GREAT WHITE NORTH

A year has fully passed since they left to Mackinaw city, they all have managed to move on from the deaths of those close to them. 11 months ago they 'buried' the only thing that remained from Tobias after finding it in order to scavenge what they can in the two towns. They found his rifle which he kept since the day the outbreak began, even though it was just a gun they heavily associated it as a part of him. Zachary, Sam, and Natalia are crying their hearts out as they stand in front of Tobias' grave, Elizabeth cried with them as well but quietly. Louanne would look at her and only smile and so she does. It will be hard for her to grow up without her real father.

Craig standing before his parents' grave with tears, the only death that made him tear up. He looked over to Tobias' grave and that lingering though that he saw that day still freezes his spine. He looked over to the blood stain where Tobias laid down. Niall approached him.

"A bit sad right?"

"Yeah"

They started to talk about something. Bryce noticed them but did not enjoy the conversation, he grabbed his left forearm and tried to get rid of the thought that surviving an infection is even a possibility. Deep inside he wants to believe it, but he is just lying to himself. Telling himself a false lie just to move on, and it worked.

They are all being prepared to bring to Ontario in order to live there, forever. The first 100 people are chosen to leave the city and head to Ontario. Elizabeth, Louanne, Kayla, and Matilda were amongst the chosen people. The next one will be chosen before the trucks comeback. Dylan is checking on the children in the hospital, Natalia visits him.

He talks to the children in order to calm them down as they are being prepared to move to the north. Some are crying and afraid as they have no idea what will happen to them. There are children who are still traumatized from the FGHE. Despite the fact that they are with people who wish to take care of them, they are still terrified. The only person that they follow is the old director, but since his death the mayor cannot do anything but force them to get into the trucks. Some are easily persuaded to follow as they have been in Mackinaw since they were rescued.

"Dylan?"

"Oh Natalia, hello"

"So are they ready?"

"Sadly... No.. can you persuade them I have no idea how to do that"

"Oh, sure"

Dylan stepped back and closed the door. Natalia kneeled down and started to interact with the kids. She played with the kids and starts persuading them, the kids were also listening. They throw questions at her and she manages to answer all of it. The children's face started to bright up, some are still doubtful. She showed her scars on her left forearm which she got from the plasma extraction before. After the interaction Dylan asked the kids and they all start to agree, there were still who did not reply. It was the majority that agreed to his request. Natalia and Dylan went on a little walk.

"Well, want to explain your wound?"

"...."

"Do not look shocked"

"...."

"Even if it is true and Tobias has your blood he would still be dead"

"My, wound"

"I heard you two, and you never had those scars"

"Yeah, I was beaten"

"Was it a human?"

"No i-"

Dylan stomped towards her and lifted the sleeve on her right arm. He then told her how it looks like the wound is caused by getting punctured than bitten. He starts to describe and compare the wound to his own teeth. She starts to cry and pulled her hand away from him and pulled down the sleeve.

"I... just want to believe that he is alive"

"Because he promised that he will keep you alive?"

"Yes"

"If you stop thinking like that.... he can rest much better"

"How do you know?"

"Only idiots believe in that... now if you really want to keep him alive pack you shit and wait for the trucks"

Dylan then stormed off, angry at Natalia for thinking like that. Thinking of a cure is much more stupid as it sounds. He continued to consult the children as Natalia ran off somewhere. It has already been a year since the events back in Washington, moving on is the only thing that they can do in this new world. 7 months passed by and the 100 citizens who aren't able to fight or who does not choose to fight is aboard the trucks.

Then the trucks set off to Marathon, Ontario then to Poplar Lodge park. Since they started the settlements in Canada, SPECTRE has managed to use different cities and municipalities mainly in the province of Ontario. An example of the used places used in order to have supplies are Norfolk County, they ,managed to annex half of the county. They used some parts of the land to plant vegetables and more and pass it to the different places that they control, such as Marathon, the Poplar lodges, Armstrong, and Akimiski Island. SPECTRE cleared and took over different places in order to create fully annex the whole province as years come by.

The trucks were sent accordingly to those different places in order to maintain the strong manpower and workforce that they have to keep each other alive. Dylan is the only one that stayed in Mackinaw as the qualified doctors there are only 36.

5 Years has passed since the outbreak, SPECTRE has fully has annexed half of the province of Ontario and cleared towns of Biters. All communities has starts to become as big as cities, they created a democratic council. Appointed leaders in the cities would have meetings in the Town Hall of Hearts. They would tell dictate the situation of their cities and the activity of any swarm that is accumulating. They managed to maintained their federal nation. Harmony is starting to reap through the storm of the dead has took over the world.

WASHINGTON

Someone crawls away from the ruins of the town. They are holding their arm that seems to be dislocated. Helicopters fly over them, they looked above.

*Sir*

*Yeah?*

*Look down*

*Is that a guy?*

The person waves their hands and fainted down on the ground. The men on the chopper dropped lowered a rope and the soldiers came down. Next they dropped down a stretcher. Two soldiers aimed their gun at the person who moves slowly, the person turned on their back. They seem to be holding a dog tag. The soldier aimed their gun at the person and the second one took the dog tag.

"Tobias?"

"What?!"

"LET'S GET HIM TO THE STRETCHER"

The chopper lowered down to the ground and the two soldiers put Tobias on the stretcher. They start to take care of him and ensure his safety. He opens his eyes but everything seems to be blurry.

"We'll take care of you okay?"

Everything sounds distorted, and all Tobias can do is close his eyes.

'I'm....I'm.. not.... dead?'