Hello my dear friends, who must hate me for disappearing from .

I have been in a horrible life situation. And now I am somewhat better, thankfully.

Now! This was supposed to be after another character chapter. But for some reason, I could not character.

SO please enjoy this. I am sure you will like it.

Oh and for all my wonderful friends who forgive me for my lousy posting, I shall make cake and give it to you.

Chapter 9: Let's Just Reconnect...

- 4 Years in the Future (December)-

Diana sat at the head of the table in the conference room. In the corner of the room was a play pen, where the twins played with a few puzzles. Elliot sat in front of Diana, letting her braid her hair. As they sat there, the door opened and a group of people walked in. As the last person closed the door behind them, Diana grab the table and used it to get to her feet. She waited until everyone present got into a chair by looking out the window. Using the reflection she noticed that everyone was seated.

"Hey guys, sorry for taking you all away from everything. But I called this meeting because I felt we all need to know about our situation.."

She looked around at all the familiar faces through the reflection, observing all the ones that have been there with her since the apocalypse happened. All except one who was still missing, and nobody has heard from her in 4 years. There were three people from a group that had joined in not too long after the bunker was found.

Diana coughed and turn to face them.

"As you know, we have managed to get a hold of most of the city. Mostly because of the contribution of everyone. But our situation has not gotten any better. The undead still roam and from the looks of it, we are attracting others. Soon this won't be as safe as we hoped."

She looked around at her friends, who had become more of a family than anything else. She looked over to the twins and then at her pregnant belly.

" We are running low on a lot of supplies. Mostly medicine and canned goods. Water is also a bit of a worry. We do not know if the blood and decaying bodies of the dead have infected the few freshwater ponds and streams."

She sighed and ran her left hand through her hair.

" Scout groups have had to go farther just for basic needs. Even then, they always lose someone to the undead and they do not bring nearly enough goods.. Our small population has dropped even more. We had sixty of us. Now we are at forty-five. I know that many plan to leave. They realized that the good living is running out, so they plan to leave."

She slowly sat down to relax her aching feet. Looking at everyone, she realized they were all hanging onto every word she had said. Many had face expressions of worry, some of anger.

" Once those that wish to leave are gone, we will have bigger spaces. And while we do have a good running garden, next year will be unpredictable. Our hopes lay in stocking up as much canned goods we can find. Which is why I must ask for volunteers. I would go, but my pregnancy stops me."

From the three chairs closest to the door, three people stood up. They looked at Diana and nodded. One of the two girls moved toward Diana and spoke lot so everyone could hear.

"Miss Diana, the three of us have discussed of the situation our current home is having. We would gladly volunteer our group of sixteen as scouts. Together we should be able to gather as much as possible." The girl said as she tied her hair up in a side ponytail

Diana smiled and grabbed the hand of the girl. " Thank you Nina." She turned to the others and smile wider. " Thank you to you both as well. You shall have all the best weapons and gadgets we have at the moment to help you."

She stood up with the help of Nina and walked over to the father of her unborn children. Hugging him around the neck, she looked at everyone in the room.

"I am sure together, we will be able to handle anything that comes our way"

As she finished saying that, gunshots were heard and then shouting started from outside.

Everyone moved towards the window, weapons ready.

Standing in the middle of the street on a car, surrounded by other people was a woman. She pulled out a megaphone and started talking into it.

Diana opened the window to hear what was being said and held onto her boyfriend.

"WE ARE HERE TO TAKE BACK THE MOTHERFUCKING CITY FROM YOU FUCKING IMBECILES. I KNOW YOU FUCKERS THINK YOU KNOW BEST, BUT TIME HAS RUN OUT."

The woman stopped for a minute and looked around the street before whispering to a guy standing to her left. She picked up the megaphone again and start screaming into it.

" THE ONLY FUCKING WAY WE WILL GO FUCKING PEACEFULLY IS IF I GET MY SISTER AND MY DAUGHTER BACK. SO YOU MOTHERFUCKERS BETTER HAND OVER MY ELLIOT AND DIANA."

Elliot hearing her name, ran towards the window and looked down. Spotting the woman, she started jumping up and down screaming " MAMA, MAMA". Diana looked out with wide eyes.

She spoke only one word before dropping to the ground unconsciously.

"Dusty"

-Present time (Morning of day 1)

Diana ran towards the next building, quickly passing the alley. She put her back to the wall and looked around. All the cars were broken, bloody, or both. Getting to Dusty's house seemed impossible. That had been her plan since leaving the strip club. At first, the dead stayed to the alleys and she was able to walk around without sneaking. But when she got closer to the skyscrapers, the shooting started. Whoever was doing it was trying to get the dead to attack her. At first, it worked. She had nowhere to run. But she always made it through.

Now she was here. About a mile away from Dusty and her home. It had taken her three hours just to get to where she was. Hoping to some higher power, she darted towards the next street. Shots hit not that far behind her and it motivated her to run fast. Stopping at the corner, she placed her back to the wall and looked around it. Nothing was there. She looked to the other side and saw twenty bodies moving around. Gulping softly, she slide around the corner and took to a jog. As she made it down another street, she ran into someone. She was helped up and looked at the girl that helped her. She was holding a letter opener and had long black hair with bangs swept to the right. The girl quickly ran away without a word.

Diana shook off the encounter and continued towards the direction of Dusty's house. Just as she was about three blocks away, she heard loud swearing from down the street to the right.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKING ZOMBIES NEED TO FUCK OFF AND STOP FUCKING WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I. I WILL FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKERS UP."

Diana turned the corner and saw a woman swinging away at a zombie with a metal pipe. A whimper came from behind a garbage can and Diana quickly looked there. Sitting o the ground, holding a teddy bear was Elliot. Elliot looked at Diana and smile widely recognizing her aunt. She reach over to her aunt and Diana picked her up. Looking back at Dusty, she noticed that she was done.

Dusty made her way towards Diana and grabs her in a tight hug.

"Let's go," She said before pulling Diana by the arm towards a building that is usually abandoned.

Diana smiled widely and held tightly to the toddler, following quickly after her best friend/ sister. She knew that everything was going to be okay for now on.

A bit shorter than usual. But yay, it is here!

Oh I made a ice cream cookie dough cake for everyone!

*Cuts enough pieces for everyone and hands them out*

Please tell me what you thought. The good, the bad, and the ugly!

Ill be back eventually with another chapter!

BYE BYE!