Joel woke suddenly in the night to the sound of gunshots, a frequent event as the number of infected increased and attacked the camp. It had only been a couple of weeks but the lure of safety has a way of indoctrinating you and already a new routine had set in everyday people would queue in lines stretching as far as you could see to get their daily rations then finding an area to sit and eat if you were lucky enough, in the couple weeks following Joel and Tommy's arrival the number of people had swelled well beyond capacity for the camp everywhere you turned crowds of people stood before you. It was still early morning and Joel and Tommy queued as they usually did joining the line which had formed even before rations were given out, fear had gripped the camp leaving it in almost silence allowing every shot fired to ring throughout the camp.

"They seem to be shooting more and more often" remarked Joel

"I'm sure they got it under control" replied Tommy deflecting the conversation

The ration line opened and food was being handed out the line moved along smoothly with no more pushing and shoving that had plagued it in the opening few days, soon Joel was at the front of the queue and he handed over two ration cards one for himself and the other for Sarah, the person handing out the rations took the cards and stamped them passing them back like a well oiled machine, Joel was handed two bowls of tomato soup a little plain for his taste but he wasn't going to complain, Joel walked back towards the tent he had left Sarah in the short trip was met with a cold silence between the brothers both thinking about what happens next this life in the camp can't be it can it.

Joel soon arrived back at the medical tent where Sarah was still recovering at what the attending medic called an acceptable recovery. Joel passed Sarah the bowl of soup and as he did began to eat his.

"Here you go baby girl, Tuck in." Joel said as he handed Sarah the bowl

"This soup tastes horrible" Sarah said as she took the first mouth full

"Well its better than nothing" Joel replied

Joel was still worried about Sarah and tried taking comfort in that he had done all he could, Joel had hardly left her side, throughout this time each night got louder with the ring of gun shots Joel and Tommy knew it was only a matter of time before this temporary camp would be moved. Just as Joel began to doze off Tommy approached

"Joel you would not believe what I've just heard"

"What is it now" replied Joel

"They're moving us all of us today" continued Tommy

"What! Where?" Joel said impatiently

"I don't know all I heard was they don't think they can hold this camp much longer so some trucks are coming in later to move people to more fortified makeshift quarantine zones" Tommy replied

"What quarantine zones shouldn't they be trying to quarantine the infected and not us?" snapped Joel

"The infection is too far spread from what I heard they think it's better to quarantine us for our own safety" Tommy replied

"I hope they know what they're doing" said Joel

Joel turned to Sarah who was still eating her way through the soup

"I'll be back in a moment okay I'm just gonna have a look around

Sarah nodded as Joel got up and walked off with Tommy following close behind.

In the couple weeks that they had been there Joel was so worried about Sarah he had yet to look around, Joel and Tommy began to walk between the ocean of people obscuring any view Joel and Tommy would be lost if they didn't already know where things were, tents lined up in rows marked with a whole array of symbols it seemed more of a catalogue with each tent providing different makeshift services ration cards quickly became the currency for anything and everything.

"Look, they've set up watchtowers at the edge of the camp and still got all the roads blocked" said Tommy

"They sure aren't taking any chances" replied Joel

Joel and Tommy continued walking seeing what was increasingly looking like a refugee camp with the military building defences on all sides barbed wire had surrounded the camp on fences stretching 8ft with soldiers patrolling in force. With each passing moment people were still arriving into the camp turning it into more of a battery farm than a camp. A military Humvee drove past blaring the words "All civilians prepare for relocation, I repeat all civilians prepare for relocation your cooperation is mandatory" driving by at a snail's pace parting the sea of people as it made its way from one end of the camp to the other.

"Come on Joel lets go find Sarah" said Tommy

"Couldn't agree with you more" replied Joel

Making their way back towards the tent Sarah was in, soldiers were running in all directions screaming the words.

"Shore up the left side they've broken through"

In that moment Joel and Tommy's hearts sank they thought they had got away from these infected but the infected screams rang out throughout the camp.

"Come on Tommy we've got to go" yelled Joel

"Right behind you" Tommy hastily replied

"Oh jeez they're everywhere" shouted Joel

"Keep running Keep running!" snapped Tommy

The military began gathering civilians and putting them into large trucks of about 20, families were torn apart in the chaos, Joel and Tommy arrived back at the tent where Sarah was she has been patched up and was in as good a condition as she could be to be moved, doctors scrambled to grab what they could and get out. The chaos of the first night was back in Joel and Tommy's minds.

"Come on baby were leaving" said Joel as he unplugged the monitor attached to Sarah

"Daddy what's happening" Sarah replied

"Were getting the hell out of here now come on" Joel stated as he grabbed a few vials of drugs the doctors had overlooked to help with possible infection as these would always be useful. Joel Tommy and Sarah made their way to a waiting truck which to their dismay only had two spaces left.

"Joel take Sarah now" Tommy bluntly stated

"Were not leaving you behind" replied Joel

"You don't have a choice now go" shouted Tommy

Joel and Sarah got on the Truck just before it was about to leave

"Dad we can't leave him" whimpered Sarah

"I know, I know baby girl" Joel said trying to reassure her

An old man on the truck saw this and reluctantly against his better judgement decided to offer his seat to Tommy

"Thank you sir thank you" Tommy said graciously

"Make the most of it" the old man replied

"I will" Tommy instantly replied

As the truck pulled away you could hear infected running rampant in the distance mere minutes away, the though going through Joel and Tommy's mind was the sad truth that man's humanity and good nature had probably just cost him his life.