OMG! Guys I am back from the dead! It's been how many months since I last updated this? Ugghhh, been busy and everything… yadayadyada… you guys don't wanna hear it… NEways! It's the school holidays so I thought, might as well upload something!

When disaster strikes, it spares no one. Young, old, good, wicked, you could be the most innocent, kind and angelic person in the world but that wouldn't save you. I've been in my fair share of close calls and honestly I'm surprised I'm alive! Though, others may be less fortunate in that matter. Honestly though, I'm surprised that even in groups people aren't safe! Food shortages, diseases, lack of medicine, people turning against each other. Trust me, in all the groups I've been, it's always the same case. I feel sorry for us survivors, especially the children. They have to grow up in this hellish place.

Lili's POV

So many things have been changing since that day. Miss Elizaveta and everyone else always look so grim and no one ever talks to me anymore. Brother has become more protective, up to the point where I'm not even allowed to leave my room! It's not fair! Why can't he understand that being alone makes me even more scared, lost and lonely? It doesn't help that one of my best friends had to leave. Sei always made me feel better and being with her made me forget all about the bad things happening outside. But ever since that day, Sei's uncle decided that it wasn't safe for them to be with our group anymore so, they had to leave. Big brother was kind of happy that Sei's uncle was gone because he told me that he was a creep and that I should stay away from him. Personally though, I don't think he was a bad guy since Mr. Francis would always give Sei and I candy whenever he found some. But I don't tell that to my brother.

I sighed and looked longingly outside from the gaps of my boarded up window. It's been a while since we've been outside. The last time I saw the full, open sky was the day of the outbreak, when brother and I decided to go to the theatre. I remember we watched "Romeo and Juliet" and how my brother lectured me about how I shouldn't be like Juliet and go running off with a man that he disapproved of after the show. It was also the last time I saw my brother smile. I sighed once again thinking of how I could ease the burden of my brother and everyone else. I hated seeing them working so hard so they don't have to think about the loss of uncle Roderich. Sometimes, I wish I had work too so I didn't have to think about everything. After all, I did hear that worry is bad for children.

I then decided right there that I was going to make use of myself. I stood up from the chair I was sitting on and walked outside of the room. Everything was silent, as usual. No one really talks anymore, mostly because they're too busy grieving but also because it's become even more dangerous. We never knew what kinds of sounds would attract the monsters outside. I looked around the spacious hallway and whispered, "Brother?"

I heard a shuffling noise and saw my brother appear from somewhere in the hallway. He walked up to me and whispered in a harsh tone, "What are you doing?"

"I felt cramped…so, I thought that maybe I should do something." My brother's eyes narrowed as he searched mine and I found it hard to keep eye contact. It seemed like forever until he finally sighed and said, "Fine. We could take a little walk."

I thanked him while smiling and started to trot down into the hallway, my brother, I knew was following close behind me. We walked till the end of the hallway and as we turned the corner, I saw Mr Gilbert sitting on one of the many crates that were lying around.

"Mr Gilbert!" I excitedly whispered to him. He looked up and searched around before finally spotting us. He smiled at me, feigning calmness but his eyes told me a different story. I knew it was a bad time to be talking to people because of what had happened but I wanted company and I knew my brother wouldn't give me his because of how busy he was, not that everyone else was not busy. Who I wanted to talk to the most was really Miss Elizaveta but she was the worst affected by the accident and Mr Ludwig was always so stiff.

"Hey Lili!" he said in a tired voice. "What brings you outside your cocoon?" It was an ongoing thing that Mr Francis and Mr Gilbert made, me being a graceful butterfly and Sei being a sparkling pearl. I think Miss Elizaveta said that it was a metaphor for our innocence or something like that.

"The air in the room was starting to feel clogged so I decided to step out a bit," I said propping myself up onto one of the crates beside him. I heard my brother leave to scout the surrounding area but I knew he wouldn't go far and that he'll be keeping an eye out for Mr Gilbert and me. After all, Mr Gilbert was the other person in our group that my brother told me to stay away from. I liked Mr Gilbert though; he was like a big brother and would always find ways to make me smile.

"So how's your brother doing?" he said tilting his head towards the way my brother went.

"He's… fine," I replied not really knowing what my brother really felt.

"Are you sure? Your uncle and him were really close you know?"

I nodded my head. Uncle Roderich would always use to tell me stories about his childhood days with my brother and he told me that they knew each other from when they were really little.

"How about you?" I asked him.

He sighed and gave me a small smile, "To be honest, crap. Don't tell your brother I said that but I'm holding my own ground you know!"

He gave me a cheesy grin that was infectious and I opened my mouth to ask another question when he cut me off.

"Don't bother asking about Luddy, you know him. He'll be fine!"

Again I nodded my head feeling somewhat reassured. "What about Miss Elizaveta?"

This question seemed to take him aback and he thought for a moment before carefully replying, "Lizzie's feeling... *insert swear word that starts with an s* and definitely don't tell your brother I said that!"

I giggled a bit before he continued, "Man, it sucks though. She blames me for his death and I couldn't even do anything for her to set things straight. We've always been friends and she's always seemed to barely forgive me but this time, I don't think she will. She was going to marry the dude for F**** sake!"

He bit his lip and I knew that he cared very deeply for Miss Elizaveta. I don't really know why though he would tell these things to me but I felt sympathy for him. I felt bad for asking and was about to change the subject when I heard my brother's quick footsteps approach us. We both looked at him and he wore a grim expression, "There's been a breach."

Uwaahhh! That was a long one! It makes up for being gone for soo long! Neways, Hope you enjoyed that one and I know I left at a cliff hanger but don't worry! I will upload the next bit soon! (I mean it!) BTW if you haven't guessed, Sei is Seychelles and people's relations to each other is really screwed up. I know, that in the story Austria and Liechtenstein are related but somehow Switzerland and Austria aren't and it's kinda weird but I don't really care. Also, in this, Seychelles and Liechtenstein are supposed to be the same age, which is about... 12 years old? Yeah, I'm going to be mixing up their ages just to make it more exciting.