybe it's time you see your new home." He said as he smiled again. This was probably the most he's smiled in a while. "Uh, yeah…" The beauty said with a blush. Adam got down into the trademark crawl of the hunter kind and went over beside her. "Come on, you climb onto my back. I'll carry you there. ""Okay…" Kimber got onto the Hunter's back. He was warm and his scent was still so nice. She snuggled up to him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Got a good hold?" He asked "Yeah…" She said with a blush. "Alright… Don't let go!" And with that, they were off. He leaped into a close tree and continued leaping from tree to tree to get out of the park and back home. "Wow… I guess this is kind of what it feels like to be a hunter…" 'Maybe I'll stay with this guy for a while…' Kimber thought to herself as Adam jumped around.

As he reached the building he was on earlier when he arrived here, he spoke. "So, how do you like the ride, Kimby?" He said as he silently traversed the rooftops. "Uh, it's… nice I guess…" She said with a smile. "Glad you like it." But Adam tensed up as he suddenly felt something was wrong. He smelled bloodlust in the air. A lot of it. 'This isn't good; I can't fight with Kimby like this. I have to get out of here, and fast.' Kimber could feel him tense up. "Is something wrong Adam?" She asked worryingly. "No, nothing at all Kimby." She didn't believe him though. Then Adam heard it, but just barely. It was other infected. There was a good few of them too. If he had to take a rough guess, he would say it was about 2 Boomers, 3 Hunters, 2 Smokers, a Tank, and about 50 Common infected. Fucking awesome. What was worse was that Adam could tell what they intended to do if they got to him and kimby. He would die before he let them touch her, let alone what they planned to do. But he smelled something more, something… with no bloodlust. It smelled more of… fear. And there was something else… Tears. It was crying. It was a female too, young even. Very young. Not even out of adolescence. A prisoner of theirs? Even though it was against his better judgment, he had to see. He had rules, and the very first one was this. Never ignore a girl's tears. Never. He had to come up with a plan, and fast. He was nearing his home, so Kimby would be out of the way. "Are we almost there?" Kimber asked. "Uh yeah actually, we'll be there in a minute or so." Now about the plan.

"Whoa…" Kimber exclaimed as she saw the apartment complex. It was 7 stories tall and could hold a good amount of people. "This is where you live?" She asked. "Yeah, I have for a while. I live on the seventh floor." He said as he used his claws to climb the side of the building. When he got on the seventh floor he climbed into the tall building by using a broken window. Adam went through the plan he thought up of while they had traveled to his home after he had stood up and carried Kimber in a princess carry. "Apartment 17…" Adam said as he walked up to his apartment door. "17?!" Kimber exclaimed in a surprised voice. "I thought you said this building was seven stories tall?" She asked. "I did, it's just that the apartments are pretty big for the tenants." "Wow…" she said as they walked in. When you first walked in there was a nice little area for things like your shoes, umbrellas, bags, and all that good stuff. Then to your left there was a hallway that lead to the kitchen on the right, and farther ahead there was a decent sized guest bedroom on the left, a bathroom right across from that. Then at the end of the hall was the master bedroom that had a bathroom of its own. That room was where Adam usually slept. If you go back to the entrance and looked right instead of left, there was a good sized dining room a little ahead to your right, then farther ahead to the left there was a big living room. Surprisingly, Adam had been able to keep the place looking nice and tidy. In the living room there was a nice, large, black sectional couch against the right wall and a small flat screen TV. "Nice apartment, huh?" Kimber said. "Uh yeah, I was pretty lucky to find it and make it my own." Adam said. "I'll say." Kimber added. Adam carried her into the living onto the couch, then got a warm blanket and covered her up, giving her the remote. "Believe it or not, there are still some of the channels from before the plague happened. And I'll need my hoodie back." He walked over to his bedroom and got out a comfy white shirt that resembled the one he was wearing, except for the fact that the comfy shirt he was wearing was, non-surprisingly, black and a pair of jeans. He got these and took them back to Kimber who had taken off his hoodie and was waiting for him. He took his hoodie and gave her the clothes with a "Here, for you". "Uh… thank you, once again." "And once again, not a problem." He said with a smile. He then pulled on his hoodie and started for the door. "Hey wait, where are you going?" Kimber asked. "There's something I have to take care of." He told her over his shoulder. "And can I ask what that thing is?" She said with a worried expression on her face. "I'm sorry, I really am, but it's probably better you don't know." He told her. She looked down, with a slightly sad face. "Don't worry Kimber, I'll be home soon" He said as he walked back over to her. "And how soon is tha-?" though she was going to say 'And how soon is that going to be?' but she couldn't get the words out because of the intense nervousness and embarrassment as he leaned down and placed a warm, caring kiss on her forehead. And when he stopped and started to walk away… "W-w-w-what was that for?!" She exclaimed, obviously surprised by his action. "A sign of good faith that I'll come back." He said. "H-h-how was that a sign of good faith?!" She asked. He once again looked back over his shoulder and with a voice as smooth ad ice he said: "Because I don't leave beautiful girls hanging." And with that he was off and Kimber was as red as a tomato again. She pulled her knees back up to her petite chest and whispered to herself when he was out the door. "You better come back, and soon. It isn't nice to make a girl wait." As Adam was walking out the hall to the roof, he jumped up in excitement at what he just did. 'Shit that was so badass! I don't think I could ever do something that cool in my life ever again! Now, that's that and it's time I save the damsel in distress.' When he got to the roof he smelled for the infected and girl again. He looked to the south. "There, they're that way." He took a deep breath as he readied himself for the upcoming fight. He knew it would be big, but he also knew one more thing. Something that he was one hundred percent sure of. Something he had absolutely no doubt of as he leaped off the building towards the group. And that thing was… He would win.