A STUBBORN ROCK

Rodrick and Tobias has finally reunited after 8 long years, including before the outbreak. The 2 men has properly caught with one another as they both tell the story of their lives up to this day. They feel upset in some of the things the other have said, but nothing is worse than what they are experiencing. Both also shared knowledge of the different biters that they have encountered which has proven to be useful, some phenomenon regarding the dead as well.

Tobias along explained his theory to Rodrick regarding a possible 'vaccine', not necessarily a cure for the virus.

"Vaccine?"

"Yeah... you see my bite mark... I felt the teeth of that biter get into me... But I woke up, feeling only tired, my teeth were not rotting away. What ever is in my blood now, is something that is fighting against the virus, and we need to create more for all of us"

"What if the virus were to mutate even more.. what can we do?"

"Like what our race has always done, work through it. We have gone through many plagues and with the knowledge we have, and my blood. We can create something"

"It is just your blood right. You do not produce it naturally?"

"No"

"Then that will be a lot more work, we need the ones where.... I think I know what you are talking about"

"Do you?"

"The kids, I know 2, but I cannot confirm nor deny that they are immune to the virus"

"Orlando and Nevada right?"

"Yes... But do they produce it naturally, like it is coming from them?"

"No idea, the man who was in charge with all of this is dead, Jean.. fuck"

"Right...But, what if its just yours though"

"What do you mean?"

"You never saw that Natalia, like being bitten right.. Or at the least infected?"

"Wait, some vaccines aren't permanent, we need boosters at least. Like tetanus.. Plus the virus is also evolving, what if it infects someone like you, either it goes through it or it uses it, if you were to be infected.. But you are much different"

"How?"

"I don't know.. just... fuck"

Tobias reviewed all his memories with the short moments he has shared with Natalia. None of it were times where she got into a close proximity of getting infected.

"The virus has a different variants right?"

"Yeah"

"How do we know the 'immunity' that you and the others have actually works?"

"We need to go to a pharmaceuticals HQ to test that"

"Yeah?"

"Fuck, I never really thought that out"

"I'm not saying its impossible, its difficult, we don't want anyone dying on us, especially... or the kids. there are over 300 kids right, that all SPECTRE has broken free, and now in Canada?"

"Yeah, there is at least a chance that one of them, is a powerful vaccine dwelling in them, and do you know how many people we can save"

"Toby, we lost too much already, the dead has outnumbered us the living, just in the country alone even the fuckers that we have to kill, we are under half a million"

"Where is this conversation leading, I think there is at the least a vaccine, and we need to find a way to create"

"How can you guarantee it will work on the other variants"

"Is this why you're doubting me?"

"Yeah, maybe it will be u-"

"Then we'll create one, even if its not being produced naturally, which I doubt they are, even if we have to take shots annually or maintenance, that's fine.. We do not have to recreate society, just a place we can call home, where we are safe"

"Some bad men will see this as an opportunity to oppress others"

"Yeah, thank what ever almighty power there is, we're with good people"

The 2 look over the town through the window in which they are arguing, all good people. Helping one another, the old, young, weak, powerful, once who were rich, the new world has put all humans into equal footing, some have powers because they were chosen too. As long as 'humanity' exists within them, they can survive as a race.

"So, Tobias really is planning a cure huh?"

"Yeah"

The 3 men saddled up on their horses and are following Craig's footsteps in the snow, they talked about the possibility of a vaccine. Their plan after all involves taking over the block that surrounds the pharmaceutical that they will take over. Humanity is struggling, they at the least wants to die trying to create a way to prolong their existence into this world, even if it is by some miracle. As the men travel on the snowed road something from the snow is blinding them.

"The fuck?"

"Who's there?"

"Let's check it out"

Bryce hops off his horse and follows and approaches the reflecting light, he gets into an angle where he can see the rifle.

"Its someone's"

"Looks like Craig's, he was carrying a rifle"

"..."

Bryce approaches it and it is Craig, his face down on the snow passed out. Rodrick hops down and helps Bryce put Craig on his horse. Using the makeshift gun strap, Rodrick wrapped it around Bryce for Craig not to fall.

"Let's back"

They circled back to the house and the fire seems to be lit. Tobias is in there waiting with his sleeping horse, he seems to be eating something. Tobias notices them and opens the hole that was created, pallets were used to block the entry ways.

"Here he is"

"Down here"

"Looks cozy"

"Sure"

Bryce puts Craig on a warm sleeping near the fire and the other 4 started to eat a small dinner, they will be waiting until the other half arrives then Bryce and Rodrick will get back to the community that they have appropriately named GWN, for Great White North. Craig moves around the sleeping bag as he finally feels comfortable on something, his drowsiness has taken over him and he slept soundly like a log.