La lumière dans l'obscurité

Sara and Laura followed behind listening to the bickering between Cam and Thomas the two girls chuckled at it. "Jeez guys look I'm sure they have food back at their hideout just chill." said Laura in a calm tone towards Thomas and Cam. The two girls followed Adahy on the way their they could hear the sound of the Abamo close by. Sara then turned to looked at Laura. "Hey I gotta ask why did you come with us? I mean...Troy originally was suppose to come but I heard you took his spot. Why?" asked Sara to Laura as she was generally curious. The blond girl took a deep breath in and slowly exhaled before answering her friend. "Well for one as you saw at my house things aren't going so good. Besides I want to be a better person and I feel as long as I'm with you guys I can learn to be better not just for myself but for other people as well. I don't want to be that old bitch that I used to be, I want to leave her in the ground for good." said Laura to Sara. She could tell that her former enemy was being genuine and sincere in her words. Sara just smiled at her and nodded. They had just reached the steps and soon enough Ziggy and Brody came back.

"Well if it means anything...I think deep down inside you were always a good person you just never knew how to express it or were afraid to show it. But I'm glad you are with us." said Sara softly to Laura who smiled.




Soon enough the gang entered the admin buildings and followed Adahy through a series of hallways before some crying could be heard although it was faint. Soon it became clear that the crying was from Ayita's other sister. Following her finger the girls saw that she was pointing at a dead body. Sara felt sad and shook her head while Laura felt a shock go through her body and she quickly left the room to vomit in the hallway as she leaned up against some lockers. She started to dry-heave and she was feeling the shakes in her whole body. Sara quickly rushed over to her worried about her. "Hey Laura are you-" asked Sara but she was cut off by Laura who held up her hand. Laura took a few deep breaths and she slowly regained her composure. "I'm...I'm fine. I'm not used to seeing a dead body...During the battle for Bar Harbor I stayed with your sister back in the forest...I-I'm not used to that yet." said Laura softly yet a hint of nervousness could be heard in her voice. Sara stared at her friend and walked over to her placing her hands on her shoulder. "Do you want to go back inside?" asked Sara to Laura who let out a heavy sigh before answering her. "Yeah...Yeah gotta support my friends." said Laura softly to Sara. The two girls made their way back inside the classroom and as they did Laura looked away from the dead body instead looking down at the floor while Sara walked over to Brody who was looking over the dead boy. "Do you see any bites on him or anything?" asked Sara to Brody as she was curious although she probably knew the answer to it. She picked up the handgun that was near him. It was a Glock she knew it that much because her father had that as his sidearm when he was a deputy. She unloaded the magazine in it checking it before pulling back on the slide and having the bullet that was in the chamber eject out. 

She counted the bullets in the magazine and the one that was in the chamber. "Four bullets." said Sara to Ziggy. She loaded the magazine in the gun before flipping the safety on and handing it to Brody.

Entering the room after following her sister through one corridor after another for a solid five minutes Ayita and the others soon made their way to a door, as they neared it they could hear the sounds of someone crying from the other side. Waiting for Adahy to open the door and show them in Ayita was soon met by the source of the crying, and it was none other than her other sister, Nanya. She'd always been an emotional one and would cry over nearly everything, but something about these tears seemed different, more genuine than she remembered them sounding when she'd cry over things like snacks or not getting to go to the movies with her friends. Letting Adahy speak up Ayita was then greeted by the reason why her sister was crying.

Following Nanya's hand as it pointed to the opposite corner of the room Ayita sighed heavily when she saw the body hunched in the corner with a pistol resting next to it barely resting out of his right hand. "Why is there so much death here..." She sighed.

Hearing her sisters voice Nanya looked up through her tears. "Ayi?" She sobbed. Her eyes meeting Ayita's the sadness she was obviously dealing with was lessened for a moment and before Ayita knew what hit her Nanya had closed the distance and wrapped her arms around here. "Where have you been!? I thought you were dead!" She said through her sobs.

Stepping back to catch her balance as the weight of the younger of her older sisters pressed against her Ayita returned the hug. "I'm not dead Nan.. Calm down and tell us what happened okay?" Ayita answered.

Pulling away from her younger sister Nanya looked to the ground and wiped the tears from her eyes. As she did she saw two of the other that were with Ayita pass by her towards the body. Ignoring them she kept her eyes trained on Ayita. "We were securing one of the buildings.." She started. "We were getting them all tucked away when.. Damon..." She stopped as a sob overtook her. Taking a moment to regain her composure enough to speak she continued. "He got bit as we were securing the door. I.. I told him to wait, that Adahy would know what to do... But.. I left the room for two seconds to pee and..." Another sob. "The gun went off.."

Sighing Ayita shook her head and gave her sister another hug, as she did she heard the comment Brody made as well as the telling off he recieved by Ziggy and Cam, neither were pleased with his words and to be frank, neither was she, but now wasn't the time for her to walk away from her sister. Holding her close Ayita looked passed her towards Adahy who looked more annoyed than sad.

"You were smarter than this you asshole." She muttered to herself. "And now you're no better off than the rest of them.. Why?" She added. shaking her head she looked to the group. "Well, it's not the welcome I was planning but would someone mind helping me move him? Adahy asked to no one in particular.

Hearing Ayita's sister ask for help Cam raised her hand. "I'll help." She said before pushing her way through the group, passing Ziggy she gave her a glance telling her that she should stay with Ayita and her sister. "Where we moving him?" She said, the smell of blood hitting her causing her to scrunch up her face. "Outside?"

"Indeed." Adahy answered.

The two setting to their task Ayita guided Nanya and the others to the side of the room out of the way of Cam and Adahy as they worked. "Well, this isn't how I was planning on doing this.." Ayita started. "But well. Nanya, Ziggy, Ziggy.. This is my middle sister, Nanya. She's younger than Adahy but older than me." Ayita explained. "That's Ellie, her boyfriend Thomas, Cam's the one helping Adahy, Sara, Laura, and the loudmouth over there is Brody."

"It's... It's nice to meet you folks, so-sorry you had to come in to a dead body..." Nanya greeted.

Sara nodded as Nanya said she had her own weapon a hatchet like Ayita. She put her leather jacket back on and watched the scene unfold in front of her. It amazed Sara how they were able to find both of Ayita's sisters alive and it gave her hope that maybe things wouldn't go so bad for them. Sara pulled out her black notebook from her back deciding to write in it for a moment detail the events of today. Laura crossed her arms as she leaned against the wall and for a moment she felt jealous of the bond between Ayita and her sisters. She never had close relationships with anyone on a personal level. If anything she would just use people to get whatever she wanted and when she was done with them she tossed them like trash. She looked away staring at the floor for a brief moment as she hated herself for being such a hateful bitch back in the day. But she broke out of her thoughts as she heard Ziggy say that Ayita should go with her sisters back to Bar Harbor. Laura looked at Sara confused and the nerdy girl shook her head. "Hell no! We don't split up we are riding this all the way!" said Sara to Ziggy in a confident tone. Laura had a slight smirk on her face and she admired Sara's confidence. She wasn't the shy, scared girl she knew in the past no she was her own woman and in a way she didn't regret fighting her in fact it made both of them better.

When Adahy spoke Laura turned back to look at the girl. "It's called Bar Harbor and it's in Maine. But if you have a working car then why split up when we can all go together?" suggusted Laura to the Adahy. Sara turned to Adahy and a smile was on her face as she agreed with what Laura was saying. "She's has a point I mean we all stick together we can lookout for one another. No point in splitting up but that's my view on it. " said Sara giving her point of view on it.

Reaching up and taking her Fiancees hand as she caressed her cheek Ayita leaned her head into Ziggys hand and closed her eyes, Relishing in the feeling of her lovers warmth she took a deep breath and enjoyed the moment for a time. "I'm with you babe." She repeated.

Watching Ayita and Ziggy have their moment Adahy couldn't help but crack a smile at the site of her younger sister completely taken by someone, Even if that someone was one of her college friends, what mattered was her sister's happiness, and now, watching the two together she knew that Ziggy was that person. Staying quiet while Ayita and Ziggy finished Adahy leaned against the wall behind her while Nanye sat crisscross beside her. "You ever think Ayi would be the first one to find love?" Nanya asked with a laugh, her eyes shifting to look towards her sister Adahy chuckled as well. "No, Honestly I'd thought it be one of the guys, ya know? How both of them were always great with the ladies when we were younger?" Adahy joked.

Sharing a laugh between the two of them they soon heard Ziggy turn and answer the question Adahy had asked before her and Ayi had their talk, listening as she went on to explain that they were coming from a place in Maine, more specifically Bar Harbor and that it was free of the dead and, as Ziggy put it. 'probably the best chance humanity's got.' Adahy uncrossed her arms and pushed off the wall. Crossing the room she stood across from Ziggy. "Bar Harbor huh? I haven't seen the sea in a while, sounds nice." She answered with a smile. "I got our car out back, We'll head that way." She answered. Looking passed Ziggy and to her younger sister who stood close by she smiled at her and continued to listen to Ziggy as she went on to speak about how rough the world is and that they'd be able to take a load off when they got to Bar Harbor, Adahy would be kidding herself if she said she didn't want that, but they'd have to get there first, and then there was the thought of Ayi and the rest, who where all going in the opposite direction. What if they weren't okay? What if they never came back?

Shoving the thoughts from her mind Adahy nodded. "Okay." She greeted. "But how do we get in? I mean I don't think they'll let us in just because we know Ayi's name." She said, but it seemed Ziggy had plan for this as well judging by how quick she brandished a camera, hearing her tell Nanye, Ayi and herself to get together for a picture what she was doing became clear, she'd take a picture of them all together that they could then show to the guards when they got there. Smart. The three sisters clustering together for the picture they all smiled as best they could and waited for the flash, which came shortly there after, twice in fact.

"That sounds like a plan." Adahy answered taking the picture from her friends hands, "one more thing. I want a picture of my new sister in law and her bride to be with their other sister." Adahy said with a chuckle, taking the camera from Ziggy's hands she waited for them to get in position before taking the picture, letting it slide out of the camera and waiting for the picture to appear shortly there after Adahy smiled at her handy work. "Here." She said with a smile as she handed the image over.

Taking the photo from Adahy's hands Ayita looked at it with red cheeks, hearing her sister call Ziggy her sister in law was definatly something she'd have to get used to. Smiling at the image for a time longer Ayita handed it over to Ziggy. "Here."

Giving the two a moment to examine her handy work Adahy walked over and threw her belongings into a pack before doing the same with some of Nanye's, returning she handed one of the packs to Nanye and threw her own over her shoulder. "So Maine it is." she answered. "Tell the boss there who we are and show her the picture then we're good to go." She ran through aloud. Looking up from the ground she gave Ayi a smile before looking to Ziggy, "We'll see you there yea?"

Helping Nanye to her feet the two sisters crossed the room to the door after giving Ayita one last hug and kiss on the cheek. "Keep her safe Zigs," She said, ushering Nanye through the door she got partially out herself before turning back. "Oh, and Welcome to the family, I don't think there's anyone else better for Ayi than you. I mean hell, she's come out of her shell ten fold with already." She joked. Without another word she was gone, through the door and down the stairs. A few minutes later the group heard the sound of a car starting and the engine receeding in the distance, they were gone, but they'd see them again, when they get back.

For now though they had a mission. Find Ellie's mother and get them back to Bar Harbor. Looking to Ziggy she took her hand. "I'm glad their alive... Now.. Let's get Ellie back to her mom."

A few weeks had gone by and they were now in Wisconsin Laura was in the back with Sara behind Ziggy and the others. She had a small compactable mirror which she was using at the moment for putting on lip gloss while the others were having a conversation about some place from a tv show that didn't exist. Sara was fully invested into the conversation and she waited for her chance to speak up. "God I loved that show so much. I remember back in high school someone made a fan club just dedicated to the show. Ralph Wilkins...Yeah he was one cool dude." said Sara as she was remembering back on her days in high school and how she joined the fan club. She remembered dressing up like she was from the 70's and sure she was teased about it but she didn't mind. When Thomas mentioned Fallout 4 and how the shop owners dressed up she laughed as she remembered it well. "Yeah I remember I took part in that. I dressed up as a vault dweller on the weekends." said Sara to the group. She then turned to Laura as she heard her smack her lips and then she put away her mirror.







"Yeah I personally wasn't a fan of it. I mean to each their own but the whole dressing up in costumes seemed childish to me at the time. Although I was a raging bitch back then so who knows maybe if we stop at a store I'll give dressing up a try." said Laura to the others. Sara took off her glasses for a moment to clean them and saw what Ziggy was doing to Ellie and before she knew it Sara started to laugh as she watched Ziggy mess with Ellie who was sleeping.




But she stopped laughing and she shook her head lightly as she stared out the window for a moment looking at the abandon buildings they were passing by and then it hit her as she quickly turned to Ziggy and Ayita. "Oh crap I just remembered! If we find a tattoo shop let's grab some supplies for Ayako as a way to say thanks for our tattoos." said Sara to Ziggy and Ayita as she remembered the tattoos that Ayako did for them. Laura looked at Sara slightly surprised and smirked at her. "Wow you certainly have changed, I mean you were different back then...Hell you could barely talk to a boy and now look at you. You are dating one of the hottest guys around camp and you are a certified badass." said Laura as she smirked at Sara whose cheeks turned slightly red at the mention of Troy.

"Oh stop it...He isn't one of the hottest guys at camp." said Sara as she tried to dismiss Laura's comment but Laura kept smirking and then she put on her red tinted glasses before answering Sara. "I'm not kidding Sara. Some of the girls made a list based on the hottest guys in our camp and Troy was in the top five." said Laura to Sara and the others.



"Wait am I on the list?" asked Thomas slightly curious to Laura. "What about me?" asked Brody curiously as well to Laura. The blond smirked and let out a heavy sigh as she was trying to remember if Brody and Thomas were on the list. "Well...I mean-" said Laura before she was cutoff by Thomas. "Well?!" asked Thomas slightly impatient. Laura just shook her head lightly before answering him. "Well you guys were ninth and tenth." said Laura and Thomas looked surprised. "Wait who was above us?!" asked Thomas shocked. "Well...Roger was eighth-" said Laura before she was cutoff by Thomas once more. "Wait! You mean the old guy from the bikers is above us! H-How is that..." said Thomas is disbelief as he shook his head. Laura just let out a chuckle. "Well you know girls do have daddy issues and for an older guy he isn't bad looking. He has that silver fox thing going for him." said Laura to the others. But Laura shook her head and gently rubbed Thomas shoulders for a moment. "But screw that list it doesn't mean anything. Hey at least you are in the top ten." said Laura with a smirk to Thomas as she stopped rubbing his shoulders and sat back placing her head on Sara's shoulder. Thomas shook his head and looked out the window for a moment. "Bet I can be in the top five if I just rode a motorcycle and walked around without a shirt like I'm some bronzed god." said Thomas as he was making fun of Troy to which Sara just chuckled and shook her head lightly at Thomas' comment not taking it to heart.

"Gooooood morning to you too sleepyhead!" Ziggy said as she embraced Ellie in overly tight hug. "We're almost theeeeere! And it's no surprise you dreamed about Thomas being all mushy, he's been feeling you up something fierce ever since you fell asleep!"