Alrighty! I wanted to make this chapter short but it wasn't possible for me haha…sorry. Well I struggled with this chapter a lot. So I would like to apologize for its tardiness. Please enjoy

Oh and here's my thanks to the submitters

Brittney89- for Serenity Chase

LadyMeralis- for Meralis Rios

Lucas Bane- for Lucas Fedrick and Fran

ChaoticCrazy- for Geoffrey Dees

Roscoso- for Marissa Yoko

And

Hitsugaya Taicho- for Ryou Katsu

Who are these new names? Well read on and see…

Recruiting In The Dead

The morning sun starts poking its head out from the horizon to change the color from black to orange. The groans of the dead lessen and the survivors awaken to get ready for another day. Zion and Alis were in the kitchen while Geoffrey and Sarah occupied the restrooms. Both Jon and Stephanie lay in bed still fast asleep.

"Hey Alis?" Zion watched in confusion as the Puerto Rican collected food from his fridge. She placed them all on the counter in the middle of the kitchen and started fumbling around for pans.

"Si? Que tu a va preguntar?" she said a bit annoyed at his questioning. He shook his head before letting her get back to her cooking.

Sarah dashes down the stairs to greet the two in the kitchen "HELLO! It's a beautiful morning. Time to get ready for some awesome ass kicking!"

The two were happy to see the girl in better spirits then she was the other day. Zion knew that it was just a cover though. She had to put up a wall or her emotions would take control of her entirely. It wasn't the first time he saw her like that either, but it wasn't the time to think about that stuff. "I'm glad you're doing better," Zion gave her a weak smile. He scanned her new wardrobe; she changed from her school uniform to a biker outfit. A black leather jacket and matching pair of leather pants. The shirt was that of a Pegasus running on a rainbow, the heart shaped pendant she wore covered it. Zion actually let out a smile when he caught sight of it.

"Yeah I just thought that I shouldn't be all moody until this is all over. I need to be optimistic and hope for the safety of my family. As God as my witness I will be a better person today! Which means I have to apologize to that bit-…I mean girl. Where is Grace?" Sarah turned around to head for the guest room.

"Don't even bother Sarah…she's gone." Zion crossed his arms and look towards the backyard. "She ran away last night. I guess she couldn't stand being around us."

Sarah rolled her eyes. She knew it was a matter of time before the conceded blonde would up and leave to save herself. There was no need to push the subject more so she decided to focus on her mentor and the breakfast she was cooking. "Yay! I'll help you cook master!"

The young man decided to excuse himself from the kitchen seeing as he wasn't of much use. He felt like he needed to wash up anyway, the blood on his clothes made him sick. On his way up to the room he thought about the plan on how to get to the two destinations he needed to get to. Plus they had to stop by Jorge's place for a special 'something' he needed to get. It wasn't going to be easy, they were hours away from Miami and that wasn't option. The city would now be crowded with a huge swarm of the dead. But that's where they would have to go in order to find a way out of the state. But for right now he just had to focus on the easy stuff first. He made it to the door and opened it.

He looked inside to find the girl that slept in the bed with him to be up and completely naked. Zion just stood there not knowing what to do; the girl turns around to catch him staring at her. They both stood there in silence for a few seconds until the girl grew red and started throwing things at the man. He ran back into the hallway and slammed the door shut. The image of the girl's body still imprinted in his eyes and mind. His cheeks grew a bit red. Geoffrey just got out of the bathroom to catch the guy exiting the room. He walked over to Zion wondering something "Is there any weapons here?"

Zion removed the dazed look off his face to answer him. "Yes. I will supply all of you with the needed weaponry."

Zion took the advantage of an open bathroom to get ready and to start up a cold shower.

xXx

-PS-

Jon got up and took the other bathroom; he didn't say a word to anyone. Sarah, Geoffrey, and Alis hung out in the kitchen until the last of the team were ready. Alis and Sarah were busy testing out new recipes for their food. This left Geoffrey to just stare and drift off into his thoughts. The image of his sister and mother doing the same thing made him laugh on the inside. They would do everything with each other, bake, shop, watch TV, and even slept in the same bed. It was the typical mother-daughter relationship you would normally see. They would always try to include him in the things they did. But he just refused and went off to do his own thing. The teen's father wasn't around much but when he was he taught Geoffrey everything he knew about guns.

His relationship with his father wasn't bad. It had its rough patches, but the man treated him with respect. And in turn Geoffrey respected him as well, not once did they ever fight. There were arguments between the two. But the women of the house would never find out about any of that.

But the only thing that mattered now wasn't his memories of his family. It was their lives; he needed to get to his family. He needed to get to his sister out of everyone else in his family. The girl was too small for any of the things that are happening at the moment. He placed his faith that she was still alive in the school, believing anything else would just be too sad. He wasn't the type to do things with others but he needed to team up with them in order to get out alive. There wasn't a certainty that he might live running around with the dead moving around and the psychotic humans running a mock as well. He calculated the outcome and figured it'd be safer to travel in a pack then to travel alone.

-ET-

Geoffrey snapped out of his thoughts by the delicious smell seeping up his nose. He looked down to find a plate full of delicious looking food. The two girls stood in front of him waiting in anticipation. The young man felt that he had to test it out for them so he picked up a fork. He took a piece of the food and put it in his mouth, the taste was better then the smell. The girls squealed as he began to gobble up the food cleaning his plate. He held up his plate "More."

xXx

Zion was just about done with his shower when he heard the door open. He tensed up at the sound. He could have sworn that he locked the door before getting into the shower. The sounds of footsteps made him uncomfortable, they kept getting closer to the shower. And to his surprise, Stephanie pops into the shower with him. In reflex he covered himself up and tried not to look at her. She giggled at his shyness and just moved herself under the stream of water. Zion has faced a lot of trials all his life but when it came to women he was defenseless. "Damn you old man! You made me into a killing machine…but you didn't even try to show me how to deal with women…and now there is one in the shower with me…NAKED!"

The urge of looking at the girl was hard for him. She tilted her head towards him "Can you wash my back for me?"

He looked down her back only to get a nosebleed. That was all he could take, he rushed out of the shower grabbing a towel and running to his room. The girl laughed at his reaction to her question. "I'm surprised he even made it this far. Poor guy may be able to tear apart the living and dead. But throw a naked woman in front of him and he's softer then a bunny. Ha unlike other men out there…maybe that's why I find him so attractive. Now I just need to sneak up on Geoffrey and I'll be set…hehe." She drifted off into her own world. The shower was what she wanted and needed in the first place. Messing with the team leader was just a bonus for her. The torturing times she spent with her brother returned to her quickly. But the shower was the only place that seemed to wash away the bad. And right now she needed to wash away the bad from her body and mind.

xXx

After an hour has passed the team finished getting ready for the trip. Zion has changed to a Navy blue outfit. The jacket was short sleeved; the black shirt with a yellow crown could clearly be seen underneath it. His pants matched his jacket, a belt held a lot of compartments for different things. The others look at it like and couldn't help but feel like they were going out with Batman. He tightened the black gloves he had on his hands and adjusted the necklace around his neck. Everyone noticed that it had dog tags, a small ruby, and a key on it.

Geoffrey had also changed his attire. He took a dual-sided camouflage shirt and cargo pants from Zion's fathers closet. One side was woodland camouflage, flipping it inside out turned it into urban camouflage. The girls loved the fact that it wasn't covering the boy's body so they just stared at him.

Stephanie had taken a plain black shirt and white blouse from the clothes Sarah brought over from her house. The white pants she wore she had taken from the Zion's mother and the black Converse were from his sister. Zion and Geoffrey couldn't take their eyes off of her.

Alis had taken things from Zion's mother's wardrobe as well. She took a black spaghetti strap tank top and covered it with a cream colored long sleeved button up blouse. She rolled up the sleeves to make way for the wrist guards Zion gave her to shield her from the bow she carried. Zion had also given her a holster and belt to hold her knives.

The last one was Jon but he decided to prepare himself when they got to his place so he still wore the same clothes he had on before.

Zion stepped forward and cleared his throat to get the attention of the others. "Alright people. I have something for everyone here…so if you would all follow me I'll take you to it." Everyone followed closely into the basement and through all the junk that was laid out down there. They came up to a wall that was discolored from the rest of the walls that made up the basement. Zion stepped in front of it and started pushing against it. A snapping sound could be heard as he kept pushing up against it. Soon the wall flew off to the side and a hidden room was revealed, guns and swords galore. The team rushed in and stare in wonder at all the shiny new weapons they could use. There were shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, smgs, lmgs, axes, and katanas, even shields.

Alis and Sarah ran over to the bows and knives that were stocked together. Geoffrey couldn't wipe off the excited look from his face. All the guns he could use and try out were neatly kept on shelves. Jon just rolled his eyes and waited for the rest to finish up with their choices.

Zion made his way to the back of the room and unlocked a small chest hidden away from plain sight. He opened it up to remove his weapon of choice from its sleep. It was a shotgun modified with a broadsword around the gun. Modifications around the gun and sword to make it easy switching between melee and firing. Geoffrey took notice and headed for the gun. Zion let him pick it up so he could examine it better. "This is a Striker. You've completely remodeled this gun down from the sight all the way down to the ammo cartridge. It feels lighter and its handle has been given a better grip." He swung the gun around; it was too heavy for him to even try. The blade added an extreme amount of weight to the gun even though the gun itself felt light. Geoffrey returned the gun back to its master "How does it shoot?" he asked.

Zion swung it around with ease before pointing it at a wall. He bent down to pick up the holster for the gunblade. "I modified it to be automatic and semi automatic. Also the recoil it reduced due to the weight of the blade. The magazine holds up to one hundred rounds and the spray is centered instead of scattered." He finished hooking up the holster to his belt and placed the gun in it. The holster is made for easy access to unsheathe the weapon but secure it so it won't fall out.

Geoffrey took in the idea of Zion's weapon and thought of modifications he could make to it. But something caught his eye from a far, an MPi-KM stood in the corner of all the assault rifles. Zion watched the guy make his way to the gun and decided to follow him. "I see you have chosen a weapon."

He looked over the assault rifle before heading towards the attachment locker next to the guns. Zion left him to tinker with the weapon in order to help someone else with choosing a weapon. And lucky for him there was someone who needed help choosing, unlucky that it was the girl he saw naked twice in one day. He made his way to her, she was just staring at a sniper rifle with hearts painted on it. Zion took notice and picked it up "This is my PSG-1. Its highly accurate and I've got it equipped with a silencer…it might prove useful."

The girl giggled. "So why does it have hearts?" she pointed at the gun still giggling.

Zion just handed her the weapon "My sister thought it would be funny."

By the look on his face, she could tell that it wasn't something he wanted to talk about. Some time has passed and they have gathered the ammo for the needed weaponry. Sarah and Alis have also packed up food just in case they couldn't come back to the house. They all gathered outside and loaded their bags into the car. Geoffrey was looking over his Remington 1911 R1, Sarah and Alis tried out the bows they picked out, Stephanie looked over her rifle and tried to get a feel for it. Jon looked around to notice that Zion was nowhere in sight. That was when a loud roar came from the back of the house. Sarah noticed it as well and starting screaming in excitement. She began to jump and rushed over to the side of the house. Everyone looked on in confusion at the girl. But their questions were answered when Zion pulled up with a large motorcycle. They looked on as he pulled up near them. The cycle was colored red and black and some stickers of pink hearts. Stephanie had an idea who stuck those there but wasn't going to bring it up.

"I can take someone with me since the bags have taken up room in the car." Zion spoke trying to listen in on the headset he conveniently had on. Stephanie ran towards the bike and beat Sarah for the seat. Sarah pouted at losing her seat.

Geoff finished with his pistol and spoke up for everyone "What's with the headset?" Zion took off the headset and noticed the blonde holding him tightly from behind. He once again tenses up at the touch of her.

"Its for listening in on radio frequencies. Mostly police channels…it might give us a heads up on certain areas. I-" he was cut off by the screams coming from the headset. He placed it back on to listen in on the call. Everyone waited for him to finish listening in before asking anything. Zion's eyes widen at the sounds that came through the headset and soon took it off. Before anyone could say anything he started up his bike and turned it to the east. "We need to head back towards the mall. If you want we can split up and or you could go together."

They all looked at each other and with a silent agreement they all decided to head for the mall.

xXx

-PS- (I used Night of Fate from Kingdom Hearts lol)

With Zion in the lead, they made it to the ruined parking lot of the mall. It was in worse shape then the shopping outlet they passed by the other day. This time though they walked on foot to the entrance of the mall. When they got there they found about a hundred of the undead crowding the entrance. Geoff fired off a couple of shots and took out a bunch. But what he wanted was for the shots from the gun to lure the dead to the group. And it worked.

Zion and Jon rushed in with their weapons as the girls pulled out their weapons and fired away. Jon took his axes and began chopping through the necks of the dead that stood in front of him. Two of the corpses came from his side only to be stopped by an arrow to one and the others head was shot off by a powerful bullet. He ignored the save and continued to chop down the corpses.

The women wielding the bows had run out of arrows and began to run forward with their knives. Dodging and killing the rest that still moved in order to retrieve the arrows from the dropped bodies. After picking up enough they once again launched the arrows through the air to skewer the heads. Only Alis was able to get clear shots covering Zion as best she could. Sarah had a hard time but made decent shots at times to assist the two men. Alis took notice and tried coaching while dodging and firing the remaining arrows she had left.

Zion had noticed that the numbers only increased. He stuck the end of his blade into the head of one of the dead and fired a shot from the striker. The shots took out a large number behind the single corpse. He spotted something white heading his way but before he could focus on it something grabbed his jacket. It pulled him back and tried to bite him. The young man quickly brought his gunblade up and blocked the teeth of the dead person. Seconds after the head splattered over him, Stephanie had shot the thing before any damage could be done. Zion wiped off the matter from his head before returning to the fight.

After a few minutes the two archers have entered the fray, leaving only Geoff and Stephanie to shoot from afar. Through the scopes of their guns they make out a girl and guy fighting off a group from within the mall. The two look at each other before shooting at the mob in front of them. Zion had cleared a path into the mall and tried to head in when something tackled him to the floor. He looked up, ignoring the pain, to find a girl with blue hair on top of him. They both blushed at the predicament when a moan grabbed their attention. One of 'Them' grabbed a hold of the girl, in reaction Zion shot his gun to kill the thing. "Don't you dare touch her."

Stephanie watched through her scope and began to get upset. Geoff ignored the girl's complaints, he then heard a growl from behind him. He turned around to catch a glimpse of a small figure run right passed him towards the mob. And to his surprise a girl walks to his side and fires off rounds from her AK-47. Geoff turned back to the mob and noticed a German shepard tearing through the group.

Zion had gotten back to his feet still holding on to the girl protectively. He fired shot after shot getting rid of the closest corpses surrounding them. He pulled the trigger only to hear a clicking sound come from it. It was out of ammo and now they were once again surrounded. The girl gripped at his jacket from the fear of getting killed. But as the dead walked closer the white blur Zion saw earlier revealed itself to be a man with a katana. The blood of the dead he killed spilled over the three , the white haired teen looked Zion in the eyes "Hello Zion. Long time no see."

Well isn't that a cliffhanger haha. New characters. One of them knows Zion. And now they are to be killed by an endless swarm of the dead. How will our heroes get out of this one? We'll find out next time…on Dragon Ball Z! lol oops wrong show. Read, Review, and Reload your weapons.