[b] Samantha - The road - Jessalyn, Abram, Leah, Turisa [/b] Even after the rain had died down, Samantha continued to shiver as she walked through the cold woods. She had no idea where she was at, having walked for what seemed to be hours. Samantha and her sister had been captured by a group of men near their old University and each had been taken a separate way. It hurt Samantha to even think of being away from Scarlett, but as much as she pleaded, the men simply laughed and ignored her. She didn't plead too much, being the proud person that she was. After being ridiculed the first time, she switched gears and began trying to fight the men with her hands tied behind her back. She bit, head budded and kicked as many as she could, only to be hit with a M4 buttstock and knocked out. When she had woken, she found herself in the back of a pick up truck, her still limp body jumping up with every bump that they ran in to. Escaping from the thugs wasn't as hard as she thought it would be. The group had ran into some trouble with a horde of biters and Samantha had used it to her advantage. When the thugs got off to handle the biters, she brought her legs up so that her hands would be in front instead of on her back and she grabbed her backpack along with her handgun, sliding off of the pick-up trucks bed and running into the near by woods. She could only wish that her sister had the same amount of luck as she had with escaping, wanting nothing more than to run into her in the woods. Sam had cried for hours; sobbing quietly as she trekked through mud and cold, swamp water. Each of her wrists still had the rope around them, but it had been cut through the middle so that she wouldn't be tied up anymore. Her arms wrapped around herself so that she could keep a little warmer. So that she would shake a little less. The sound of tires skidding to a stop was what snapped her out of her daze. Sam's head snapped up as she realized that just twenty feet in front of her was a road. Her heart sunk as she realized that the road could only mean more danger and immediately she turned to run back into the cover of the trees. At least she was going to until she heard a voice cry not too far away, along with the cry of an infant. "A baby?" Her heart broke as she remembered the last time she saw her baby brother before the outbreak. She couldn't leave someone with a baby out to die or suffer a much worse fate. Instead of running to the safety of the trees, Samantha sprinted towards the sound of the infant crying, her pistol already in her hand but the safety still on. "Are...... Are you alright?" Samantha slightly stuttered as she slowed to a stop as the young girl with the baby came in view, a truck not too far off from them. "I'm not here to hurt you." She pointed the pistol down to the ground as she neared the girl and then stopped completely, leaving about ten feet in between them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b] Scarlett- Baton Rouge[/b] The sight of buildings made Scarlett both sigh of relief and tense up at the same time. She knew it meant shelter, yet she knew that there would be danger in every corner she turned at. Not only with biters, but with thugs like the ones she had escaped from hours ago. Lady luck seemed to not want to be on her side, not giving her any opportunities to get away without causing a scene. Instead, she had to lure a man away, pretending that she needed to go to the restroom. She waited until they were far enough to knock him unconscious and make her run for it. Being away from her sister was weird. Not too much in a bad way. Scarlett had always been more of the independent type. She never really needed anyone to look out for her, nor had she ever looked out for anyone else but herself. Having Sam with her had may perks, but being alone, she didn't have any extra responsibilities nor worries. Just to feed herself and to watch her back. Of course, it didn't mean that her sister's well being still didn't linger in the back of her mind, nagging at her to go find Samantha. Taking a deep breath, Scarlett slid out her blade and began walking quietly into the town, crouching near the walls when any noise would be made. She had yet to run into any biters in the town unlike in the woods which made her slightly worried. She muttered quietly to herself about getting supplies as she began to look through windows, trying to find any type of shop. The sound of gun fire made her jump and she sprinted towards a nearby wall, her eyes wide and alert. She didn't think she had it in her to go up against another group of thugs. [i] 'But what if they're good people? What if they can help you? You and Sam have been traveling alone for months'[/i] her conscious nagged at her as she took in deep breaths. Even if she wanted to go see if people needed any help, her legs were frozen. After the horrid encounter, she couldn't muster any energy to move herself. She'd rather face a herd of biters than have to face the risk of being abducted again.