Holy Crap! It took longer then I thought to update this. My reasons can be found at the end of the chapter. Otherwise here you go! Sorry for errors and typos if any. Please Review.

The streets were dead silent as the night slowly approached. Meagan looks over her shoulder to see no one "It's about time I lost them." She says limping street. Ty and Rena had been following her for the past hour. Until she lose them a couple of streets ago. Meagan opens a gate fence and enters a small back yard.

"It's about time you got here."

The voice causes Meagan to jump. She jerks her head towards the voice. Rena and Ty were sitting at a picnic table. "What the hell! Don't do that!" Meagan yells.

"Keep your voice down! Those things are attracted by sound remember!" Rena yells in a whisper.

Meagan looks around the yard and sees a gate to an alley. "Is there anything down that alley?" she asks.

Ty and Rena both look over at the gate "uhhh we didn't come in that way…" Rena says.

Meagan thinks for a moment and decides to take her chances. Without another word she limps to the gate. Rena and Tyler both stand up and follow her into the alley. At this point Meagan gives up on trying to lose them. Once her leg got better she would lose them. "So Meagan why were you in that hospital?" Rena asked.

Meagan sighs "I don't remember what happened. I think I was hit by a car…I just remember walking down the side walk. Then I remembering something hitting me and after that everything went black." She says as they come up to a street. It looks like it was a shopping district just with blood all over the place. "Why were you guys at the hospital?" She asks knotting a arrow before walking into the shopping district.

Rena looks at Tyler who refuses to look at Rena "Uhhh we thought…we might find some supplies that might help." Rena says stuttering over her words.

Meagan could tell she was lying. But since they saved her life she could care less on the reason. As they continue down the street Meagan stops dead in her tracks. Rena and Tyler ready there weapons "What is it? What do you see?" Rena asks darting her head around.

But they weren't prepared on what was about to happen next. Meagan walked as fast as she can into a small store. For a second Rena and Tyler think she trying to lose them so they follow her into the store. When they turn into the freezer station they both find Meagan downing a 2 liter bottle of soda.

"Uhhh ummm…" Rena looks at Tyler who is also at a loss for words.

Meagan finishes the bottle after a minute or so. She looks at Rena and Tyler who were just staring at her. "Hey I haven't had soda for…I don't know how long! I need this!" she says about to open another bottle but feels someone grab her from behind. For a second Meagan thought it was one of them but as she about to scream a hand covers her mouth.

Then she feels cold steel touch her neck "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" the man repeats over and over again. Tyler and Rena lift up their weapons and the man takes notice "You try anything and I'll kill her!" he yells.

Rena and Tyler drop the weapons "Please just let her go…" Rena says but is cut off.

"Shut the fuck up! Now back up out of the store! This girl is coming with me!" He yells moving forward.

Meagan knew several ways to get out but with her leg it just wasn't possible. By now they reach the front entrance.

Just across the street on the roof of a clothing store two figures crawl to the edge. "I got this one." One of them whispers.

The man looks across the street and sees a glare of a scope "No fucking…" he was cut off by a loud bang. The man lets go of Meagan and drops dead. They all look behind and see two people start up on the roof. One of them was a girl the other a man who was wearing a what look like a cowboy hat. They both look at each and after a couple seconds the small girl throws her rifle over her shoulder and disappears behind store. The man puts the butt of the rifle in his shoulder staring at the three of them.

Meagan meanwhile was guessing the range of the man. If need be she could put an arrow straight in his head. But how fast was this guy with the trigger? Would her arrow get there before he puts the crosshairs on her? Meagan pick up her bow and the man lifts his rifle slightly. The tension in the air was very high at this point. But then they saw the girl on the roof walking towards them from an ally. The girl had long straight brown hair. She wore a baseball cap that was set almost over her eyebrows. The look in her eyes put Meagan a little on edge. This girl didn't look older than 13. She was wearing a black tank top and some jeans. The girl walks into the store straight pass them. She stops and looks at the body of the man who had Meagan. The rifle on her back was haft her size and looked like a hunting rifle.

"Never again…" The girl mutters still staring at the body.

"Uhhh Hello?" Rena says.

The brown haired girl shakes her head and lifts her cap up higher on her head "Oh I'm sorry…" she says turning red.

"Ummm thanks for saving me." Meagan says a bit thrown off by the sudden change.

"You're welcome…My name is Tatum Hawk but call me Tate." Tatum said in a quiet tone.

Rena looked at the man with a cowboy hat who was still on the roof "What about him? Who is he?" she asks

Tatum looks back at the roof and waves him down. "That's Cowboy…I don't know his real name. I just met him the other day." She says almost too quiet to hear.

Meagan looks and sees Cowboy jump slide down a pipe to the ground level. He walks over to them towering over Tatum. He was still holding his rifle in front of him which put Meagan on edge. She kept a hand on an arrow. Cowboy walks up behind Tatum "You guys ok?" he asks firmly.

They all nod "Yeah were fine ears are just ringing." Tyler says picking at his ear.

"Where you guys going?" Tatum asks.

Meagan didn't like where this was going "What are you implying?" she asks.

Cowboy steps forward "We've been going around just killing criminals. But me and Tate had a talk this morning and thought we should try and escape the city. And are chance are better if we do it together." He said.

Meagan wasn't going to argue about this. Once her leg was better she would lose them all and look for her sister. "Ok let's get food for tonight and find a place to stay…" Meagan said. She then went back to the freezer section. She then continues to drink another two liter.

Cowboy and Tatum looked at Rena and Tyler "I think she has a problem." Tatum says.

"No I don't!" Meagan yells back opening her third bottle.

After packing what they could all of them found a house the next street over. It was a small two story house. They all check the house to find it empty who ever lived left in a hurry. "I'll be up stairs…" Cowboy said to Tatum.

Tatum nods as he disappears up stairs with his Rifle. Meagan sits on the couch and looks at her leg and the bruise was still there. Rena come up to her "How is your leg doing?" she asks touching her leg.

Meagan lightly kicks her away "I'm fine it should be better by tomorrow."

Rena stands back up "I'm only trying to help." She says.

"I don't need help. Nor do I want it." Meagan says setting down her bow. She did a quick count of the arrows she had left. The arrows were her personal ones they were all sharp. But she only had eight left.

Rena sighs and moves on to Tatum who was sitting on the kitchen counter. "Hey you ok?" she asks in a soft tone.

Tatum blush and looks down at the floor "Yeah…Thanks for asking." She says quietly.

"I'm sure it must have been hard for you to watch cowboy kill that man earlier." Rena said as if talking to a nine year old.

Tatum looked at her with a raised eyebrow "What? I was the one who killed him. Cowboy wishes he had a shot like my." She said somewhat proudly. It almost seem like she was a different person when she talked like this.

"What! You killed him? How old are you?" Rena asks taking a couple steps back.

"I'm sixteen…that man I shot in the head was the ninth person I've killed since this outbreak started. That not including the ones I left for them to eat..." she smiles at the thought. "Those low lives deserved what they got! He killed a mother because he thought she was bitten. The bastard left that little girl for them…" Tatum voices trails off as if reliving the scene in her head. Rena only listens in shock, disbelief, and horror. "…I didn't make it to her in time. But that's when I met Cowboy. He had seen her from the opposite side and thought he could make it to her as well. Not much was said between us but we knew who was responsible for what happened. From then on me and Cowboy hunted him for several hours. We can close a couple times but he was fast. I can't tell you how good it felt to see that rip straight through his head." Tatum chuckles a bit. Rena was a bit scared now that this girl might be messed up in the head. Her thoughts fell on Cowboy. If Tatum was like this then what was he like?

Rena train of thought was broken by the sound of a growl. Tatum wraps her hands around her small stomach "I'm hungry…" she says going back to her other self.

Meagan limps in the kitchen also very hungry "What did you guys get from the store?" she asks. Rena shows her what they had. "Hey Tate…come help me cook." She says taking out a cutting broad and knife.

Tatum throws her hands up "Umm sorry I don't cook…I can't boil water without burning it." She says with a blush.

Meagan sighs "Ugh alright just… cut these tomatoes just try not to cut yourself." She says looking for other cooking supplies. The least Meagan could do for everyone who saved her is cook them dinner. It would be and thank you and good bye gift.

END OF PART 3

Geoffrey Kuribayashi Dees AKA Cowboy and Tatum Hawk make their appearance!

A/N:Ok I know some of you might of thought I gave up on it. But thats not it at all! First thing you should know is I have a job and I work graveyards. Second I also moved out of my parents house which took a great deal of time. Plus add the fact i still need to get internet at my place is why it took so long. But now I'm settled in and have a little more time. I should be able to write more.

Hope to update sooner then last time.