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Chapter 6

"Do you think the virus could have spread overseas by now?" Penny asked huddled in front of the fireplace beside Sheldon. It was a single room cabin with a small fireplace and besides that it was completely empty.

Leave it to Sheldon to be prepared and even bring a small rug to avoid sitting on the cold hard floor.

"It is plausible but I have my doubts." He said convincingly staring into the fire. "All the passengers would have been checked before boarding any aircraft."

Penny looked over at him as the fire illuminated his face. She was thankful that Sheldon cared enough to include her in his survival plan.

"Sheldon?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you for including me in your plan. If it wasn't for you I would probably be dead or already a zombie."

"Of course you would. That's precisely why I included you. If something were to happen to you my life would have been in distress."

Her eyes widened. "Really?"

"Of course." He replied his gaze still focused on the fire.

Penny scooted over closer to him and leaned in to give him a kiss on the cheek but Sheldon moved his head, causing their lips to lock. She was surprised and panicked that she had crossed a line. Penny tried to break the kiss but he followed her and tangled his hand in her hair. She closed her eyes and deepened the kiss as Sheldon adapted to her technique. There was no denying the fact that he was a novice but as the seconds ticked by she realized that he learned at an impossible rate. They then pulled back and parted for air, breathing heavily as they looked at each other.

Oh she was so getting a strike for this. Penny looked at his eyes and noticed they had darkened with arousal. 'So much for the Homo Novus act.' She thought as his expression mirrored her own, uncertainty.

He licked his lips as Penny inched closer to him, wanting to taste him again. She thought he might run away but instead cupped her cheek and initiated another make-out session.

Penny's head lay on his bare chest as she began to stir. She opened her eyes and saw his arm protectively wrapped around her. Penny smiled and tried to sit up but with slight difficulty; she was worn out by Sheldon Cooper of all people. He opened his eyes just then and sat up as well, rubbing them.

"Penny, given the events of last night I believe a shift to our relationship paradigm is in order."

Penny nodded. "Good morning to you too sweetie."

They got dressed and walked out of the cabin toward their car. Penny walked over to the driver's side when Sheldon stopped her.

"It's alright; I will drive." Sheldon offered earning a look from Penny.

"Alright. I thought you didn't like driving."

"Correct but I've grown to enjoy it. One can also see you're worn out and I'm not up to fiery peril when we've already come this far."

Penny rolled her eyes. Still the same wack-a-doodle.

They were getting close to the Canadian border and the number of zombies had increased. A few of them were the mutated ones that Sheldon had encountered back in Pasadena and Penny at the cabin that could run for a good distance before tripping over their own feet. Although they had yet to encounter any living non-infected humans they were optimistic, even though they were running low on fuel.

Luckily they made it to Blaine, Washington before the gas gauge read empty but it was a 45 minute walk to the border. Penny groaned, taking her gas canister to all six pumps.

"Dry like a desert." She said sadly as Sheldon came back with a Coffee Crisp.

"This is all I could find. We still have four bottles of water left, beef jerky from Fort Bragg, your bottle of rum and two packets of cigarettes."

"Better than nothing. Wait, you had my rum all this time?" Penny asked as Sheldon looked away. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I preferred if you weren't inebriated in the event zombies might descend on us. I figured you would appreciate the gesture to save it as a celebration of surviving this apocalypse while we reach permanent safety." He said as she dropped the canister on the ground and agreed with him.

Sheldon handed her half of the chocolate bar. This was as close to coffee that she could get and she would savor it.

They trekked back onto the highway on foot. He suggested it would be better in terms of avoiding getting lost and cornered by a mob of zombies in a city.

Finally they spotted the border from a distance. "Thank God my feet are killing me." Penny said getting strength back in her voice.

Sheldon adjusted the backpack on his shoulders as a shot rang out in front of his feet, causing them both to jump.

"Identify yourself!" A voice boomed from the speakers.

Sheldon put his hands up and Penny did the same.

"I'm Sheldon Lee Cooper and this is Penny Marie Price." He answered.

"Have you been infected?"

"No." Penny replied as a soldier stepped out and pointed his shot gun at them.

"Where have you come from? I doubt you have managed to survive on luck alone in this hell."

The dark haired man asked, his hazel eyes darting between the two them.

"We have traveled from Pasadena, California and just now we've run out of fuel in Blaine resulting in us arriving here on foot."

"Have you encountered any undead?" He asked Sheldon.

"Briefly and we drove past others effortlessly as well. We encountered a survivor a few miles back but she was infected and transformed in front of our eyes."

The man lowered his shotgun and they put their hands down.

"Where are the rest of the people? Is there some sort of safe location the government has set up?" Sheldon asked suspiciously.

"You're the 100th person to have made it safely into Canada from the US."

Penny gasped in shock as he continued.

"There is a base for survivors in Alaska but the next flight doesn't leave until tomorrow."

"How many survivors are there?" Penny asked.

The man's face darkened. "500,000."

"That's alarming! This is for all of Canada and the US?" Sheldon asked fearfully.

"I'm afraid not. This also includes South America." He answered."Unfortunately we don't have a means of communication with Europe and Asia yet so in regards to the planet only God knows."

Penny clasped her hand over her mouth as the man continued. "All that we know is several planes left Pasadena for Europe with the infected as well as Asia. We have some recordings from the flights but based on the contents our guesses are all we can go on."

They sat next to each other on the plane along with the dark haired soldier with his 10 comrades. Sheldon held her hand and their fingers entwined as Penny kissed him on the cheek.

"Please fasten your seat belts. We will now be landing in Alaska, a house or apartment will be provided for you as well as essentials." The male voice spoke from the speakers.

Penny placed her head on his shoulder. They had survived and were ready to begin their life together anew as they stared out the window.

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