Playing Thread #1, first thread

[JoWinchester]

Nadia

" Damn it, Nad! We can't afford to keep stopping and checking every damn van we see! People are turning!"

Another pair of collided vans were up ahead infront of the walmart and she jerked and started fighting her door as she saw a woman stumble.

" Jake, stop! Look! "

It was then they noticed the palor of her skin, the blood caking her front and over her mouth as she punched her arm through the window of the car wreck and yanked a screaming man by the neck, promptly ripping his neck out.

" Sh*t! "

Jake promptly yelled as a body just came out of nowhere, hitting the road infront of the jeeps wheels and sending it careening sideways and into a parked minivan. .

Stumbling from the jeep, Nadia blinked furiously and gripped the mangled door with her hand as she reached up and hissed at the nasty bump on her head. She was going to need ice for that bad boy.

" Jake-. .JAKE! "

Walking out into the parking lot and empty road, Nadia looked around her at the empty street in shock, then suddenly trepidation as a faint growling drew her attention and she very slowly started to turn round, her hand going over her mouth as she tried to stifle her scream as he was right there.

Bringing a trio of undead friends with him, as she stumbled backwards and had to scurry to pick herself up and run.

Bella

" I'll be home before you realise it, baby. don't worry. .Pick me up some of that HEAVENLY cheesecake though, ok? I'm GONNA NEED IT "

Grinning as she reached up on tip toes for a loaf of bread, Bella nudged it with her fingertips to land into the shopping cart and carried on pushing it down the isle with one hand, while holding her cell phone with the other.

" Got it, momma. Be careful coming home though, k? Love you "

" Caio, Bella "

Flipping it shut, Bella slid it back into her pocket and glanced once more around the deserted grocery store in confusion as she glanced up and down the isles, before heading right towards the butchers counter.

The counter was full of meat, but the server was nowhere to be seen as she edged the counter door. What greeted her as she stepped past the door made her gasp and something clicked then as she heard an almost silent huffing and spun round, stumbling back in silent shock as some inhuman looking thing in a paisley dress flew at her, but instead knocked the freezer door shut in her face.

Screeching and unhuman groans met her ears for a good few minutes before Bella recovered enough to realise she was in the meat locker and that the door had locked her in form that thing, which only gave her a seconds notice of relief, before she started to feel the chill and a sick dread filled her stomach.

If that thing didn't get her. .Then the cold would.

" HELP ME! "

[Supernatural]

Eliot / Joey


' Jake-. .JAKE! ' Eliot scrambled to get to his feet as he tried to shake the feeling that they were in sme deeo sh*t here. he came round teh corner adn saw her as she stumbled with a whole posse at her feet.

"Run!" he yelled at the girl as he got his bad assed self up and running in that direction to where she was located. "Party in the parking lot." he said as he pushed her to get her ahead and started to wail on the freaks that were trying to get to her, looking like a cool Jackie Chan movie in fast forward.

"I’m here to collect the merchandise." he stated as he lowered the last hit on those b*tches and grabbed her as they ran toward the opening of the mall that was of course locked, so they tried another door and yet still another.

"Son of a b*tch, I thought these thigs were open all the time." he growled thinking chicks dug that whole show thing. they were open most of the time right? What the h*ll was it closed for now? Thats when he got his answer, when a door swung open and a bat was swung at Eliots head as he ducked.

"Whoa, what the."...he came back up and grabbed it back handed then gripped it and yanked it forward sending the kid into a sprawl onto the cement at their feet. "Okay, hold up. What is your malfunction??" Eliot frowned as Joey looked up.

"I just wanted to make sure you both weren't one of those." he pointed. "Do I look like one of those?" he posed his voice low. "Oh sh*t!" Eliot exclaimed. "Can we talk about this later?" Eliot grabbed the girl and pulled the kid inside then locked it all back up. "Smart thing to do." he said to Joey as he turned and looked around.

"Anyone else here?" he asked looking at the bodies that were down. "Except for those." he added making a face. he didn't like the idea that there were bodies in there, more of a chance to catch whatever it was that was happening out there, a bug a virus whatever it was. "First thing first. Food, drink, I am parched." he added, his hand bleeding.

Joey looked at it and narrowed his eyes cautiously while Eliot followed it. "Don't worry. I didn't get that from the fight, I got it when I had my accident, plowed into the trashcans out bac, flipped over and had to climb out of there." he stated. "You, you alright?" he said to the girl. "lets getyou a drink." he sid so she wouldn't end up going into shock or if she was already a drink would help that situation out as well.

"Come on kid." he added. "I'm not a kid." Joey said as Eliot shrugged. "Yeah, whatever, lets go this way." he motioned ahead so they could check things out and get some things to eat and drink along he way, bandage for any screapes or cuts, maybe antiseptic or something...


Damon / Stefan / Kelly


' HELP ME! ' Kelly heard the voice as she tried to get her body out of the wedge that she was in, somehow a vehicle had blocked her in, as she was heading into the mall, how she didn't break every bone in her body, she had no clue. But she was feeling pretty good aside from being sore and tired that is. Leaning her head against the side she could just faintly hear her.

"Ok, ok i'm coming, i'm coming." she murmured as she grunted a few times and made herself move back and forth to get free of her mess she was in, all stuck against what looked like an old barracuda and the side of some food place.

"Oh now this is so not fun!" she exclaimed as she finally broke herself free and she heard the voice again calling as she called back out to tell her that she was on the way. "Keep talking, so I can find you." she called out as she made her way aroun dtrying to find a way inside but there were those uglies that way, she needed to find another way in.

"Oh boy, I think we need to hit the bricks." she said to the girl through the side, banging to get her to hear her. "I'm trying to get inside there but there is nothing open to be able to." she yelled in and then frantically looked for a spot to climb into to get inside with her and lock it somehow until help could come.

"Oh this is so not good.'" Kelly exclaimed as she heard a pssst and looked up to see a guy hanging down off of the side, in what looked like some kind of vent. "Shhh," he added, damon holding his arm down and grabbing hold of her to pull her up and in there with him, sliding her past so he could then cover it back up and follow behind her. "Just follow the tunnel and I am right here." it was dark, he knew it had to be scary and after all they all been through this was probably wigging her out.

"Listen for my brothers voice." he added, Stefan calling out to them lowly to have them follow his voice so that he could help them out on the other side. They were climbing out in the offices of the mall where the security guards usually keep all of their things and so on and so forth. "There is someone that needs us, she was calling for us, she is trapped." she insisted to the one that looked at the brother.

"Its a good thing that my brother heard you." Stefan said as Damon placed the grill over top of the hole once more when they were all down on the floor once more, Kelly looking at him and nodding her head. "Good ears, you must be like a dog." she said not thinking that was a put down just making conversation as he turned with a frown.

"I save your ass and you are calling me a dog, mmm, interesting. Welcome." he said walking away and she made an 'eeek' look and looked at Stefan and shrugged. "Don't worry, he is like that all the time." he let them both know. "I'm Stefan, this here is Damon." he introduced them. "Kelly and, I'm sorry I was busy running for my life out there but we really need to get to that girl." she said to him and smiled slightly.

"Do we look like Batman and Robin to you?" Damon asked her. "I was thinking more along the lines of those hotties, the Winchesters but hey, whatever makes you want to jump now and help me get the girl, and I will gladly call you it." Kelly said as Stefan chuckled slightly with the way Damon scowled at her. "Oh come on, you will be a hero, whaqt guy can ever turn that down?" she said as Damon sighed. "Come on, she is giving me aheadache." he sid to his brother as Stefan grinned and motioned for Kelly to walk with them. "Stay close." he added

'Which way?" Damon demanded. "I - umm, it was outside and we were, I don't knnow." she ran her hand through her hair and scratched it lightly. "Great, you want us to play hero and you can't even tell us where to head?" he griped as Stefan looked at kelly adn placed a hand on her shoulder. "Its ok, just tell me which way you ran." he said to her as he listened to her explain where her accident was and what she saw when she heard her voice.

"I know where that is, but we both better be ready, if there are those creepos there, we need to take them out, its the only way inside if she is in the back." Stefan said to his brother. "Somehow I don't forsee that as a problem." he said ot Stefan. A twist here a crack there, then they would be free to get her out of there. You can't do stuff like that in the open, you want people scared of us as well as the infected, they are liable to think we are infected too... he thought to him.

Yeah yeah, be good, play nice, I get it, lets just get this girl so this one here will shut up about it,... Damon growled in his brothers head. "We go in, you hide here, understand?" Damon stopped Kelly before they went in.

"What, no way I am coming too!" she exclaimed. "No, if we have to worry about you we might not be able to get to the girl, just keep look out but stay hidden." he suggested. "But if you need me I."...he began as Damon looked at her. "Believe me, we don't need help." he stated beligerantly as Kelly stuck her tongue out and Damon smirked slightly before heading inside. "Just please, trust us." Stefan pleaded as she nodded and found her spot to keep watch and prayed for them to come back with the girl all fine and dandy...

[JoWinchester]

Nadia

Sat with a can of soda between her hands, Nadia licked her lips and took a breath, letting it out slowly as she got a flash of Jake's half mutated face and quickly shook it off. They'd both been perfectly alright till that thing hit the car. Whatever it was.

The two guys were still going on between bites of food and even in the situation, she had a feeling her stomach was going to rumble loud enough for one of them to catch eventually as she stood and walked the few steps over to the guy who'd helped her.

The tiniest flicker of a smile on her lips, when he jerked in shock and promptly started coughing as she stole some chips from an open bag.

" Sorry "

Even in the situation, there was the tiniest bit of amusement in her voice at making Jackie Chan Jr nearly pee his pants.

Bella

Whoever it was that heard her was dead. It was the only rational thing her brain could think up. For what part of her brain could still function, anyhow.

Curled up in the corner of the freezer, she was behind a large half of cow, hoping vainly it might give her some disguise if those things got through. Not that they wouldn't eventually. But it helped just a tiny bit to try. She didn't want to completely give up, as she weakly tried to wipe a tear from her cheek an winced as it was almost icy.

They must have tripped the quick freeze with all there bashing to get into her, as Bella slowly blinked again, quickly closing her eyes in a vain attempt at keeping them from freezing open.

She refused to let them stay open and make her watch when those things got her.

Another tear started to freeze on her cheek as she jerked at the high pitched screams outside, and something happened then. She wasn't quite sure what, but then she felt the tiniest bit of warmth. Not much, as cool hands were carrying her out of the freezer and she felt the first pricks of light, warm air from the supermarket.

" H-Help-. .M-m- me "

Hadley, Jamie & Cassie

Gripping his taser, Jamie was hurrying to keep up with his mom, his aunt cassie behind him with a baseball bat and a wicked looking collection of nails sticking out of it as they got closer to the local mall.

" Nearly there, Jamie. See? ", Cassie risked a glance at Hadley as they heard the screams.

Those things were everywhere now. People were infected and changing left, right and center. People were attacking others they'd known all their lives. Husbands attacking wives and children, Children attacking teachers and Cassie had a near run in with her ex boyfriend from bartending school.

Jamie had actually tasered the guy. Or thing. .Whatever they called them now.

" No! Damn it! "

Darting looks between Hadley and Jamie as they yanked at the mall doors and back at the parking lot, Cassie sucked in a sharp breath as she heard them, reaching out to turn Jamie's face back to the door. She didn't want him seeing these things, if she had any say in the matter and gripped her baseball bat.

" Hadley. .HURRY UP, THEIR COMING! "

One was right upon them, but the rest were further down the street that Cassie focused her attention on the delivery guy trying to bite her, beating him hard in the skull and throwing her body into yanking her bat away and hitting him again.

" MOMMA! "

Spinning round as one came up unnoticed, Jamie was there, sticking there taser in it's face and sending it back on it's ass with a high pitched scream as Hadley suddenly saw the baseball bat on the concrete at her feet, snatching it up and practically roaring as she hit it again and again.

[Supernatural]

Eliot / Joey


"Dude, thats gross." Eliot said to Joey that had opened pork rinds and smeared cheese whiz on it s Eliot made a face and bit into a bear claw then opened a bag of chips, taking a bite of them and then another bite after that.

Joey walked over to get a frink as Eliot was thinking about just how to protect them, to keep them away from all of this, how to get he bodies out or at least in one pace maybe when she had taken a few steps over toward Eliot. He jerked in shock and promptly started coughing as she stole some chips from the open bag.

"Are you insane? You are lucky I didn't lay you flat!" he growled as she looked at him with that smirk on her face.

' Sorry ' there was the tiniest bit of amusement in her voice which he did not see the humor in this situation at all. "Yeah sure." he said in his grumpy way, turning back to his thoughts for the moment.

"Hey Eliot, here is some antiseptic!!" Joey experessed as Eliot looked over that way to where he was. "Hey, great kid, we need that, any bandages?" he added. "Stop calling me kid and I might look." he said back as Eliot sighed.

"Its nothing personal, is old man better?" he asked as pey cracked a smile. "Only if you want me to make up a nickname for you of my own." he played and looked at their new friend who just happened to be a girl.

'What do you think? Grumpy like one of the dwarfs?" he chuckled as Eliot made a face. "Do I look like a dwarf to you?" he said with antagonism. "Do I look like a kid to you?" Joey tossed over a box of bandages and Eliot caught them in one hand and narrowed his eyes.

"More than I look like a dwarf." he said as Joey sighed. "Alright Grumpy." he brought him the antiseptic and Eliot looked at the girl. "Mind?" he asked her then raising a brow to see if she minded cleaning his wound up on his arm for him. "Kinda hard to do it where its located." he added opening up the antiseptic and the bandages for her.

"Ow, can you be a little more light handed please?" he scowled..


Stefan and Damon


"Well this was fun." Damon looked around at all of the bodies that they had just eliminated from the picture and they started to get through the freezer to try to get to the girl inside of there.

"Its stuck." Stefan stated. "Just use your strength, there is nobody here and she will be so out of it I don't think that she will notice, or are you a pansy?" he mumbled as Stefan rolled his eyes.

"You wish, just get over our contempt will you, its been how many years now?" his brotehr said to Damon as Damon crossed his arms. "I don't forget." he muttered. "Yeah, just liek an elephant." Stefan felt the freezer give way and tossed it to the side, as Damon saw her in there.

"Alright,l hold on." Damon said to the girl as his cool hands were carrying her out of the freezer and the light hit hr as she squinted slightly, warm air from the supermarket starting to hit her now as she shivered.

' H-Help-. .M-m- me ' she muttered as Damon blinked, that plead making him feel, and he didn't like to feel anything as he griped real fast. "Thats actually what I thought I was doing here." he said as Stefan sighed next to him. "Be nice." he nudged him as his brother hissed at him then in warning.

"Its okay, just breathe." he said to her as Damon looked at her. "Yeah, it might feel bad for a little bit, you are really cold and the warmth will make things start to feel like pins and needles as your feeling comes back to you." Damon warned.

"Here I found some fluffy coats. Lay her here, we can cover her up." Stefan said. "Yeah I think I am giving her even more chills than she had." he admitted to him, knowing how cold he was naturally. He was not really the one to warm her up, Stefan either for that matter.

"Ok, just hold still." Damon laid her down and stefan covered her up. "You'll be feeling better in no time." Stefan said to her sweetly as Damon stood an crossed his arms watching the way he talked to her, making her feel better, he was so not good at that stuff but he was getting better than he was once.

"Ok there, thats better." Stefan said to her and smiled, looking up at Damon. "See if you can find somehting warm for hr to drink." he said as damoin made a face. "Like what?" he added in there. "I don't know, be inventive." Stefan tossed back.

"Do I look like I am a bartender?" he muttered. "Damon, come on." he pleaded. "Okay, alrght, i'll find something." he grumbled and headed off faster than superman on the way to a telephone booth.

Stefan was seated there with her covering her with more coats and trying to get her warm as Damon was looking for warm drinks. he had a warm drinbk he wouldn't mind right now, but with this crazy virus going around, they really were not sure if they could take anything like that and not be sick themselves or what effect it could have on them.

Damon found a hit chocolate machine. It took him a few moments to figure out how to work the thing, a few curses here and there, until he finally had it in teh cup and coverdit up with a lid and was back there in no time flat. "Srry, I had a time trying to figure out th ebuttons on that thing." he admitted as DStefan nodded. "She is still freezing, that will help,. fed it to her." he said as damon laughed.

"You can't be serious." he said. "It will be good for you, you will do just fine." he said then. "I am going to look around and see if I can find anyone else." he added. "Great." Damon mumbled as he sat down and lifted her head slightly. "Ok, its hot, just drink it slow for me." he said to her trying to be nice which for him this definately was nice.

"Sorry." he said as he gave her a little too much. "Here, just tilt it this way." he added as he turned it a little bit and that way he wouldn't get so much in there at one time. 'Is that better?" Damon asked her as he fed her the hot chocolate to warm her...


Kelly / Setfan
Hadley, Jamie & Cassie

Kelly was hiding and she heard screaming that caught her attention, having her peek and see if there was anyone there around creepy.

' MOMMA! ' it was a kid. "D*mn." Kelly jumped up. The one woman was swinging a baseball bat back and forth as Kelly was trying to get the doors open for them to come inside. When she got them open she opened it and held her hand out to the little boy.

Come on sweetie, come in here, hurry!!" she motioned. "Its okay i'm not one of them I swear see" she smiled and waited for the little boy to come and she brought him in behind her. "Its okay, I have your son, hurry, get in here I can lock it!!" she yelled at the woman that was seriously taking them on like wonder woman.

"Hey tiger, I saw you take on that one, kick him in the shin, very brave...and effective!" she expressed sweetly to the little boy. "Do't worry your mommy will be here in one minute." she added. "HURRY!!" she didn't want to keep this open too long thats for sure.

Thats when a blur went by so fast that she did;'t even know what happened, it was Stefan adnd he was fighting them off with the girls to get them inside faster. "He, how did you do that?" Kelly aske dhim as he brought the girls inside and was locking it back up not looking at her.

"Adrenaline." was his reply. "Did you fi nd her?" she asked. "Yes, Damon is with her now, she will be fine." he said as he all up and turned back around. "Come, lets get out of sight." he added, looking at the one girl and staring at he a moment, she looked so much like someone he knew, so much so that it was eerie...

[JoWinchester]

Nadia

Leaving the two to argue between themselves, Nadia had walked a little further than she'd realised as he came up beside her a few minutes later and held out some bandage and antiseptic.

"Mind?. .Kinda hard to do it where its located."

Bending to put down the soda she'd opened, she watched as he twisted the cap and wet the other scrap of bandage, shifting it one hand as she helped him pull back his shirt, showing a pretty nasty cut.

He glanced at her over his shoulder as she double folded the scrap and started dabbing along the seam of the cut. He flinched a couple of times, but she kept going, realising that any infection with the virus going round would be fatal to more than just him as she pressed that bit more.

"Ow, can you be a little more light handed please?", he scowled and she prodded it again, shooting him a glare as she snatched the bottle and wet the scrap with some more.

" You really want it to get infected, Jackie Chan? ", huffing, she dabbed once more, really just to get at him more than anything, before she handed him the dirty piece and reached for the longer clean strip of bandage and pressing a cotton pad over it.

" Joe, right? ", she cocked her head, asking him to press the pad down as she started to wrap the bandage tightly from round his back, over his shoulder and back again.

" Stop being such a baby "

Finally tying it off, not having any surgical tape, she managed to rip the last length off and paused to give the younger guy a quick kiss on the cheek, before stepping back towards the shop window she'd been looking in.

Saving it for later, seemed a logical idea with the circumstances as she rolled it up and slid it into her shirt pocket, only to pause. She was still covered in Jake's blood, she realised as she froze on a wave of nausiea and a flash of his dead face.

" I-I have to change "

Her voice trailing off, Nadia was practically stripping as she headed into The Gap, discarding her bloody shirt and finding a green tank top instead, sliding it on. She could remember a time when Jake had dragged her here to help him find something for his girlfriends birthday and wiped under her eyes as she sniffled and grabbed a denim skirt.

Bella

"Sorry."

Wincing at the slight burn against her throat, Bella was shivering as her whole body was a mass of pins and needles, timidly holding to his arm as she met his eyes.

"Here, just tilt it this way.", he turned it a little bit and she swallowed easier, licking her lips as he let her off to breath for a moment.

"Is that better?"

" yes. .Thankyou. ."

Her voice wasn't stuttering anymore as she managed to shift her legs and sit up just a fraction more, bringing them closer. His eyes were a dark, almost black brown, and as she flexed her fingers on his arm, she whispered. .

" I-I'm Isabelle "

She never used her full name. But something drew it out of her as she bit her lip. .

Cassie, Hadley & Jamie

Closing in beside Hadley, Cassie was watching the man and woman as she rested a hand on Hadley's shoulder and touched the other to Jamie's cheek, gently.

" You ok, little man? "

Jamie's eyes darted to the other's for a while, before he nodded and reached out to touch her back. His little fingers were a bit shaky, but he gave them a big enough smile, that they knew he wasn't completely petrified for the moment as he watched the guy talking with the blonde woman.

" He saved you, aunt cassie ", finger pointing, Jamie's voice was clear as a bell as Cassie looked at the guy properly this time. His hair was a dirty blond, cut and styled to be long, but spiky on top as his eyes met hers and she let out a breath.

" ThankYou "

Shifting Jamie, Hadley looked between Cassie and the guy. He seemed to be staring at her pretty hard. .Cassie was too, by what she could tell as Jamie wriggled and suddenly yelled.

" MOMMA, LOOK! "

Hell broke loose as Hadley ran with the others to get past the open view doors. A group of the infected had stopped and were staring into the mall, their moans slowly rising to a high pitched shriek as she frantically huddled with Cassie to hide Jamie.

" They saw us. O-Oh god. ."

" Shh, Had. Shh. .", hugging her best friend close, Cassie met HIS eyes again and swallowed the sudden fluttering in her stomach.

" We need to go up. Get out of sight "

[Supernatural]

Eliot / Joey


' You really want it to get infected, Jackie Chan? ' huffing, she dabbed once more, really just to dig that hand in there a little more, before she handed him the dirty piece and reached for the longer clean strip of bandage and pressing a cotton pad over it.

"Jackie Chan? H*ll, anyone knows that Jet Li can kick his a$$." he mocked in a mumble.

' Joe, right? ', she cocked her head, asking him to press the pad down as she started to wrap the bandage tightly from round his back, over his shoulder and back again. "yeah, sure." he said as he was helping.

"Will you two, ow!" Eliot griped.

' Stop being such a baby ' Eliot stared at her and Joey tried not to laugh at these two. Can you say oil and fire?

Finally tying it off, not having any surgical tape, she managed to rip the last length off and paused to give Joey a quick kiss on the cheek, before stepping back towards the shop window she'd been looking in.

"Sure, I get the pain and you get the kiss, figures." Eliot murmired. "Well I guess she likes my personality way better." he teased with a grin. "Yeah, don't go there." Eliot scowled at Joey and Joey held his lips together so he wouldn't laugh.

Eliot looked over and saw her face then, she looked white asa sheet. "Hey, nadia, you hanging in there?" he said to her as Joey turned to check for himself as well.

' I-I have to change '

Her voice trailing off, Nadia was practically stripping as she headed toward The Gap, off went her bloody shirt."Come on kid, can't let her walk around by herself." he pulled him along Joey mumbled about the kid thing again.

"Ok, give me a break here, just go with it." he mumbled pulling him along to keep up with Nadia and where she was.

She had grabbed a green tank top as Joey waited out in the front of the store with Eliot walking in, b*tching. "Ok, you really need to wait for me if you want to take a walk okay, I haven't checked this place out, I have no idea what all is in here. Just...stick with me will you?" he said to her sternly but you could understand it came from a want to keep her safe.

And the kid too.

"Here, these would look nice on you." he said handing her over a pair of jeans since hers had some blood on there as well. "I'll just, turn around here, okay?" he said nodding then turning around for a moment while she fixed herself.

"Yeah, thanks for you know, fixing me up." he said to her then not really good at the thank yous but he was at least trying. "And for what its worth, i'm sorry, about well you know." he meant everything that happened, what she saw pretty much the whole entire f*cked up day.

"Wait." he said as he walked over to the calendar then turned on the register. "Its not been one day." he said looking from it to her. "Its been eight days." he frowned with that. Where had that lost their time?...


Damon


'Sorry' Bella was shivering as her whole body was a mass of pins and needles, timidly holding to his arm as she met his eyes. "Don't be sorry." he said to her.

'Here, just tilt it this way', he turned it a little bit and she swallowed easier, licking her lips as he let her off to breathe for a moment.

"Is that better?" he asked her then. ' Yes. .Thankyou. ' he wasn't used to anyone thanking him for anything, it was a strange thing to hear. She managed to shift her legs and sit up just a fraction more, bringing them closer, her looking into his eyes, him feeling her as she flexed her fingers on his arm, then she whispered. .

' I-I'm Isabelle ' she bit her lip as he looked at her a moment. "Isabelle, beautiful name, i'm Damon." he said to her then his usual hard edge sliding some for her. "Don't worry, you are going to be just fine, alright?" he said to her then finished with a nod.

To be honest, he was surprised that his brother had actually trusted him to be alone with this girl. They were to really all that close anymore, it kind of messes with you when you killed one another. Not a family closeness thing to break bread together with.

Damon didn't smile much but when he did, it was more than just beautiful. "And I never lie." he added with that smile as he looked at her and ran his hand through her hair gently, the stutter of her heart like a warmth to his insides.

"You have such strength in you, I can feel it." he stated to her. "You need to hold onto that." he added. "It is what will get you through." he said covering her a little more as he was talking to her...


Stefan / Kelly / Joey / Eliot


' You ok, little man? ' Stefan watched them as Kelly smiled at the little boy. The womans eyes darted to the other's for a while, before he nodded and reached out to touch her back.

' He saved you, Aunt Cassie ', finger pointing, Jamie's voice was clear as a bell as Cassie looked at the guy properly this time... his eyes met hers and she let out a breath.

' ThankYou ' Shifting Jamie, Hadley looked between Cassie and the guy. "No problem." he sid to her as he was staring at her pretty hard. he couldn't help it. Cassie was too, by what she could tell as Jamie wriggled and suddenly yelled.

' MOMMA, LOOK! '

All hell broke loose as Hadley ran with the others to get past the open view doors. A group of the infected had stopped and were staring into the mall, their moans slowly rising to a high pitched shriek as she frantically huddled with Cassie to hide Jamie.

' They saw us. O-Oh god. '

' Shh, Had. Shh. .', hugging her best friend close, Cassie met HIS eyes again and swallowed the sudden fluttering in her stomach.

' We need to go up. Get out of sight ' he nodded.

"Run, get to safety and i'll run interfearance, keep them busy." he stated. "No way, we can't just leave you." Kelly said as h elooke dather.

"I'll be fine, i'll catch up, trust me, just make sure you all get away from here as fast as you can and -- don't look back." he insisted.

"Come on, this way." Kelly said to lead them all with her to run and get to safety. Accidently running into where Joey was stood outsidem him calling him to Eliot and Nadia as he saw people running toward them.

Eliot ran out and was ready to attack when Kelly held her hands up with his stance. "Hey, ho there, people, normal, just running away form creepy stinky face falling zombies!!" she exclaimed as the kid kicked Eliot in the shin.

"Ow! What was that for?" he asked the little nipper, Joey just glad that there was a kid an actual one that he could call kid now as his attention was drawn elsewhere. "You okay?" he asked the girl as Eliot spoke to the kid and to what he deemed as his mother.

"Spunky, I like that." he said to her. "You taking care of your mom huh, Thats the way to do it." he said to him then looked at Kelly who was trying to tell him that Stefan was back there to draw them away from them all.

"So they are inside? Thats not really what I wanted to hear." Eliot stated. "Nadia, lets go." he called inside and knew they had to hold up somewhere where they could see everything just so and get to food and drink as well.

"Lets go this way." he said as Kelly ponted back. "What about Stefan?" she frowned. "I'm sure he wouldn't have done that if he couldn't get himself out of it, just worry about getting you all to safety first, I can go back for him then." he insisted "Now move out!"...

[JoWinchester]

Nadia

" But-. .It can't be "

Eliot only proved his point though and motioned to the register as she walked over.

" Eight days? What-. .I-I mean, how could we just MISS eight days? ", her voice going higher, Nadia knew she was starting to panic as she paced and tried to think back on the last thing she remembered.

" I-I remember waking up and seeing the alarm clock at the apartment. I-it was wesnesday! NOT FRIDAY! " And Jake was alive. . .

Dragging her hands through her hair, her voice was a mass of garbled words for a moment as she replayed that little voice in her head again. And Jake was alive. . Jake was alive. .

Her breath coming in sharp gasps, her chest was suddenly tight, aching as her vision started to swim and she heard a voice say something, warm hands catching her by the arms and feeling herself being sat down before her feet gave way as tears were running over her cheeks.

" He's dead. .Oh god, Jake "

She'd been best friends with him for almost 10 years. He'd been everything to her. A best friend, a big brother and someone to rely on in the bad times. She had never had to feel like an outcast with him because of her heritage. He'd always treated her as his equal. He'd been her only family, she realised as she clung tighter to Elliot's arm, pressing her face into the cotton of his shirt as she tried to breath through it.

After 10 minutes of crying it out and babbling, she had calmed enough to curl herself around his body and hiccupped as they both went quiet, listening to the silence of the empty store before freezing as they heard Joe shout from outside that he'd found more food.

" I'm sorry, i-. .", sitting up, she realised that she'd been sat between his legs, her arms wrapped round his waist as he brushed her back with a hand.

Meeting Elliot's eyes for a moment, she let out a breath and felt his hand suddenly move again, sending a spark of eletricity up her spine as she touched a hand to his chest.

Something within the moment registered that it was changing, and in her frazzled mind that just didn't compute as being possible as she scrambled to get up, quickly rushing another apology as she left the store. .

Bella

She wasn't really sure what to say to the beautiful words of a perfect stranger. And he was. Beautiful in a completely overwhelming sense of something she couldn't pin-point as he seemed to almost surround her now, his hand spanning her back as the other brushed through her hair.

The virus, sickness and all the death was starting to seem like a distant nightmare as Bella felt her body slowly waking up.

As she finally could move, she sat up, bringing them completely face to face and the fingers brushing her hair to dive deep, suddenly curling round her neck and drawing a gasp at the coolness of his skin.

" Y-You're skin. It-. ."

Before she could finish her sentence, Damon had shot up off the ground, almost instantly appearing several steps away and standing calmly watching her as she stared up at him from the floor in shock.

" What-. .H-how the-. ."

Something was off. She could feel it as she slowly pushed herself to all fours, then grabbed at a random shelf and slowly eased herself onto her feet. Pins and needles shot right down her legs and made her feet cramp up as she gave a pained gasp, feeling herself go down all over again. .

Cassie, Hadley, & Jamie

" No. We can't just leave you to fight them alone! ", the guy was suicidal if he thought he could deal with all those dead people.

"I'll be fine, i'll catch up, trust me, just make sure you all get away from here as fast as you can and -- don't look back.", he insisted.

" But you'll- "

"Come on, this way."

Following behind the girl and Hadley, she risked glancing back and bit a cry as several swarmed him all at once. He was dead, for sure, as they all skidded round a corner and into a larger section of the mall, almost running into a young guy who was just stood there.

"Hey, ho there, people, normal, just running away form creepy stinky face falling zombies!!"

The woman's distraction grnted enough that Cassie gasped, her hand flying to her mouth as Jamie threw a kick right at his shin and the guy practically roared right at him.

"Ow! What was that for?", rubbing his shin, the guy bore down on Jamie and Hadley was quickly in there and swooping him out of the way.

" He thought you were-. .Were one of them "

She didn't want to say zombie. It was f course true what they were now. All those walking dead outside. But she couldn't bring herself to say zombie. It was too unreal.

" You're big ", Jamie's eyes were wide as he said it so simply. Like an explanation as he focused back on his mom and held her tight again. He was tired from all that running as he watched the big man straighten himself up.

"You okay?"

" I was, but-. .T-that guy was so brave. He-. .He stayed behind ", clutching her antique necklace, she sent a silent message he hadn't suffered. Nobody could withstand those things. It was impossible.

"Spunky, I like that. .You taking care of your mom huh, Thats the way to do it."

Stroking Jamie's back, Hadley felt almost tiny next to such a big man as Jamie's hand came round the back of her neck, an almost nervous gesture now, she noticed him doing it a lot since the outbreak had happened.

" It's my job. Protect momma and aunt cassie from the bad guys "

Everyone looking over at his words, Cassie walked over and rubbed at jamie's back and rested her forehead on Hadley's shoulder, taking a comfort for a moment as they all started talking about which way to go and moving out.

"What about Stefan?"

" He saved us. We can't leave him "
The guys wasn't pulling any great rescue's from what she could gather as he and the two with him were picking up various bits they'd found and putting them into two brown grocery sacks.

"I'm sure he wouldn't have done that if he couldn't get himself out of it, just worry about getting you all to safety first, I can go back for him then. .Now move out!"

Standing as the others started to walk, Cassie looked to Hadley and jamie who lifted his head and caught her eyes. He was a clever kid for his age and could obviously read her mind as she nodded and turned making her way back for Stefan as Hadley rushed to catch up with the others. .

[Supernatural]

Eliot / Joey/ Kelly


Well in their outing through the mall Nadia and Eliot had discovered that they had all missedf time somehow. Eight days? Where had they went and why did they not rememebr any of the missing parts he really did not like this one bit.

Dragging her hands through her hair, her voice was a mass of garbled words for a moment, her breath coming in sharp gasps. "Hey, its ok, we'll figure this all out. For now, just breathe." Eliot tried to get her to relax but she was going down and so his warm hands catching her by the arms and feeling herself being sat down before her feet gave way as tears were running over her cheeks.

' He's dead. .Oh god, Jake ' he didn't know what to say to her as she clung tighter to Elliot's arm, pressing her face into the cotton of his shirt as she tried to breath through it. He was not the consoling type.

After ten minutes of crying it out and babbling, she had calmed enough to curl herself around his body and hiccupped as they both went quiet, listening to the silence of the empty store before freezing as they heard Joey shout from outside that he'd found more people.

' I'm sorry, i-. .', sitting up, she realised that she'd been sat between his legs, her arms wrapped round his waist as he brushed her back with a hand. "Its okay." he said to her then as her eyes were meeting Elliot's eyes for a moment, she let out a breath... his hand suddenly moved again, as she touched a hand to his chest.

She scrambled to get up, quickly rushing another apology as she left the store. Thats when they came to the rest of the group and it was a madhouse alright.

'He thought you were-. .Were one of them ' She didn't want to say zombie. They all didn't want to think that way but they sure looked like them alright. It was of course true what they were now. All those walking dead.

' You're big ', Jamie's eyes were wide as he said it so simply and Eliot smirked slightly. "I eat my green leafy - things." ok he was even worse at talking with kids than consoling but he was trying.

"You okay?"

' I was, but-. .T-that guy was so brave. He-. .He stayed behind ', clutching her antique necklace, she sent a silent message he hadn't suffered. Nobody could withstand those things.

It was impossible.

"Spunky, I like that. .You taking care of your mom huh, Thats the way to do it."

' It's my job. Protect momma and Aunt Cassie from the bad guys ' he smirked. "Good boy, thats the spirit." he said as he looked atround while they all started talking about which way to go and moving out.

'What about Stefan?'

"Who?" Eliot asked.

' He saved us. We can't leave him ' he didn't want to bring them all back to that mess, safety first, search, seek and destroy afterward. "I'm sure he wouldn't have done that if he couldn't get himself out of it, just worry about getting you all to safety first, I can go back for him then. .Now move out!"

Standing as the others started to walk, Cassie looked to Hadley and Jamie who lifted his head and caught her eyes. He was a clever kid for his age and could obviously read her mind as she nodded and turned making her way back for Stefan as Hadley rushed to catch up with the others.

"Ok, we should be fine just around." Eliot narrowe dhis eyes and counted again. "Oh D*mn it!

Wherer is she?" he looked at the kid. He knew she took off and where to. "After, Stefan, right, Joey, need I ask?...Just get them to a safe place, that way, make sure they stay together this time. I have to make sure she didn't get herself into something she can't get out of!!" he muttered as he headed toward the opposite end like a bull in heat after the runaway...


Damon


' Y-You're skin. It-. ' before she could finish her sentence, Damon had shot up off the ground, almost instantly appearing several steps away and standing calmly watching her as she stared up at him from the floor in shock.

' What-. .H-how the-. ' she slowly pushed herself to all fours, then grabbed at a random shelf and slowly eased herself onto her feet before she gave a pained gasp, feeling herself go down all over again. "Quick reflexes." he mocked.

"You really need to keep still." he said to her then seriously. "And don't ask for answers that you don't want to know." he added. "Wouldn't a thank you just be enough for you and leave it at that?" he added frowning slightly.

"And there is nothing wrong with my skin!" his voice was razor sharp with contempt. "It would seem." one of his sudden disturbing and completely beautiful smiles appeared. "...that the so called honeymoon is over." he stated. His deep black penetrating eyes were like a moonlit night.

He moved to her face to face without a blink able to catch him he was so fast. "I think that you are stronger than you think and that you need to be pushed here, You are not a weakling do you understand?" he demanded of her.

There was a dangerous glimmer in those eyes as he looked into hers. Death was staring at her now, face to face with her. "I can make you forget or I can let you prove to me that you can handle what you think you know about me, what I am." he stated.

"I am nothing like those things out there, you don't need to even worry about them while I am around, I am much worse than they are, they have nothing on me." he emphasized.

"Are you frightened?" his eyes bore into hers...

[JoWinchester]

Hadley & Nadia

"Oh D*mn it!. .Where is she?"

Eyes going wide, Hadley quickly held Jamie close as Elliot focused on him, and shot him a look as though to say 'A kid. REALLY?'

" Look, she went- "

"After, Stefan, right, Joey, need I ask?...Just get them to a safe place, that way, make sure they stay together this time. I have to make sure she didn't get herself into something she can't get out of!!"

Mouth open, then closed, Hadley watched as he took off and threw up a hand in exasperation as she turned back on the last of their group, promptly catching them off guard.

" GREAT! Just great! And their goes the last of the ones who KNOWS how to kick ass! ", surprised, little Jamie had grabbed the nearest hand to him. That being Joe's, as he watched his mother going into a full fledged, fear induced rant.

" I've never done anything past a kick-boxing class! How the hell am i supposed to protect my ONLY child, when the one guy who has some ACTUAL training in kicking A$$ has gone AWOL! ", screaming the last part in the direction Elliot had run, Hadley spun wildly on one foot for a moment, when Nadia flew up and promptly smacked her, causing Hadley to yelp and cover her cheek.

" Get a hold of yourself! ", yanking Hadley's hand, Nadia motioned to Jamie who was wide eyed and slightly pale, staring back at her.

" Panic when you need to. But remember he needs you to be strong. ."

Her words almost an echoe of what Elliot had said to her before, Nadia went quiet as a lump suddenly grew in her throat and she tried to force the sudden fear for Elliot aside, as she turned to Joey.

" I think there's a camp supply store on the next floor. We'll have food, clothing and possible weapons against those things "

She was not going to let fear take her over again. Elliot would have been proud as she led them for the nearest way up. .

Cassie

Clutching the baseball bat she'd stolen from a sports store, Cassie could hear the echoing roars and fighting up ahead as she ran. Her ears weren't decieving her to what was obviously a complete blood bath, as she slowed down and timidly tried to peek around the corner of Target's security detectors.

There was atleast 30 of them, all crowding round in a large sort of mishapen circle around Stefan. He was tearing one after another, snarling and scratching like an absolute animal. Cassie was in silent awe as one after another went down. Sometime's two, even three all at once.

" Oh my god. .", her voice barely a whisper, she didn't hear the sound of shuffling feet behind her. Not till she caught the deadly stench of rotting skin and blood and spun round, scrambling backwads, out into the open of the rest of them as one was moving towards her with frightening speed and it's mouth open wide.

The bat in her hand didn't seem to move for the second it took her to stumble, then suddenly the tables changed as it flew backwards almost faster than the speed of sound and Cassie hit out with a scream. .

Bella

Gripping to a shelf, Bella was frozen as Damon blurred, shooting towards her and stopping before she could even blink.

"I think that you are stronger than you think and that you need to be pushed here, You are not a weakling do you understand?"

There was a dangerous glimmer in those eyes. Black eyes, she realised, as she bit back a whimper of pain as the blood was rushing back through her calves, causng them to tingle painfully.

"I can make you forget or I can let you prove to me that you can handle what you think you know about me, what I am.", he stated.

" W-what i know? ", swaying slightly, she licked her lips, a faint taste of hot chocolate still on them.

"I am nothing like those things out there, you don't need to even worry about them while I am around, I am much worse than they are, they have nothing on me. .Are you frightened?"

Biting her lip, Bella could feel her whole body shivering, yet she knew he was right, and that the fact he'd been so tender with her showed his point, as she looked up at his eyes. They weren't completely black either, but showed a dark red ring around the iris, she noticed.

" Should i be? "

Deciding honesty was better on both sides, Bella 's voice trailed off as a smell hit her, and she rushed to cover her mouth and nose as a low growl made the hars on her neck stand straight and her breath catch.

" Damon-. .", the rest ended on a scream as he blurred past her, throwing himself at several zombies with a thundering snarl, Bella hitting the ground hard as she stared in a sort of shocked horror, then a slow dawning amazement as moments later he dropped the last one to the ground.

When he turned and looked at her, his eyes were back to their grey-green colour. His human look, she realised, as she grabbed another shelf and started to pull herself up, grunting when she slipped, only to pause as a hand grabbed her and she was pulled up.

" Thankyou. .Again "

Feeling the cool of his fingers on her arms, Bella wasn't so shocked at the difference anymore. He was cooler, but not icy enough that it hurt as she raised her hand and gently rubbed blood a smear of blood from his jaw. .

[Supernatural]

Joey


' GREAT! Just great! And their goes the last of the ones who KNOWS how to kick ass! ', Joey kind of looked at her like, gee thanks as Jamie had grabbed the nearest hand to him which was his while he watched his mother going into a full fledged, fear induced panic attack.

' I've never done anything past a kick-boxing class! How the hell am I supposed to protect my ONLY child, when the one guy who has some ACTUAL training in kicking A$$ has gone AWOL! ' she was screaming the last part in the direction Elliot had run, Hadley spun wildly on one foot for a moment, when Nadia flew up and promptly smacked her, causing Hadley to yelp and cover her cheek as Joeys' eyes widened and he made an 'oo' look.

' Get a hold of yourself! ', yanking Hadley's hand, Nadia motioned to Jamie who was wide eyed and slightly pale, staring back at her. ' Panic when you need to. But remember he needs you to be strong. ' she turned toward Joey.

'I think there's a camp supply store on the next floor. We'll have food, clothing and possible weapons against those things ' he nodded his head in agreement. Anything that they could get their hands on seemed like a good idea to him right about now.

"Sounds like a plan to me." he insisted with her. Elliot would have definately been proud as she led them all for the nearest way up. "You know, I may be no Eliot but I did wrestle in junior high school and as you see I have survived this long with those things after me." he added.

"I'm not totally useless." he mumbled but then looked at the kid and stated smiling at Jamie after that. "So see, it doesn't matter how tough you look, or how big you are. You can look like a normal average Joe like me and still whip some booty too!" he winked and smiled at the kid to make him feel better.

"Now you know why my eyes are squinty." he teased then looked up at Nadia. "Clothes or weapons first, I vote weapons." he wiggled his brows as they came up to the top floor. There were some bodies scattered up there and Joe held onto little man just in case, not wanting him to head over to any of them and touch them just in case.

"Just pretend they are all red hot fireballs like in Star Wars where Anakin has to watch where he steps, you ever see Star Wars Jamie?" he asked him then to keep his mind off his mom and the bodies. "Hey you think they have any bows in there, I was pretty darned good at archery?" he offered...



Damon


' W-what I know? ', swaying slightly, she licked her lips asshe looked at him. "I am sure you have your suspicions." he added. "I am nothing like those things out there, you don't need to even worry about them while I am around, I am much worse than they are, they have nothing on me. Are you frightened?" he asked her curiously.

Biting her lip, as she looked up at his eyes she answered. ' Should I be? ' well that was definately the question of the day. "You should be but." he stopped though, danger in the air, warning him.

She rushed to cover her mouth and nose as a low growl made the hairs on her neck stand straight and her breath catch, Damon heard her heart speed up then at that point.

' Damon-. .', the rest ended on a scream as he blurred past her, throwing himself at several zombies with a thundering snarl, no way they were getting to her. Bella hitting the ground hard as she stared in a sort of shocked horror, then a slow dawning amazement as moments later he dropped the last one to the ground.

When he turned and looked at her, his eyes were back to their grey-green colour. His human look, she realised, as she grabbed another shelf and started to pull herself up, grunting when she slipped, only to pause as a hand grabbed her and she was pulled up.

' Thank you. Again ' his fingers were on her arms, but Bella wasn't that shocked at the difference anymore it seemed as she raised her hand and gently rubbed blood a smear of blood from his jaw.

"Anytime." he said staring at her a moment then looked around. "We better try to get out of here." he stated. "I think they smell you here." he stated to her, him being dead already or undead rather, it wasn't him they smelled though his smell was a mix of earthy and slight bits of manly outdoors kinds of scents appealing to the opposite gender and same if you swung that way when you were thirsty.

"I really have to remember not to bite them though, their taste is rather...nasty." he stated to her as he helpoed her to walk with him."Not appealing in the least at all. So I will definately be starved soon with all of the fighting." he added.

"So - Bella, what is it that you - do." he asked keeping conversation as they headed out to see what they could find to hide in better than where they were at least. "Don't worry, my brother will be able to find us no matter where we ar. Irritating really but I suppose in times like this it comes in handy." you could hear the distain in his voice for his brother though as he spoke...


Eliot / Stefan


"Its okay, its just me." Stefan said to her. "Why did you come back, I said to stay with the group." he added as he looked to see more coming their way. "D*mn it!" he said as he looked at the things and back at her again once more.

"You have to trust me, you shouldn't be here." he said to her as he looked back and slowly his change came as he attacked and Eliot came up and scared the daylights out of her pulling her back with him, catching the bat before she clocked him with it.

"Whoa whoa! Wrong team." he said to her as he pulled her behind him. "Sneaking off, not a great idea here." he said then friwned as he saw hiw fast the guy was flinging those things. "he is...not right." he said as he blinked and then pushed her as some started toward them and he was not a vampire but he held his own, taking them down one by one withthe bat then tossing it to her smiled.

"Thanks." he said then bcked up against Stefan. "Do't want to know, not interested, just get us out of this mess." he said to him as Stefan chuckled. "Yeah, trying to here. They are not cooperating though." he added as they started to go after them again and the guys were on it, with the girl fighting attheir side.

"Ok, you don;t hear well do you?" Eliot said but then she took one out adn he nodded. "Ok, you got game, I like that." he added as he grabbed her arms and swung her around knocking three down and setting her down. "Now that was fun." he smiled at her and they looked around as suddenly they were all set, trouble over, so far so good.

"Lets get while the getting is good." Eliot statd. "I locked that up, they won't be getting in there any time soon again." Stefan said as they walked getting his vampiric face back to mormal before he picked his head up. "You aren't asking what I am?" he asked Eliot.

"Nope." he said to him back. "You on our side?" he added. "Yes." Stefan answered. "Then thats all I need to know." he replied as Stefan smiled and nodded. "Okay." ..."okay." they headed back to find the rest of the group ...

[JoWinchester]

Nadia, Jamie & Hadley

Grabbing Jamie's arms as Joey helped him up, Nadia swung him round in her arms and set him back on his feet as Joey moved over the path of bodies, then helped Hadley, who was pulling face as Nadia grabbed her hands to stop her slipping on a pool of blood.

" Thanks . ." " No problem "

Keeping it short and sweet, Nadia took Jmie's other hand, drawing his attention away from the other bodies as she motioned to Joey and they started to swing his smaller body between them, making him relax and even giggle.

"Hey you think they have any bows in there, I was pretty darned good at archery?", raising her eyebrows in thought, Nadia shrugged and raise dher arms to swing Jamie again.

" Don't see why not. It's a camping store, right? "

" And what about smores? We can't camp without smores! "

Looking down at Jamie's sudden burst of speech, Nadia put on her biggest smile and knodded. Every camp store had those travel chocolate bars and little packs of crackers for camping. She had a feeling that would be their supper tonight, as the store finally came into view and she saw Hadley had stopped.

" I-I think i just- GET DOWN! ", spinning round, Hadley threw herself at Jamie and half yanked the others to the side as a loud groan echoed and they saw one of those things suddenly stumble out of another store further down.

" M-Momma- ", pulling Jamie between them, Nadia was quick to cover his mouth and Hadley situated herself to cover him completely from view, glancing to the other woman for a moment, before they both looked at Joey.

" He's huge, Joe. Y-you can't- ", Nadia hadn't known him long. But the kid was already someone she thought of as close. He'd helped her out more than enough already. She didn't want to see him torn to shreds!

Glancing between the two, Hadley looked back as the thing was slowly shifting on the spot, it's eyes staring blankly towards them.

Did it know they were there? It was obviously anticipating their attack. Almost like sport, she realised as she looked back at the store and noticed the safety fence was half way down.

" We need to distract it. Get under that fence and bring it down on the b@st-. .I-I mean, THE THING. Kill it dead "

Bella

"Don't worry, my brother will be able to find us no matter where we ar. Irritating really but I suppose in times like this it comes in handy."

Looking up as he carried on, Bella's lips quirked just a tiny bit. A vampire who was still so human to complain about his brother like that. It seemed slightly ironic, really. But she didn't state that fact as they paused and Damon ducked them into the shadows as a trio of those things went past.

For the few minutes she stayed close to his back, Bella noticed 3 things.

1. His choice in clothes was possibly in the richer catagory. The leather of his jacket was so smooth, it almost didn't feel like leather at all. Expensive, she mused.
2. Her palm flat on his shoulder, she could feel the movement of his arm as he huddled her that little bit closer for hiding, and to say he was built, was an understatement. She could feel muscles under that skin, that made her quickly step off as she realised her thoughts.

Finally, as he hushed her and she got huddled further into the shadows of an alley. Bella realised just how damn fine Damon smelt too. Almost too fine, as she made herself remember what he was.

" A-Are they going? ", startled as he turned to her, Bella was flat back against the building with Damon suddenly leant over her. Instinct kicked in as the sounds back in the street got louder, then dimmed as they passed, leaving Bella clutching the front of his jacket and biting her bottom lip as they finally looked back at eachother.

For a few moments everything seemed to slow around them, smells dissapeared and were replaced with an earthly, woodsy smell, along with a sudden awareness as she swallowed and licked her lips.

When the spell finally broke a moment later, everything suddenly crashed back to reality and she sucked in a deep breath, quickly sliding under his arm, putting some space between them as she scuffed the ground with the tip of her boot and ducked her head, covering her blush with a veil of hair. .

Cassie

"Whoa whoa! Wrong team. .Sneaking off, not a great idea here."

" Better than leaving a guy to die "

Shooting back at Eliot, Cassie and he both quited down as they saw just how well Stefan was actually doing with the zombies.

"he is...not right."

" He's amaz- ", yelling as she got pushed aside, Cassie watched as Eliot took on several zombies with her bat before finally handing it back and letting her catch one about to sneak up on him with a hard blow to the forehead, giving a satisfying crack.

"Thanks.", flashing a smile, it quickly deflated as she realised he was talking to Stefan.

" Jerk "

"Don't want to know, not interested, just get us out of this mess.", he said to him as Stefan chuckled.

"Yeah, trying to here. They are not cooperating though.", he added as they started to go after them again.

"Ok, you don't hear well do you?", glaring at him, Cassie cursed and got a blonde right in the nose, sending her flying back into another with a spew of blood down what looked like a cheerleading outfit.

" Double points for the cheerleader "

"Ok, you got game, I like that.", he added as he grabbed her arms and swung her around knocking three down and setting her down.

"Now that was fun.", he smiled and Cassie couldn't fight off the grin on her face. All thoughts aside on their situation, that had been kinda fun.

"Lets get while the getting is good "

" Agreed ", using a tissue from her pocket, she wiped the blood off her baseball bat as Stefan walked over, apparantly finished too.

" I locked that up, they won't be getting in there any time soon again.", Stefan said as they started walking after the others, his face shifting back to normal.

"You aren't asking what I am?"

Glancing to Eliot, Cassie let the guys duke it out as she focused on their surroundings instead, her bat resting against her shoulder like some sort of soldier with a rifle. She was on duty, she thought with amusement.

"Okay." ..."okay.", ahead slightly, Cassie stopped by a kids store, looking inside for a second, before she held a finger up to the guys in a 'hold on' signal.

" Two seconds, guys. .I'll be right back ", leaving them watching, Cassie held her bat loosely in her hands as she steped inside, pausing to listen for any noise or movement.

It seemed okay, no zombies form what she could hear, as she made a quick walk to a familiar isle. Rows of kids toys were stacked along them and she headed down, finally finding what she was looking for and snagged two.

When she came out nearly 20 minutes later, she had two huge red wagons filled with boxes and bags of nerf blasters, marbles, walkie talkies, several remote control vehicles, skipping ropes and various other bits and pieces, that left the guys blinking at her in confusion as she started to walk again with a devious smile on her face.

Some of the stuff was for Jamie, but others, like the walkie talkies, would be good for communication if they seperated, or the ropes if they had to tie someone or something up. Listing off all the uses for her collection, Cassie thought of the others and felt a lump starting to form in her stomach.

It wasn't smething she would have normally thought of. But the only guy that was over the age of 12 and could possibly throw a punch was Joey. .What if we a whole group suddenly attacked them?

" Your fast, right? ", chewing her bottom lip, Cassie glanced up at Stefan, suddenly worried for the group she'd left behind, as they came round a corner and a loud scream echoed.

" JAMIE!! "

Nadia, Jamie & Cassie

" HEY!! "

About to pounce on an unconscious Hadley, Nadia put herself in action as she aimed an oar at the zombie, sending it stumbling back enough to rush to the woman and gve her a nudge.

" Wake up! H-Hadley!. .WOAH! ", screaming as the thing suddenly flew towards her, Nadia watched as Joey once more threw himself at it, sending it flying aside, only to scream as a body suddenly skidded up beside her, knocking her on her butt.

" Had! Had, wake up! ", shaking her best friend, Cassie could already hear the quick crunch of a broken neck in the distance and knew Stefan had dealt with it, as helped Nadia get Hadley's head onto her folded jacket and turned her attention to looking at the nastly bump on her head as she started to tear up, leaving Nadia to stand and look at the rest of them.

" Jamie?. .", nothing happened, and Nadia gave a panicked look to joey.

" Did you see him? . . JAMIE! ", spinning round, Nadia met the eyes of a half conscious Hadley and Cassie, who was suddenly pale and wide eyed as she stared back at her.

" Where is he? ", mouth opening, then closing, Nadia swallowed as Cassie laid Hadley back down and stood.

" Jamie!? "

" I-. .He was right there- But- ", swallowing again, Nadia went quiet as Cassie started towards her, tensing up till she suddenly passed her and headed into the camping store, leaving them to either stand or follow as Cassie found a display of tents and paused to look at them all, before heading to the only one that was actually zipped up and unzipped it.

" CASSIE!! "

When that blonde head appeared in the girl's arms, Nadia's heart finally started to beat again in relief as she turned and moved to Eliot almost unconsciously and slid her arm through his, touching her forehead to his shoulder as she let out a deep breath.

" You left! I told you never to leave your mommy or Joey's side, didn't i? ", brushing him off and rubbing some dirt from his cheek, Cassie was in the fussy mother role more than she probably should have been, as Jamie grumbled an apology and asked if she'd found that guy she thought was cute.

" Yeah, i-. ." , pausing as she knew Stefan was close and could hear everything, Cassie licked her lips and knodded as she brushed off his eans and finally stood, hefting him into her arms.

" I found him "

[Supernatural]

Joey


' Don't see why not. It's a camping store, right? ' Joey looked around, trying to keep their minds off of what was happening while probably chattering about stupid things but he hoped that it helped to keep them off of the mess they were in enough to get through and make it anyway.

' And what about smores? We can't camp without smores! ' that sounded like a plan. Looking down at Jamie's sudden burst of speech, Nadia put on her biggest smile and knodded. Every camp store had those travel chocolate bars and little packs of crackers for camping. Sounded like the perfect dinner for them all after the day they had.

' I-I think I just- GET DOWN! ', spinning round, Hadley threw herself at Jamie and half yanked the others to the side as a loud groan echoed and they saw one of those things suddenly stumble out of another store further down. "Oh sh, sugar." he reiterated quickly so he didn't say sh*t out loud wth little tough man there but this seriuslt sucked.

' M-Momma- ', pulling Jamie between them, Nadia was quick to cover his mouth and Hadley situated herself to cover him completely from view, glancing to the other woman for a moment, before they both looked at Joey. "Its ok, just its fine." he said to them and swallowed as he saw the frame of the thing that was there for them.

' He's huge, Joe. Y-you can't- ', but he had to keep them safe. Glancing between the two, Hadley looked back as the thing was slowly shifting on the spot, it's eyes staring blankly towards them. I don't think I have a choce now.' he added clearing his throat. He didn't want any of them to get hurt.

' We need to distract it. Get under that fence and bring it down on the b@st-. .I-I mean, THE THING. Kill it dead ' he nodded his head in agreement. "I am a pretty fast runner, if I can keep that thing distracted enough., you get the rest done and get to safety for me?" he asked then looking over at her and noddinf his head.

"Seriously, looking forward to that camping so lets do this and make this right, keep them safe and if The Equalizer don't get here soon, remind me to hold out in any kind of smores for him when he gets here eventually." meaning Eliot but playing mostly because he was scared but not just for him for them all, and for the kid epeically.

It was alot of responsibility. "Ok, deep breath, count of three. we go this way, you two that way, hide and wait for us" he said to the two and then looked at her an dnodded his head. "1 - 2 and." they were off and trying to get their idea done, to let the others get away while they tried to take this thing down but he was pretty fast itswelf for being what it was...


Damon


"Don't worry, my brother will be able to find us no matter where we are. Irritating really but I suppose in times like this it comes in handy." Looking up as he spoke to her, her lips quirked just a tiny bit in a fascinating way. Not a way he wantd to admit to admiring.

They paused and Damon ducked them into the shadows as a trio of those things went past. For the few minutes she stayed close to his back. Her palm flat on his shoulder, she could feel the movement of his arm as he huddled her that little bit closer for hiding, muscles under his skin, ready to take it on and make sure she was protected. Why he didn't know, but he knew that he was not letting it near her so it confused him when she quickly stepped off as she realised her thoughts.

Finally, as he hushed her and she got huddled further into the shadows of an alley. ' I-I think their gone. ', starting as he turned to her, Bella was flat back against a wall as she looked up at him, licking her lips as she felt a trickle of awareness suddenly at their situation.

"Think so?" he said to her amused at the way that she was looking at him now. Now things were starting to make some sense. H*ll they alwayws fell for him, he was dark, mysterious and good looking, it was no surprise but usually he didn't like it so much.

"I think so too." he leaned in as he stared at her. "Don't worry, you smell just as good to me as I do to you." he said to her and geinned that grin of his as his playful side was coming out. "No, you probably smell way better." he admitted then capturing her lips with his. "See no so cold, or hard, that Twilight stuff, bunch of hype." he winked... and then he was pulling her closer with him.

' A-Are they going? ', startled as he turned to her, Bella was flat back against the building with Damon suddenly leant over her. Instinct kicked in as the sounds back in the street got louder, then dimmed as they passed, leaving Bella clutching the front of his jacket and biting her bottom lip as they finally looked back at each other.

For a few moments everything seemed to slow around them, smells dissapeared and were replaced with an earthly, woodsy smell, along with a sudden awareness as she swallowed and licked her lips. "Keep doing that and I won't want to move." he admitted.

"But. As fun as this may be if they are in trouble I need to be there. If anyone is going to kill my brother it will be me." he knew that had to scare her the way he said that or she could have taken it as a usual sibling rivalry thing but he meant it. In a round about way that is.

She sucked in a deep breath, quickly sliding under his arm, putting some space between them as she scuffed the ground with the tip of her boot and ducked her head, covering her blush with a veil of hair. As if he couldn't tell. "This way." he stated as they walked and he had to make himself walk slower with her to keep her up with him but you could see that smirk on his face that was to die for...

[Supernatural]

Eliot / Stefan / Kelly / Joey / Damon

'He is...not right' that was an understatement. ' He's amaz- ', yelling as she got pushed aside, Cassie watched as Eliot took on several zombies with her bat before finally handing it back and letting her catch one about to sneak up on him with a hard blow to the forehead, giving a satisfying crack.

'Thanks.', flashing a smile, it quickly deflated as she realised he was talking to Stefan and he couldn't help but hide a smirk as he heard her anger. ' Jerk ' he was tired of hearing how won derful 'he' was. Eliot was no slouch after all too, he did all this stuff and more for a living.

"Don't want to know, not interested, just get us out of this mess", he said to him as Stefan chuckled. "Yeah, trying to here. They are not cooperating though.", he added as they started to go after them again.

"Ok, you don't hear well do you?", glaring at him, Cassie cursed and got a blonde right in the nose, sending her flying back into another with a spew of blood down what looked like a cheerleading outfit. ' Double points for the cheerleader '

"Ok, you got game, I like that.", he added as he grabbed her arms and swung her around knocking three down and setting her down. "Now that was fun.", he smiled and Cassie couldn't fight off the grin on her face. All thoughts aside on their situation, that had been kinda fun. Have to admit.

"Lets get while the getting is good "...' Agreed ', using a tissue from her pocket, she wiped the blood off her baseball bat as Stefan walked over, apparantly finished too. " I locked that up, they won't be getting in there any time soon again.", Stefan said as they started walking after the others, his face shifting back to normal.

"You aren't asking what I am?" it hd been the first tung he tught they would come out with and how did you do that would be the next he figureds and prepared for. Glancing to Eliot, Cassie let the guys duke it out as she focused on their surroundings instead, her bat resting against her shoulder like some sort of soldier with a rifle. It was kinda hot actually, Eliot couldn't ghelp thinking.

"Okay." ..."okay.", ahead slightly, Cassie stopped by a kids store, looking inside for a second, before she held a finger up to the guys in a 'hold on' signal. ' Two seconds, guys. .I'll be right back ', leaving them watching, Cassie held her bat loosely in her hands as she steped inside, pausing to listen for any noise or movement before grabbing what she needed.

When she came out nearly 20 minutes later, she had two huge red wagons filled with boxes and bags of nerf blasters, marbles, walkie talkies, several remote control vehicles, skipping ropes and various other bits and pieces, that left the guys blinking at her in confusion as she started to walk again with a devious smile on her face. "What the h*ll?" Eliot mae a face.

Some of the stuff was for Jamie, but others, like the walkie talkies, would be good for communication if they separated, or the ropes if they had to tie someone or something up thats for sure but man, chicks loved to shop. Listing off all the uses for her collection, Cassie thought of the others and felt a lump starting to form in her stomach.

It wasn't smething she would have normally thought of. But the only guy that was over the age of 12 and could possibly throw a punch was Joey. What if we a whole group suddenly attacked them? 'Your fast, right? ', chewing her bottom lip, Cassie glanced up at Stefan, suddenly worried for the group she'd left behind, as they came round a corner and a loud scream echoed before he had a chance to say anything.

' JAMIE!! '

' HEY!! '

About to pounce on an unconscious Hadley, Nadia put herself in action as she aimed an oar at the zombie, sending it stumbling back enough to rush to the woman and gve her a nudge.

' Wake up! H-Hadley!. .WOAH! ', screaming as the thing suddenly flew towards her, Nadia watched as Joey once more threw himself at it, sending it flying aside, only to scream as a body suddenly skidded up beside her, knocking her on her butt.

' Had! Had, wake up! ', shaking her best friend, Cassie could already hear the quick crunch of a broken neck in the distance and knew Stefan had dealt with it, as helped Nadia get Hadley's head onto her folded jacket and turned her attention to looking at the nastly bump on her head as she started to tear up, leaving Nadia to stand and look at the rest of them.

' Jamie?. ', nothing happened, and Nadia gave a panicked look to Joey who looked dumbfounded.

' Did you see him? . . JAMIE! ', spinning round, Nadia met the eyes of a half conscious Hadley and Cassie, who was suddenly pale and wide eyed as she stared back at her.

' Where is he? ', mouth opening, then closing, Nadia swallowed as Cassie laid Hadley back down and stood.

' Jamie!? '

' I-. .He was right there- But- ', swallowing again, Nadia went quiet as Cassie started towards her, tensing up till she suddenly passed her and headed into the camping store,
leaving them to either stand or follow as Cassie found a display of tents and paused to look at them all, before heading to the only one that was actually zipped up and unzipped it as Stefan was listeninbg with his hearing that was way better than any of theirs.

' CASSIE!! '

When that blonde head appeared in the girl's arms, Nadia's heart finally started to beat again in relief as she turned and moved to Eliot almost unconsciously and slid her arm through his, touching her forehead to his shoulder as she let out a deep breath.

' You left! I told you never to leave your mommy or Joey's side, didn't I? ', brushing him off and rubbing some dirt from his cheek, Cassie was in the fussy mother role more than she probably should have been but iy was understandable, as Jamie grumbled an apology and asked if she'd found that guy she thought was cute. Eliot was just glad the kid was alright.

' Yeah, I-. ' , pausing as she knew Stefan was close and could hear everything, Cassie licked her lips and nodded as she brushed off his jeans and finally stood, hefting him into her arms.

' I found him ' Eliot nodded and looked at Joey that seemed to be looking for something or someone. "Guys." he added as they all looked his way. "What happned to Kelly?" Stefan looked at him. "Was she here a minute ago, there is no more heartbeats other than ours here." he added as some looked at him like what the h*ll is he talking about while Eliot covered for him. "Good ears." he pointed toward his ears and looked around and blew out a breath.

"Don't look that way, just us." Damon said as he came up with his woman beside him a look exchanged with brothers as he looked at her neck as well that tickled Damon. "Don't worry, I was the perfect gentleman" he promised his brother. "Yeah, well...we lost one, now we need to find her." Eliot added, leave no man, or woman behind...

[JoWinchester]

Isabelle/Jamie

Swallowing as she saw the way Stephan's eyes went over her neck, Isabelle felt a small pang of shame at the smirk on Damon's face.

"Don't worry, I was the perfect gentleman"

Stephan focused instead on the problem of a lost woman, and Isabelle chose that moment to yank her hand from Damon's and put a few steps between them.

" Thanks. But no thanks ", his eyebrows went up, and Isabelle looked once more between the brothers, then gave a shake of her head dissapointedly. He didn't even realise why she was mad.

That said, she was glad to see someone a little younger in their group as she walked over to a small blond boy and knelt down to his level.

" Cool gun ", motioning to the nerf blaster, Jamie raised his eyebrows and paused in loading it with marbles.

" Got one with stakes in it? ", Jamie blinked wide eyed as Isabelle shifted and sat down next to him, ignoring the dark eyes she could feel boring into the back of her head.

" Stakes? Like Buffy? ", taking a nerf blaster, Isabelle started loading it up, while Jamie raised his head and looked to the guy she'd arrived with, catching his eyes and feeling a sudden chill that made his young voice harden as he touched her arm, gently.

" Did he hurt you? "

Turning her head and following Jamie's eyes, Isabelle watched the way Damon shifted, her eyes darkened just a little as she remembered the kiss from the alley, and she licked her lips, quickly shaking her head and focusing on Jamie again.

" Not like you think . .", something kicked up in Jamie's mind as he heard the sad pang in her voice, and he'd shot a marble at the guy's kneecap before he even thought about it.

When everyone jumped at the sound of cracking plaster and Damon looked down to a marble shaped hole in the wall, Isabelle raised her eyebrows as he shot Jamie a look and Isabelle quickly pulled him down with her, covering the boys back as she saw Damon snap his eyes to her. .

Nadia/Cassie/Hadley

"Yeah, well...we lost one, now we need to find her."

The other's started to shoot in with idea's, but Nadia moved off and went around a long row of shelves, finding Cassie and Hadley were stuffing several backpacks with supplie's.

" What the-. .How are we gonna carry all this, guys? We need to be able to move at al times. To fight off anymore of those-. . THINGS "

Stuffing a full box of energy bars into a backpack, Cassie had one half eaten on a shelf, that she paused to take a bite of, almost sighing in peasure, as she held out the other half to Nadia, who sniffed it, then wolfed the whole piece down.

" We already thought of that ", shoving another box in, she fastened it up and handed it over to Nadia as she took another backpack from Hadley's arm.

" We're gonna hide them. Set them up in the vents in case any of those things get ideas to reck our food supply ", knodding, Hadley was finishing off a bar herself and stuff a couple into her shirt pocket for the guys.

" This is the first lot of food we've even seen. People were stocking up on supplies for almost two-three weeks, before the whole thing went down. There isn't that much left ", zipping up another bag, she started shoving bars into her jean pockets instead.

" We take what we can, and hide the rest to come back to later, Nadia. It's our only choice "

Getting the gist of the idea, Nadia helped them carry out several backpacks to the guys and dumped them in the middle of their group as Cassie looked around them all.

" We got food, minimal communication with those walkie talkie things and even some weapons ", she motioned between the hole in the wall and Jamie with his little modified nerf blaster, before looking to Nadia.

" You said we needed somewhere secure, before. What about the roof? ", knodding, Hadley stepped in to cover her best friends back.

" If we take tents and supplies, we can whole up there for a while and get a plan together. . The roof only has one way on and off. So we secure it, once we're through and we should be safe. ."

" And what if they get through? We'll be blocked in! ", making herself calm down, Nadia slid her arm round Eliot's again.

" They haven't yet, have they? Plus we can't leave till we find Kelly. Being close gives us an advantage of finding her quicker ", making her point, Cassie gave a half smile to Stefan as they all tappered off to eat something and she closed the space between them.

" I saved you one, but-. .Do you eat food? ", biting her lip, Cassie flushed red and backed off a bit.

" Sorry, i-. .That was really rude of me "

Isabelle

Backing off as Jamie sat to eat with his mom, Isabelle stucka to a corner by the far wall and opened her own energy bar, taking a bite.

Everyone was either talking, resting or eating, as she looked over to where Damon had been before and slowly frowned. She hadn't seem him move or even talk past his piece earlier with her, as she spun round and collided with a hard chest.

After a moment of quickly straightening up, Isabelle schooled her face to a cool look as Damon barely had a hair out of place, frustratingly enough.

" Excuse me ", ducking her head, she couldn't help herself as she stopped and moved back infront of him, question on the tip of her tongue.

" You know what? I wanna know why you bother? ", eyes heated, she crossed her arms as she stared him down. He seemed amused, but a little confused at her question as she moved closer, getting in his face.

" Back at the market, you were decent. Dare i say it, kind. .", casting a look round at the others who were eating and talking, she brushed some hair back from her eyes, irritably.

" Then we meet up with Stephan and suddenly your a jackass and making me feel like a walking a bloodbag. Nice, Damon. Real nice. . "