THE 4 DIVISONS

The town of Denton, Maryland is divided into 4 wards. 1st ward is where the northern most blocks of the town is enclosed with walls, it is the most 'safest' place in the whole town. A block used to isolate people who are uninfected from the ones who are infected before they turned. The haunting remains of army trucks that acted as a defense posts for the soldiers to open fire on the risen dead. The southern and western part of the town has fell to the dead, they started to use the empty houses as walls for the ward.

The 2nd which is the smallest and 3rd wards is where they throw people who are 'unfit' or a 'danger to the north. Soldiers watch over them and kill anyone who has the symptoms of the virus, the decaying of their teeth or 'Black Decay', they would kill them and burn their bodies. An isolated building of the 3rd ward which is the Caroline County Health Department, is where they treat the wounded and check those who are infected. They started to pull the teeth out but it only made their death faster and increasing the population of the dead. The decaying corpse posed more as a death sentence, diseases ran rampant to the two wards.

The 4th ward which is the western part of the town has became a place to watch over the other wards, It acts as a port for the 2 surviving wards. They are using the Choptank river as a way to bring people to the city of Washington, they float southward then westward to Chesapeake beach then into Washington DC. They would check if they have no symptoms of the virus and fit for travel. They do not want to risk road travelling to the town of Tilghman Island, where the dead can trap them. The Meeting House Road that connected the main town of Denton to West Denton has been destroyed, it prevented people from the 2nd ward to go into that part of the town. The only part that is connected is Shore Highway, the most heavily guarded part of the town.

DC is seen as a Utopia by the commoners, as being where the President of the United States stay it would be a fortress. No one has no idea the state of the city, they were all forced to survive by themselves, some are succeeding while the others disappear.

The three vehicles are stopped at the intersection between Franklin Street and S 8th street, the first intersection in between the 2nd and 3rd ward. Soldiers came out from the gates and asked them to come out and so they complied, they formed a line. The guards checked first their own men then Tobias and his party, they noticed how they did not even ask the name of the man who was killed.

They checked the RV and Truck and allowed them to keep their things. One of their superiors came out and asked them individually.

'Have you killed anyone?' Tobias answered with a 'no', he asked Harry next and he replied with a 'no', He asked Elizabeth and she replied with a 'no'. Up to the last person Lee.

"Have you killed anyone?"

"Yes"

"Who?"

"One of your men"

He looked over the four remaining soldiers and they took of their helmets, the superior immediately knew who was killed and he allowed them to get in. Something about these people weirded them out, they meant to kill the infected man. They all realized the cruelty just killing one man, Lee was ready to accept the consequences of her actions.

"He is weak, so he must die..... you put him out of his misery'

The superior said so without even a hint of emotion. They opened the gates on the right, they got into their vehicles and drove into the 2nd ward. They see houses burnt down into the ground. They stopped by another gate before entering into the 1st ward. They see the State Massive Highway as a training ground for teenagers, learning how to survive in this new world.

They would train them on basic military and survival skills. Tobias felt bad for these children as he looked on the, he feels bad knowing that he as a soldier could have prevented it. He started to tear up whilst he look at Amare and Dalia, two innocent people that are examples of people that is now suffering because of their failure as the Country's final defense. Lee sympathize with Tobias.

They drove left to Caroline street then right into Elaine Avenue. More houses were built when the outbreak started, most of the houses are empty but there is running water but no electricity. They gave them a massive house, after all they are a big a party of 7 people. They settled in, they only took food that they will eat.

'We shouldn't get comfortable here' Harry declared to the group, 'why?' Toby asked with visible bewilderedness, he thought of how safe it is.

"Even with the smallest fever, they will put anyone in the second or third ward"

"Agreed, we're at risk of being a candidate to be thrown away"

'Let us give them a chance' Dalia asked the two men.

"We are people, they will try to aid our wounds"

"What if we have the virus"

"We will not, Mr. Harry... we were near death earlier in the evening"

"....."

"This place is safe, do you not believe Tobias?"

Toby is put into the spotlight to make the decision, he looked over to Lee and Elizabeth but they are busy with their own things. Elizabeth is cleaning Louanne while Lee is cleaning her gashes.

"they have a dock or... port right?"

"yeah, and we have a month to stay here until they allows us to go into that boats and that horde is near us"

"....."

"We cannot sit here idly"

"A week, I think the horde will hit us in a week"

"So?"

'We' He stopped on his words. All he knows is that there is 2 ships, one cannot sail without the other staying here. It is a choice that would put his humanity to the test. He thought of stealing the only ship that would put majority of the townspeople on peril.

'Can I' He stood up, drained of color. As soon as he spoke he fell down directly to the ground. He was all out of energy, not eating too much during the dinner last night.

"Did I cause that?"

"No, sweetie, don't worry"

He woke up and Lee is the only one with him, he looked at his right hand with a needle inserted into him. He is undergoing a blood transfusion, luckily Harry is a AB+ just like him. Lee explained to him what kind of injury he has, he was bleeding the whole time, the pants weakened the blood flow and made him last long enough. He realized how he got it.

"Yeah, I was trying to cut a rope that was tied on my feet"

"That explains it"

He never felt the pain because of the adrenaline that was coursing in him. He tried to get up but his head immediately started to ache. He laid down and went back to sleep. Lee updated Elizabeth and the other's downstairs.

Amare wasn't in the crowd and is exploring on the Wheeler Park alone in the night with a full moon. No one is there, just the crickets and the cold howling wind. He went into Saulbury Creek and started to watch the water flow from the stream to the river and on top of the ruined he bridge, he sees the worst things in the world. Beheaded bodies being bled out, like pigs. The moon fully shone down on the bodies, suddenly something grabbed him on the back and covered his mouth.