Finally beat my writers block on this story. Not gonna bore you with bold reading so without further ado Chapter 13. Special thanks to Blackwolf4626 for editing this chapter.

Chapter 13: A Battle and A Cure

Zane POV

As the crawlers bite me, I feel a burning rage surge through out me. I grab a crawler and sling it at the other crawlers. As I kill them I feel a bullet tear through my side, I look to see the wolf who stole my mate holding a gun and smiling. I keep killing the crawlers and he keeps shooting me. Finally, they are all dead and he is out of ammo. I look at the wounds and the blood. I fall to my knees, eyes blank.

The pain is of that I have never felt before, the fact my heart is broken and I've been chewed on by crawlers, coupled with that of the bullets I can barley stand the pain. I see him with a new gun so I stand and charge him, yelling: "I swear you are gonna die!". As he pulls the trigger I start dodging the bullets as they fly at me.

"Zane! Please don't! I love him!" Yasmin yells. This makes me even madder as I begin to run faster than ever. I see the fear in his eyes as I get closer. He drops the gun and starts to run away. It was no use I caught him before he even got 20 yards away, I tackled him and slammed his head into the ground. "You bastard! I went through hell for her and you steal her from me! She was my mate!" I yell so loud trees shake and rocks fall.

"I'm so not sorry." he says as he tries to punch me, but, I grab his hand and break it like a twig He cries out in pain as it snaps. "Now you die." I say as I grab his neck. Before I can crush it, I feel something hard hit my the back of my neck. I let go and turn around to see Flare holding some rocks. "What you wanna die too?!" I shout.

He drops the rock and shakes his head 'No'. I turn back to Blaze and see him standing. I throws a fake punch then kicks me in the nuts. "You piece of shit!" I yell as I grab his neck and lift him off the ground. "First you mate with the only wolf I will ever love, then you attack me, now you kick me in the balls?!" I yell. "H... H... H... Helll... Help me." he chokes out. Nobody moved. "Looks like you are gonna get what you deserve." I say.

Then I hear sobbing and I can tell it's Yasmin. "I'm not gonna kill you. I'm gonna let you suffer. Then when you recover I'll do it again." I say as I drop him and turn to them. Tears formed in my eyes as I saw Yasmin, it was then I realized she didn't love me anymore. I walked up to her, tears now running down my face. "I went through hell and back for you, and this is how you say thanks? You give your love to someone else and kick me to the curb." I say.

She looks at me and stands up then slaps me and leave 3 deep gashes on my face. "Zane,I still love you, but we can't be together." she says "Why the hell not? I've been through so much for you. For god sake we were mates!" I yell my anger rising again. "Exactly "were"! Not anymore! I love him now, not you!" she yells back.

My anger boils over and I punch the wall next to her head. As I turn to leave, I look at her "Just remember, I'll always love you Yasmin, but when you see me again, I won't be the same." I say. She nods and with that I walk away. Sorrow in my heart and my mind racing.

Humphrey POV

As I watch Zane walk away, I look at Yasmin. "Is what he said the truth? Did you and Blaze mate?" I ask. She hangs her head "Yes." she says. We all look at her. "Well I believe I speak for us all when I say, you two have a nice life." Garth says as he turns to leave, we all agree and turn to leave too. "Wait, you are just gonna leave us here?" she asks. "Yeah, that's what we're gonna do." Kate says.

After that, we all leave then we follow Zane's scent and catch up to him quickly. He looks at us and stops. "So where do we go?" He asks as we get to his side. We all stop and think "How about we go back to Jasper find a plane you can fly, and we go somewhere to find help." Garth suggests. Zane looks at us "Sounds good, but how do we get to Jasper?" He asks Garth.

"Find a car that has a key, get in, and drive there." Garth says. We agreed and began walking not sure where to, but we hope towards a city or town. As we walk, I look at Zane "Hey Zane?" I ask. He looks at me "Yeah Humphrey?" He asks me back. "Why didn't you kill Blaze?" I ask him. He thinks about it for a minute. "I wanted him to feel pain, and killing him would have released him of his pain. Plus I got to see Yasmin suffer watching me beat the hell out of him." He said to me.

"Do you still love her?" I ask him. "No." He says simply. "You said you did tho." I say to him. "That was only so she would suffer thinking she broke my heart, I knew she didn't love me anymore when Garth and I returned and she was gone." He said to me. "Oh, we're sorry about leaving, but the crawlers were getting worse every day." I say to him. He nods and then goes silent.

(4 hours later)

It's been a while since we started walking and we are all getting tired. I was in the back, and Zane had moved to the front. "Hey guys, we made it to a city." Zane says to us. We all perk up and walk up next to him. It was a big city. We slowly walk towards it careful not to alert any crawlers. As we enter the edge of the city the stench of rotting corpses fills our noses. We stop and look around the city as we progress farther inward.

We start looking for a truck with keys. We search and search then find a semi with keys. After that we check it for gas then start looking for a gun shop. We find one, and we all choose 3 weapons. I pick a .270 Winchester, a 12 gauge shotgun, and a 45mm pistol. I take all the ammo I could find for my guns. Garth chooses a .243 Winchester, a 30-06, and a 9mm. Kate grabs a model 700 XCR, and a 6mm. Lilly grabs the same as Kate and they split the ammo. Zane grabs a .308 Winchester, a Winchester Model 1873 lever action, and a .22 long rifle. After that we head back to the Semi get in, start it up, and drive North to Jasper.

As always, Zane is the first to drive. As we head out of the city we are in we run over bodies and crawlers. After we are out of the city we stop and load our guns. Then we start again and drive into the night. Kate, Lilly and I fall asleep.

Garth POV

After about 3 hours of driving it gets dark and Kate, Lilly, and Humphrey are asleep. Zane still at the wheel. "So, Zane, you really think you'll find Yasmin and Blaze again?" I ask. "No, Yasmin has the sense of direction of a baby, and Blaze is just plain to stupid if you ask me." He answers. I laugh a little. "Well glad to see you aren't down about it." I say "It's the past. Just move on from it. Is how I look at it." I say to him.

As we drive I see a sigh that says, "Welcome to Idaho" then we hear a beep and a small light comes on next to the gas gauge. We were almost out of gas, we look for a gas station hoping there is one close. Then as we run completely out of gas we see a small gas station. We roll to a stop next to the station. Then the others wake and look around.

"Where are we?" Lilly asks "We are at a gas station in Idaho." Zane says as he gets out. He open the cap to the gas tank. Then he goes inside and starts the gas flow to the tank. When he leaves the store he has the money from the 3 registers inside. "Why did you take the money?" I ask. "For when the crawlers are gone and we stop the infection. Money will be needed again, and I'm gonna have a lot of it." He says to us.

"Fair enough." Humphrey says. Then the tank is full. Zane finds some extra gas tanks and fills them. Then we get in the Semi and start driving again. Zane still the one driving, and me in the passenger seat. The others in the back asleep again. "So you really think we can fix all this?" I ask Zane. "I'm not sure, but if we can things will never be the same." He says. I nod and we go silent.

The sun begins to break over the horizon. It had been about 6 hours of driving since we left that town in Utah. We reach the Montana border at around 10 a.m. Zane brings the truck to a stop and turns off the engine. The others wake up and look up to see it's day time. "What time is it?" Kate asks. "About 10 am." Zane says hopping out of the truck. Then we all get out and stretch our legs.

Zane tosses me the keys. "Your turn to drive." He says getting in the truck and getting into the back. He falls asleep before I even close my door. The others get in and I start the Semi. I pull back onto the road and soon reach 80 mph. "He, must have been tired." Lilly says to me. "I don't doubt it. He's been awake for like 36 hours. and drove for 6 of them." I say to her.

"I really hope we can stop the infection, and save what's left of the human race." Kate says. We all agree with her. Then we go silent all in our train of thought. Then I see a sigh that says, Welcome to Canada. "Hey we are in Canada." I say to everyone. By this time Zane was awake again. He only slept for like 2 hours while we drove through the first half of Montana.

Zane POV

I see a sign just after Garth says we are in Canada that says 175 miles to Jasper. I sigh knowing it's gonna be a long drive there. I sit in the back and think about better times, and all I could think of is before the infection with Yasmin and I. I stopped thinking about her and thought about what the future could bring. My biggest hope is that I never see Yasmin and Blaze again.

As we drive Garth suddenly hits the breaks. Me, Humphrey, and Kate roll forward since we were in the back and didn't have seat belts. "What the hell Garth?" I ask madly. Then I stand up and see a human girl in the road. Not a crawler. I get out fast holding my pistol just for caution. I check the girl and she in unconscious, but has no bites.

Then I pick her up and get back in the truck. "What are you doing?" Lilly asks. "Bringing her with us." I say to them. "What if she's infected?" Kate asks. "The only way she could be infected is if she has been bitten and I didn't find any or see any blood, so I'm pretty sure she isn't." I say to them. They nod and Garth starts the Semi again.

(2 hours later)

"Hey Garth see that hotel over there? Pull up to it." I say. He nods and pulls into the parking lot. We get out and go inside. I'm carrying that girl we found in the road. Garth, Humphrey, Lilly, and Kate all grab a master suit key, Buck and Parsalece grab the one next to theirs, Dexter and Buzz grab the one next to them, and I grab the key to the one next to theirs. We go to the elevator and he to the 3 floor which was the top floor. We go to our rooms and check them out. Then Garth, Lilly, Humphrey, and Kate all go to bed.

I stay up in my room. That girl laying on my bed, still unconscious. Then about an hour later she begins to stir. I look at her from the chair I'm sitting in. Then she slowly opens her eyes. They were a bright green, similar to mine. She looks around the hotel room them she looks at me. She looks worried. "Wh-Where am I?" She asks the fear easy to detect in her voice.

"In a hotel." I say to her. "H-How did I get here?" She asks me. "We were driving down the road and you were lying in it. So I got out made sure you didn't have any bites and put you in the truck." I say to her. "T-Thank you." She says. I nod and stand up. "So what is your name?" I ask sitting on the bed next to her. "Lacey." She says. I smile. "Well Lacey, it's nice to meet you, I'm Zane." I tell her. "Nice to meet you too." She says.

"Mind telling me how you ended up in the highway?" I ask her. "Well I was trying to stay alive, when I ran out of ammo for my gun, and my strong hold got invaded. So I ran. I don't know for how long, but I was gonna cross the road then my vision went black." She says. "Well at least you are safe." I say to her. She nods. "Well I'm gonna take a shower." I say to her as I stand up and head to the bathroom. "Alright." She says.

I get in and start the shower. Then I take off my cloths and step in. About 10 minutes later I step out dry off and put my cloths back on. I exit the bathroom and see Lacey gone. She must have left. The door was open. I leave the room and begin searching for her. After 30 minutes of searching I find her in the lobby. "Why did you leave the room?" I ask her. She turns to me. "I got bored." She answers. "Well then I guess we'll have to do something about that won't we." I say to her.

She walks over to me and looks me in the eyes. "Did you mean what I think you mean?" She asks. "Depends, what do you think I mean?" I ask her back. "I think you mean mate." She says to me. I only smile. "Not yet, we just met, but I will do this." She says pressing her lips to mine. I kiss her back and wrap my arms around her waist.

She wraps her arms around my neck. We kiss for a while, then she breaks it. "So, are we?" She asks. "I don't know, but I'm gonna find out. Lacey, will you be my girlfriend?" I ask her. She nods and we kiss again. After that kiss we go back to our room holding paws. When we get there Everyone is there. "Hey guys what are you doing in our room?" I ask.

"We need to decide what to do after we get to the airport in Jasper." Buck says. Kate, Lilly, and Parsalece all look at Riley and My paws. "So, you already with the new wolf?" Lilly asks. She blushes, but I smile and nod. "Anyways, we leave in an hour. That's first light, so get some rest." Garth says. We nod, and they all go back to their rooms. Lacey and I I get into one bed and she snuggles into me. I wrap my arm around her and soon we are both asleep.

We are awoke by screaming and gun shots. I jump out of bed quickly. I grab my .308 and toss my lever action to Lacey. "What's going on?" She asks as we leave the room. There are dead crawlers everywhere. Garth runs to us. "We need to leave now. There is to many we can't fight them off." He says to us. We nod and we are met by the others. We run to the Semi and get in.

Garth gives me the keys and climbs in. Lacey gets in the passenger seat and Garth sits in the back. I start the engine and floor it. The tires spinning then catching and moving us forward. Rolling over crawlers. Reaching the main road we sped up. After about 2 hours of driving we made it to Jasper. So we wouldn't draw the attention of the crawlers to us, we stopped the Semi, grabbed our guns and got out.

We began walking to rest of the way to the city. Once there we spotted crawlers instantly. We went through buildings until we got near the airport. Once we could see it we began searching for a small plane. We spotted one and began the rest of the way to the airport. We jumped the high fence and went to the plane.

On our way to the plane crawlers busted from the building. The charged us quickly. "What do we do?" KAte asked panicked. "All of you run!" I yelled knowing that I was the only one who could survive an attack like that. "No! Not again Zane!" Garth yelled. "It's not an option dammit!" I yelled as I began shooting crawlers dropping them like flies. Then more gun fire erupted from the building. Soldiers were running from the building shooting at the crawlers running towards us.

They were American soldiers. Now I was curious what they were doing in Canada. Soon the crawlers were being fired at heavily from both sides. When there was only a few left we ran to the side so the soldiers could finish them off and not end up shooting us in the process. After they were all dead the soldiers came over to us. The Captain came up to us. "Come with us." He said. I looked at the others who were waiting for me to answer. 'How the hell did I become the leader here?' I ask myself. "Why?" I ask a little confused.

As he looked at me, his eyes found all my bite marks. In an instant he pulled his gun up and pointed it at me. I raised mine to him, pointing it at his head. "You shot me, I shot you." I say to him. He slowly lowers his gun. "How did you get all those bites?" He asks me. "Well, isn't it obvious? We got attacked by crawlers not long after the infection started and someone tripped and I saved them inturn getting eaten by crawlers." I say to him.

"And, your not dead. How is that possible?" He asks me. "Like I have told everyone who has asked. I have no fucking clue." I tell him. "Well, back to earlier, come with us." He said again. "Why do you want us to come with you?" I ask him. He looked at the 10 of us. "We need more people to help fight the crawlers, and find a cure. That's why we came to Canada, to find some wolves who are willing to help." He said.

"Well, you have 10 more wolves to help." I say to him. "Good, follow us." He said as he turned and began walking to the other side of the airport. We followed the squad of soldiers. "Zane, I don't like that guy." Lacey whispers to me. "I don't either, but we can't find a cure and kill all the crawlers by ourselves." I say to her, everybody agreed with my reasoning and we went on following the soldiers.

Garth POV

As we followed the soldiers to where ever we are going, I listened carefully to the ones in the back of the squad. "Wow, these wolves are stupid, we're just here to make sure nobody who has been near the crawlers lives. They're gonna be killed." The 2 in the back say. I know Zane, and everybody else heard t it to. "I'm not gonna let them kill me." I say to myself. I look at Zane, who was looking at me. He nods then all 10 of us open fire on the soldiers.

I caught them by surprise and before they could fire back half of their squad was dead. We stopped firing to tell them we heard what they were gonna do. "What will it take so you let us live?" The Captain asks us. "Why should we let you live? You weren't gonna let us!" Zane yells as he shoots him in the shoulder knocking him off his feet.

"Kill the rest." Zane says. We open fire and soon they're all dead. Zane walks up to the Captain and puts his gun to his head. He pulls the trigger and the Captain falls to the ground, dead. He turns to us and we head back to our plane. Once there Zane gets in the captains seat and the plane comes to life as he starts it. He backs it out, then goes to the runway. He lines it up and begins down it.

Then once we are going fast enough he begins to life the plane. Once we are off the ground he retracts the landing gear. We get higher in elevation until we reach high enough. Then he straightens it out and we fly straight. "Where are we going?" Lacey asks. "We don't know, just gonna fly till we find another airport." Zane says.

"Aright." she says. We all find a seat and relax. Other than Zane we all fall asleep.

(Sometime later)

We are all awoken by turbulence. As we got closer to the ground it got worse. When we landed the girls had all puked and Buzz had. Zane gets up from the pilots seat and comes back to us. "Sorry about that." He said. We all just look at him angrily. Then we get up grab our weapons and exit the plane. Once out of the plane we see bodies everywhere.

"It's worse here, how can that be?" Kate asks. "I don't know" I say to her. Then we leave the airport. As we walk through the city we hear footsteps running fast.

Humphrey POV

We turn around to see a horde of crawlers running towards us. Then when we turn to leave there are crawlers coming from all around us. "We're trapped!" I hear Lilly yell. The crawlers get closer. Then we open fire, killing them fast. We barely seemed to make a difference in the numbers. They just got closer and closer.

The ones coming from the back were the closest. When they got to us I thought we that we're doomed. Then we hear a boom and see a cloud of smoke rising from the horde.

A/N: Ah a cliff hanger. Not used to these from me now are we. Never expect the expected.