SURVIVE

"I used so many people just to survive.... I told them I have the cure...no I AM the cure"

"....."

"So many good people died before me.... I gave them hope, acted like a fragile girl with my height...."

"You regret it?"

"Of course... If you were in my position...you would have killed yourself"

"Really?"

"You are a good man Mr. Toby... you trusted me immediately despite holding a rifle... why?"

"Because you seem to be the type to not attack without any reason"

"....."

"Well...I should go.. you rest"

"Thank you"

"Bye"

Toby nodded at her, he then laid down comfortably. He stared directly on the light above him and slowly doze off. Natalia got out of the infirmary and sees the Dylan interacting with some of the patients, she looked around seeing if anything is of interest. She sees Zachary and Sam playing at the sandbox, so she approached them. The kids noticed her and they greeted at her and she replied.

"So... what are you two doing?"

"Playing with the sand... want to play?"

Zachary handed her a bucket and a small shovel, she took it and played with them. She started to create a mediocre looking sand castle, she tried her best to sculp it into something great. With every attempt she tries to create a sand castle but fails, she eventually gave up. The kids laughed at her attempts. She smiled and gave them back the small tools.

"Well I guess I'm bad at it"

"Loser"

"Sure"

She got back up and dusted the sands off her knees. She started to walk around more and interacted with the people, as she walked over to someone she bumped into Corey.

"Oh, sorry"

"Its fine"

"You have no arm"

"Well.... we all have lost something?"

'Yeah, sure' Corey smiled at her and walked about his day, Natalia felt a bit of guilt about her lies to the people that died for her. She sucked it all up and continued to walk. She eventually made her way to Randall and his family who is working on a part of the wall. Craig is on top and helping others who are working, Amanda approached Natalia.

"Hi there"

"Hello"

"So you're the kid Toby and Harry helped?"

"Yeah, both of them are good men.. I'm grateful"

"Well... I have yet to meet his brother"

"Harry?"

"Yes.... We picked him up on Denton wounded with the kids Zach and Sam"

"He must really be a good guy"

"Yeah... Well want to help us?"

"Sure... what can I do?"

"Just bring the wood planks to that man over there"

She grabbed one of the planks and dragged it. She approached Randall who is giving directions to Craig who is raised up in the air. She tapped Randall's shoulder.

"Oh hi, thank you... CRAIG LOOK DOWN"

"Okay"

"Can you help me raise this?"

"Yes"

They grabbed the plank and raised it up to Craig, Natalia lost her balance a bit but she held long enough for Craig to grab it. From the top he thanked her, he started to nail down the plank to the wall.

"Well, nice to meet you.. The name's Randall... that up there my boy Craig and the girl ya talked too my beautiful wife, Amanda"

"I'm Natalia"

"Nice to meet you.. you certainly look much better than the brothers?"

"Yeah, the other one collapsed while the other was on the brink of what ever he was feeling"

"Thank you.. for being there with them..."

"How?"

"Harry told me you gave them food... you redressed Toby's wound, so they owe you something"

"I did it out of... because they needed it"

"They were that beaten up huh?"

"Yeah, I have no idea what happened to them earlier..."

"Well... good to know you Natalie"

"Lia... Natalia"

"Sorry... Natalie would have been the name if Craig was a boy... but no"

"Cute... Well I'll talk to you guys later"

"Sure... see ya"

She walked away from the sight on where Randall and his family are working, she goes up to the house that they are staying in. Lee came out of the house and the two girls met each other.

"Hello there.. how's the town?"

"So far its incredible... wanna have a little walk?"

"Sure"

Natalia helped carrying fertilizers and then followed Lee to the local farm, Lee introduced her to the different types of crops she is planting. Natalia seemed fascinated about it. Natalia approached every crop and read the signs.

"Who taught you how to farm?"

"My parents... I was born back in South Korea... we lived on my father's land.. he was rich because of his farms"

"I'm guessing he is not anymore?"

"yeah, and I'm glad both of my parents didn't go out the way you're thinking"

"They passed away post-outbreak?"

"Yeah, it was sad...but I... yeah"

"Its fine... you probably shouldn't talk about something like that to someone you met"

"Fair point...well wanna try to plant?"

'No' She replied quickly. She is afraid of planting a crop thinking it might die a few hours later, Lee still continued to plant something and Natalia looked at it. Matilda arrived at the scene and called on Natalia.

"Hello"

"My sister is looking for you... come with me"

"Should I go?'

"Yeah, go Its fine.. I have the wheel barrow"

Natalia followed Matilda and she cannot start a conversation, neither of them cannot. One tries to start a small talk only to be cut offed by the other attempting to start small talk, but they stop. It happened a few times until it got awkward. Before the atmosphere got even more awkward they finally arrived at where Kayla is waiting. Kayla waved at Natalia.

"Since you're new here.... wanna climb that tower with me?"

"Is that even sturdy?"

"Yeah... it is... wanna climb?"

"I have nothing else to do so...sure"

The girls slowly climbed up the flights of wooden stairs. For something built quickly it stands tall and sturdy. It feels like it is planted deep into the ground as there is little to no moves. After a few minutes of climbing they finally got on top, and from the top they can see the tops of the town of Woodville.

"What do you think?"

"....."

"Well?"

"Do you think... your town will last?"

"Our....It will last.. don't worry, we've got good people who will help us"

"What if they start turning on us?"

"They won't"

"What if its someone from outside?"

"We'll be ready...you don't have to be so down about it"

"really?"

"Yeah, we're safe here"

From the top she can see the whole town much better. She looked down to see the two brothers already up on their feet and interacting with the people around him. Her shadow loomed over Toby and he looked up, he waved at him. She replied with a small wave.

"Will we survive?"

"Yeah... we will"

"Sir"

"Yes?"

"The preparation will take some time"

"That's good, we'll take take her no matter what"