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When Frank woke up he sighed heavily and then remembered that Nico was there with him.

"Hey? You alright?" Frank said as he stretched.

Nico nodded and the handed him a can of food and they both ate in silence until Nico asked a question that was edging him.

Nico finished and set his stuff down "Why do you have two of everything like the sleeping bags?" he asked.

Frank started to sniffle and his eyes watered "My...My wife. Hazel, that was her stuff." Frank explained.

Nico looked down and thought back to his dream of three of his friends dying and then looked up at the man in front of him.

Nico got up and held his hand out to Frank "I'm sorry we have all lost someone. It's best to just stick together." he said with a small smile.

Frank returned the smile and got up and just then they heard gunshots coming from the other side of the building.

Frank followed the noise with Nico right behind him, both with their guns ready "Sounds like a 44. Magnum! Trust me I know my guns!" Frank said as they ran.

They reached the end of the building and found an interesting sight...

Three men were shooting up a horde of zombies with guns and bats.

One man was pale with brown hair and green eyes the color of pond scum.

The other was a fairly handsome man that looked like he might be Hawaiian.

The other was a very skinny blonde haired man that honestly looked bulimic.

Frank fired a barrage of bullets and killed the nearest zombies while Nico sniped the ones that were starting to get closer "Up that ladder come on!" he yelled.

The blonde man saw the ladder and yelled for his men to run as he climbed up it "Hurry guys!" he yelled.

The Hawaiian man ran for the ladder and then the brown haired man.

As the zombies drew closer the brown haired man was getting more and more frantic.

The blonde reached the top of the ladder breathing heavily and Frank ran to treat him while Nico kept sniping.

Then he saw the scene below.

The brown haired man was getting hysterical and then grabbed the Hawaiian man by the neck and threw him into the group of zombies and then scrambled up the ladder.

"Bryce?! Where is..." the blonde started when he heard the blood curdling scream "Michael!" he gasped and ran to the side.

Michael was being devoured and screaming in pain as the zombies ripped into his flesh.

Nico sniffled a little as he raised his rifle and fired a bullet right into Michael's eye.

He stopped screaming and the zombies continued their feast.

The blonde man was gasping for air "Thank you. Thank you so much! How can we repay you?" he said as Frank gave him some water.

Nico marched right up to them "Throw him off the roof and we're square!" he growled.

Bryce backed up in innocence and Frank and the blonde turned to Nico.

The blonde walked up "Why would we, I'm Octavian by the way, why would we throw him off the roof he just saved my life by staying back while I climbed up!" Octavian said.

Nico nodded "And then he took one by throwing that Michael guy to them so he could get up!" he explained glaring

Bryce shook his head in dismay "No! Michael said for me to run and the next thing I know he was being eaten!" he explained.

Nico grabbed him by his collar and hung him over the side of the building "You liar!" he yelled before Frank and Octavian grabbed them and yanked them back.

"Nico calm down! You don't know what you're saying!" Frank said as he held Nico back and Octavian with Bryce.

Octavian nodded "What we need to do is find shelter! Do you know a place where we can sleep? Only temporary of course we know where were going." Octavian said.

Frank cocked his head "Where are you heading to?" he asked.

Octavian looked confused "I thought everyone had heard of Paradise." he said as he followed them across the building to their little shelter.

Nico looked over at Bryce and he was making killing gestures with his finger and neck towards him and smiled cruelly.

Frank shook his head as they continued talking "What's Paradise?"

Octavian sat down and Bryce next to him while Frank handed them some food "Thanks." Octavian said but Bryce remained silent.

Octavian quickly finished his food before continuing "Paradise is rumored to be totally zombie free for miles!" he said with a smile.

Frank was wide eyed "How can this place possibly exist?" he asked.

Octavian shook his head "No clue Michael knew more about it and now he's gone!" Octavian said with a sniffle.

Nico could see that Michael was more than a friend to Octavian.

And then he looked over at Bryce and he was looking at Nico like a piece of meat. He licked his lips like a predator to prey.

Nico backed up a little more to Frank who was too engrossed with his conversation with Octavian to notice.

Octavian smiled as Frank handed him a water "You are more than welcome to come with us! You helped me let me help you." Octavian said.

Frank pondered this then turned to Nico "What do you think?" he asked.

Nico shook his head not taking his eyes off of Bryce "I'm not going anywhere with him!" he said pointing to Bryce.

Frank looked over and saw the look Bryce was giving and moved in between them "Sorry Octavian but we can't." he said.

Octavian nodded "Well, here it's the least we could do." he said and handed him a buck knife "For skinning any animals you find. It's come in handy for me a bunch of times. Good luck!" he said and ran across the building with Bryce right behind him.

Nico looked over and saw Bryce one last time before they went down the ladder. He blew him a kiss and winked at Nico before going down a ladder and out of sight.

Nico shivered "What a creep!" he said and Frank patted him on the back.

"Come on we should grab some food from the store and stock up on any other supplies we can find." Frank said and opened a hatch that led into the store.

Nico nodded and they both grabbed flashlights and went down into the pitch black store.

When they clicked on the flashlights Nico saw that the place was still filled with food and he saw water and even some gauze.

He ran over to the gauze and as he reached down he dropped his flashlight.

He bent over and grabbed it and came face to face with a poster and his blood froze.

"FRANK!" Nico yelled.

Frank ran over with his gun out "What?! What is it?!"

Nico's hands were shaking as he lifted a poster and shined his light on it.

Frank paled as he read the poster out loud.

Wanted: Serial Rapist.

Reward: $50,000

Name:...

Bryce Lawrence.

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