Chapter 6: Explaining and New Allies

Chris's POV

I yawned as I woke up. The sky was a light purple, so that meant it was early in the morning...

And Nick, Pete, and Clementine STILL aren't back yet...

I got up, put on my sunglasses and headed down into the living room, seeing Alvin, Luke, and Rebecca standing there.

"Seriously, they've been gone all day!" Alvin said. "Someone's gotta go look for 'em!"

"But Alvin~!" Rebecca protested. "We'll be okay, Bec. We'll be back soon." Alvin told her before he and Luke grabbed a rifle and headed into the kitchen and out the back door.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"They're not back yet, so Luke and Alvin are going to look for them." Rebecca explained.

"Well, I'm sure they'll be back soon." I told her with a yawn.

"Tired?" She asked me, and I nodded my head.

"Yeah." I replied, rubbing my eyes to wake myself up. When I could finally see straight, I looked at her and saw she had a mischievous smirk on her face.

"Anne still asleep?" She asked and I blushed.

"Yeah. She's not exactly a morning person sometimes. If she's up before anyone, and she is bored out of her mind, she'll sneak up on someone and forcibly wake them up." I said. "Sounds like you were a victim." She said. "Yeah, I was." I said before explaining when she walked into my mobile home and woke me up.

"Wow. She did that to you?" She asked me.

"Yeah. I can still feel the pain from her beating me with a bat to this day." I replied.

"Sorry about that, by the way." I heard Anne say. Rebecca and I turned to see her coming into the living room.

"It's okay." I said as she sat down on the couch. She and I looked at each other and blushed. Rebecca smirked at the sight.

"How did Anne end up in your dad's camp?" Rebecca asked me. "I'll tell you if you never associate me with that piece of shit I called 'Dad'." I replied and she nodded her head.

"My half-sisters and I were on a supply run and were about to head back when Anne showed up and told a lurker was chasing her. I drew my Sai and snuck up to the lurker. I stabbed it in the head, then looked at Anne to see she was exhausted, which told me she had been running for a long time. She passed out due to exhaustion as I came back from killing it. Tess, Emily, and I picked her up and we took off back to Bill's camp. She's stayed with us ever since." I explained.

"Then my mom died, and Chris and Anne took off. Emily and I left to try to find him after we learned how he left my mom to die and decided he wasn't our father anymore. That's when we arrived here." Tess added. We looked to see my half-sisters were coming to join us. Carlos was walking down with them.

"Ever play chess, Chris?" He asked me and I shook my head. "I've played poker before, though. With my half-sisters, naturally." I said.

"Bill always was a bad poker player." Rebecca said. I chuckled.

"Luke could never beat Pete at poker. No matter what." Carlos said. "Yeah. Pete told me he's got a good bullshit detector. That's why Luke could never win." I said, earning a chuckle from the others.

Just then, we heard a knock on the door, and we all froze.

"I'll deal with it." I said as I drew my Sai and walked slowly to the door. I opened the door and pointed my Sai outside and was surprised. Instead of my "father", I saw two girls, a brunette and a blonde, standing at the door. "Who are you two?" I asked, not lowering my Sai.

"My name is Rebecca Townley. This is my friend, Jennifer Hudson." The blonde said.

"And no, I'm not in any way connected to the actress." The brunette said.

"Do us a favor, and please point that knife somewhere else." The blonde, Rebecca, said to me and I scoffed.

"It's not a knife, sweetheart. It's a Sai." I said.

"I don't fucking care if it's a salad tong. Point it someplace else." The brunette, Jennifer, said to me. I lowered it and placed it back in the holster.

"Who are you two working for?" I asked.

"We ain't working for anyone." Jennifer said. I then guessed she was from somewhere in the south.

"Where are you two from?" I asked.

"I'm from Britain, and Jennifer's from Texas." Rebecca replied.

"How did you two find this place?" I asked, and Jennifer groaned in annoyance.

"Are we almost done playing 20 Questions?" She asked and I glared at her.

"I'm making sure of a few things, that's all. There are people out there looking for us." I said.

"Well, whoever they are, we ain't with them. We're exhausted, hungry, and looking for a place to rest." Jennifer said when I looked over to Rebecca.

"You okay, Blondie?" I asked her.

"Yes, I'm just… tired." Rebecca replied.

"You better be okay. I still don't trust you two." I said.

"Don't worry about…" She started before her eyes looked droopy.

"Ah shit." I said as she fell to the ground unconscious. I tried to help her, but Jennifer stopped me.

"Don't touch her!" She said, earning my icy cold glare. "If you value her life, you'll let me take her inside. We have a doctor." I said to her with venom in my words. She then stood to the side and allowed me to pick her up.

We walked over to the couch and I set Rebecca down on it. I then ushered Carlos to come to my side. He obliged and examined her. After a few minutes, he backed away.

"Well, what's your diagnosis, Doc?" I asked.

"She's exhausted. I suggest she get plenty of rest. She can eat when she wakes up." Carlos said, and we all agreed.

/A Few Hours Later\

Rebecca was waking up when I looked over to her.

"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty." I joked, earning a laugh from the others. Carlos walked over to her with a bowl of soup.

"Here. Eat up. You'll feel better." He said as she gladly took the bowl and ate the soup.

After she finished, she looked at him. "Thank you so much." She said to him and he smiled.

"Don't mention it." He said as I walked over to her with Jennifer.

"Carlos here is a doctor. He said you passed out from exhaustion." I said. We then walked over to the other girls.

"Tomorrow, we have to go find the others." Tess said, desperately worried about Nick.

"We will, Tess." I said before looking at our new arrivals. "If either of you knows how to fight, you're welcome to come with us." I told them and Jennifer nodded her head.

Once that was decided, we all went to bed.

That's chapter six. I would like to thank I heart Lyoko for letting me use his OCs, Jennifer and Rebecca. Review and I'll post more chapters.