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  "It was dead silent at that moment and then all I had was a gunshot, philipe was dead. A monster stood beside him but had the voice of an angel. Probably why philipe got killed......he had trusted the voice and not cared about the appearance. I could tell by a blink that this was an infected and not human, I searched around for the closest exit to me and fled..... That's how I still got to live. Believe me"

  A PLEE FROM A PRISONER OF ALTERA

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  It was the third week Chloe had woken up and now she had almost gotten better, she could walk now and had already help Zack twice for his supply hunt. She hadn't gotten her memory back but had discovered she had abilities.

  She could run faster than than Zack, way to fast infact. She could lift heavier things than Zack....things two times Zack's weight weren't even a challenge for her. She could heal incredibly fast which Zack had concluded helped her on her feet again after he saved her. "Anyone else in your condition when I found you would probably have died or have stayed in bed three months before a full recovery" he had said. Most importantly Zack discovered a bite mark on her left arm. After much observation he concluded she was immune the virus as the bite mark didn't look recent.

  "It's great having company..., I haven't felt this great in years" Zack laughed probably because he had had too much to drink and was now drunk

  "You make sound like you've never had company before" Chloe said but Zack didn't reply, instead his expression saddened only he kept his usual smile.

  "Not since the infection spread" he replied

  "Sorry...I ....I didn't know" Chloe apologized but this made Zack laugh for some reason he found her apology funny when I fact wasn't

  "Give me a break......, not like I missed anything right?" He responded to Chloe's apology then stared at her for awhile before stareing away

  "Ever had company before?" He asked

  "Can't remember......, not sure if I did.... probably doesn't matter now does it?" Chloe replied with a sigh resting her back on the chair she said on, they had found it during one of their supply hunt and had brought it back for use.

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  They had just out the campfire and had started sleeping when she heard what sounded like gunshots.

  "A gunshot?..........."Chloe thought, she stood her arms gripped tightly on her pistol

  "Was it really a gunshot or was I just imagining it?" She questioned herself when she heard the same sound again. This time she was certain they were gunshots. Most importantly they were coming from across the road inside the building just some meters away from them. Without thinking she had discovered she was outside the room being used by her and Zack as a campsite and was running for the building. Why? She didn't know, it was all her instincts.

  She had managed to sneak into the building without being spotted by any infected and now she was slowly approaching the floor where she had heard the gunshots from. "Help me!!" A voice was heard from the very floor she was heading to. "Might be a survivor" Chloe thought hastening her movements and arriving at the floor. It was dark in there and she couldn't see a thing fortunately she always carried a lighter with her because of Zacks smoking habit. He would always have a cigar but forget the lighter so Chloe took it on herself to help him with it each time he forgot.

  Using the lighter she could see a little in the floors darkness. "Help me" the voice said this time it didn't tell..it was calm like it had already been rescued. Something was strange though and Chloe knew, if it were a survivor who was in this room, he or she would've approached her seeing the lighter she carried but the figure she had finally caught a glimpse of just stood facing the opposite wall without moving. It just took here like a mannequin before uttering another word "help me" it said. soon it hit her, she had faced something similar before but couldn't quite understand where it was or when it happened. At the moment she remembered Zacks advice to her on her second day going for a supply hunt.

  "Never follow a lone voice calling for help................, sometimes it might've good news, a survivor and yh everyones happy, but if it turns out to be bad news turn the fuck around and run........, it's a mimick, an infected which takes the voice of an individual and tries to lure it's prey closer to it...I know cuz I've encountered it".

  This was definitely not human she concluded taking some steps back. But if it wasn't a human who shot the gun she had heard? She asked. But before she could take another step back she realized she ha been pushed down and an infected was on her trying to take a bite out of her but she resisted. It was a mimick, a huge one at that and she for some reason couldn't force it off her.

  "Get off me!!"she yelled trying to get herself free.

  TUSSST!!.

  The infected fell a hole in its head, "was that a silent shot" Chloe muttered quickly rowing the mimick off her.

  "Almost had you....,, you gotta be a little more careful around here if you wanna live that is" a voice said from behind her. She turned around to find a guy stareing at her, he then stretched out an arm to help her up

  "I'm smoke by the way" he introduced helping her back on her feet while she stared at him. He had a complexion she hadn't seen before, at least not since she lost her memory, she was black, his hair dreaded back and tied to make it more comfortable and convenient when he was on the move. His physique was quite astonishing like he had trained a lot to have the perfect body, his face looked better than his body Chloe could tell my a glance he had a lot of girls run after him once.

  "Hey I just introduced myself.....ain't it at our best interest to introduce yourself too...?" Smoke asked

  "I'm Chloe" Chloe forced herself to speak,she had forgotten there was someone in front of her and has been completely lost in her thoughts.

  "Nice to meet you Chloe..., got a place to crash for the night, it wouldn't be safe for the both of us to just stay here would it?" Smoke asked