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Kay put her hand over Bubbles gun and lowered it. She held her head for a second. "There is a cure..." she clutched her head again. "Trust me." she said through teeth gritted against the pain. "But your going to have to trust me..." She looked to the girl, and held out her hand. "Why don't we go for a walk and let all these nice men go play with their guns?" she said to the girl, kneeling to be on eye level with her.

Kay sighed, knowing know that she had problem lost all trust she had possibly had. "Fine. But we have to hurry if we are going to be in time." she said still offering her hand to the girl.

Kimmi kept a watchful eye on the gunners still. She nodded when the child looked to her. The little girl slid her small hand into Kay's with a tentative smile. Her other hand clutched Kimmi, in this case her life really did depend on her. Kimmi nodded at Kay for her to go ahead and start walking, she followed awkwardly walking backwards. Once the were far enough away she tossed the gun at the small group, and turned so that she was walking with Kay, the child between them. "I trust you. I just know how this works, I know what happens if it doesn't cure her. I'm scared for her." She glanced at Kay. "What happened on the bus, you scared the hell out of me. I won't lie."

Kimmi nodded and her grip on the child tightened. "Gracie. Her name is Gracie, she usually doesn't talk. I found her trapped in a air vent somewhere around Seattle. She bit me when I tried to get her out, everyone flipped out. Thought I was going to turn, Fillup had to separate both of us for a couple days till everyone was satisfied neither of us was infected." She smiled down at the girl. "We got to be good friends and she learned how to play poker. A little too well if you ask me since she won all my skittles." The girl giggled.

"Thank you." She said to Kay softly as they continued on. "I can't handle loosing another one of the children. Two was enough. If it makes you feel better I more lost it over loosing them than what you did." She offered Kay a smile.

"What about us Kay? Wouldn't it bother you to loose us." She sat down and Gracie sat in her lap clutching her teddy bear. Kimmi unconsciously ran her hands over the girls back and hair to calm her. The bit mark on her arm could be seen. "It's ok. Kay is just going to help you." She said to the child. "Do you need help?" She asked Kay.

Kimmi had covered Gracie's eyes as soon as Kay had pulled the knife out of the fire. Kimmi nudged the girl when she hessitated. "Kay she's only 4. She doesn't remember doctor's. She was 2 when this all started." She whispered. "It's ok Gracie, I'm right here. It's just a little p***k and then it's all over. Promise it won't hurt as much as being bitten did." She teased the girl. The girl gave Kay her hand and clung to Kimmi. "It'll be ok. You'll see." Kimmi assured her.

((Like the ending? [don't say it mrgreen ] I know I did))

Fillup sat in his truck, the rest of the survivors on his mind What if it doesn't work? he thought, popping his gum We'll have head out when they get back, with the girl or not he shighed resignatedly and tapped the steering wheel with a finger. He'd never heard of a cure for the diease, not even the old movie, even thought meant to entertain, had never had a cure in them.
"Forget it, just let things happen for the moment..." he growled at himself. He rifled through his CDs, picking out another old one, but much younger than Beethoven "The Eagles were always a good oldies group.." he said absently, putting it in and turning up the volume.

Fillup snorted and glanced at Satori "Well Hero, Beethoven is for the road, the Eagles are form my nerves..." he smiled at Satori, popping his gum once "So, haven't heard much about you Hero, the only thing I know about you is you're reckless and have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to the dead-heads..." Fillup leaned his head back and waited for the recruit to answer.