“J” picked up her gun from the ground and crounch low next to Doc and eased over to take a look at what was going on. Doc could see that Nathan was on the opposite side from them, hiding behind a shrub and also. 

“ Look” Doc mouthed to Nathan without speaking, while pointing to him eye first them, pointing in the direction of the person. 

The distant figure entered the larger cave. 

“ Damn it... we’re going to have to move all of that stuff, they walked right up into that place like they alrwady knew what was in that place”. Doc explained in a harsh whisper. 

Nathan decided it was safe, he walked out from behind the shrub to retrieve the hedge shears he let drop near the boat. He unloaded all of the supplies he grabbed into the boat and then headed back to Joan and Doc. "I'm going to check it out." Nathan said, and made his way back down the mountain pass with the shears resting against his shoulder as he walked.

“ Whoa, whoa, whoa, what if he has a gun, may I remind you that a bullet can kill you if it breaks the skin and causes an infection?”. 

Joan didn't object and watched him leave without a care. She walked over to put the cans in the boat and sat down inside herself. "Ready?"She asked Doc.

“ What?!, are you going to just let him walk by himself?” Doc questioned. 

She put the paddle down , her face dropped between her knees and she blew out as much steam as she could before looking up again. 

“ Shhhh!” Doc hissed “ I’m going after him, wait for us both.... please”. 

Doc believed that “J” was going to leave them both but he knew that he could swim and it wouldn't be so bad of a swim if it happened. 

By the time that Doc was coming up the trail. Nathan snuck up behind the person and readied his shears to poke into the cloak figure's back. Before he did this, he quickly said, "Put up your hands and turn around slowly." The unknown person in the cloak walked forward as if unaware that he or she had been poked, but then began to twist around awkwardly to reveal a woman with fragile blonde hair. Her skin was grayish, white and her eyes were slightly yellow and hazey with darkened lips. A light rumbling groan escaped her lips, but the female walker did not lunge at him. Her face was oddly pretty as if she had only just turned recently and there was hardly any blood on her at all. 

Doc stumped backwards as he fell back onto a tree... 

Nathan jumped back and opened his shears to chop into the brain eater's neck, but a whistling sound flew passed his ear and he put his hand up to his cheek to find that it had been slashed. He looked at his hand to see the blood and then looked up to see a woman with shoulder length, strawberry blonde hair standing on the rocky ledge above the cave.

"Step away from her RIGHT NOW." The unknown woman said with a crossbow aimed at Nathan's forehead.

“ Easy partner “ Doc yelled out as he exposed himself the possible shooter from a position near the boulders. “ Mike!” Doc looked at Nathan “ Mike, please... back away from this lady’s friend and lower your blades, please. “ Doc explained to Nathan hoping that he had some common sense in understanding that he was calling his name as mike for a reason. “ I’ll ask you to lower your weapon in good faith as mike has done, please” Asked the doctor from the strawberry headed woman holding the crossbow. 

“ My Name is Bill and my next question is what is your name and why are you here?” 

Doc was trying one to defuse the situation, two... save nathan’s ass. the doctor thought.

“ I don’t want to fight but if we must, then we must but that person “ Doc nodded to the dead woman by nathan. “she still mean something to you as mike means something to me”. Doc’s tone changed to a softer ring. “ if you want to trade, then let’s trade and be done with it, then go are separate ways then”.