Winter sighed, wandering through the wasteland that used to be earth. She looked around to make sure there were no zombies in the area. She then went into the nearest abandoned house and started looking in it. She then heard the noise of footsteps, slowly walking toward her. She readied the bow and arrow she used but when the zombie turned the corner and saw her, he panicked. She cautiously lowered her bow as she followed after the zombie. She then got a good look at him and she immediately recognized him. She dropped her bow in a stunned silence. She then spoke softly, "Riley? Is that you?" He nodded meekly as she continued to stare. It was rare to even see a zombie with even a little bit of intelligence. "Can you speak?" Winter asked him, keeping her voice soft. "Y-yeah..." Riley replied. His voice was barely a whisper. "Please don't hurt me, Riley," she said then she dashed towards the zombie, wrapping him up in a hug. Her warmth felt comforting to Riley as he smiled softly and hid his face in her shoulder.