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Derek grumbled as he got to his feet, "Drama queen? Shea, I'm a guy, in case you couldn't tell."

"Actually, we couldn't," Gwen said.

"I hate you all," Derek huffed.

Suddenly, a moan pierced the forest. Reacting quickly, Gwen and Derek readied their weapons. Pointing it at the direction of the noise, Gwen said, "It's not safe here. We have to get out,"

Derrek nodded, "Right."

At that moment, a figure leapt out of the bush and grabbed Kat's arm. Lunging forward, it tried to bite her. But a quick shot from Gwen's pistol silenced it for good.

"Move!" Gwen shouted as they all made a mad dash out towards the edge of the forest.

"No as a matter of fact, I didnt have the slightest notion you were a guy." Shea sarcastically shook her head, laughing at Derek's reaction. Suddenly right when a noise broke out, Shea readied her weapon as well, making sure she wasnt left behind this time.

Suddenly, Shea jumped when a zombie almost bit Kat and on command, Shea dashed behind Derek and Gwen towards the forest. She had to remain calm, unlike Kat was doing. Why was she here anyways? Kat so far, was only making herself a burden.
"Derek! Kat is gone!" Shea yelled to him as they ran to the edge of the forest. This wasnt good. Even together, it seemed the group would be killed or trapped.
Shea couldnt take the surprise attacks anymore and halted in her step. Loading her pistol, Shea's eyes grew big with fury. "Where are you zombies?! Come out and dont hide! Im sick of your s**t!" Shea yelled, looking ahead to notice that Derek and Gwen were gone from her sight also. Maybe it was better if they split up. At least they had more of a chance of survival...maybe.
Crack!
Shea jumped and pointed her pistol in the area of the sound...

Barely having time to scream, Kat was set upon, and rescued in a matter of seconds. When the mysterious rescuer revealed himself...

*whump!*

"Oh god, Jack, I was so worried..." Kat- once Alexa- whispered in his ear and she embraced him, tears in her eyes. "Oh dear god... thank the lord you're alright!" she released him, and thumped him on the arm. hard. "You Son of a *£?#$!!! How the HELL could you run off on Shea and me?!?!" she hit him again, old presence returning. "And Derek... oh my god, Derek! DEREK!! GWEN!! SHEA!!!!" she ran around the clearing. "WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!"

"Kat?" Shea heard her scream but could not decypher what she had yelled. Pointing her pistol in the darkness, Shea turned her head toward the direction of where she heard Kat. "Damnit." Shea whispered and ran off toward Kat, jumping out of the trees.
"What is it? Are you okay?" Shea asked, walking over to her side. Nothing was unusual besides the dead corpse of a zombie near the two of them.
"Nice..." Shea whispered and looked into Kat's scared face.
"C'mon we cant stay here for too long..."

Shocked, Kat didn't hear any of the others. she saw Shea, she saw Gwen, she saw Derek crouch down next to her. All she could hear was; "If you get in my way...I will kill you..." a tear trickled down her cheek. "oh god..." she whispered, a second tear joining the first on her cheeks. she closed her eyes, tears now flowing freely. what an earth happened to him to make him that...alone? she curled up in a ball, wanting to be swallowed up, sobs racking her body. then she heard a moan. Supporting herself on her left arm, she finally became aware of everyones voices. they began to move out, and Kat stood up to follow. there was a loud

*crack*

and all Kat knew was agonising pain in her right thigh. a rock had been thrown, thankfully missing everyone, and hitting a deadwood tree. unfortunately, a very long, very large splinter had fractured off, and embedded itself in her leg. Gasping, Kat supported her weight on Dereks shoulder. "Oh great, they can throw rocks now?!?!" she said sarcatsically. "ah geez... god this hurts..." fresh tears adourned her face, and she attempted to limp after Gwen. Kat collapsed. "Go on ahead, leave me!" she said, dragging herself to standing again. finaly, she was rising to her previous shelf. she felt the familiar urge to tear the head off zombies and spit down their throats, but the blind terror of recent years clawing in a far distant corner of her mind. "GO!!!"

((finally!! sorry, I've ad writers block for a while!! it's gone!! whee ))

"Derek, I'm fine I can walk I swear..." gingerly testing her weight, with Derek still supporting her, her leg shook uncontrolablly. "Ok... maybe not..." she winced, and they entered the cabin. It had low ceiling, and a wooden island. well. what once was a wooden island in the middle. it had been smashed by some superhuman strength, strength that even surpassed superzombie strength. Kat remembered the force with which Jack shoved her away. He never seemed to be that strong... another memory flashed across her eyes. Caulder. He had injected himself with that stuff, and got really strong... but he was dead. Billy sacrificed himself to destroy him. Kat shivered, causing Derek to glance at her. "I'm fine..." she whispered again, but it was clear she was lying. not only was she in pain, she had now worried herself, and really really needed to sit down. Slipping out of Dereks grasp, Kat sat on the floor, and inspected her wound. "oh, geez..." the 9 inch long peice of wood seemed far to big to be called merely a splinter. Steeling herself, she grasped it, and tugged. She bit down on her lip. hard. 'don't scream don't scream' she thought, whimpering. the 'splinter' had moved about 2 inches. she breathed out. "ooookaaaay......" she tugged again, and let out a strangled yell. "ah, ah, ouch......." she panted. 4 inches of it remained embedded in her leg. "one more..." she went to pull it. and descovered that she couldn't. fresh tears cut lines through the grime on her cheeks. Kats eyes seached the room, and found Gwens face, Sheas, and finally, Dereks eyes. They seemed... black in the faint light, but somehow Kat found comfort in them. and strength. just enough to seize the peice of wood, and yank it out of her leg. "AHHH!!! s**t..." grimacing, Kat glanced down, tears clouding her vision. it took her a few seconds of dumb shock to realise that, in any other situation, unlike being trapped in a cabin surrounded by zombie haunted forest, she would never of been able to pull that out. maybe she would of 10 years ago... but now... never... or so she thought.

Ka gave a little "ha!" at Dereks last sentence. "oh, um..." she spluttered, when they all looked at her. "I can't...um..." She slumped. "I know he said he'd kill me... but we have a mission to do too." She took a deep breath. "I saw Jack. He saved me from a zombie that was about to bite my face off. And he was... unbelievably strong... When I called you, he grabbed me and could shut me up with one hand whilst stopping me from struggling with the other... he said..." a dry sob racked her body as she remembered his words.. "He said, 'I have a mission to complete... If you get in my way..." she shuddered with emotion; "I'll kill you..." Looking up at Derek, she said to him, "He's changed... he's not like he used to be... he's like a caged animal. Nothing to lose, and all the more deadly because of it." she shuffled to the wall and leaned against it, eyes closed. "He's not the same........" She began to cry softly, curling up in a ball, all the hurt and pain causing her to retreat into herself even more.

Kat allowed herself to fall against him. she closed her eyes, tears still leaking from her eyelids.gradually, as the minutes ticked by, the tears stopped, and began to dry on her face. Kat could feel herself falling asleep, and fought against it, but it soon overwhelmed her. she let out a tiny sigh, and tucked her legs up closer.

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