Springfield, Illinois.

We're completely surrounded by a bunch of Zs. 10k was on top of a car shooting them with his slingshot. Vasquez and Warren were back to back while fighting them off. Me? I kept spinning around while slashing each Z's throat with the knife end of my rifle. Each head coming off of each Z. Good thing I'm not called the Queen of Hearts.

I tried not to laugh when Doc was wailing on each Z with a baseball bat. Just a regular bat, not the cool looking one. There was this one Z wearing a motorcycle gear. She growled at me before she tried to attack. I brought the knife up and ram it in the middle of her forehead. Then I pulled the knife out before stabbing another Z in the chest.

I kicked the next one to the ground before I used the butt end of my rifle to bash the Z's head in. I brought the gun up and heard a whooshing sound from behind. I heard a grunt and turned to see a Z dropped to the ground. I looked towards the car to see 10k giving me a small smile, which I returned before going back to kill more Zs.

"Doc!" I heard Murphy yell. I turned to see him throw Lucy across the field. He did not just do that? You don't throw a baby! Doc held his hand up and caught the her.

"Murphy, you idiot!" I yelled before killing another Z. "This isn't football. You can't just throw a baby around." Even if the Zs are coming after her.

Murphy shrugged his shoulders at me. I gave him an annoyed look as Doc ran inside the bus. I swung the butt of the rifle across a Z's head before flipping it to use the knife end to cut the head to two.

I heard the baby cry followed by Doc screaming, "Let me out!" I turned around and switched my rifle with both my pistols as I cocked the gun. "Come on, guys, help!" Addy and Warren went towards the bus and tried to pry the doors open while the rest of us got our weapons ready. "Let me out of here!" They tried harder. "Guys, come on. Open the door!"

They managed to free Doc and the kid. But with them came out a bus full of Lincoln Zs.

"What in god's name?" Warren asked.

"Oh good, you see them too," Doc breathed out. He tossed Lucy to Addy. "Addy! Hot potato."

I groaned in annoyance as I pointed my pistols at Lincoln. "I guess history is going to repeat itself."

I started firing each Lincoln in the head. Addy threw Lucy towards Warren. "Guys, she's still a baby!" More Lincolns dropped as 10k came next to me and fired his slingshot.

Doc got an icepick and stabbed a Z in the eye. Vasquez grinned at the Z before using the axe to slice its head off. Lucy started crying more, the Zs got rallied up and tried to get to her. Warren held her gun out and started firing. I kept firing at each Z that got off the bus. 10k tried to hit one of the Zs, but it had a sewage lid attached to it so the metal gear didn't penetrate it. The Z turned its head, so 10k had his opening and fired.

When the Z got hit, he looked just like the penny. Huh? Weird.

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We've been killing Zs for the next half and hour. After we were finished, we took a good look around.

"This was so wrong," Doc said as Lucy continued crying.

Murphy ran over to his baby with eager open arms. "I'll take her now." He was near her, but I blocked him. "What?"

I didn't give him an answer. Instead, I raised my hands and started punching his arm...hard. "You don't throw a baby like that," I scolded. Each word I said was followed by a punch.

"Ow!" Murphy yelled. He held his arm as he nodded towards the group. "What about Doc, Addy, and Warren?"

I pointed at Doc and Addy. "I actually like them." Then at Warren. "And she's holding a baby."

"Can I hold her now? Or are your still going to assult me?"

I moved out of the way. "Now you can."

Murphy smiled when he grabbed Lucy. "Adorable, isn't she?"

"Thought you didn't like babies," Warren mentioned. Another thing that's true.

"I never said that. I said I didn't like that baby." He rocked Lucy back and forth. "But she's daddy's precious little angel, aren't you?"

I cringed when Murphy started making baby noises. I leaned towards 10k. "I think I'm going to be sick," I whispered.

He gave Murphy a weird look. "Same. It just looks..."

"Weird? Strange? Odd? All of the above?"

"Yeah."

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We kept walking for a while. We stopped in the middle of the field to get some rest. I still find it weird to see Murphy acting like...well, that. Cooing Lucy and finding her adorable. It's like if Doc turns all serious the minute he got a chick pregant.

Speaking of Doc, he came up to the group while Murphy and Cassandra were far away. "Hey, is anybody else worried about the baby?"

"I don't know whether to be worried for that baby or afraid of that baby," Warren admitted. "You see the way she attracts Zs?"

"That baby, and I use the word loosely, is gonna get us all killed," Vasquez said.

"Bro, she's a baby. Relax," Addy snapped. I nodded in agreement.

"Yeah. A baby sprung from Murphy's loins," Doc added.

"But don't forget she's part Serena, too," I said. "If we're lucky, she won't turn out to be an ass like Murphy."

"She's not going to be like Murphy," Warren commented as she stood up. "But she's something else. She could grow up to be the savior of the human race or the queen of destruction. And we need to find out which and do what we got to do."

Then she walked away. Doc and Addy went to follow her, which left me and Vasquez. He got up and started going towards the other way. I got my stuff and followed him.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

He fixed his bag. "Just need to run a few errands."

"Great, I'll come with."

He shook his head and stopped. "No, mija. I need you to stay here. I won't be long. And I don't think you'll want to come with me just to find food."

I knew he was lying. He couldn't look me in the eye and the only time he does that is when he's lying. "That's fine. Gets us time to catch up. Couldn't really do that since I hated your guts and all."

"Believe me, Ry. I would love nothing more than to spend time with you, but it's not a big town. I'll be back shortly." He nodded towards Doc and Addy. "I'd figure you'd might want to polish your gun. The tip is looking a bit dull."

"What?" I pulled my rifle out and held the knife end up. "I just sharpened it this morning."

Vasquez touched the tip. "No, it's not sharp enough. Could use some work." I raised my brow at him. He kissed the top of my head. "I'll be back."

"If you're not back before sunset, I'm gonna look for you," I yelled at his retreating figure.

He held his thumb up. "You got it."

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A/N: I know what you're think...when is One Shot and 10k gonna get together?!