[center][h1] [color=00aeef]Matthew Hyatt[/color] [/h1][/center]
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Matt looked out over the battlefield and decided there were only walkers left.[color=00aeef] "Alright guys, let's get the roof cleaned up but we are going to store all of this in the room closest to the stairs up here."[/color] He radioed the guys at the doors to let the fighters in. He picked up the stones they had left and the cherry bombs and of course his beloved potato gun. Jenna and the others brought in the bows, slingshots and arrows inside and stacked them neatly in the room. Matt needed to make sure that the room was closed and locked so once that was done he looked up on the roof once more and then he locked the roof access and locked it down tight. He made a mental note to make repairs and more weapons for the next time. James let Charlotte out and brought her inside. 

Nikki nodded to James and Jon. She was last in as always. She bolted the door and headed towards the shower. Matt watched her and Robert came up to him and told him about Eric. Nikki was in a place where she didn't even care about normal things. She walked into the locker room and took all of her weapons and set them within reach of the shower. Fully dressed Nikki turned the water on and rinsed the brains off of herself. 

She stripped her trenchcoat off and yanked her boots off and set them away from the water. She stripped down to her bra and panties. Only then did she allow herself to cry. Nikki was beginning to think she was cursed. Eric should have made it through that with no problem. What kind of luck is that? The school lost 4 guys. She wasn't the only woman grieving the loss of a loved one right now. Nikki cried as she slid down the wall in the shower. The hot water was scalding her but she didn't care. 

After talking to Robert and some of the other guys Matt went to the ladies locker room. He went inside and heard the showers on. He walked in with his hand over his eyes. [color=00aeef]"Nikki can I uncover my eyes or are you naked?"[/color]  She kind of laughed [color=f49ac2]"I'm in panties and a bra."[/color] Matt grabbed a towel and walked into the showers in his boots, turned off the water and picked his sopping wet little sister up off of the ground, wrapping her in a towel as he did. [color=f49ac2]"Eric..."[/color] Her voice broke. [color=00aeef]"I know sis."[/color] Nikki buried her head in his shoulder and cried.  She didn't even notice that almost everyone was watching as Matt carried her wrapped in a towel to her room. He stayed with her til she fell asleep. 

[color=00aeef]"James? Can you go get her stuff out of the ladies locker room and take care of the coat and boots so they don't ruin?"[/color] James nodded and disappeared quickly.

After taking care of his sister Matt went back out to the group and he heard his little one as she bounced as much as she could on her mommy. [color=f6989d]"DADADADA!"[/color] He practically flew to his girls and kissed Gracie on the cheek as she tried to climb onto him and he let her as he kissed Kat soundly. There was chuckling from many of the people there as they broke up and went their own ways. 

A few minutes later Jenna took Nikki's clothes and put them in the wash and put her boots and coat in the kitchen so they would dry faster. James sat outside Nikki's door to keep others from bothering her all on his own. After a while James was asleep in the chair. The first room in the hallway Matt had turned into a medical room. Most of the men were in really good shape there were only minor injuries. They had 4 losses, Eric, Mark, George and Brian. Matt was thankful it was not more. 

Nikki slept fitfully. She kept dreaming about day zero. Her mother, her fiance and then she kept seeing Eric in her mind apologizing last night and then the video of his head exploding. She woke up screaming.

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