IMMUNE

Dylan sits down in front of Niall, and the 2 are waiting to hear something from the other. He pats on Niall's right leg as he walked closely to sit down.

"uhm, so... can you recall what happened that night... who the fuck hurt you so bad?"

"Will you believe me if I say so?"

"Well, you were there that night"

Niall was about to speak but he stopped himself, he looked afraid. Dylan might ask questions out the blue regarding as to why he was there but he continued to speak. He gave a name and Dylan is in shock as he expected it, but he quickly threw that reaction away as fast as it appeared. As expected Dylan asked the question.

"What were you doing there, make sure no lies... Might be your last words"

"I noticed him, amongst the crowd.... I got curious so I followed him... he got to the empty homes and I checked he was there with someone, one of 'em got out and tazed me, so I fell"

"Torture... was it really him?"

"Yeah, I was wide awake, I knew what I saw"

"Was there someone else in there?"

"2 more, but I can't make it out"

"Well, fuck"

Dylan slowly got up as if he is trembling and did not even question as to how Tobias could have been saved, and so he immediately to Natalia. He bumps past everyone that got in his eye and they all apologize to him. He stomps across the hallway with an angry look, he gets out of the building feeling distressed. He gets to where Elizabeth and Samantha are living and he knocked wildly on the door, distressed. Every knock is accompanied by 30 seconds of silence, every knock gets louder and eventually someone came to the door and opened it.

"Can't you hear us, get in already"

"Finally"

The helicopter finally lands on Pierre in the dead of night, the snowfall did not make their travel a drag as it turned out to be. The community only has black lights turned on around the perimeter, something familiar from before, as expected from Oscar he obviously told them about this phenomenon. They see small dots of light in the community and 2 circles of light has turned on for the helicopters to land, soldiers lined up on the walls to make sure no biters attack them whilst the landing is ongoing. The first helicopter slowly descended trying to not blow small tents around the area, they slowly and successfully landed, the other helicopter followed and landed safely as well.

Zachary and the occupants unlocks themselves from the sits and they got out, Zachary nervously got off the helicopter as he is still not used to the feeling of flight. The man waiting approached them slowly and he gave Oscar a hug, Zachary then gets down and looks at the helicopter and around the area. He noticed the man and Oscar looking at him and he approached the 2.

"Zach, you look big now, where's your sister?"

"hmm, who are you?"

"I guess I should have shaved the beard huh?"

"...."

Zachary immediately noticed Tobias' voice as he said so. Instead of acting shocked like he should be he grabbed Tobias' left arm and tried to pulled the sleeve but Tobias stopped him. 'Niall told you?' Tobias asked as he leaned his head to the right, Zachary nodded and pointed towards his arm, 'Show me' he commanded Tobias. He took off his glove and put it into one of his pocket, he grabbed the long sleeve and and folded it.

They looked at him waiting to see something and they did. A bite scar or mark, almost a chunk of his skin down to his flesh was almost bitten off. He turned it in every way for Zachary to examine, then he remembered a conversation he eavesdropped on before. Despite being young he knew what Craig and Natalia were talking about.

"A cure?"

"Not necessarily, but immunity... after these men found me I was sick, like 'sick' sick... almost to the point of death, but my teeth were the same, no rotting or decaying.. just teeth.. they see the bite mark but they did not react drastic"

"Meaning?"

"Not putting a bullet through my skull"

"Oh, so Natalia is immune as well?"

"Yeah, maybe for now its just a theory I might have been lucky maybe some radiation killed it, I don't know... we just need to get to Natalia and obtain a sample of her plasma and create a vaccine for us"

"You'll kill her?"

"No, of course.. just a sample of her plasma, she produces it naturally, and if by some luck there were other people out there like her then.... chances are we can develop something"

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"We need to find one of the companies that creates the vaccines then?"

"Yeah, one of the big boys is totally out of the question"

"The one in Jersey?"

"Yes... Oscar... we got there and it was fucking destroyed... just words of 'No cure' or 'Abandon' was what's left.. like... fuck"

"Just that right, one building there's other 13 pharmaceuticals around Jersey right?"

"How can we be so sure.. what if one of it was the place where the virus here in the west popped out"

"That explains a lot.. but we can take the chances.. actually we have too"

"I have no idea what you 2 are talking about... but we have to worry the real problem here"

"There is still the one in Canada"

"Shit"

"But we have no idea if its still up and running"

"A lot can happen in 6 years"

"Well, I still have no clue what is happening but I'm in.. if it means saving Samantha"

"Toronto, right?"

"Yeah, about that, we have taken over most of Detroit, so there might be some goons there situated"

"Shit"

"What's the plan Toby?"

"Yeah, Its 3 states away and god knows what the fuck is happening there... we need someone to check it out"

"Thank god Bryce is there"

"Bryce?"

"Yeah"

"That fucker is helping you guys?"

"Yeah, why?"

"He is the reason why I'm here"

"Can you elaborate for us?"

"Uh huh"

"Okay"

Zach explained how Bryce did not help him at all during the attack on Norfolk, more or less Bryce abandoned him at the sight of the horde and did not even bother to come back. Still Tobias did not raise any doubt to Bryce whom he trusts as much as Oscar.

"Don't worry... he is a good one"

Tobias then remembered his first time meeting Bryce at the farm. The woman and his daughter whom their names he completely has forgotten.