After a while, one of the young women stepped forward. "I'm sorry, I just realized that we haven't introduced ourselves yet! I'm Becky, and this is Jen," the woman with glasses said. The younger man smiled.

"I'm Ken," he said quietly.

The older man just scoffed and growled out, "Jackson." Everybody on the other team said their names. Then Ash stood up.

"I'm Ashhh," she said shyly. Damien also stood and said his name.

"It's amazing how they have learned so quickly!" Becky said. They all settled in to the new room and Damien took the little girl to a bed. Jen walked over to her, but Damien quickly growled and made her back away. She nodded her head to show she understood and then asked him one, simple question.

"What's her name?" This question stopped Damien for a minute. He looked at her and tilted his head. He tapped her arm and pointed to himself.

"Damien." Then he pointed to her and gave her a curious look. "Hmm?" She looked around.

"Sarah." Damien smiled.

"Sara," he repeated, pointing to her. She nodded and smiled back at him. She was so small and fragile. So…cute. He looked over at Ash.

She was cute, too…But in a more…well…in a different way.

She was listening to her MP3 player. She had her eyes closed and she was smiling, slightly moving her hands in a drumming motion. Damien smiled at her. He felt more…human…when he smiled.

When he felt good emotions…

Ash opened her eyes and looked up, seeing Damien staring at her. She offered a smile back, then looked down and closed her eyes, the drumming resuming. It was funny how she was so much like her human self…

Just then, a gun went off. Ashley snapped up and growled, seeing the shooter was Jackson. She snarled at him and looked around to see if anybody was hit. Nope, everybody was okay, but frightened. The little girl was crying. Damien was holding her in his arms tight, careful not to let go. The man growled out something quietly and put the gun to Becky's head.

"Any of you move, and she's dead," he yelled. Ken shifted slightly and started to shake.

"Don't hurt her! What do you want!?" he yelled out. Jackson smiled.

"I want you people dead, thinking that it's okay to become friendly with these…zombies!" he yelled. He grabbed Becky by the hair and yanked her up, making her begin to cry. Ash growled and he immediately pointed the gun to her. Damien made his move.

Legs pushed off the ground.

Arms stretch as he flew through the air.

He landed on Jackson and scratched his chest and arms. Jackson screamed loudly but it didn't stop Damien. He had a bad feeling about the man since they had come along. Now he had to get rid of him, or they all could die. He never stopped until the man under him had ceased to move and breathe. He looked around. His pupils where huge and his grey eyes were dark and cloudy. Ash leapt over and hugged him tight, getting blood all over herself. They all settled down when they heard a helicopter. They rushed outside and looked up. It was headed for the hospital. They all ran back inside and grabbed their stuff, leaving the dead body behind. Then out they went, towards the hospital.

Upon arriving, the group instantly was attacked by a large amount of infected. Up they went, to the top floor and outside to the torn up landing. A roar was heard. The ground began to shake as a monstrous infected rushed towards the survivors. It swung its arm and knocked Ashley across the landing pad. She whined but stood back up and continued to taunt it, making it run at her and allowing others to shoot at it. At the last moment, she jumped up and flew over the Tank's head, landing on its shoulders. It roared and flung itself around trying to knock her off. It ran to the other side of the landing pad and hit Sienna. She screamed before being thrown over the edge. Christina ran to the edge.

"Sienna!" she yelled. But it was too late; the dead girl's body was far, far below. Pretty soon the beast was killed. Ash snapped its neck and jumped off before it fell and crushed her. The helicopter landed and they all rushed on.

Two months later and the group was still together. But this was different. This time they were sitting in a large white room with reinforced walls and doors. The cure was found. Things were beginning to look up. But then, of course, Damien, Suzie, David, Ash, and Gabe were all taken by the government. Today they were getting the official cure. It basically did what Becky's cure did, but it was more effective. A man, previously a Tank, walked out of the room in front of them. It was completely silent and white in the two rooms. Everybody was just looking at the ground, hands folded on their laps. They were nervous…

The man who had been a Tank looked completely human, but he was much more muscular and a bit taller than the average man. He looked scared…David was first of the Infected to go into the next room. He was scared. Gabe held his hand tight until he walked through the doorway and closed the door.

They head David cough. Gabe jumped up and looked alert. He calmed and sat down before jumping back up again when sudden choking sounds where heard, then silence. He ran to the door and banged on it, but it was no use. Nothing in the room made a sound. He sat back down, worried.

About an hour later, a tall man left the room. He stuck out his tongue. It was a little longer than the average tongue, but fairly normal looking. His face was smooth and his teeth were slightly pointed. He smiled and looked around the room, rubbing his eyes. He looked at the group.

"Guys?" he called. Gabe jumped up and ran towards him, practically tackling him to the ground. They walked to the group where David received hugs from everybody. Then Jen looked at him. She smiled slightly; tears were falling from her eyes. She grabbed him quickly in a hug and sighed. Then she sat down and smiled.

"Gabe…" David said quietly. He hugged him tight before turning to see a man in a lab coat.

"Gabriel?" he asked to the room. Gabe walked through the big doors. They all sat in the quiet for a while before Gabe, who looked the same, but cleaner and less pointy claws, walked out of the room. Damien was next, then Ash, then Suzie. They gave Suzie new clothes and she was much cleaner. Her hair had more color in it and her long claws were reduced to short fingernails. She looked much healthier. They were all growing tired and it was late. They headed back to the base camp they were staying at.

Three months later things were getting more normal. People were rebuilding homes, survivors were found, and Infected were cured. Some could not be cured, though, and many were humanely killed. It was strange how fast things were going back to normal…Ash lived in her own house that she lived in before. It was untouched. Damien found his brother and moved in with him in his apartment. They lived on the second floor. His brother was always away, though, and Ash practically lived there when he was gone. Ash and Damien were best friends who sometimes shared a kiss…or two…or maybe a hot shower. But they didn't consider themselves together. One cold day Ash started to feel sick. It felt so much like the infection…she began to panic. She called Damien to the living room where she crouched, on the floor, coughing and holding her stomach. She got up and ran to the bathroom. Later that month, she was staying at Damien's house. The sickness was just a bug. But as she was standing, looking in the mirror in the bathroom, she became very distressed.

"DAMIEN!" she yelled. He ran to the door.

"What's wrong?" he asked, feeling concerned. She looked at her face, which was turning rosy and hot. Her eyes were beginning to sting and salty tears fell quietly.

"Damien, I need to talk to you about something."

"Sure, just come out here and we can talk," he said quietly. She opened the door and he saw she had been crying. He wiped her tears away and hugged her. "What's wrong?"

She looked up at him and led him over to the couch. "Damien," she said, trying to smile, "I'm pregnant." He looked at her with wide eyes and started to stutter. Then he just stood up, grabbed her hand and pulled her up, and hugged her tight.

"Ash, I've known you for about four months now. But I think we've gone through what the average pair of stupid teens has. Ashley, will you marry me?" he asked quietly. She wrapped her arms around him and held tight. All she could do was nod.

Meanwhile, somewhere other than the cozy apartment, Rick and Christina walked quietly. They were in the park, where there was a pond and a small path that led through a tunnel of trees. It, too, was untouched by the infection. They sat down on a bench and huddled up together to keep warm in the cold October breeze. Christina's birthday had just past, but she didn't celebrate it. She celebrated making it out alive, though. Rick pulled her close and kissed her, smiling. They continued to walk until they reached the small, one floor house they had.

Across town, Christian and Becky were at home on the couch, drinking beer and watching a game, followed by cuddling and a romantic comedy. They didn't look perfect for each other, but they were. They both enjoyed science, art, romantic comedies, football, beer, and hanging out with the guys.

Anna was out at a party with a bunch of friends.

Jen and Ken were out fishing in the chilly weather somewhere across the state. It was strange how all of them ended up together…Even Gabe and David ended up falling for each other. Suzie found a boyfriend, Randy, who was a Smoker. The Infected still had some features like long nails, sharp teeth, big muscles, Smokers had longer tongues than humans, and Hunters still had strong legs. But they didn't look all that different. Some people thought it was disgusting for a human to love an Infected. Some people were afraid of them. Nobody had actually had a child with one yet. That worried Ash and Damien. They had taken Sarah as their own, but they didn't know what was going to happen to their baby.

Nine months after the Infection hit and things were practically normal. It was strange…but nobody minded. It just made things easier for everybody. If people were to go around towns where buildings were burned down everywhere and there was trash piles all over the place, then it wouldn't be healthy, and could possibly spread more of the infection. There were a lot of animals coming out from abandoned buildings and places. Cats and dogs, especially. Ashley looked down at her pregnant belly and smiled. Her and Damien were married and happy with little Sarah and a baby on the way. They didn't know what to expect of the baby, but since after the infection your DNA changes slightly, they thought that the baby might be part human, part Hunter. The cured Hunter, that is.

And three months later that's exactly what happened. They had a baby girl, who could crawl from birth, and had tiny pointed teeth and claws. They named her Clarissa.