Hope
(Katie's pov)
Next thing I knew I was waking up on the car floor, confused and unsure as to why I was there. As I blinked myself awake I suddenly remembered where I was and what was going on. Those things were still out there, I could hear them walking and making those inhuman groans. What a nice way to wake up, knowing that the next move or noise you make could rob you of your life and with a mind that was still hazy from sleep didn't help my sense's at all. I waited, that was all I could do for now, at least until they pasted the car. I kept my breathing low and counted the seconds in my mind. When the seconds had got to around 900 it had gotten quiet, so I very slowly pushed my body up so I could see out of the car window. The area was clear...maybe that was a good sign but who was to say that a huge herd of those monsters weren't waiting for me at the next corner. I was scared but sitting in this car wouldn't get me anywhere so I had to take this chance. With caution I opened up the door just enough so that my body could slip through along with my 'borrowed' baseball bat. Being out in the streets at daylight felt much better than at night but my heart was still beating like crazy. I didn't run, I had nowhere to run to so I walked down as quietly as I could down the street. What used to be my home looked like a ghost town or like it had just been through a riot. Which it sorta had been when you thought about it. My chest tightened while I walked the lonely street, this place used to be filled with life and now it was empty like nothing had ever lived here before. I couldn't stand being here, I need to leave as soon as I can it doesn't matter where I go just as long as it's away from here, and away from those things.
The silence of the area was broken by the sound of running in the distance, it was faint but I could still hear it heading this way. Maybe it was what I experienced last night that made me run and hide behind the car but for whatever reason I felt it was better this way, at least until I'd found out if the sound was from a human or not. After a while of hiding the steps had grown louder and eventually an Asian boy with black hair, maybe around his early 20's came running down the street clutching a bag to his chest. He looked as scared as I was and I instantly felt sorry for him, he just looked to helpless running like that. Without a second thought I calmly I stepped out from behind the car so he could see me, maybe it was a bad idea but somehow I felt like it was safe to show myself to him. He acted human so it was okay...right? As soon as I was in his view he stopped dead and froze, looking even more terrified than before. Who could blame him? With all these monsters walking about you could never be sure at first glance if someone was a human or one of them. I took a breath and raised my voice to speak.
"Your the first human I've seen." It was a lame thing to open up with I knew, but I didn't think a 'Hi! How are you?' was a suitable greeting in this situation. He seemed confused, probably not sure what to say to a total stranger. But after a few seconds he replied sounding a little nervous.
"Are you human?" That caught me off guard but I choose to nod, it may seem stupid but I wasn't really sure if I was human, with all the creature's walking about could you really blame me? Maybe I could have been infected and just not have known it but since I didn't know myself I just used the easier response. A quick sigh escaped his lips and before he started to build up into a run again he took one look at me and wasting no time said, "If you want to live, come with me." It all happened so fast I had no choice but to run with him. For whatever reason I felt safer with him or maybe it was because I wasn't totally alone anymore. He seemed like a nice guy much better than those things anyway. Eventually after a lot of running we'd actually made it out of the city without a scratch, yeah we'd run into those things every now and then but with the boy's help we'd survived. I couldn't thank him enough he'd saved me. Maybe it didn't seem like a big deal to him but it did to me. It was awful in the city I thought I was going to die there but I hadn't all because of him. I promised to myself that I'd repay him back in whatever way I can. And I keep my promises.
(Time skip to just outside the camp)
We'd kept on running even when we were outside of the city and away from the chaos. I had no time to complain, I didn't want to lose my pace and fall behind. When we approached a hill we had stopped running and took a minute to catch our breath. As my heart rate started to slow back to normal I heard the boy start to speak. "Have you been bit or scratched?" Bit? Scratched? I didn't get it...by what? I let my confusion be heard and replied, "What do you mean? What does having a bite or a scratch have to do with anything?" The boy turned to look at me with as much confusion as I had. "You don't know?" About what? This talk about biting or scratching was starting to scare me a little. I shook my head as I waited for an explanation.
"If you get bit or scratched by a walker, then that's it you'll slowly die and turn into one of them. That's how the infection spreads and how most people have ended up, if you're smart then you won't end up like them." Staring at the ground I tried to take in this new information, it was serious and hard to stomach. So he'd given them a name...walkers it sorta made sense well it was easier than calling them those things or creature's. I'd fallen silent and just nodded as he opened his mouth to keep on talking, he wasn't done yet.
"We have a group up that hill we haven't got much but it's better than nothing. If you want I can take you up there to meet them, we could use a few new member's." My face brightened up at his offer. "Yeah that would be really good thanks." Seeing my sudden smile he smiled widely back then turned around to start walking to where the group was. I was about to happily follow him but then I suddenly remembered something.
"Hey wait," Hearing my words he looked back at me confused, "I just realised I don't know your name. I'm Katie Gray."
"I'm Glenn. Well we'd better hurry to the camp, the guys have been waiting for these supplies all day." With a nod I followed him into the camp, hoping to god these people wouldn't hate me or try to kill me.
