The Present
The fields began to blur together. The intensity of Jay's tone laid that conversation to rest hours ago. He clearly wasn't in the mood. They could tell by how his eyes never left the road. The lineup made a sharp turn off the highway and down an unpaved road. "Where are we going?" Trudy inquired clinching the revolver in her lap. "Kevin visited Adam's dad a couple years ago. Remember the old man moved to Florida? This is where he was living at the time." Pine trees towered along the driveway. A two-story house sat in the middle of a clearing and a pond was off to the side. The grass was sky high, there was a wrap-around porch on both floors. They parked and only Jay, Kevin and Voight got out. Jay leaned in the window to say he's going inside with Megan and Kevin's walking the property with Sean.
Megan and Jay were taken aback. The stench of decay that hit them walking into the house might've been the worst yet. The bottom floor was untouched. Upstairs there were signs of a struggle. The hallway bathroom door was blocked from the outside with a dresser. The master bedroom was a wreck, and the source of the stench was tied to the bed rotting. Self-inflicted gunshot wound. In hand a letter written to Adam and in the bathroom, there was a woman. Megan assumed Adam's dad's girlfriend turned. They never knew the whole story. Megan slung her axe through the blonde's head.
Adam,
I've made more mistakes than I can count and some of them have affected your life. That wasn't my intention. The one thing I did that I don't regret is having you, you're everything your mother and I could've asked for. I love you. Stay strong son, you're never alone.
2 Months Later
For the past 2 months Megan patrolled from the second story balcony at sunset. A blue jay landed on the railing not too far from her that evening. Her mom loved birds. She had more bird houses than a bird sanctuary. At home in the morning all they'd hear was singing. Halstead stormed onto the balcony and the bird flew away. "Voights pushing for a mass resource haul. I'm here to ask if you're volunteering to go into the city? You'd arrange and drop off resources outside of the city to be recovered." Jay pushed himself off the railing and headed back inside. Kevins on Jay's side of their shared bedroom when he enters. Adam and Hailey's death brought them closer together. Kevin was sharpening Jay's knife and sitting on Jay's bed. Kevin didn't spend much time in their room choosing to sleep with Kim and Makayla. "I love you, you're my brother Jay… I didn't get the chance to tell Adam that. Before I go tuck Makayla in and awkwardly sleep with Kim while I deny my feelings for her… Dead or alive I'll be standing beside you brother." Kevin rose and embraced Jay.
3 Days Later
"ON YOUR LEFT!" Jay shouted from the stands. He was scaling the stadium seats. Megan ran below him and dodged the infected. She just avoided being grabbed by a military man. The supply truck was at her fingertips. She climbed on top of the truck and jumped onto another and ran on top of that truck to make a leap for the stands. She just did pull herself over the railing and started climbing the seats. When they reached the top floor Jay broke one of the windows with the butt of his sniper rifle. She tied a rope to a support beam and descended the side of the building. Jay followed her as bodies fell after them.
"UP THE STREET ON MY CALL WE DUCK INTO A HOUSE!" Jay ordered, Megan and Jay ran 4 miles. She was falling behind when Jay suddenly jumped a fence. She landed on her ankle wrong jumping the fence. Jay kicked in the back door, and she practically threw herself inside landing on the floor. Jay blocked the door with a hutch in the kitchen. She got back on her feet while he cleared the house. "CLEAR." He declared. Megan sat at the dining table and Jay joined her. "We stay here overnight and regroup." Megan laughed humorlessly. "Jay, karmas coming for me"