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Entering the house through the front door, Ne took a quick sweep of the mud room. Small, cramped, and in shambles. Bullet holes were all over the walls, like as if someone was trying to hit as many targets as possible. Blood was also present, but no where in as large of quantities as it had been in Ne's living room. The barking was still present, but slightly muffled. The man confidently walked into the living room, ignoring the flipped and bullet punctured furniture, passed a small kitchen and into a den. Ne quickly followed him, glancing into the kitchen. It was totaled; the fridge was knocked over, pots and pans on the floor, bloodied and dented, counters full of holes and empty cupboards, doors either hanging off their hinges or missing completely. "It seems we won't be finding any food here." whispered Ne, coming up behind the man. Looking up to him, it dawned on Ne: she should be asking this guys name. They would be likely living together, so they might as well know what to call the other. "Find anything considered edible?" lightly spoke the man, glancing down at Ne. Ne shook her head. He looked away from her and pointed to their right, where a set of spiraling stairs led up. "The dog is upstairs, along with possibly two children. I will go up first, then when I give you an okay, follow." Ne nodded. Hey, he was the one with the weapons and skill, so why not? Gingerly walking to the steps, Ne watched as the man noisily walked up them, causing the dog to bark madly and a child to cry. Ne heard the man calmly call out "I am not one of them, nor am I alone. A young woman is down stairs and is worried about you, so why don't you come out and let us know that you are at least not hurt." The dog still barked and the child still cried. In the same tone, the man continued. "We have food and a nice place for you to rest in." The crying stopped and Ne heard a door creek open, causing the dog to stop barking. "It's alright, you and your puppy will be okay. Can the woman downstairs come up?" The silence was long, longer than it should have been and Ne was about to back away when the man called her up. Ne walked up the stairs as nicely as she could, not wanting to startle the child or the dog.

When she reached the top, the shock of what she seen was more she could take and she fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face. At the end of the hall was two undead, chained to a large bloody bed. One looked to have been once a lovely blonde woman, and the other a brown haired man, both wearing now tattered formal wear. The door Ne had heard open was the closest to the stairs, a little blonde girl in a blue Lolita-styled dress standing in the frame. Her braided hair was a little messy and a spot of blood on one of the removable bows, but in all, she looked fine. "Mommy and daddy don't want me to talk to strangers, so go away." The dog turned to Ne and whimpered, some of it's fur falling out and a bad cut on it's hind leg. The man knelt to the girl's level, placing a hand on Ne's shoulder. "This is my friend..." Ne sadly smiled towards the girl "Ne, my name is Ne." The man nodded "Yes, and my name is Vergil. May you tell us yours?" The girl nodded, "My name is Elle Lutus." Elle looked at Ne, "Why are you crying? Mommy gets mad when she sees people cry." As if on cue, the female zombie did it's best at a roar. Vergil nodded "Elle, did you see what had changed your parents?" Elle nodded "It's changing my brother, too. And my puppy." Vergil glanced at Ne and back to Elle, "Elle, why don't you come with us? You will change too and hurt even more people if you stay here." Elle looked down "I'm waiting." Vergil tilted his head slightly "What are you waiting for?" Elle looked to the dog, "For big brother and my puppy to turn... I want to say good bye when they do." Ne wiped her eyes and placed her hands into her lap "I think, Elle, that your brother and your puppy know that, and that you love them." The dog looked up to Elle, it's beady little eyes unblinking. "See? Your puppy knows all to well. Does he come to lick you, have you pet him or let you cuddle him?" Elle shook her head. "He's doing that so you don't turn like him and your family." Elle stares at the dog, tears welling up in her eyes. "Okay... I'll go with you..." She looks to Ne and Vergil "Can I go get something?" Vergil nodded. "Take what you think you really need." Elle turns into her room, leaving the door wide open.

Ne's eyes followed Elle as she climbed onto her little pink bed, grabbing a Dora the Explorer back pack and a gym bag of food and water. Taking them to Ne and Vergil, Elle frowned, noticing that Vergil was glaring at her bag. "It has my medicine. Daddy told me to take it when I eat, once a day. He said that there was more in a safe downstairs." Vergil removed his hand from Ne's shoulder. "Do you know the code?" Elle shook her head. "Daddy use to have lots of money in it so I could go to yunie-vercity when I became a big girl, so he never told anyone." Vergil turned to the stairs, "Ne, take Elle and her things to the Hummer. If I'm not out in twenty minutes or if any of the undead come, go without me." Ne blanched. "Where should we go if we have to leave you?" Vergil started down the stairs, "Where I wished to try and meet up with the other two.' Ne slowly nodded. Elle looked from Ne to Vergil and back, puzzled. '' 'Other two' "? We won't be alone?" Grabbing the gym bag, Ne tried to make a brave face, "That's what he wants to believe. He doesn't want to be the only one fighting." Elle tilted her head, "Are you not fighting?" Ne shook her head, "No, I'm only the driver at this point." Elle shrugged, "Okay, as long as we are safe, I'll be good." Ne nodded, "Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for, too."

Elle grabbed Ne's hand and lead Ne down the stairs and out the front door. "What do you need medication for, Elle?" Elle let go of Ne's hand and turned to the house. "I have type one diabetes." Ne gaped at Elle. Diabetes? Her? "Mommy had it too, and daddy's daddy, my grampa." Ne unlocked the trunk, loading the gym bag into it. "Elle, why don't you get into the Hummer, okay?" Closing the trunk, Ne found that Elle wasn't there. Ne's heart clenched painfully, where did she go? She only had her eye off Elle for a second and she disappeared! "Elle, where are you!?" Very close by, Elle's voice responded, "By the door, like you told me to." Sighing in relief, Ne walked to the passenger door and opened it, helping Elle get in and buckled up in the passenger seat. "How much more medicine did your daddy squirrel away for you?" Elle shrugged tiredly, "I dunno... Lots?" Ne patted Elles' head, "Do you need to eat something?" Elle nodded. Ne re-opened the trunk, walked back and grabbed an already open chip bag from Elle's stash. Returning to Elle, Ne gave her the bag. Elle ate one. "Feel better now?" Elle nodded "Yup. Thank you." Ne smiled, "You're welcome, Elle." Closing the passenger door, Ne walked in front of the Hummer, checking for any dents or broken head lights. Seeing only dents, Ne walked to and opened the driver side door, sliding in and buckling up. Turning on the Hummer again, Ne glanced over to Elle and seen that she was looking back at the house. "I forgot my tester..." Ne stared at Elle. Tester? Elle looked back to Ne. "I use it to see what my sugars are. If they're too low, I could go to sleep and if they're too high, I could still go to sleep." Ne pat Elles' shoulder, "Do you want me to go get it?" Elle nodded, "Please." Ne turned off and exited the Hummer again, walked to the passenger side and opened the door. "Do you remember where you left it?" Elle looked at the roof, "On my night stand, beside a picture of me, mommy, daddy, big brother and my puppy." She looks back to Ne, "Can you get that for me too, please?" Before Ne could respond, Vergil's voice rang out "She will not. I can, on the other hand." Ne looked back to Vergil. His arms were loaded with a FRIDGE, mind you, it was a mini, but still, it was still a FREAKING FRIDGE.
Ne gaped at him "Go open the trunk, Ne." Elle opened the passenger door, eyes wide, smiling. "You got my other medicine! Thank you!" Vergil nodded to Elle and stared at Ne "Woman. Trunk." Ne roboticly turned to the trunk, opening it. Vergil passed by her, his blue coat ghosting against her leg. "Go get into the Hummer, I'll tell you when I'm secured on the roof." Ne grabbed Vergil's sleeve as he put the fridge down. "The roof? Why the roof? I could just let Elle sit on my lap while you drive!" Vergil pried Ne's fingers off, "With the extra weight of the fridge, we will be slowed down considerably, so I will be watching for any undead." Ne stood still, mouth hanging open. Turning back to the house Vergil barked out "In the Hummer." Nodding slowly, Ne walked to the driver side door, opened it and entered. "Miss, if my medicine is going to hurt us, we can leave it here. I don't mind." Ne shook her head, "No, you need it, so we'll keep it." Rolling down the window, Ne said loudly "We still need your tester and photo, right?" Elle nodded, looking to her old home, seeing Vergil stiffly walking inside. Elle looked to Ne, "The mister went to get it." Ne turned on the Hummer. "Alright, two minutes and we go, okay?" Elle nodded "Okay." she looked out the widow again, seeing Vergil putting away a katana, carrying a photo frame and a small device. "He's back." Ne revved the engine, "Good." Vergil opened the passenger door and passed Elle the items. Closing the door again, he jumped to the roof and tapped on the roof, signaling for Ne to start driving.

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Entering the house through the front door, Ne took a quick sweep of the mud room. Small, cramped, and in shambles. Bullet holes were all over the walls, like as if someone was trying to hit as many targets as possible. Blood was also present, but no where in as large of quantities as it had been in Ne's living room. The barking was still present, but slightly muffled. The man confidently walked into the living room, ignoring the flipped and bullet punctured furniture, passed a small kitchen and into a den. Ne quickly followed him, glancing into the kitchen. It was totaled; the fridge was knocked over, pots and pans on the floor, bloodied and dented, counters full of holes and empty cupboards, doors either hanging off their hinges or missing completely. "It seems we won't be finding any food here." whispered Ne, coming up behind the man. Looking up to him, it dawned on Ne: she should be asking this guys name. They would be likely living together, so they might as well know what to call the other. "Find anything considered edible?" lightly spoke the man, glancing down at Ne. Ne shook her head. He looked away from her and pointed to their right, where a set of spiraling stairs led up. "The dog is upstairs, along with possibly two children. I will go up first, then when I give you an okay, follow." Ne nodded. Hey, he was the one with the weapons and skill, so why not? Gingerly walking to the steps, Ne watched as the man noisily walked up them, causing the dog to bark madly and a child to cry. Ne heard the man calmly call out "I am not one of them, nor am I alone. A young woman is down stairs and is worried about you, so why don't you come out and let us know that you are at least not hurt." The dog still barked and the child still cried. In the same tone, the man continued. "We have food and a nice place for you to rest in." The crying stopped and Ne heard a door creek open, causing the dog to stop barking. "It's alright, you and your puppy will be okay. Can the woman downstairs come up?" The silence was long, longer than it should have been and Ne was about to back away when the man called her up. Ne walked up the stairs as nicely as she could, not wanting to startle the child or the dog.

When she reached the top, the shock of what she seen was more she could take and she fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face. At the end of the hall was two undead, chained to a large bloody bed. One looked to have been once a lovely blonde woman, and the other a brown haired man, both wearing now tattered formal wear. The door Ne had heard open was the closest to the stairs, a little blonde girl in a blue Lolita-styled dress standing in the frame. Her braided hair was a little messy and a spot of blood on one of the removable bows, but in all, she looked fine. "Mommy and daddy don't want me to talk to strangers, so go away." The dog turned to Ne and whimpered, some of it's fur falling out and a bad cut on it's hind leg. The man knelt to the girl's level, placing a hand on Ne's shoulder. "This is my friend..." Ne sadly smiled towards the girl "Ne, my name is Ne." The man nodded "Yes, and my name is Vergil. May you tell us yours?" The girl nodded, "My name is Elle Lutus." Elle looked at Ne, "Why are you crying? Mommy gets mad when she sees people cry." As if on cue, the female zombie did it's best at a roar. Vergil nodded "Elle, did you see what had changed your parents?" Elle nodded "It's changing my brother, too. And my puppy." Vergil glanced at Ne and back to Elle, "Elle, why don't you come with us? You will change too and hurt even more people if you stay here." Elle looked down "I'm waiting." Vergil tilted his head slightly "What are you waiting for?" Elle looked to the dog, "For big brother and my puppy to turn... I want to say good bye when they do." Ne wiped her eyes and placed her hands into her lap "I think, Elle, that your brother and your puppy know that, and that you love them." The dog looked up to Elle, it's beady little eyes unblinking. "See? Your puppy knows all to well. Does he come to lick you, have you pet him or let you cuddle him?" Elle shook her head. "He's doing that so you don't turn like him and your family." Elle stares at the dog, tears welling up in her eyes. "Okay... I'll go with you..." She looks to Ne and Vergil "Can I go get something?" Vergil nodded. "Take what you think you really need." Elle turns into her room, leaving the door wide open.

Ne's eyes followed Elle as she climbed onto her little pink bed, grabbing a Dora the Explorer back pack and a gym bag of food and water. Taking them to Ne and Vergil, Elle frowned, noticing that Vergil was glaring at her bag. "It has my medicine. Daddy told me to take it when I eat, once a day. He said that there was more in a safe downstairs." Vergil removed his hand from Ne's shoulder. "Do you know the code?" Elle shook her head. "Daddy use to have lots of money in it so I could go to yunie-vercity when I became a big girl, so he never told anyone." Vergil turned to the stairs, "Ne, take Elle and her things to the Hummer. If I'm not out in twenty minutes or if any of the undead come, go without me." Ne blanched. "Where should we go if we have to leave you?" Vergil started down the stairs, "Where I wished to try and meet up with the other two.' Ne slowly nodded. Elle looked from Ne to Vergil and back, puzzled. '' 'Other two' "? We won't be alone?" Grabbing the gym bag, Ne tried to make a brave face, "That's what he wants to believe. He doesn't want to be the only one fighting." Elle tilted her head, "Are you not fighting?" Ne shook her head, "No, I'm only the driver at this point." Elle shrugged, "Okay, as long as we are safe, I'll be good." Ne nodded, "Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for, too."

Elle grabbed Ne's hand and lead Ne down the stairs and out the front door. "What do you need medication for, Elle?" Elle let go of Ne's hand and turned to the house. "I have type one diabetes." Ne gaped at Elle. Diabetes? Her? "Mommy had it too, and daddy's daddy, my grampa." Ne unlocked the trunk, loading the gym bag into it. "Elle, why don't you get into the Hummer, okay?" Closing the trunk, Ne found that Elle wasn't there. Ne's heart clenched painfully, where did she go? She only had her eye off Elle for a second and she disappeared! "Elle, where are you!?" Very close by, Elle's voice responded, "By the door, like you told me to." Sighing in relief, Ne walked to the passenger door and opened it, helping Elle get in and buckled up in the passenger seat. "How much more medicine did your daddy squirrel away for you?" Elle shrugged tiredly, "I dunno... Lots?" Ne patted Elles' head, "Do you need to eat something?" Elle nodded. Ne re-opened the trunk, walked back and grabbed an already open chip bag from Elle's stash. Returning to Elle, Ne gave her the bag. Elle ate one. "Feel better now?" Elle nodded "Yup. Thank you." Ne smiled, "You're welcome, Elle." Closing the passenger door, Ne walked in front of the Hummer, checking for any dents or broken head lights. Seeing only dents, Ne walked to and opened the driver side door, sliding in and buckling up. Turning on the Hummer again, Ne glanced over to Elle and seen that she was looking back at the house. "I forgot my tester..." Ne stared at Elle. Tester? Elle looked back to Ne. "I use it to see what my sugars are. If they're too low, I could go to sleep and if they're too high, I could still go to sleep." Ne pat Elles' shoulder, "Do you want me to go get it?" Elle nodded, "Please." Ne turned off and exited the Hummer again, walked to the passenger side and opened the door. "Do you remember where you left it?" Elle looked at the roof, "On my night stand, beside a picture of me, mommy, daddy, big brother and my puppy." She looks back to Ne, "Can you get that for me too, please?" Before Ne could respond, Vergil's voice rang out "She will not. I can, on the other hand." Ne looked back to Vergil. His arms were loaded with a FRIDGE, mind you, it was a mini, but still, it was still a FREAKING FRIDGE.
Ne gaped at him "Go open the trunk, Ne." Elle opened the passenger door, eyes wide, smiling. "You got my other medicine! Thank you!" Vergil nodded to Elle and stared at Ne "Woman. Trunk." Ne roboticly turned to the trunk, opening it. Vergil passed by her, his blue coat ghosting against her leg. "Go get into the Hummer, I'll tell you when I'm secured on the roof." Ne grabbed Vergil's sleeve as he put the fridge down. "The roof? Why the roof? I could just let Elle sit on my lap while you drive!" Vergil pried Ne's fingers off, "With the extra weight of the fridge, we will be slowed down considerably, so I will be watching for any undead." Ne stood still, mouth hanging open. Turning back to the house Vergil barked out "In the Hummer." Nodding slowly, Ne walked to the driver side door, opened it and entered. "Miss, if my medicine is going to hurt us, we can leave it here. I don't mind." Ne shook her head, "No, you need it, so we'll keep it." Rolling down the window, Ne said loudly "We still need your tester and photo, right?" Elle nodded, looking to her old home, seeing Vergil stiffly walking inside. Elle looked to Ne, "The mister went to get it." Ne turned on the Hummer. "Alright, two minutes and we go, okay?" Elle nodded "Okay." she looked out the widow again, seeing Vergil putting away a katana, carrying a photo frame and a small device. "He's back." Ne revved the engine, "Good." Vergil opened the passenger door and passed Elle the items. Closing the door again, he jumped to the roof and tapped on the roof, signaling for Ne to start driving.