A huge, huge crowd of zombies, wondered around the stone wall. I felt my stomach deepen. There were so many... At least a thousand... "Don't pass out, trust me... I did.." She whispered.

We both got off the chair and she sat on the bed, and I paced back and forth. Hunter, Jone... Bella... Lucy... Sammy! Where are they?! Where is Olivia?!!

"How long are we gonna be in here?" I ask, losing my mind.

"Uh. As soon as they let out.." Miranda says.

"Ugh.." I whisper. "I'm scared." I blurt. "Same.." She whispers.

"I had to sleep in the woods, I had to stab a guy, and watch a guy get eaten... It was pretty scary.." I tell her.

"Oh.."

"And for some reason... I'm glad I didn't escape..." I say. She looks at me like I'm crazy. "Because I wouldn't be here with you... And I wouldn't survive on my own." I explain.

"You're so right.." She says, "Because who wouldn't want to be with me?" She asks and laughs. I laugh too, but the moment is gone, and it's back to pacing back and forth, waiting and waiting.

"Is it dark?!" I blurt.

"Calm down... It's only been like.. 10 minutes.."

"Oh.."

"But it's almost dark." She says. The groans of the zombies were louder, and I found out that I was losing my mind.

Suddenly the door opened. Joe, of all people, was standing there. His arm was bandaged from the stab, and he held a shotgun in his hand.

"Hello, ladies." He says. I look at Miranda.

"Who is this guy? Do you know this Justin Bieber wannabe?" Miranda asks. "Not the moment for jokes.." I whisper to her. She nods and shrugs.

"Listen, your friend already tricked me once. I'm not falling for anything else. If I do, you guys are being kicked out of this place. And from what I've seen on the camera, you already discovered the zombie courtyard right?"

Miranda and I look at each with the same thoughts: camera?!

"Right.," Miranda says. What's on her mind..? I thought silently. "Cut to the chase.. Where the heck are we?" She asks.

"Don't worry about it fresh meats." He says.

"And you!" He said, pointing at me. "Have that uniform on in 30 minutes." He commands and leaves, slamming the door.

"Now get that uniform on, so we can be ready for whatever the heck is coming our way," Miranda says.

Miranda stands on the chair and glances at the zombie crowd. I remove my dirt covered jeans, the one I recently got from the Walmart we had camped at, and I removed the shirt with the words Ice on it. I throw it on the floor and touch the necklace I still had on...

I wasn't taking it off.

I put on my uniform and buttoned it up. I slipped on the boots that were set in the corner.

The door opens. It was the short man again.

"Let's go!" He says.

Miranda looks at me, her eyes meeting mine. It was time to see what we had been pulled into.

We were forced out of the room. The hallway was no longer dark, but lights lit up the stone hallway. The short man led us down the hallway.

The groans of the walkers were still audible through the walls. Miranda walked beside me, her eyes straight ahead.

We reached a set of double doors, and the short man opened them. There was a huge open courtyard, about as big as two football fields.

Camps were set in random places, people were in different camps, eating, talking, and some were laying on the dirt grounds sleeping. It was already dark, and torches lit up the courtyard. All of the people, wore gray yellow uniforms, the children, the babies, the elders, the teenagers, everyone.

I could see beyond the huge campgrounds, I could see a huge fence, higher than the building. Zombies groaned, trying to get on, moaning to get in.

"Where are we...?" I ask the man.

"Don't worry about it." He says and walks through the double doors. The doors slam, and locked.

"Let's find them!" I say. Miranda nods and we take off into the huge crowd of camps, and markets.

Miranda stops me. "Who are we looking for?" She asks.

"I don't know.. Let's split up, you go that way, and I'll go this way." I say. She nods and runs the other way.

I walk the other way, staring at all of the people. So many people... Was it just me and Miranda from the group? Could Jone be here?

I felt dizzy. I placed a hand on my forehead. And then I saw a guy with brown long hair similar to Jone's. It had to be him.. I braced myself as he slowly turned around.

He turned around. No.. It wasn't him...

My stomach deepened again.

A hand touched my shoulder, "Hunter!" I shout. No. It was just Miranda. "EVERYONE! Special announcement!" A loud voice says into a microphone.

We walk over to the small stage where everyone was crowded.

An Asian man was standing there, his eyes glaring at the crowd. The torchlight reflected off of his solemn face.

The short man was standing beside him.

And then, out of the middle of nowhere people gasp. A zombie was being pulled by a chain, to the stage.

A kid in front of us said, "It's only been a month in this apocalypse and they already figured out how to chain one! These people are smart."

We both look at each other. "As you can see! We are already controlling them!" The Asian man says.

Everyone cheers. "We are going to make this place, the target on the map. In a good way. Everyone is going to want to be safe here, we have food, we have homes, we have space... And most of all. We have scouts!"

Everyone cheered again. Once again, me and Miranda exchange glances.

A bunch of teenagers, our age, and some adults, file in a line on the stage. They wave at the people they know in the crowd. Joe and Luis, were there, glaring at me and Miranda.

"And we have newer scouts!!"

Another line files in, they looked less happy. As if they were forced.

And there they were. Lucy, Ricko, Jone, Sammy... Kyle and Beverly. My eyes widened as they notice us. They just stared back at us, unable to yell out. Where was Hunter?! My heart sped up.

Miranda elbowed me. "What the heck is this place?"