Chapter Ten

(Tom)

I stood behind Dennis overlooking everyone who stood surrounding us, there were 4 people surrounding us. One guy who looked to be in is early 20's, he had very vibrant yet still dark eyes. He wore a tattered brown shirt and pants with dirtied converse, a casual look. He had curly hair and stubble on his chin, his skin color was a peach tan.

To the left of him was a couple of two girls who stood close next to each other, one girl had very dark brown skin, curly long hair and brown eyes. Her shirt was a button up top that look dangerously tattered, over it to was a leather jacket and it covered most of her tattered shirt. She had cuffed dirty blue jeans and brown boots. Next to her was a white skinned girl, she had a scar on her cheek and electric blue eyes, her hair was brown and it flowed slightly pass her shoulders. She wore a checkered button up shirt with grey blue Jean's and white converses.

Lastly to the right of the middle, there was a man who looked to be in his late 20's, he had tan skin and jagged scar went across his nose, his hair was a mixture of black and brown and it looked natural. He has emerald green eyes, he wore a brown jacket with a white undershirt that had blood stained on it, and grey Jean's that looked to he ripped at the bottom near his feet where he wore grey gym shoes.

"Im Daniel" the guy in the middle said, "this is Jean" he pointed to the right, "and these two are Blaire and Klancy" he pointed individually to the girls on his left. Klancy being the blue eyed girl and Blaire being the other. "What are you guys doing in this mall? It's clearly infested, or was infested by zombies" he said, "we just came from the other town over, a cult kidnapped us so we escaped. I don't know if you guys had heard of them but it looks like they're making a name for themselves" I said pointed backwards to the other town.

"Oh yeah" Blaire spoke up, "we passed them and they started attacking our car, if you look at it you can see the bullet holes" she pointed towards the car sitting outside. "So where did you guys come from? And how far did the virus spread then?" asked Dennis, "were all from different parts of LA, I'm from a highschool on the east I was a senior getting ready to graduate but then virus happened" Daniel stated. "Were from the west" said Klancy in a soft voice, "we had just bought a new house to move into with each other but then the virus hit and we had to flee" she finished, blaire nodding along with her answer.

Jean then spoke up with a hard gruff voice, "I'm from the middle east, I was working as a construction worker and I was at a site when the meteor was announced, I had boyfriend but he died because of the virus" Jean finished and I looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

It was silent for a minute after that slightly devastating story before Daniel spoke up, "so how about you guys?" I looked between Dipper and Dennis worryingly, "I was a helper for a scientist trying to find a quick cure to this virus" Dennis lied, "That guy right there" he pointed to Dipper, "hes from the cult we escaped from and he helped us do just that." He then pointed to me, "and that's Tom, Tom I met in a house when I first left the lab and weve been surviving ever since" he said, "I'm Dennis," He pointed to Dipper and me, "and that's Dipper and Tom".

Daniel and the others nodded and looked around the dead bodies again, "so you guys did this then?" Daniel points to the floor, "yeahh" Dennis said scratching the back of his neck, "you guys must be pretty good shots then, why don't you come with us and we can all survive together yeah?" he asked. I looked at the Dennis and Dipper, Dennis seemed reluctant and I didnt blame him, these were strangers we just met but being with them increases our chances of survival, plus that big thing out there we still dont know what it is, so maybe we could use them as a distracting and get away. "Yes" Dennis's words interrupted my thinking, "Yeah we'll come with you, we could all survive a bit better" he said. "Awesome ok, I'm guessing those bags are filled with food right? Did you get it from a store here?" Daniel asked, "Yeah we did, it's over there" Dennis pointed toward the store we first got stuck in. "Awesome ok, we have bags full of ammo that might suit your guns, if not we can always do to the gun store where got this ammo from and get you guys so better weapons thatll suit you" Daniel stated. "Alright guys let's go get the bags and fill them up" he said and began jogging to their red car leaving Dipper, Dennis, and I to talk amongst ourselves.

"I dont trust them, they really seem like decent nice people but I still dont trust them, not after that cult" Dipper spoke up, I was shocked he said anything but agreed, "me too, I mean we did just meet them and all" I said looking to Dennis who seemed to be in thought. "I cant tell them about my abilities, not yet at least but I feel like the longer we'll stay with them the faster they'll find out so I have to wait for the right moment" he came to a self-compromise and looked towards us. I nodded in agreement thinking that's a good idea and so did Dipper, "For now we'll just stay around each other and if they try anything we will eliminate them asap" Dipper stated darkly. "Agreed" Me and Dipper both said, I trusted Dennis the most so I know he'll make the right calls.

The four of them came back with big bags and headed towards the store with smiles on their faces, once inside they immediately began looting. We waited patiently for them to come out, once they did they had their bags they brought full of supplies. "Alright you guys ready to leave out?" Daniel asked, Dennis looked towards their small red car and then said "hey we should take our big truck in stead, it's got a bunch more seats so wont all be cramped yeah?" Dennis finished. Daniel smiled at Dennis happily and said, "oh that's super nice and convenient I was actually worried about space, well yeah let's go take your truck" He said. Nodding to me and Dipper he looked back towards the othe group and began leading us to where he parked the truck. We all got inside once we reached it and sat in different parts of truck respectively, "So where should we go?" Dennis asked Daniel, they were both in the front of the truck. "Uhh, I suppose straight and away from these other towns just incase that cult comes looking for you right?" he proposed. "Yeah that's a good idea, alright everybody here we go" he said and began driving off.

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(Dennis)

These new people were an odd bunch, definitely from different worlds yet they seem like they all got along very well which is good, group cooperation is key to survival. We need to become friends with them and fast before one downfall leads to the rest of ours, that's the only hazard of a big group.

Driving down the road we noticed few zombies everywhere, the bright sun blazed down on us making the car especially hot with all the people inside. I sighed as this group business was immediately becoming irritating. I thought about when I should show them my abilities, I was thinking about waiting until a disaster happens but honestly any chance we get I'll show them what I can do. I'm already relying alot on these things so if I dont tell them it'll probably get out from my being clumsy and forgetful.

I sighed coming away from that train of thought, I looked in the overhead mirror to see how everyone was doing. Blaire and Klancy seemed happy and cuddled up, Jean was starring out the window with sad look on his face, I felt bad as Klancy and Blaires relationship must remind him of his own. Tom and Dipper were also looking out the windows, I stared at Dippers arm, I still need to ask him how or what happened as he was literally bitten and infected by a monster. Tom looked tense, his eyes occasionally darted to meet mine staring at his, they would also dart and scowl at Daniel sitting in the passenger's seat. Speaking of Daniel, I watched him from the corner of my eyes. He played with the hem of his brown shirt, he looked over to me when he felt me staring at him and smiled lightly, I returned his smile. He was being awfully nice for someone in the apocalypse but then again, maybe hes happy that he can survive with more people. I sighed and turned towards the road as we continued driving for who knows how long.