Apocalypse with FLUTTERSHY?

Chapter 8

Steven's POV

'There is no way In hell he could still be alive, is there?' I thought to myself, as I looked down at the note.

To Steven and Riley.

If you two are alive I figured you would have stopped here to look for Riley's parents. I was able to escape without getting bit but I had no idea where you guys were heading. Since I had no idea where Steven lived I decided I would check Riley's house but you two weren't there. I figured you guys would look for me or your families so I decided to head here first. If you guys are still alive I will be at Stevens parents to see if you guys are there in one week from when this note is written. I hope you guys read this before the week is over if not then I guess this is goodbye. I will be leaving the area after I try to meet you guys. I would tell you guys where I will be at until then so we can meet earlier but I have no idea where I will be.  Until then, your friend, Josh.

P.S. If you guys are there I got a surprise for the both of you.

"You said this was written the day before yesterday right?." I asked Riley, a look of determination on my face.  "Yeah why?" He asked curiously.  "If it's been two days since he wrote this then we need to hurry. It will be a four days walk to my parents." I said heading upstairs before anything else could be said. I was already digging in my closet before Riley entered the room, Fluttershy and Twilight behind him.

"If we are heading after Josh what are we going to do about them Steven? We can't leave them here the place might get overrun and we are running low on food and supplies." He asked plainly.  "They would have to come with us." I said still digging for what I was looking for.  "You are seriously going to risk their lives while we head out for Josh? Do you seriously want them to have to see more death." He said, frustration in his voice. I stopped digging through my closet and stood up. I walked over to Riley and stared him in the face.

"I know Riley but without Josh neither of us would be here. If there is a chance we can find him then I'm going. If you would rather stay and make sure they are safe then I don't care but I'm going regardless." I said then going back to my closet. Before I could continue searching A voice spoke up from the hallway. "If your going then I'm going to. I mean if you don't mind." fluttershy said determined. I stopped and looked at her in shock as did everyone else.

"No way in hell Fluttershy we need you here so we can send you home." Riley said, still shocked from her outburst.  I looked her in the eye and smiled. "Are you sure Fluttershy? I am going to kill any of those things in my way. You sure you can handle that?" I asked, curious of her response.  "If it means so much to you I would be willing to help. I mean if you need it that is." She said, a look of determination on her face. That made everyone's jaw hit the floor and me to burst into laughter.

"If your sure you can handle it." I said returning to digging through the closet. When Both Twilight and Riley came to their senses I looked them both in the eye. "If I didn't think she would try to sneak along anyway I would have said no in a heartbeat. I don't want her in danger but if she is coming might as well agree so I can keep her safe." I said shrugging before I dug through the closet. Riley already agreeing that she was going to go regardless looked at me curiously.  "What are you digging for anyway?" He asked.  I was going to answer before I finally found it. I pulled the case out of the closet and laid it on my bed. I grabbed the key off my dresser and unlocked it, grinning as I did so.  " This." I said as I opened it. I pulled out what was in side and pumping the hand-grip. It was my favorite gun I had out of the three, my Winchester 1200. Riley looked at me, mouth agape.  "Where did you get that!?" He asked awestruck. I grinned like an idiot and said one word.  "Internet." I said simply. He gave me a deadpan look but said nothing as he left the room.

I grabbed the extra ammo and set it on the bed as I went into the closet again. After a minute I came out with two smaller cases and opened them, revealing my other two guns. One was a jet black .357 revolver with a red handle while the other, the same type of gun, was pure white with a gold colored handle. I grabbed then holsters for them and laid them on the bed with everything else. After I got everything out I went downstairs with everyone and ate. After that I went to see where Fluttershy was, only to end up finding her in the backyard.

"You sure you want to go with me? We won't be back for a while and that's if we do come back." I asked, testing to see if she will back down. She looked at me with the same look of determination as before.  "I said if it means helping you with something this important than I'm going." She said, showing no signs of backing out. I looked at her surprised of her, then smiled.  "I'm glad you're coming with, I could use the company." I said smiling. She looked down, blushing then looked at me smiling.  "I couldn't just stay and watch you do this on your own. It wouldn't be very kind of me." I chuckled then had an idea.

"If your going to help I need to know if you can handle a fight so I want you to show me what you can do." I said standing opposite of her. She nodded but then gave me a worried look.  "You sure it's okay? I don't want to hurt you." She said worriedly.  I chuckled then told her it's okay. A few minutes later I was on the ground groaning, Fluttershy right next to me apologizing.  "Where did you learn to fight?" I asked surprised. She just shrugged and looked at me worriedly.  "I'm sorry." She said quietly. I looked at her with a grin.  "Don't be. At least now I know I don't need you to fight." I said laughing. She smiled and helped me up.

Over the next few hours I tested her with different weaponry from my bow to my dad's favorite katanna (my dad and I are blade nuts. If its legal we got it.) and figured out she is quite good with a blade. She sucks with a bow though so I decided she would stick with melee. When it got dark we went in to see Riley and Twilight curled up on the couch sleeping, Twilight sleeping on Riley's shoulder.  "Damn man good job." I whispered under my breath and chuckled. I gave fluttershy The last of the veggies as I had a peanut butter sandwich. Once we finished I led her upstairs to the spare room. We both said goodnight as I headed off to my room. A few hours later I was woken up by my door opening. I shot out of bed, only to see Fluttershy then relaxed.

"Nightmare?" I asked. She nodded and looked at me.  " I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep, is it alright if I stay in here?" She said blushing and looking at the ground. I resisted the erge to D'aww and moved over to the other side of the bed. Allowing her to lay down.  She smiled and crawled in. I looked over to her figuring I might as well ask.  "Wanna talk about it?" I asked. She nodded hesitantly and said it was about her being attacked by the infected. I rolled over, facing her.  "As long as I'm here they got to get through me got it?" I said, hugging her. She nodded, returning the hug. I went to pull away but she hugged tighter. I looked over to her and saw her worried look. 'Meh. What the hell she did just have a nightmare.' I thought as I put an arm over her. She sighed and snuggled into my chest. I smiled at her and started to drift to sleep.

When I woke up I saw Fluttershy was still sleeping. I looked at the time and saw it was 8:30 and figured we didn't have to be up for another hour or so. I laid my head back on the pillow and thought about what we were going to do later. A few minutes later Fluttershy yawned and her eyes slowly opened.  "Morning. Sleep well?" I asked looking at her. She smiled and nodded. We both got up and went to check on our supplies for the trip. After double checking them we decided to go get prepared.

After we were both ready and prepared we looked at each other, surprised.  I had on a black hoodie with a black military like vest loaded with all my ammo underneath. I also had my revolvers in their holsters and my shotgun slung over my back. I also wore my black cargo pants and belt both of my knives clipped to it. Fluttershy had on saddlebags that Riley customized when he realized she was serious on going. They were regular saddlebags but had a sheath for the katana she liked on the back. She also had a pair of gloves Twilight helped make that had sheaths to carry two knives, one for each foreleg. Riley also sown a hood from one of my old hoodies similar to the one I was currently wearing, onto the front of the saddle bag making it look like a hoodie with two bags on it. Over all we looked like bad asses. When I remembered we had a mission to do I shook my head, looked at her and nodded. We headed downstairs to get the her weapons and to eat breakfast.

Riley and Twilight woke up as we ate and I gave him a thumbs up and he stared, curiously at me. I pointed to Twilight who levitated a box of fruit loops out of one of the cabinets. He looked at me eyes wide in realization of what I was implying. Before he could yell his objections I pulled him into the living room.

"Before you say anything I was only messing with you. And just so you know, I know you got a crush on her." I said simply. He sputtered his objections until I interrupted him.  "Dude I honestly don't care who you have a crush on. I sorta got a crush on Shy so I can't really judge you. But if your gonna try something better do it before we get back got it?" I asked. He nodded dumbly and we headed back into the kitchen to finish eating, the conversation seeming to never have happened.

After everyone ate Me and Fluttershy got the last of our equipment and headed for the door.  "Make sure you both come back alive got it?" Riley said waiting by the door for us.  "Count on it." I said, a look of determination on my face. The door shut behind us as we headed down one of the streets, starting our journey to get to my parents old house.