Mᴜᴛᴀɴᴛ Aᴘᴏᴄᴀʟʏᴘsᴇ 6: Tʜᴇ Vᴀʟʟᴇʏ

06 || 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝗼𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

Donnie and his group stare at the girls, dumbfounded to hear that there are more communities out here. How could Leo's family not have known this? How big is this city?

"Girls," Clementine says to them, seeing they are very loyal to one another. "How many communities are there?"

Gracie looks at Raven and back at Clem. "Seven." She says. "Uh...Woodward, Pullman, North Side, Airway Heights, Palace, Shores, and South Hill."

"We're from South Hill." Raven says.

"Why are you not with your people?" Donnie asked them.

Gracie shrugged at Donnie. "It's a choice to leave or stay."

Osa touched her husband's arm, concerned for their safety. "Don, are we even safe?" She whispered to him.

"I dunno," He whispered back. "We'll find out."

****

Back home at the school, Leo is walking the halls alone to check in on his people. He just so happened to find one of his close friends, Vincent sitting in the library with her baby. He smiled at the sight, happy to see she and Bethany are doing well. "Hey, Vv." He greeted her, coming up to the chair she sat in.

"Hey, Leo." Vv grinned, rocking her daughter gently. "How's it goin'?"

He shrugged at her, bending down to get a closer look at his little niece. Leo loved considering himself as an uncle-- even to little Bethany. "Good." He pulled the blanket down from Beth's face as she slept. "How's the little one?"

Vv nodded. "She's good. I fed her an hour ago." She paused. "Have you heard from Donnie and the others?"

Leonardo shook his head, straightening his posture. "Not yet. Oh, hey... Did you know Osa and Don got married?"

Vincent looked up at her friend, eyes wide as can be. "Really? For real? Funny! Duke proposed to me last night."

Now Leo was confused. Why are Donnie and Duke engaged to their girlfriends at this time? They only just arrived in Spokane. "Why is everyone suddenly getting engaged?" Leo asked her.

Vv chuckled, standing from the chair and taking a walk with Leo through the school. They leave the library and stroll the halls calmly. "Leo." She says. "Marriage is a wonderful thing. People long for it and in a world like this, it's valued more than ever."

"I guess you're right about that," Leo says, putting his bionic and flesh hands on his hips as he walked and talked. "But congrats on your guys' engagement."

"Thank you. I appreciate that, Leo." Vv replied.

"Of course," He says, letting his arms sway. "So, whens the wedding?"

Vincent chuckled right away, unsure about when that would take place. She thought it would be hard for a real wedding. One that includes a dress, bouquet of flowers, music, cake... If she is to have a ceremony, she'll just have to do one the apocalypse way. "Well... It won't be easy. I don't expect to have a ball gown with a crown, you know?"

"I get it, yeah." Leo nods. "An idea is... you can find a white dress-- something simple. We'll pick some wildflowers and maybe I'll find a guitar or two." He smiled at her.

Vv is really touched by Leo's words. He's supporting her and she thought it was sweet of him to suggest some ideas for her little wedding. "Wow. I didn't think you'd be the wedding-planning type!"

Leo shrugged shyly. "Let's just say a few Rom-Coms helped me out."

Vincent chuckled at Leo before hearing his radio static. Leonardo reaches for the radio on his hip and listens to the voice on the other end. "Hello, this is Leo."