z nation one-shots

long roads and short friendships

brooklyn's pov

i walked down the dusty road, hoping someone would drive past and help me.

just to my luck, i see a black suv coming down the road, dust creating a cloud behing it. please stop, please stop. as the car gets closer i can see a boy in on the roof with a sniper, i can tell hes looking at me with the scope of his gun. the boy had black hair and a camo shirt on, strong jawline, peircing blue eyes, boyish grin, if you ask me hes quite good looking, for the apoccalypse. as the truck gets closer it starts slowing down, thank god.

i look down at myself remembering im absolutely covered in blood and only wearing an oversized white tshirt, barefoot. the truck comes to a stop and two women hop out. "hey! are you okay there?" the red head asks me, i start to nod yes then change it to no, "do you need help?" the other asks, i nod yes, i lift my hed to look at them "can you help me?" they both share a look and the red head nods, i walk to her, "im addy" i give her a small smile, "brooklyn".

2 months later

i laugh as murphy cracks a pun, once again. im glad this group picked me up, i feel safe, with them, especialy with him. me and addy are basically sisters now and ive taking a liking to 10k, hes sweet, cute and adorably shy. even murphy likes me, which is actually a big shock considering all we do is argue. but i miss my other family.

10k's pov

ughhhhh, the truck broke down, again. "let me take a look" brookyn said, shocking us all. she rolls her sleaves up and lifts the bonnet, 2 seconds later she closes the hood, "the radiators busted, we aint going anywhere in this thing" we all groan. "lets get walking troops" warren tells us. we walk about 2 miles, we all stop hearing an engine of a vehicle, seconds later a truck is coming over the hill, about 9 guys get out.

"drop your weapons!" the leader shouts, he only looks about my age. "i dont think so" warren argues, i was about to turn around when i felt a sharp pain in my neck, "drop your weapons or he dies" brooklyn speaks up, with her knife against my neck. "brooklyn what are you doing?!" addy shouts at her, "broolyn, baby, nice to see youve still got your touch" the leaders voice echoes through my ears, shes one of them. "i said wapons on the ground or he dies" her voice is loud and harsh, "you wouldnt" i say challenging her, i grunt as the knife digs in even more, i feel the blood trickiling down my neck. warren drops her weapons and everyone else does the same, "brooklyn, baby, will you join me" the leader says to brooklyn, "im sorry" her soft voice whispers in my ear, i feel her hand in my pocket. she lets me go and joins the leader, he slings his arm around her shoulders, giving me a develish smirk, dickhead. "we're taking your supplies, and you arent going to fight back" the guys come round taking our stuff, one of them comes up to me, "i like those gogles, give me them" i collide my fist with his face, "10k!" brooklyn shouts, i glare at her, feeling hatred towards her now.

once the bandits took all the things they could, they went to leave, brooklyn stayed for a couple exra minutes, "im sorry, i really am" she looked straight at me, the leader came up behind her "baby, lets go" she turned towards him, he leaned down and kissed her, i clenched my jaw and looked away. they got in the car and left, and that was it, we never saw her again.

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