Hey there Bros and Sis...sisses? uh...lets say Sisters. I know it's been awhile but there has been a lot of drama and and work and stuff...plus sharing one computer with five other people is tough lol. So I would like to apologize for my tardiness. Now here is the next chapter.

Simple as That

Zion stared at the long white haired man in front of him. It was a mess for some odd reason, from what he could remember it was always neatly kept. He stood as tall as him and his eyes were as cold as ever. The icy blue color just spoke for him like it did back then. Zion observed his clothes, black and navy blue converse, black torn up jeans, a black shirt with a white jacket over it, and finally was his signature black scarf. He finally spoke "Good to see you too."

The girl that clung to Zion jumped from him to the new guy and hugged him tightly "RYOU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"

Ryou looked a bit annoyed by her action but he couldn't complain about it at the moment. "Marissa…please…I heard you scream from the roof so I ran here…now get off."

"You're no fun." Marissa replied as she moved away. Ryou didn't bother staying, he ran towards the giant mob of the undead in front of him. The blue haired girl turned back to face the man in blue.

"I suggest we move or else we'll be cornered here." He tosses her a knife and walks towards the mob.

Marissa hugs him from behind and squeezes him tight. Zion wouldn't have mind if it weren't for her breasts pressing on his back. "Zion is it? Thank you for saving me back there."

"No problem…lets go," he pulled her arms off him and charged into the mob. Marissa looked at the knife in her hand and sighed.

xXx

Geoff and Stephanie looked over to the girl beside them with puzzled faces. Her long brown hair is what stood out the most to Stephanie. It looked like it reached her lower back but right now it was kept in a long ponytail. Geoff on the other hand was focused more on her body. Everything on her screamed sexy, huge breast, great ass, well toned body, great legs, even her clothes. She wore a V neck t-shirt in which you can clearly see her green bra, skinny dark wash jeans with rips going from the knees to her thighs, pink Reebok shoes, and a purple wrist band.

Stephanie realized that he was staring at her so she nudged him with her rifle. He snapped out of his trance. "Excuse me…uh…miss?"

The girl faced the two and just smiled "The names Serenity Chase. I'm here to save her…and her alone." They followed her hand to see that she was pointing at Sarah who at the moment is trying to save some survivors.

"Fine by us doll face…but we're going to need your help to do so." Geoff couldn't see her blush since he turned back and started firing off shots. Stephanie took her position as well and looked for Zion through her scope. She found him being pushed back into the mall with that blue haired girl and white haired man. Something was obviously going on if these things just kept coming to the front. It was weird that they weren't storming from inside the mall, but they were just heading right into the front from stores and second floor walkways. Stephanie looked over to her partners and they both seemed to have noticed it too. She didn't need to say a word for they both caught on to the same thing.

Sarah and Alis were struggling to keep themselves alive and any survivors that have rushed through the mob. Alis took her knives and cut through the throats of the dead that tried to grab her. One managed to grab her from behind but was dropped by one of Jon's axes. They nodded at each other before going back to fighting.

They weren't used to the blood, the killing, and the screams. But they had to endure it all so they could save the living from a similar fate.

Jon wasn't feeling well after a few minutes of chopping the dead into pieces. It wasn't that he was sick or that his body wasn't used to pressure. No it was the fact that he was cutting through flesh and bone of the people he swore to save. The whole thing was eating at him from the inside, its just wrong. Lost in thought a corpse grabbed on to his arms as he chopped off another's head. It went for a bite but was stopped by an arrow to the head. Sarah fired off another one and it caught one that was coming up behind him. It hit its neck so Jon had to finish it off by chopping the head clean off its neck.

The two would've looked at each other but the mob continued to grow even though they had already killed a large amount.

xXx

Marissa stood her ground and tried pushing the dead to the floor so she could stab them while they were down. She managed to get one and killed it but threw up afterwards. Zion felt bad but he needed to clear a path so the three could leave the mall in one piece. Ryou just lost himself in the fight and cut through the dead with his katana. One thing he noticed though was that their numbers were oddly increasing instead of reducing. There weren't this many in the area when he got to the mall. Could somebody have tricked him into coming here?

"Ryou…Zion…we need to get out of here. I found a side exit a few hours ago. We can leave through there." Marissa let out through her breathes for air. She made her way to a store nearby them and opened the door to get inside. Zion and Ryou quickly followed. They watched as she made her way through the jewelry store and into the register nearby.

"Listen. You two can go out through there and find my friends fighting outside. They'll take care of you…try to get any survivors to a safe place. I'll go check if there are any survivors left inside." Zion began to open the door when Ryou stopped him by lightly tapping the point of his blade to his back.

"It's a stupid plan." Ryou stood his ground.

"Either follow my plan or don't…simple as that," Zion ignored the blade and left the store. He checked out the area before moving and noticed a girl running to the east side of the mall on the second floor. He followed her; he had to at least save her from getting killed.

xXx

Stephanie watched him leave from her line of sight. She was worried of course, but right now she needed to focus on the rest of her friends.

Sarah was able to pull out three women and a baby from the mob. None were bitten but they were covered in blood and really dirty. She noticed something brushing up against her hand. She quickly faced down to find a German Sheppard sitting right next to her. It barked at her. She recognized it right away and bent down to pet it and gave it a kiss on the head "It's good to see you again Max…where's you're mommy?"

The dog barked and pointed to the spot where her friends were. She could see that Serenity was shooting at the dead that were emerging from the stores and away from the survivors.

Jon and Alis made there way to the side of the building where the remaining survivors and Sarah were sitting. Luckily the dead were following the sound of the gunfire and not them. They leaned against the wall so they wouldn't fall; they were very tired and gasping for air. None of them were prepared for this type of thing.

The survivors were paired off near the parking spaces. There were about ten of them and that was excluding the kids. Sarah noticed that they were all scared and horrified by what they are watching. She looked over to her friends that were shooting down the walking dead as they stumbled out of the mall entrance. But at the rate they were coming out, the shooters would run out of ammo soon enough.

A loud bang caught everyone's attention. Something was banging on the door near the two adults that were trying to recuperate.

"Shit…now what?" Jon stood straight up from the wall and readied his axes. Alis couldn't move but rose up her hand high enough to defend herself.

xXx

The brown skinned girl ran from something and it wasn't the dead. Zion could tell that the girl was bleeding from her right arm. From what he could make out, the cut was from a blade, it didn't look life threatening. Something must've happened that she continued to run although there was no one chasing her.

She was wearing a tracksuit. Her long black hair flowed from side to side as she ran for her life. The girl hit a dead end, without even thinking she ran right into a wall and she fell on her butt. She shook off her headache and rubbed her bottom while getting up on her feet. Zion made it right below her when the sound of glass breaking could be heard. The girl screamed as a group of 'Them' stumbled onto the floor. She had nothing to defend herself against them. So once again without thinking, she jumped to lower level. The girl fell right on top of something.

"Mumble...mumble...mumble." the girl looked down and found a man's head right in between legs. She was about to punch it when five of the corpses walked right up to them. They didn't know they were there so she kept quiet and prayed for them to leave. The man underneath her continued to talk, which wasn't the best thing to do with his mouth being right on a sensitive area. She couldn't tell him to stop but she couldn't let him continue or else she'll start making noises. When she tried to move away the man grabbed her softly and stopped her in fear. With his hands he placed one on a shard of glass and the other on his weapon. The girl had a feeling that he was going to do something crazy so she braced herself.

He threw his gun and blade weapon to a nearby wall causing a loud clanging sound when it hit. The dead followed the sound. After a few seconds the two survivors moved away from each other. With the glass shard in hand, the man ran forward and cut through the neck of the corpses. He got in close to two more and snapped their necks easily. With the last two, he threw the shard and it penetrated the skull of one. He raced for the weapon and tripped the walker while getting his blade of the floor. He walked over to the collapsed body and stabbed it right in the head "You know…I was trying to tell you not to move…but I guess you couldn't really hear me huh. The names Zion…and you are?"

The girl's skin turned red. "I'm…Fran…"

xXx

The door finally opened and a man in a white jacket came walking out with a katana and a wakizashi. A girl with light blue hair followed and began to throw up all behind the door so no one could see.

After she finished she began to talk "Fuck…why did you kill those things so close to me?"

The white haired man ignored the girl and looked around to spot the survivors hiding in the parking spaces. He turned his head to find a trio of gunners reducing the numbers that were storming the front. And next to the door he came out of were three survivors all bloody and tired. One of them caught his eye. The red head had a look of concern in her eyes, was it for him?

"Hello! I asked you a question jackass!" the blue haired girl wobbled her way to the young man. She turned her head and saw what he was looking at "Oh I see…hehe…wondering if the carpet matches the drapes huh…"

The girl ducked out of the way of the fist that was headed her way.

"Touchy." She looked over to the other and waved. "Hi…I'm Marissa and this is Ryou…you must be the heroes Zion was talking about."

"Yeah about him…where is our brave leader?" Geoff walked in with the two girls by his side.

xXx

"Well Fran…I'm heading out of here…do you want to follow?" Zion put on a fake smile to try and comfort her. It was working so far. Fran was nervous but she knew she needed to stop it and talk back.

"I need to find my boyfriend. Then we can go." She held her arm tightly when she spoke.

Zion walked up to her and ripped a part of his shirt to bandage her arm. "That's fine with me…do you mind telling me why you were running?"

"Later…I promise." She smiled and watched him wrap her arm with his man made bandage.

She thanked him for saving her and checking on her arm. He finished with her arm and noticed a spot of blood on her cheek. He placed his hand on it and wiped it away with his thumb. They looked into each other's eyes and when Zion blinked he was hit by something on the side of his head. It wasn't hard enough to knock him out but it did cause him to stumble onto the floor. He tried to get up but was knocked back down. In a second he felt the end of a gun pushed onto his head.

"Lucas stop!" Fran ran towards them but it was too late

*BANG*

Man what just happened? The screen just faded out to black haha. First I would like to apologize to Frans creator for putting her in that situation with Zion haha...but I already introduced Marissa earlier on so I couldn't change the characters around. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and I'll update real soon seeing as I'm on vacation. As always Read, Review, and Reload your guns.