On the way to the cabin, Caleb found himself at the back, reflecting, while the couple was discussing softly at the front, leading the way to their base.
Frankly speaking, it has only hours after the outbreak, so either Caleb was already in the montains, or he was from that town not far from there.
"Hey, mister."
Caleb looked up to Liam, the blond was pratically in his lover's coat, "Protective much? And he isn't even the one with the offensive power..."
"Yes?"
"Why are you in the woods?"
"I- I was camping with some friends, b-but then, I woke up and they weren't there-"
David stopped and turned to Caled, eyes narrowed.
"They weren't there?"
Caleb nodded, meekly.
"I thought that was a p-prank or something like t-that, b-but then, those beasts began chasing me so..."
The couple exanged glances before pratically draging Caleb in the cabin.
"Crawlers?"
"I don't think so... Or... Your entire name?"
Caleb blinked at the question, "Ernesto Caleb Valentino?"
Liam looked at him in disbelief, "What were the chances of us finding The Caleb? In the wood of all places?"
David seemed to think the same thing because he sighed before cursing. The reason they reacted like that was because Caleb Valentino was a known figure , something only Liam and David were privy to, as they were the only one who came back in the past.
"Crawlers are modified zombies, they keep their memories of when they were human and choose something or someone to fixate on. Caleb was a known figure because every single person lied to him became crawlers, they all fixate on him, a proof that they were all obsessed with the poor man," Liam thought.
" He was also know because of his power too, it was similar to David's that was principally the reason I paid attention to him. In essense, crawlers are good, because they want to be close to their obssession so they protect it, but really, it's better to deal with them like zombies because they become more dangerous and obsessed as time went on."
With a last look between themselves, they resigned themselves to explain to the currently clueless man what crawlers were, and the possibility that his friends are probably out there, hunting him down.
Liam sighed, it was only the first day of the apochalypse!