Guns she detested. Her conviction almost cost both of them their lives.

The gun was on the table, one bullet in the cylinder, easily in reach. The man sat across from her, lounging in his chair a stark contrast to her rigid figure. Amy cried her name, begging her not to all the while a knife digging into her throat.

"Stop! Naomi — look we'll work it out somehow, we'll work–" She started in her seat at the sight of Amy receiving a blow to her jaw, silencing her.

He tapped his fingers, his long nails clicking against the table, the sound drawing her wide eyes back to him. A crooked smile rested on his face, the smug expression made him sick to look at.

"Pick up the gun."

Naomi's mouth ran dry, her eyes flickered over to Amy, then down to the revolver, and finally back to him. In a whisper she asked, "If I do it, will you promise not to hurt her?"

Again with that smirk.

"Well it does help your case some, no guarantees though. Now," He leaned forward, and she angled back. "pick it up."

Naomi swallowed the lump in her throat. A hand reached for the weapon.

The man smiled, Amy screamed, and she fired.

She couldn't believe this was happening.

There had been so many of them, they swarmed the place, killing and killing and killing—

Naomi's foot caught a root, sending her flying forward. With a grunt she landed hard on the earth, her weapon disappeared somewhere into the vast foliage. Her hands flung out, desperately searching the twisted roots and overgrown grasses for her gun.

Just as she gripped it the sound of something trudging towards her, pushing low hanging branches aside and hacking the thick bushes, reached her ears. Panic struck her for she knew this wasn't the movement of the dead.

The gun aimed at the shadowy figure, finger poised on the trigger. She shouted, "Who's there?!"

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A/n

Hello everyone! Thanks for giving this a read!

This story will have two parts to just about each chapter; Naomi's present and her past before/during the outbreak. This might be an AU, and I possibly will up it from T to M.

Please drop a review and let me know what you think so far :)