The strawberry blonde kept her aim on Nathan and looked in the direction that the Doc was shouting from. She released an arrow at the Doc's feet and shouted back "Stay where you are!" He had gotten close enough for her to still hear him without complication though. The cloaked walker girl started to walk toward Nathan and he brought up his shears again, and that's when the woman on the ledge aimed her crossbow back on him. "Don't even." She warned with her finger on the trigger. She dared for Nathan to make a move.

[I]"Are you insane lady?! I'm not going to stand here while that thing is coming at me."[/I] Nathan yelled, and stepped back to avoid contact with the cloaked biter. [I]"Whoever that was to you is NOT alive anymore."[/I] Nathan stated obviously, but it was clear that she needed to hear it. [I]Mike?[/I] Nathan thought when he heard the Doc, but he caught on quick to the doctor's fake names.

"She's not coming for you." The lady on the ledge said as she kept one eye on Nathan and the other on Doc. She heard what the man who introduced himself as "Billy" said and looked over at him. "I don't need to know who you are. Just leave us be." She warned again.

The cloaked biter girl got dangerously close to Nathan, but then maneuvered passed him to a dead bird that was on the ground with an arrow through it. The bird had just recently been shot down and it was still moving it's wings. The cloaked walker picked the bird up from the ground and bit into it's neck which killed it quick and she began to eat the bird piece by piece. She seemed to be the least bit interested in eating Nathan or Doc. When she was through eating, the blonde walker turned back to the cave and aimlessly made her way inside to explore.

Joan was growing more and more curious by the minute about what was going on, as she waited in the boat, and she decided she'd go and look for herself if the guys took much longer. Though, she still felt like she needed more time to cool down, because of what happened with her and Nathan. Joan sat there a few more minutes and then her curiosity got the best of her and she stepped out to go see how things were going.
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Isabella gasped and she beamed at Chloe, "We can go in the boat! Josef-" Isabella remembered about Josef's arm and then thought of something else. "Maybe Nethan can show you. The three of us can fit in the boat." She said excitedly. "I am still learning, so it will be hard to show you how by myself." Chloe's compliment to her made her feel good and she beamed at her again with a thank you. "I have always wished to have a sister." She said as she pictured what it would be like. She also tried to imagine Chloe with long hair, but she just couldn't. Isabella wasn't the best at visualizing things and she really loved Chloe's hair the length it was. She picked her feet from the water and offered a hand to help Chloe up. "There is one last place I would like to show you." Isabella smiled in anticipation.

On down the lake, Isabella led Chloe to a large tree that stood near other trees, but this one was different. Built between the thick limbs was a nicely built tree house. "Before my father joined the police force, he loved to build things. Not as much as he loved to protect people, but he still built this with love. Just for me." Isabella said with a contagious smile. "I say that the dock is my favorite place now since I am older, but this tree house is more than that... it is special. I have not been up in a very long time, but my brothers go in all the time now, now that they have gotten bigger." She said with a giggle. "I know!" She said beginning to climb the sturdy rope ladder. "Follow me!" Isabella said with giggling laughter. She felt like a kid again as she climbed up the tree and made it inside the spacious house. It was quite homey inside with round pillows to sit on and small paintings that Isabella painted. Some of the paintings were damaged by the twin's rowdy playing and there were toy cars and other things that the boys had left laying around. Isabella kept her head leaned down as she walked over to a special corner where a little wooden table and chair was, and where a small closed, child sized easel was folded against the wall. "I would come here every day." She said as she got a rush of nostalgia. Isabella reached down to touch the table where her initials had been painted on with purple paint and it creaked and something flopped and fell flat underneath it with a thud. She looked below the table to see a painting of Thiago in his police uniform and it was very detailed and colorful. She kneeled down to prop it back up against the wall facing away from sight. She kept that special painting there, so the boys wouldn't find it. Isabella wanted to keep it hidden inside the tree house, because that's where she felt it belonged.

Something halfway covered beneath a round pillow on the floor was spotted by Isabella and she went over to see what it was. When she picked it up, it was a chocolate bar that had been forgotten by one of the boys. "It is still good to eat." She said with a bright smile and walked toward the window on the opposite wall and climbed out. "My brothers must never do this, but I use to do it by myself all the time." Isabella said to Chloe as she looked back at her and stepped onto a thick branch outside the window that hung high above the ground. She sat down and encouraged Chloe to join her. Isabella tore open the chocolate bar and broke it in-two and offered the other half to Chloe. "We can share." She said happily as she bit into her own block of chocolate. The branch Isabella sat on had a perfect view over looking the lake. Other branches hung down, but there was still a partial view of the mountains. Nostalgia was beginning to overwhelm her and she began to cry.