She spat blood out of her mouth. ''Get up, bitch!'' She didn't ask for this. They had set her up, she knew it. ''No one's gonna save you tonight.'' A house party, they said. She should've seen this coming. A month ago, their relationship was strained, now, she's asking her to a party? She wondered how much money they paid her to get her here. They drugged her and brought her near the lake. Why? She didn't know. Probably to drown her. But knowing him, he wanted her to be awake for this. ''You think you can ruin my reputation, and get away with it?! Fat chance.'' ''Even...If you do kill me...Nothing's gonna change the fact I beat you. I wasn't the girl in that situation! Ha...Ha.'' She could see his clique trying to hide their smiles, laughing internally at the beat down she gave him. ''F-Fuck you!'' He went to kick her, as she was kneeling, but she dodged to the side. As she leaned, she picked up a medium sized rock, and came up, smashing it into the side of his face. He fell down, screaming. The clique members seemed shocked at this. ''What-What are you doing, you fucking idiots?! Get her!'' Even with this statement, no one seemed to move. ''Are you gonna be a mindless follower, and obey his every command? Or are you gonna just go home?'' She had beaten him. Fair and square. They all looked at each other. ''We weren't here, right?'' ''Never saw you.'' ''Okay.'' The one in front of the group turned around, as with everyone else. ''Fucking traitors!...You! Once my dad hears about this-'' ''About what? How you attacked me? And what would the school think? Huh? Shut the fuck up.'' She smashed the rock into his face again, knocking him out cold. She left shortly there after. No one found him, after that. The police searched, but they couldn't find him. Of course, she was a suspect, but with no evidence, it didn't matter. Some said he was eaten by a fucking bear. Some said he ran away. Some even said he killed himself. But none of that happened. Something far worse happened.

Neither of us were able to fire, because Sam was faster than us both. He didn't die immediately, he fell to one knee and clutched his neck. I finished the job. I hopped onto the copter, feeling the pain of fresh gunshot and sat down. ''Rich, I hope you know how to fly one of these!'' I can't tell what he's doing, but it looks like it's working. ''I was in the army, Vince.'' ''I went to the firing range, but I'm not a swat member, am I?'' ''Fuck you. Oh shit, look!'' I turned to my left-Oh fuck. Six guards came out, but it was the one in the middle that frightened me. He was holding a damn RPG! ''Fire on em!'' Sam, Jimmy and I fired at the group, but we didn't manage to hit much. ''Vinz! Check what I found!'' I turned towards Jimmy, holding a rifle. ''Jimmy, that's a fucking SNIPER RIFLE! WHERE DID YOU GET A SNIPER RIFLE?!'' His answer was to throw the gun at me. Fine, if god gives you lemons. I turned back and aimed the rifle. Only shot a sniper rifle once or twice, and the first time I did, I dislocated my arm. As soon as I pulled the trigger, several things happened. First, the heli lurched forward and up into the air, making my shot go further up then intended. Second, the guy fired the RPG, but my bullet that was aiming up, hit the missile out of mid air. Holy shit. The entire compound, along with the copter shook. ''Whoa!-'' ''The fuck was that?!'' ''Holy shit!...'' As the smoke cleared, I could see and entire chunk of the roof missing because of the blast. Not bad me. The helicopter moved violently to the right. We were all hanging on, along with Clementine, except for Alex. Needless to say, he fell out of the fucking copter. Or he would've.

I had buckled in before we got in, but in the intensity of the gunfight, I forgot about Alex. Luckily, Vinz had caught him before he fell. ''Fuck!'' Vinz cursed aloud. I pulled on Vinz's shirt to pull him back into the plane, and helped Alex back in. Alex immediately clung to Vincent's arm and stayed like that as the helicopter took off. ''Ha, you okay, buddy?'' Vinz asked. It was nice. Seeing him act like that to my brother. With James... He needs a big brother. ''Didn't I tell you I could do it?'' Richard teased. We moved slowly in the helicopter, well, not that slow. As we came across an open field, Jimmy pointed out the window. ''Look!'' We all turned our heads and looked out. There must've been, at least 300 walkers. Moving in the same direction we were. ''Where the hell are they heading?" Richard asked. ''Somewhere warm. Like South Florida. Winter's coming.''

Scientists called it, ''Global Freezing.'' Very original. When the world fell, factories worked even harder to produce resources. As a result, pollution ran high, high into the air, and the world grew humid and cold. Even with factories shutting down, and the pollution clearing, it never really...Seemed for the cold to fully disappear. This made Florida and especially south Florida a great place to go. And as scientists were saying, the very top of Florida was getting snow. With Alex on my right, and Sam on my left, I decided to get some sleep. Sam must've thought the same, because she rested her head on my shoulder. I enjoyed the contact and reciprocated the gesture. I closed my eyes, and fell asleep.

''So! We did it.'' 'Yep. We did.'' ''...Alrighty then. Lemme see this...Alright three way split, about 500K, so what is that? Like 160 each right?'' ''Um...I think 166.5.'' I turned around and the car still holding my gun. ''What are you gonna do with it Barnes?'' ''Man, I don't even know.'' ''Oh, come on, you gotta have something in mind. I mean, you're pretty good, where did you learn how to shoot lik-'' *CLACK* ''WHOA!'' ''WHAT THE FUCK!'' Blood splattered the entire interior of the car. ''What the hell happened?!'' ''Oh man, I shot him in the face!'' ''Why?! This isn't fucking pulp fiction!'' ''I know! You-Fucking-Maybe you turned too hard a little-'' ''We're on a straightaway! There are no turns!'' ''Okay! We gotta get off the road-Man, I have no idea where the fuck to go!'' ''It'll be quick cash, Vincent said. No one will get hurt, Vincent said.'' ''Listen, I'll just call my dad, you and I will go dump the body tomorrow.'' ''What do you want to do about the blood, man?!'' ''Kenny, listen to me! It's just a couple of blocks from here, it's midnight, no one will see it.'' ''Why did you shoot him in the first place?!'' ''I didn't mean too! He was a cool guy too, man that's tragic as shit.'' ''You think that's tragic? This is my fucking car!'' ''Whatever. Look, I can see the driveway there.''

I opened my eyes. The sun was either setting, or it was rising. Jimmy had surprisingly fallen asleep, I don't think I ever saw that bastard blink. It was only Rich and I up. ''Rich.'' He turned around. ''Oh, hey Vince. Didn't know you were up.'' ''Yeah...Can I ask you something?'' Even from behind I could see him furrow his brow. ''Um...Sure. What is it?'' ''Why are you here?'' He turned around, confused. ''With the group you mean?'' ''Yeah. You had everything, food, isolation, everything. Then, I come along, and you didn't even give it a second thought.'' ''That's a tough question. I just... Honestly, Vince, you remind me of a friend. Tony, was his name. Tony Daniels. We were in the war together. Sniper and Spotter. When he took a bullet, I called the evac in for him. Something about what he said as they flew him away, I just...I don't know. Now, you didn't look like trouble. You looked like a good kid. Especially with those kids, and your girlfriend there.'' ''Hey!-'' ''Haha. I thought you wouldn't like that. But I was getting lonely. And honestly, after my... Well, someone special, was taken from me. I didn't have a reason to live anymore. Then, you guys came along. And I saw an opportunity. I wanted something more than farm life. And oh boy, did I find it. So, thanks, I guess.'' His story really hit hard. I felt the same way when my family were killed. Looks like we have more in common than I thought. We clasped our hands, like something teammates would do. ''And make sure you don't hurt that girl. She's a catch that one.'' ''Heh, I'll make sure.'' I leaned back, hoping not to stir her. ''Once we see ocean, or we start to lose fuel, tell me, and we'll land.'' ''Sure.'' And with that, I closed my eyes again, hoping to get some more sleep.

Sorry for the delayed chapter. I'm working another story, and I'm really excited about it. I guess you could say it's ''Piping hot'' If you get that reference. Don't worry, this won't stop at all.