A/N: Heyy sorry for the lack of updates. Tripp to Germany, driving school and school school had me at the lack of no computer to type on. But I finally got this chapter finished and if I continue typing during my off hour I should have the next one up next week. Keep your fingers crossed.

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Gerard's POV

When Mikey came back a minute or two later, we all slid into a booth. It was quiet for a while as we tried to think about what to do with the situation.

What a strange girl…

"So…" Started Frank quietly, "What are we going to do?"

We all glanced at each other, uncertain.

"She should stay." My head whipped to Ray. He looked at each of us. "Come on guys, She needs a place to stay, for herself and her kid. The least we could do is just to be gentlemen about it."

I glanced at my brother and Frankie and we silently agreed to Ray's statement.

"Alright then. But we do have to tell Steve about our newest addition. Wouldn't want to leave him outta the loop."

"Agreed."

As the week passed, we rarely got to see Jenny and not once did we see her mystery kid. The only time we ever got to see Jenny was when she needed food and water, the rest of the time she was in her room.

When the day came that Steve came by, I finally met the mystery kid.

I was in my room tuning up my guitar when I heard soft footsteps, steps I knew only a woman could make. I stood and walked out and saw Jenny walking towards the front dinner and in her arms was her daughter. She had wild curly brown hair and big bright brown eyes. She was adorable.

I cleared my throat and Jenny spun around in surprise.

"Ohh, umm h-hi Gerard. She stuttered uncomfortably.

"Jenny, are you alright?" She shook her head. "It's alright, I promise no one's gonna hurt you or your daughter. I swear."

Jenny looked really unsure. I could tell she loved her daughter more than anything, but honestly, no mother could be a protective as was Jenny right then.

"I-I don't know… I mean I've only just met you guys. For all I know, you guys could be brainwashed like everyone else."

Brainwashed?

"What do you mean?" She looked at me surprised.

"You mean you don't know?" she whispered with a pained look on her face. I shook my head. "You better get the guys."

I nodded, confused but complied I rounded up the guys and took them all to the front and we all managed to squeeze into a single booth. Jenny stood next to one of the mannequins as we got settled in, still looking uncomfortable.

"Jenny, this is Steve, Steve, this is Jenny." Steve nodded to Jenny. She nodded back.

She stared off into space for a minute or two.

"I can't believe you guys don't even know what is happening out there."

A small yawn came from the tiny person in Jenny's arms and the little girl spoke in a timid voice to her mother.

"Momma?"

"Yeah, baby girl?"

"Can I plawy pwease?"

"Sure baby girl, umm do you guys have a kind of toys she can play with? Anything at all?"

I nodded and went to the storage area and grabbed a few of the old toys we found when we first came to the diner. I went back to the front and Gave Jenny the toys and settled back into the booth.

She sat the 3 year old down on the ground in the middle of the room and gave the baby girl the toys. We grew silent as the little girl played with her semi-new toys. We studied Jenny as she watched her daughter with loving, protective eyes for a few minutes in complete silence.

"You all know how the fires came right?" She spoke abruptly. "With no warning? Not even a siren, a message from the president, nothing. I remember hearing the roaring of the flames, the screams of those who got caught in the fires. But I remember most of all is the silence that followed afterwards."

2 months after the Great Fires finally went out…

Jenny's POV

'It's all gone…'

That thought passed through my head as I walked around what once was a peaceful suburb. It was now a ghost town buildings barely stood on the foundations, or what was left of them. I cared my newly turned 2 year-old in my arms, fast asleep. 'What am I going to do now?' I realized glumly.

Finally, the sight of my former neighborhood began to sicken me so I walked back to my home, or at least to the basement where I now lived. What I found nearly killed me. Inside my room were two women huddled together on my bed.

"Who are you?" I practically shrieked. Their heads snapped up to face me, and came towards me. The first woman looked to be in her last twenties and she looked disgustingly grimy. The second looked to be the first's sister with similar hair and eye color and looked just as grimy.

"I'm so sorry!" The first spoke in not a loud but not exactly calm voice either, sounding more as if to try and sooth my freak out. "My sister and I saw your Hideout and we need a place to stay for the night. Just for the night if it's okay."

I tried to calm myself as I felt a panic attack coming on. It took a while, but when I finally calmed down I had already made my choice.

"If it's only for the night then yes." The two girls gave me each a big smile and thanked me and introduced themselves, the first as Amy and the other as Fay. I took my daughter out of the sling and placed her in her crib and introduced myself.

"What a beautiful daughter you have." Amy spoke as my baby snuggled with her blanket as she got comfortable for the night.

"Ohh umm thank you. So where are you two headed?"

She stayed silent for a minute as she looked around my current home. "We're heading to Battery City."

"What in the world is that? Is that a place?"

She gave me a look of disbelief.

"You haven't heard the rumors?"

I shook my head. I tried to stay away from people even in my past life. Certain events forced me to hide away in my home, my safe haven.

She took a deep breath, as if to start this long tale of an amazing new product of some sort.

"It's actually in what was California. A few people from this big company that were about to unveil themselves before the fires managed to survive and have a safe haven for those who want to be safe from the barren wasteland that was our homes. My sister and I don't know how to survive out here so once we heard of Battery City, we immediately left and are almost a quarter ways there." She glanced out the door and almost inaudibly whispered, "We're almost there."

A new safe haven. A place where my baby would live without worry about my past. No worries… It's perfect…

"Can you tell me the direction of Battery City?"

She gave me a proud smile. "Head due west following the main road, your house is facing north so just head left and you should hit California within a week."

"Thank you, Amy." I gave her a smile. She nodded and lay down, before falling fast asleep. I checked my baby real quick before falling asleep.

I woke before the sun came up and packed a meal for each girl for their trip. When the time finally came for both of them to leave, they gave me a hug and thanked me. It was really sweet of them. I went back into my room and grabbed my hiking backpack, my baby's blanket, two shirts, a pair of shorts, and my hiking boots and went into my make shift kitchen and packed all my dry freeze food (a year supply) and a gallon of water and two foldable water bottles. When I was finally all packed, I put my backpack, picked up my daughter, put her in the sling and walked out of our home. And we were gone.

It didn't take long to find the main road and by the time I took a break, it was already late afternoon. I kept a routine in my travel. Slept late, maybe 2am to 6am and walked the rest of the time. I was perfectly content with it and my baby stayed perfectly fine the entire time. When half way there it finally happened.

Mid-afternoon, my baby was taking her nap when I heard the distinct sound of engines behind me. It's a sound I knew wasn't good. Middle of nowhere after the fires and there are engines behind a nearly defenseless girl? Way to suspicious for my liking. And I was right. The cars stopped a few yards from where I was and out jumped two of the craziest looking guys in freaking bloody vampire masks pointing guns at me. My natural motherly instincts kicked in and I beat them down with my taekwondo forms…

Gerard's POV

"…I managed to take one of the guy's gun and as they tried to get up I shot them. Ray gun, some new technology. I later found out that the company that have been claiming to help everyone have been brainwashing everyone with 'happy' pills and they we're after my baby. No idea why but they were given a job to get her. And I've been on the run since."

I felt sick…

At some point during her story, my eyes focused on a scratch mark on the table and my gaze hasn't shifted, I felt as if I did, I would start screaming. But it was quiet for who knows how long till…

"What's the name of the company?" I barely heard Steve whisper.

"Better Living Industries."

A/N: Tell me what you think! I know I'm a terrible writer but I must know so I can get better! Just be gentle, please!