So here you are, a big moment I'd say haha. Hope you all enjoy it and again I left it as a bit of a cliffhanger sorry about that. Will update soon. I guess lol I kind of want a break. haha please comment toodle oooh.-

We are directed by an officer after we tell him who Julie and I are. They seem surprised when they hear and clearly people have been telling stories about us. However it is shocking that the story itself spread so fast and of course the cure. They tell us how about two days after hearing about Julie and I, several former corpses came to the entrance waiting to get in.

Our officer was named David; he looked through the lists and found a Evans without a first name. I was sure that was her, David walked us over to an apartment building that looked like new. Despite a bit of dirt and grime the building looked like it hadn't seen the apocalypse. We made our way up to the sixth floor and down the hall. David told us to wait behind for a moment so that he could explain the situation. We agreed and he walked up to the door and gave it a knock. I could not see anything past the doorway but I heard David say hello to the woman and she welcomed him in. I couldn't get a close enough look and I was so desperate to just see a face; my mother's face.

After a few long minutes David returned about waved us over, I walked anxiously as I saw a small silhouette of a woman I still couldn't tell. I walked closer and saw a woman, she was small and looked frail, and her eyes looked tired and heartbroken. She shook and I saw the tears in her eyes. Her dark brown hair matched mine and she had large brown eyes. This was her, this was my mother.

She looked at me walk up and gave a small gasp and a whimper. Her eyes were full of tears and soon she was running towards me. She nearly tackled me to the ground as she hugged me and I hugged her back; tears also in my eyes. After a moment she let go of me and started slapping me in the chest.

"Where did you go? Do you have any idea what happened! I lost you! I lost everyone! You shouldn't have left!" I could see that she was hurt and she looked up and my face once again. She stood there for a minute and then buried her face in my shoulder and began to cry again. Through her sobs I could hear her yelling at me some more and I couldn't blame her. She had lost everyone; her husband, her daughter and then her son. She backed away from me for a moment, "Let's go inside."

We made our way into the apartment. It was a small two bedroom apartment that I'm assuming was for me or my sister in case we made it back. The living room was small and had a small t.v. the couch was old but comfortable but was very bare in décor.

The kitchen was a bit different, the cabinets, fridge and table were all full of mementos; photographs of kids and her and drawings made by children, cards and letters. Everything she could bring with her.

"Whoa look at this." Nora signaled us over as I walked over with my mom who seemed to not want to let me go.

"Is this you?" I looked at the photo; it was a small looking boy with dark shaggy hair and bright eyes and a large grin on his face. He was holding a large fish in his hand and was with a tall man with blonde hair and blue eyes next to him with an equal sized fish in his hand.

"That's me and my dad." I said quietly.

"Your dad took you to that lake every year. Do you remember that?" I turned around to my mother who was still wiping away her tear stained cheeks.

"R, you were so cute as a kid." Julie smiled at me and I smiled back.

"Oh sorry, mom this is Julie my girlfriend and Nora. They saved my life"

"R? That's a strange nickname, and its nice to meet you Julie and Nora. Thank you for keeping him safe."

Julie and Nora both smiled at her and Julie even went up and gave her a hug.

"So Robbie tell me what happened?" Robbie, so that was my name, of all the memories I still never got that one. I knew Julie and Nora were a bit surprised to since they gave me funny looks.

"Well what have you heard?"

"Nothing really, David here told me that you were in Seattle and were part of something important." Well that wasn't much to go on. I took her over to the couch to sit; I figured it would be a lot to handle so at the very least sitting down might help.

"So mom," I took her hand "Something happened when I went to find Anna." I could see the sadness in her eyes when I mentioned her name

"When I went to find her, I got into some trouble and… and…"

I froze, how could possibly tell my mother I died.

"I became…I died mom I became a corpse." She looked terrified for a moment and back away from me slightly. "I'm sorry mom. I don't know how long I was like that but somehow I guess I was a bit different, I could talk and think and then I met Julie and we did something. I came back to life."

I paused a moment and waited for her to digest this new information. I could see from the blank expression on her face that she had not heard this before and I assumed it was a pretty unbelievable story.

"I'm just glad your okay. And thank you Julie." She hugged me and started tearing up again. Her quiet weeps made me feel that much more horrible about it. But I was glad she understood. I gently pushed her away for a moment.

"There's a little bit more. Whatever it was about Julie and I, it spread. Corpses started coming back to life, and we sort of became the cure. But I couldn't remember anything about my life before."

She gives me a confused look, "But you remember it now?"

I nod "Most of it I think and as soon as I remembered what had happened I came back to find you and Anna."

She takes me hand "Sweetie, Anna never made it here. When you never came back I feared the worst."

"I know that she was in Idaho. We found her name, she could be close."

Her eyes widened. She looked like she was about to hit me. "No! You will not do that to me again! I will not lose you again!"

"Mom… I- I…"

"No! I put her memory to rest a long time ago; yours too. I already lost you once, you died!"

Julie stood up and looked at her with calmness in her voice.

"Your son is the bravest, strongest man I've ever known. He saved my life, he changed and came back to life, and he helped others change too. It's safer out there now and anything that happens I know we can handle. Please trust us."

David then spoke up. I had nearly forgotten he was there. "Mrs. Evans, if they want to go out there we will help them. With everything they have done for us it would be our pleasure."

My mother just sat there a moment, clearly not happen about the situation but she understood that we were telling her the truth. She stood up and looked me square in the eyes.

"This time you promise to come back and you mean it. Anything happens and I'll slap you myself, dead or alive."

Nora laughed and gave her a hug. My mother continued to glare at me through the entire hug. I couldn't help but feel nervous at this. I turned away from her glaring eyes to look over at Julie, with a big smile on her face and nothing more than reassurance for me.

The next morning we woke up bright and early, I took the couch and the girls stayed in the extra bedroom. I knew for a fact that my mom would not let me and Julie sleep together, not after yesterday and how furious she still was that I was going back out there today.

When we left she gave us all a hug, of course in my case the hug lasted much longer and she kissed me on the forehead and told me to be careful. I nodded and a tear rolled down my cheek. How long had she been waiting for one of us to show up on her doorstep, only to leave the next day?

As we met up with David and drove away from Denver, it hurt to leave. I'd never had someone besides Julie, Nora and Marcus that I felt so close to. That I needed to protect, since I never had a family before and only Julie, I never had that feeling of loss. It hurt to think about.

We decided to check in the only other city nearby. It was much smaller than the one in Idaho but it was the only one besides where we were. I knew it was a tough chance to find her but now was better than any time before and I needed to know she was safe.

It wasn't far from Denver till we reached Cheyenne, Wyoming. I jumped out of the car and up to the gate. It was definitely smaller and there was no wait this time. I quickly checked through the list and found it immediately. Anna.

After speaking with the immigration officer I learned that she and a few others had gone out about four days ago. When I asked where he told me to find supplies, clearly with this city it wasn't as detailed as to where they went every time. After a long discussion he told me the only thing worthwhile, that they went east. I quickly ran back to the car and we were on our way. I knew now that there was hope, I was determined and no one would get in my way.

About twenty minutes after we left we came to a stop.

"David what are you-…" I looked out the front and saw them. At least twenty boneys slowly walked our direction. David quickly grabbed his gun and began to shoot from the window. Nora joined him and Julie and I jumped out of the car to cover them. After taking down about ten they continued to close in on us. We knew they could still take us out so I armed myself with a knife on the seat and moved closer. Julie screamed at me to come back but I knew if I could at least distract them they could get out of here. I knew I had a lot to lose and of course my mother would slap me even as a corpse but I had to do it. They would keep going, find Anna and bring her home. One boney moved closer to me and I cringed as he suddenly wailed. The sound was like nails on a chalkboard and made me dizzy. I raised my gun and pointed it directly at him and waited. This was it, ten of them and one of me. I love you Julie.