Mal opened hsi eyes slowly, trying to get them to adjust to the static coming from the T.V. "Hello?" he called out in the house. He stood up from the recliner. "Hello?" he called out again, he jumped when there was a loud thump against the floor above him. As he made his way up the stairs he heard a soft moaning sound, as well as somthing tearing. He opened the door to his parents bedroom where the sounds were coming from, blood covered the floor and his father was kneeling over his mothers body his hand was scooping out one of her eyes. Mal screamed and stummbled away from the door. His father turned his head toward Mal his eyes were cloudy and sightless his mouth and chin were covered with blood and bits of flesh, He moaned and stood up lurching toward Mal, Mal stummbled backward more and rolled down the stairs. Feeling somthing crack as he hit the floor his vision began to blur and go clear every few seconds. He saw a shape walk toward him and kneel down next to his chest. "Why couldnt you save us?" his little sister asked, as his vision cleared again he looked toward her, there was a gaping hole where the jugular vein was suposed to be and blood covered the front of her shirt turning it dark red. "Why couldnt you save us?" she repeated as her eeys clouded over, he tried to scream but was cut off by her teeth sinking into his throat.

Mal's eyes shot open his breathing was heavy and his pulse was racing. "Hey you alright?" ashlyn asked him her blue eyes had a worried look to them. Mal nodded fummbling in his pockets for his inhaler as he began coughing, he found it taking in a deep lungfull of the medicine. he sighed looking around the helicopters intirior seeing the faces of those around him. "Yea im alright just a bad dream is all." he said resting his head back against the metal and closing his eyes. "Are you sure your up for this?" Jack asked him his green eyes focused on cleaning his raiper sword.

Mal opened his eyes again. "And why wouldnt i be?" "Dunno you just seem really out of it recently." "Im fine really." Mal said smiling softly, then looked toward ashlyn "What about you?" She nodded smiling "I've wanted to go out in the wastes for as long as i can remember." she said as she moved some of her neck length  brown hair out of her eyes. Mal nodded "Just dont get killed."

He said as he looked toward paul who was busy fiddling with a cellphone. "Dare i ask what your doing?" Paul looked up. "Oh nothing just trying to busy myself untill we land." "What are we going to do when we land?" Jack asked as he sheathed the sword again and placed it under his feet, and put the cowboy hat back over his dirty blond hair.

"This is just a scavange and salvage mission we look and see if we can find any electronics still usefull and anything else we can use." "And were going into a suburbon area so there wont be alot of infected but still be weary and try not to attract alot of them and only use fire arms when nessicary." They all nodded as the helicopter shudderd and a female voice chimed in through the intercom.

"Ok everyone get ready were going to be landing here in a few and ill be back in 3 days like planned to pick you up as well with what you find so try and make it a good haul."

the voice cut out, not to long after that the copter shuddered again mopre violently this time as the back hatch opened, the voice chimed in again. "The rides over now, everyone out and have fun." she said and cut out again. Mal stood up first and straped his shotgun to his back as well as a claymor sword. Ashlyn lifted the fule cansiter and nozzel from under her seat and straped them to her back and grabbed a led pipe with nails welding to the end. Jack carried his 30.06 rifle in his hands and attached the raiper sword to his belt. Paul stuffed the phone into his pocket and put on a large backback and grabbed a sawed off shotgun. "You got all our stuff in there?" Mal asked Paul and he nodded. "Good well get the rest of it ready when we find a safe place to rest." Mal said as he walked down the hatch into a burnt out culdsac with the rest of the group following close behind.