Strive - Chapter 6

    Catherine collapsed into her sleeping bag in her tent and curled up with a small pink pillow. She was so tired, yet it was only about two o'clock. She sighed and crawled back out of her tent "I might as well hang out with K while I can." She mumbled to herself. He was sitting with T around the unlit fire pit again. Catherine plopped down next to him, shoulder to shoulder and blushing lightly. It was silent besides the chirping of birds and occasional rustle of a squirrel in the leaves. "Hey, Catherine?" Catherine looked up at T "yeah?".
    "What did you two find at the town? Anything helpful?" Catherine nodded "we're heading back later tonight to get some canned food that I saw in the back of one of the shops." She looked to her watch "let's head out at around nine," K agreed. After a few minutes, Catherine had found K to be very comfortable and drifted off to sleep.
    The hours passed quickly and when Catherine finally slowly woke up, she found herself back in her tent. She saw her watch read eight forty five. She figured it would be plenty of time to wake up. Lazily she got up and tripped over herself and stumbled as she emerged from her tent. "Good evening, sleepyhead!" Catherine blinked. "Oh... hey Mary." she sent a quick glare to the rosary the mother wore twenty-four/seven. Luckily, Mary didn't see it. K had a not taped to his tent which read 'I'm scouting out the surrounding area, it was my turn tonight. Be back by nine at the latest' Catherine sighed, she had hoped to leave earlier. She had a plan.
    Catherine scanned the perimeter of the camp and towards the back she saw K push away a shrub and enter, he was carrying his machete and had a bit of blood splattered on his jeans. His expression though, was far off from neutral. He looked a bit concerned mixed with sadness. Catherine raised a brow and went to see what had happened "H-hey, you feelin' okay?" She looked him up and down for bites or scratches, but luckily there was nothing. "I was... just thinking." Catherine sighed and went to go speak to John, maybe he could teach her some things about fishing.
    K looked to his machete, they weren't people anymore but it still got to him sometimes. He wished he could be like Catherine sometimes, understanding that they weren't people anymore. Just zombies, walking without a soul or thought. He had just killed one with a baby bump. What kind of feeling must that be? Being bitten and knowing that your unborn child will die with you and you can't do anything about it? He tried to shake the thought, but it hung around for a while. He searched the camp for Catherine, he found her sitting with John. He was probably teaching her about fishing.
    K didn't leave his spot though, he leaned against a tree until Catherine approached him and said that it was time to scavenge the town again. He smiled and followed her again through the deep dark forest. This time they were equipped with flashlights. Catherine smirked and slowly curved their route without K realizing. They broke from the trees in front of a huge prison "He-hey." K whispered "where are we exactly?" Catherine smiled "where our food supply will come from..." she stared up at the crumbled brick that crashed over the fence and formed a travel safe path.
    She started climbing over it and K followed nervously.