(Y/N)'s POV

I slowly opened my eyes, pain all over my body as my vision was blurry. I could see what looked like a Campfire with an outline of a person beside it, holding his or her hands to it to warm it.

I continued to look at the person as my vision slowly comes back to normal as I see a Girl, wearing a winter coat, Jeans, and some sort of red jacket under her coat. She had dark brown hair she tied to a ponytail and green eyes. I try to move my arms as I felt them tied behind my back, I look down to my chest to see my fire resistance suit replaced with the Winter clothing I brought, my kevlar vest, helmet, and destroyed gas mask beside me as I saw the girl inspecting my rifle. I had a massive headache, my throat soared as I try to speak.

"H-Hey..."

I managed to say, the girl quickly turns to me. She had a look of surprise and relief as she places her rifle down on the chair beside her and approaches me.

"Your Awake and not A Zombie, that's a relief."

She says as I noticed we were in some sort of Cabin. She crouches in front of me, grabbing a flashlight and shining it in my eyes. I try to keep my eyes open as she turns off the flashlight.

"Okay..."

She says, she grabs my Kabar from my best then proceeds to cut the rope behind me. After I felt my hands free, I rubbed my wrists while she grabs my canteen of water.

"Here, drink this."

She says, opening the cap and helping me drink it. I felt the cold water go down my throat as she stops and closes it back.

"Thank you..."

I say, my voice feeling better as she gives me a nod. She walks back to the fire as I steadily stand up, making sure I don't fall.

After keeping my balance, I grab my stacked gear, checking if everything was still there.

"Don't need to check, everything is still there besides your weapons."

I hear the girl say as I turn to her to see her inspecting my MRE Pack.

"Well, besides this."

She says, holding one of my MRE Pack. I checked the radio to see it destroyed as I sigh in frustration.

"Zoey."

The girl says as I turn to her in confusion.

"...Call me Zoey."

Zoey says as I walk towards the fire and sit beside her, making sure I was near as I try to wrap my mind on the situation yet. How am I still Human?... Didn't I get bitten?

"So, how about you? What's your name?"

She asks me as I turn to her, her eyes still focusing on the warm campfire.

"P-Private (Y/N) Williams, United States Marines."

I told Zoey as I finally ask the question lingering in my head.

"What happened and...did you see any other Marines...I-"

Zoey cuts me off as she starts explaining everything.

"Me and-... I was moving to the West Coast because I heard it was still somewhat functional. I was in the Midwest when I saw the Planes drop...Bombs on the city. After I woke up I saw your Helicopter crash in the distance. I found you about to be killed by a Witch before I managed to kill it...I..."

She hesitates to finish her sentence as I look at her with confusion.

"...I saw Infected Marines in the distance attacking a survivor."

My heart skipped a beat when she said that...They were gone? Rodriguez, Swofford, Sarge, L.T., Miller...All of them...

I stayed quiet, in shock from what I heard from her as I didn't know what to feel. My squad was the only Family I have after I lost contact with my parents...

"...I...After I carried you out of the city, we managed to reach a forest where I found a Cabin...You've been out for a day and...I thought you were gonna turn."

She finishes as I looked at the fire in shock. I felt my hands trembling from both the cold and from what I heard as I stare at the fire.

"...I'm sorry."

I hear her say as I snap out of my trance. I glance back at her to see her staring at the fire as I noticed a familiar look in her eyes...Pain.

"...I was going up from the East Coast with four other survivors."

She says as she turns to me, both of us looking at each other. There was something odd...She looked Familiar the more I look at her as she continues her story.

"One of my friends...Bill...He..."

She pauses, pain in her eyes as she hesitates again.

"He...Died..."

She says, pausing for a few moments as she stays quiet, looking down on the floor.

All of the sudden, our Time cuts short as I see a Zombie wander inside behind the door behind her.

"ZOEY!"

I yell, quickly Pushing Her Aside as the Zombie nearly bites her and me as I quickly grab the Kabar and Shove it to The Zombie's eye socket, killing it instantly. We breathe heavily, starting at the corpse on the floor.

"...Where the hell did you come from..."

I say out loud to the Corpse as I hear the noise of more undead.

"Zoey."

I say, as she quickly stands up and grabs a shotgun she had.

"I heard it too."

She says, I quickly Grab my Kevlar Vest, Placing it on then my helmet and backpack as Zoey starts packing up.

"They must have wandered here. It's not safe here, we need to leave."

Zoey says as I grab my Rifle.

"One step ahead of you."

I told her as she pulls out my Sidearm and gives it back to me. I take it, putting back in the holster as we aimed our weapons at the door.

"Wish we had Silencers..."

I say out loud as we aim our weapons at the door.

Three Zombies quickly rushed in, I quickly Squeezed the Trigger, Dropping two of them as Zoey Fires her Shotgun, sending the last one's head to bits.

"The truck I brought you here, it's outside."

She says as I gave her a Nod. We quickly rushed outside, seeing the huge amount of zombies approaching us with the night sky glooming ahead of us. I quickly aimed and dropped two Zekes, both of them falling to the snowy ground as Zoey hops to an old Pickup Truck as she tries to start it while I gave her cover.

I quickly Fired at three more zombies. I quickly noticed a Zombie about to tackle me from my right side as I quickly turn and fired my rifle, ejecting five rounds into it as its blood splashed on my face.

"GET IN!"

Zoey Yells as I quickly rush to the Pickup Truck. Getting in the passenger seat as she steps on the gas, the Vehicle speeding off from the infected around us.

As we start to speed off from the Zekes, I wipe the blood off my face while spitting it out of my mouth.

"Fuck, I got that nasty stuff all over my mouth man!"

I say out loud, Zoey Chuckling as she glances at me.

"It's not funny!"

I told her as she continues to giggle.

"She did you on a first date?"

She says sarcastically as we both laughed. The Truck driving through the Midwest Forest as we were ready for a Journey Up Ahead.