Authors Note:

hey guys! Sorry for the delay but school just started back up so I'm kinda busy! But behold! I was able finish chapter 8 and upload it for all you lovely people. Look at you, your adorable :3

i do not own any of the youtubers in this fanfic but I do own my oc brianna (Bree) Taylor and her family and the dog Blu.

Enjoy!

Chapter 8: Safe and Sound

We all stood there in silence outside, sharing a quiet moment in respect of the old man who had been viciously murdered by Glitchers. We had just finished burying him just by the woods. It didn't feel right to just leave him there in the barn. It wasn't human. And we had to hold onto our humanity. If we didn't, we should just save the Glitchers the trouble of hunting us down.

Afterwards, I went out to go and hunt. I brought Blu with me. I wanted to be on my own for a little while. The old man just reminded me of how I had lost my on family. My parents were dead... I didn't even know what had happen to my siblings... Blu nudged my hand suddenly and wagged his tail.

I smiled. I felt like he was trying to remind me that I still had him. I still had my new friends. I still had Russ, Red, Minx, Snake, Jund...Cry... I smiled at the that and carried on walking through the forest. A branch snapped somewhere ahead of me. I looked up and saw a deer. I watched as it limped across the forest, badly injured. It was in bad pain. I looked and saw that it had a large and deep gash running down its side. I think a Glitcher has done it... The deer stumbled suddenly and let out a painful and weak cry. I felt my heart reach out for the poor creature. I had to put it out of its misery. It wasn't fair to let it suffer. We would be doing each other a favour; I stop its pain and suffering and she can feed my friends and I for a good two or three days.

I held up my rifle and aimed. I fired and the deer collapsed onto its side, dead. I felt a tear in the corner of my eye and I wiped it away quickly. I had never really liked hunting. But I knew it was a good survival skill to know so that's why I learnt. I always told myself that if I ever needed to, that would be the only reason I would ever hunt. I guess this was one of those times...

Suddenly a snarl erupted behind me. I spun round and saw a Glitcher standing there. He looked badly wounded but he also had a crazed look in his eye. I could tell immediately that this wasn't any normal Glitcher.

I raised my gun quickly and was about to fire but the Glitcher knocked me away and snarled. Suddenly, a low growl rumbled deep from Blu and he launched himself at the Glitcher. I watched in shock as Blu larches his fangs onto the Glitchers throat while it screamed. Glitcher threw Blu off but not without him tearing part of its throat away. I snapped out of my shocked daze and grabbed my gun and fired it at the Glitcher, blowing its head off.

It's body fell down limp and Bu walked over to me, wagging his tail. I patted the top of his head.

"Good boy..." I said and stood up.

My back stung a little bit from where it had hit the ground so hard but it wasn't that bad. I walked over to the deer and grabbed its leg and began to drag it back to the house. This would take a while...

I knocked on the door tiredly. It had taken me a while to drag this goddamn thing back. Better taste nice... I was greeted by Snake who opened the door. He saw the deer laying on the ground next to me and Blu's mouth covered in blood. He simply just raised an eyebrow.

"Nice to see you too man..." I said weakly and picked it up by the leg again.

I dragged the deer in and dropped it to look up to see five surprised faces. Suddenly, everyone looked hungry. Blu trotted in and laid down by Minx's feet.

"Blu's good at hunting." I said smiling softly. "Also good at ripping a crazed Glitchers throat out."

"Good boy!" Cry said grinning.

"One question." Jund said raising his hand. "Who's cooking?"

Oh god, that deer was good. We all sat there in the living room, stuffed from eating so much. Red had made a small fire in the fire place and Jund was quietly strumming away on his guitar. Blu was sitting next to Cry, allowing him to gently scratch his ears while Blu ate the last of his share of the deer.

It was nice. It was peaceful and quiet. I was sitting on the sofa, between Minx and Red while Russ sat by the window on watch out duty; Snake sat in the corner of the room, silent, just himself and his thoughts..

I began to think myself... I was blessed to have found these six amazing people; they were all so unique and amazing in their own ways. They were selfless enough to risk their lives to save me back in St. Petersburg, and then they were kind enough to let me stay with them. I believe a great friendship has grown with these people and I will do my best to try and prove myself to them, so I can pay back the debt.

Jund began to play a song which I had dearly loved two years ago; Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift. He played it soft and sweet and I found myself quietly tapping my foot along to the tune. Red got up and went to the kitchen. I carried on listening to Jund play on his guitar when suddenly Red let out a gasp.

"Red?!" Russ called out alarmed.

"I'm fine!" Red said. "But you won't believe what I found!"

Red quickly ran back into the room holding up a bottle. It didn't take an idiot to know what it was alcohol. Wine to be precise. Red quickly explained how she had opened up a cupboard and had found racks of wine. This guy must have liked wine.

"Maybe he was one of those weird wine collectors." Jund said.

"I feel like we could all do with a drink, what do you think?" Red said leaning against the door frame.

"Raise your hands if you're in!" Minx said.

Everyone's hand was up in a split second. Blu just looked around confused.

I didn't know how long it had been since Red discovered the wine but all I knew was, I had had a LOT too drink. I was a happy drunk which was alright. I sat there giggling with everyone else.

"-and then...the...the end...!" Cry said in a slurred voice as he finished telling a story about something or other.

"Okay, I - hic! - think we've had enough to drink." Russ said putting his finished glass down.

We all numbly agreed but Cry went to grab the bottle again.

"No..." He mumbled, voice still badly slurred. "I want a little more!"

I quickly grabbed the bottle and took it away. "No! That's enough Cry."

Cry pouted and crossed his arms. He then went to get up and grab another bottle but staggered and fell over and burst out laughing. We smirked and giggled but my mind was pulling through the fog. He needed to get to bed. I got up and wobbled a little bit but I managed to gain my balance and I walked over to the hysterical Cry that laid in a messy heap on the floor.

"Come on, Cry," I said helping him up, "Lets get you to bed."

"I think I might go to bed aswell." Russ said and Red also went to bed.

Snake also got up and left. I led Cry to his room which was a very hard task. He get staggering and falling over. He was a little taller than me and he had his arm around my shoulder so I could guide him but he was dead weight. We finally got to his room and I managed to open the door. Cry was giggling to himself about something when I managed to get him to sit on his bed. He laughed and collapsed backward, laying down across his bed like a giggling starfish. I sighed. I managed to get his shoes off and then I helped him with his hoodie, so he was left wearing his jeans and a white t-shirt. He had fallen asleep while I was taking off his shoes. I stood up and wiped the dust from the floor off of my knees. I looked down at the sleeping Cry. His mask was at a slight angle, so you could see a little of his face. I was curious. I knew I was drunk but I couldn't help but reach out, giving into the temptation, of gouging to see what this mysterious man actually looked like. But I quickly pulled my hand back; this was wrong. I wouldn't invade his privacy. I had no right. I shook my head and sighed. I quickly leant down and placed a quick kiss on top of Cry's head.

"Goodnight Cry..." I whispered and left the room.

I walked back into the living room and all that was left was Minx, Jund and Blu. Jund was still silently playing away. I sat down next to Minx and listened to Jund play. Blu was laying asleep on the floor in the corner of the room. After a while, Jund started to get a little frustrated as he couldn't get a certain bit right. Minx and I looked at each other worriedly as the anger grew inside Jund. Suddenly he dropped his guitar and tossed it aside and buried his head in his hands. Suddenly his shoulders began to shake as sobs echoed out from him. We quickly ran over to him and sat down beside him.

"Jund...?" Minx asked gently. "Scott, what's wrong?"

"I'm useless! You guys always have to come and save me. I can't fend for myself! I can't even hunt! I always miss things when we go scavenging! I couldn't even look after my own girlfriend!" He said angrily at himself but then he sighed and whispered in a broken voice, "It's my fault she's gone... I couldn't protect her... I failed... I failed her... I'm so sorry Raven..."

"Oh Scott..." Minx whispered broken hearted.

"If she never made it out of there on that day, that means she's lying under a pile of rubble in the city...! Forgotten and all alone...!" Jund sobbed.

"Jund, you should know Raven better than anyone! She would not let a bunch of aliens get in the way of finding her way back to you! She is mostly likely out there right now looking for us. For you!" Minx said. "I don't even know what happened to Krism! We got into an argument three weeks before the invasion and decided to take a break! The last time I saw my girlfriend was when I was arguing with her! You have no idea how much I wish just to be able to see her one more time! Have faith in Raven Jund and have faith in yourself."

Minx quickly wiped a tear away from her eye. I looked at Minx shocked. I had no idea... I nix was a much stronger woman than I originally thought. I just hope that one day we will be able to find Raven and Krism.

"You go onto bed Minx." I said. "You're exhausted. I'll stay here with Jund."

Minx nodded and got up and left. Jund and I sat in silence for a couple of minutes and until I finally decided to talk.

"I also know how you feel Jund." I said simply.

"Really?" Jund said a little spitefully.

A tiny flame of annoyance sparked inside of me and I turned to look at him.

"Really." I said annoyed. "I have a twelve year old sister called Ellie and a twenty six year old brother called Jamie. Our parents died a month before the invasion so my brother and I gave up everything that was going on in our lives to take care of our sister. The invasion started and we survived on our own. One night, I went out hunting and left them at our campsite, asleep, seeing how exhausted they were. I came back a couple of hours later to find that they were gone. There were traces of Glitchers everywhere. I lost them then and there. I have no idea what happened to them and I've been searching for them ever since! I failed to look after my family!"

I sat there letting the anger out of my system. Jund looked a little shocked and then looked down a little ashamed. He wiped his eyes quickly.

"I'm sorry Bree... I, I had no idea." He said.

"It's fine Jund. I shouldn't have lost it like that." I said pulling back a loose strand of hair behind my ear and off my face. "But I'll tell you one thing Mr Soctt Jund."

"What?" He said with a little smirk on his face.

"I believe that we sold never give up hope on the ones we love. If we love them enough and they love us back, well find them eventually. I believe that we will find Raven, Krism, Jamie and Ellie one day. It may be tomorrow or a couple months or even a year, but I hope and believe that ad will find them!"

Suddenly Jund grabbed me and hugged me. "Thank you Bree."

I sighed and smiled and hugged him back. "No problem Jund."

We sat back down and he picked up the neglected guitar. He began to play a small and simple tune.

"What does she look like, Raven, I mean." I asked.

Jund smiled and carried on playing. "She's the most beautiful woman I've ever met. She's kind, sweet and as you can guess, she loves games. She has brown hair like Minx but a bit shorter. She has these weird but cute two strands of golden blonde hair like Minx had with her purple streaks. She has the most beautiful hazel eyes I have ever seen..."

"She sounds beautiful Jund." I said smiling.

"She is." Jund smiled and carried on playing.

Almost half an hour later, Jund was fast asleep in his chair. I was sitting curled up on the sofa, exhausted. When I saw that Cry was finally asleep, I grabbed a blanket and placed it over him gently, taking the guitar in return. I sat down on the sofa and fell asleep, shivering a little. Even the though I knew we would have to leave soon, we were safe and sound. So I was going to enjoy this time.