While the man attempted to clean the wound on Joan’s leg, Chloe leaned her back against the wall and closed her eyes, breathing deeply. She had to make sure that she kept calm or she wasn’t sure what she would do. With enough quiet, she finally let her mind drift off to a more peaceful place and she kept there for a while. Many panicked thoughts and questions came up but she did her best to push them all aside while she was trying to relax. The thought of sleep came up but she knew that she couldn’t, they still weren’t safe.

She wasn’t sure how long she had been in her peaceful place but when she heard the yelling from outside she was brought out of it and she stood up, axe at the ready. It seemed that Josef had thought the same as he headed towards the door. She wasn’t sure what he was expecting to do in that location. Perhaps beat them over the heads as soon as they got in? Chloe glanced over at Joan who was still on the bed in pain. What if the girl was bitten; NO! She couldn’t jump to any conclusions.

As they began to get closer a sickening feeling entered her stomach but she kept at the ready. Finally the man began to relax his bat and Chloe did the same. It seemed as though the men had run off to deal with a bigger problem than a few civilians trying to survive. Joan was now sitting up and once the blood was cleaned off, it seemed as though there was no bite to be found. She let out a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground once more, leaning her head against the wall.

“I’m fine.” She managed to say, “Just a little spooked but I think we all are.” She closed her eyes once again, thankful that the girl hadn’t been bitten. If she had she would have felt responsible, for not being able to react quick enough. She opened her eyes and looked up at the two of them lying on the bed, “Since I’ll be sticking with you guys I might as well introduce myself. I’m Chloe.” She smiled a bit before shaking her head. It felt nice and normal to introduce herself.