So this was it. Ross was gone aswell as Maia and they couldn't do anything about it.

But no.. Riker wasn't gonna give up or leave Chernobyl until he at least found Ross. Or at least tried.

"I'm gonna go find him." Riker said walking back towards the buildings. "Riker you don't know where they are!" Rydel said. "I don't care Rydel!" Riker snapped "I want to find Ross before it's too late and he's gone forever." "What about Maia?" Rydel asked.

Riker sighed. He'd been to focused on Ross that he had completely forgotten Maia was with him. Great. "We'll find Maia too, but c'mon." Riker said beginning to walk off.

"Riker, we need to get out of here before we get killed," Laura said "I wanna find Ross as much as you do, but c'mon! Ross would want you to get to safety and live.. Not worry about him and get yourself killed." "But we're not gonna get killed.." Riker said "please Laura.. We have to try at least one last time to find them both. Then we'll leave."

Laura looked at Rydel and Ratliff. Both of them nodded "Then lets go find them." Ratliff said.

The four of them then began to look around, but something inside them began to give them the feeling they were making a huge mistake doing this. God knows what could happen to them.

What just happened?

One minute they were safe in the car waiting for Ratliff, Laura, Riker and Rydel to come back to the car. The next it was dark and then the car was being attacked viciously.

One this is for sure Ross now know's it's not animals that killed Uri and attacked Ross yesterday. It was humans. LIVING humans who had been living in Chernobyl since the disaster. Except.. They're not really humans.. They're more like mutants than anything.

They flipped the car over on it's roof and then the windows smashed before Maia was grabbed beginning to get dragged away "ROSS!" Maia screamed with fear as she was being dragged out of the car. Ross grabbed hold of Maia's hands and held onto her as strong and as best as he could. But the next pull and Maia was took away out of sight.

All Ross could hear in the distance was Maia's cries of pain.. Then one last hit and it all stopped.. That made Ross's heart drop down to his stomach. He was next.

He then crawled out of the car as best as he could. But he got his white hoodie caught on something so he just unzipped it and threw it too the side where he was now without a hoodie. Great. When Riker, Rydel, Ratliff and Laura get back they're gonna panic and think Ross is dead.

Heck.. He might even be dead by the time they find him. Or if they find him.

Ross then struggled as he got onto his feet. His leg was still weak and cut to bits. But he needed to find Maia if she wasn't dead.

He then began to walk - well.. Began to limp - towards the deserted town of Chernobyl. Only to be grabbed himself. He let out the largest scream and began to fight back as best as he could. All the mutant done was just growl that's it.. He or she or shemale couldn't talk. It's face was white with black eyes. Wearing black cloths. Almost like a zombie.

Ross kicked and punched it as best as he could. Finally he was released from the mutants grip where he began to run as fast as he could and as best as he could.

He then wound up in some kind of building. Where he then fell to the floor and began to cry. He's never gonna get out of here alive. "ARGH!" Ross screamed in pain as something went through his stomach.

A mutant had ran a piece of sharp glass from the car window through Ross's stomach. He clenched onto his stomach to stop the bleeding. He then ripped the glass out of him before stabbing the mutant in the head with all his anger where it died on the spot. Now all Ross had to hope was no mutants came out of nowhere and that Riker would find him.

Ross then left the building and made his way back to the car.

They had been looking around for about 15 minutes now, and nothing. No Ross. No Maia. Just trails of blood and that's about it.

"Wait.." Ratliff said "if we follow the trails of blood we might find them!" They looked on the floor and began to follow it.

That's when they heard a growl behind them.

They turned around where they saw a figure. It wasn't Ross. Wasn't Maia. Nope. "What.. The.. Fuck.. Is that..?" Ratliff asked. "I don't know.. BUT RUN!" Riker shouted.

The four of them then ran, following the trail of blood. Hopefully whatever that was that was infront of them just then can't run as fast as Riker, Ratliff, Laura and Rydel.

As they ran, continuing to follow the trail of blood, they were now in the center of Chernobyl where all the factories and warehouses were. The only problem was they couldn't see where the heck the Nuclear Station was. So if they ran into that then.. Lets face it it's a death trap and they'll die. But the Radiation Monitor would of went off by now if they were anywhere near it.

Hopefully they'd be out of here by morning.

Then all of a sudden as they were running Ratliff bumped into something sending him and whatever that was to the floor. Ratliff screamed, like a boy, thinking it was a mutant or something crawling away quickly "I TOUCHED IT!" Ratliff screamed. "Ratliff! Riker! Laura! Rydel!" The thing said that was on the floor.

They looked down.

Ross.

"ROSS!" They all shouted with relief. Ratliff then ran over and helped Ross up putting one of his arms round his neck "They stabbed me.. It.. stabbed me.." Ross cried holding onto his stomach with his free hand. "I-i-it's okay Ross!" Riker said "we're gonna get out of here once we find Maia okay! Where is she?!" "She.. S-s-she's gone! She's dead!" Ross said.

Everyone just looked at eachother. "Lets just get out of here now!" Laura demanded. They all nodded. "But.. Which way..?" Rydel asked.

None of them knew which way to go.. They were now lost with little hope of ever getting back home.

"T-the way we came c'mon.." Riker said.

Something told Riker that none of them were gonna get out of here without being hurt or loosing something or someone.