She was about to go join them when something grabbed the bottom of her boot. She could feel the blood drain from her face as she looked down. A young girl laid behind her with her right hand on Janica's boot. Her skin was pale and her hand was a blistering black. Her hair hung over her face and Janica heard her say, "help me. Please". Janica covered her jaw-dropped face with both her hands. "AARON!! HELP ME!!!" She screamed. At that moment another infected man came behind Janica and grabbed her other foot and pulled. Janica fell to the ground with a shriek. Aaron turned around fast and saw the two infected pulling Janica by her feet into the unknown parts of the forest. "JANICA!!" Aaron screamed. He turned around towards the backpacks and grabbed his. He looked up at Lavender, "stay here and make camp! I'll be back by nightfall" he ordered and with that he disappeared. His black hair whipped in his face as he ran deeper and deeper. He could hear Janica wailing and then screaming his name, "AARON!! AUGH! PLEASE STOP!!" She yelled. He could feel tears streaming down his face with each scream he heard. But then, the worst thing happened, the screams stopped. He stopped in his tracks and looked around. "JANICA! JANICA! PLEASE ANSWER ME!!" He screamed. "A...AARON! HELP M.." Her voice cut off. That was all Aaron needed to find her. He ran down to the source of the noise and saw a horrible sight. Seven infected surrounded Janica, punching and kicking her while screaming, "HELP US!!". At that moment something inside Aaron snapped. He let out a loud scream which got their attention. "GET AWAY FROM HER!" He screamed and threw a small, yet heavy, log at the group startling them away. He rushed to Janica's side that second. Her eyes were barely open. Her whole body was covered in cuts and bruises. He held her head in his arm. Suddenly, he saw a huge gash on her right arm. The one thing bothering him was the fact that the gash was a blistering black on the top