Romance In The Apocalypse

Episode 15: Dion gathers survivors

A few months later, Dion and Soldier Gobshite are still searching and they come across a small herd of walkers. They seem to be trying to attack searching.

They take out their silenced guns and completely destroys the walkers in a matter of minutes.

Dion: *goes to search the walkers for supplies* "What do you think they were going after this time?"

Soldier Gobshite: "Probably the survivor I saw running into that shed over there." *points to the shed*

They walk over to the shed and point their guns at the door

Dion: "Hey! Are you alive in there? If so, we won't shoot if you come out, slowly."

The door opens and the survivor slowly walks out

Dion: "Are you hurt?"

Survivor: "No, though I might've sprained my wrist running away from the walkers."

Soldier Gobshite: *takes out a wrap and gives it to the survivor* "This should help heal that."

Survivor: *takes the wrap and puts it on their wrist* "Thanks."

Dion: "So, what's your name and where are you from?"

Survivor: "The names Patrick and I'm from the Republic of Ireland."

Dion: "I see. Well, my name is Dion and this is Gobshite."

Patrick: "It's nice to meet you both. Thanks for saving me from the walkers."

Dion: "So do you have a group nearby or are you alone?"

Patrick: "I was part of a group, but walkers showed up and as far as I know, I'm the only one who survived."

Dion: "Sorry to hear that. You're welcome to join us if you want. We can keep an eye out for your people."

Patrick: "Alright. Where are we going first?"

Soldier Gobshite: "We're looking anywhere we can for cabins, sheds and other places."

Dion: "We're looking for my wife, Rowan."

Dion shows him a picture of her and Patrick recognizes her immediately

Patrick: "Oh! That's my best friend Rowan. From school."

Dion: "Wait, you're THAT Patrick?! Do you happen to remember me?"

Patrick: "I'm not sure. What did you say your name was?"

Dion: "My name is Dion."

Patrick: *thinks for a few minutes and finally remembers* "Oh! How could I forget? Dang, how have you been Dion?"

Dion: "Well, other than losing hope that I'll ever see Rowan again, I'm fantastic."

Patrick: "Rowan's missing?"

Dion: "Yeah, I haven't seen her since outbreak day."

Patrick: "I see. Sorry to hear it. I'll help you look for her in any way I can."

Dion: "Thanks."

The three of them have been walking for days and haven't found anything about Rowan. A day later they find a large herd of dead walkers in the forest and they decide to investigate

Soldier Gobshite: *spots something metal on the ground near a tree and picks it up* (thought) This... this is the ring I gave her... which means that she was here before.

Patrick: *taps him on the shoulder* "You alright?"

Soldier Gobshite: *shows Patrick the ring* "I found this in the dirt."

Patrick: "Oh! That belongs to Rowan! Wow, that must mean she came by here at some point right?"

Soldier Gobshite: "That's what I was thinking."

Dion: *walks over to them* "What's up?"

Soldier Gobshite: *shows the ring to Dion* "I found this in the dirt over there. Apparently it belongs to Rowan."

Dion: *inspects the ring* "That's definitely hers. That actually lines up with what I found. Over here."

The two follow Dion over to a dead walker

Dion: "You see the gash in the side of this walker?"

Patrick: "Yeah."

Dion: "That's from some type of sword. Its definitely from Rowan's katana."

Soldier Gobshite: "How can you be sure? Lots of people who survived outbreak day could've had a katana as a weapon."

Dion: "But only Rowan would have enough skill to do this."

Patrick: "All of this?"

Dion: "Yeah."

Soldier Gobshite: "That's impossible. I can easily count over twenty walkers here. There's no way anyone could've killed this many walkers and only lose so much as a small ring."

Dion: "Believe whatever you want. That is my current running theory."

Patrick: "It does seem very difficult for the normal person to be able to do all this, but I believe it. We know Rowan pretty well, and we know that her skills with a katana are anything but normal."

Dion: "I'm not going to give up looking for her. I'm going to keep looking for her until the Day. I. Die."