Live 4 the Hunt (Left 4 Dead Hunter Pack)

Chapter 9: Well You See...

*Willows' pov*

Oh god... this is gonna be embarrassing. She is the equivalent of an adolescent in the other infected's eyes. She hasnt been infected for long. She's only been infected for about one or two weeks. She doesn't know anything yet. She only knows how to defend herself slightly and find food. From my knowledge, she hasnt interracted with any other infected such as herself. She's always been working alone. She was captured before she even had the chance. Maybe we made the right decision to move her in with the others, but is it too soon? Will she be able to handle this kind of information?

I've seen it happen with the Boomers and Smokers before, but Hunters? We've never had a case of mates within their species yet. Let alone a whole pack sharing one mate. Was it because females were so rare that they resorted to sharing? She has to be the first Huntress anybody had come across before. This is all new territory for all of us. But we do know enough for us to explain the concept to her. Oh no... how do I explain this to her without scaring her away from the boys? She's still young even in human years. Had she even experienced anything of this sort before the outbreak? Maybe the boys could explain it better to me. But since she asked me, I will give her a summary of what we know so far.

"Well, you see Kat...Mates, it's a term we use to describe the relationship between 2 infected. From our knowledge, it only happens once for infected, and it's for the rest of their lives. If one dies, the other will either die with them or live in pain for a little while before succumbing to the pain of losing their mate. You're the first one to become the mate to a hunter. Let alone a pack of them. So there isn't a lot to go on here. But we think since females are so rare with your species, you guys evolved differently than the others. Evolving in a way to allow a pack to share one mate. We do have a couple of mated pairs of other infected types within the facility that we could introduce you to to help with understanding it a little more. But you'd have to get the boys to agree with you. Mates can't be away from each other for long periods of time, or they will go to a frenzy. Oh God... Speaking of which, we better get you back to them before they go into another frenzy. "

*Katrina's pov*

I didn't know what to think about the whole mate thing Willow just explained to me. I was slightly scared after she mentioned the fact their was a chance I could die if one of the other hunters died. But in the end, that just made me want to help them more. We wouldn't have to worry about that if we got cured, right?

Once she mentioned going back, I seemed to perk up a bit. My interest peeked slightly as I trotted over to the meat Elizabeth dropped earlier. I leaned down and gently picked it up before crawling over to sit by the door. Subconsciously chewing on the meat as I suppressed a yawn. I blinked my eyes tiredly as I slowly followed Willow out of the shower room and down to the quarantine quarters again.

Ryders hood fell into my eyes just as we reached the hunters unit. I was too tired to fix it. I purred lazily as u mindlessly wondered into the unit after Willow opened the door, letting me in before closing the door behind me. I glanced at her from over my shoulder.

"Get some sleep, Kat. Don't let them bother you too much. If you feel unsafe, let us know, and we will get you out of there alright. " I only huffed as I nodded my head. I went to go and find my own spot to curl up and eat the meat that was given to me. But I underestimated the length of the sleeves and got caught on one of them and tripped over myself. I let out a startled squeak as I landed. I whined as I tried righting myself only to get caught up again. Geez, just how big is Ryder? His hoodie is almost twice my size.

I heard a heavy thump next to me and looked up curiously. Ryder dropped down from one of the perches right in front of me. He was massive. Shaggy black hair shielded his eyes from the light, but his grey eyes watched me with amusement. His broad chest on full display, scars littered his skin everywhere. Must of gotten them  from pervious fights. He had a pair of tan cargo pants on. With black shoes on his feet. He had a dominating aura surrounding him. He really was an alpha.