(ACE) The RELIC Team

Sunshine noticed the way Shift back away from her after her words which caused the Espeon to be a little hurt but she didn't let it show and said, "I'm sorry that I read your Memories Shift but you were broadcasting them while I had my Psychic powers working on over time to check on things." She didn't want to say that she used them because Carrie had asked her to read her memories. Shift's just came to her un-expectantly. Her ears then twitch when she heard Carrie saying, "Now, um... What's the plan as far as shelter for the night?" Sunshine glance away from Shift, hoping that he will understand her words, and looked around at where they were at now, "Well we need to find a house that can provide us shelter since its night out. The infected and undead will be wondering around now searching for prey so we need to find a place where we can be safe for the night but also be sure to find some food for us all to eat. I hope Glinyua will hurry and catch up too us it's dangerous out there right now."

(That's fine Lute have fun catching up lol)

Shift backed up from Sunshine, who saw the Zorua's memories after she read Carrie's. "I'm sorry that I read your Memories Shift but you were broadcasting them while I had my Psychic powers working on over time to check on things." Carrie nodded, knowing that it wasn't the true reason the Espeon had her psychic powers on. Carrie didn't want the Zorua knowing that she killed a room full of people.

Her question about shelter was answered by Sunshine. "Well we need to find a house that can provide us shelter since its night out. The infected and undead will be wondering around now searching for prey so we need to find a place where we can be safe for the night but also be sure to find some food for us all to eat. I hope Glinyua will hurry and catch up too us it's dangerous out there right now." Carrie nodded once again. "Well, that shouldn't be too hard, right?" She looked back to see if Glinyua was behind them. She didn't want to lose another survivor.

His ears held they're place against his skull as his tail lowered. Shift's head still hurt like crazy, but he forced himself to listen to the Espeon, his eyes watering from the sheer pain in his head. "I'm sorry that I read your Memories Shift but you were broadcasting them while I had my Psychic powers working on over time to check on things."

The Zorua still felt little mad that she looked into his past but he sighed and looked at Sunshine, It-it's alright. J-just please, don't do that again. Alright? The Zorua took his paw and rubbed his temple as he tried to get rid of his migraine. He missed the conversation between Sunshine and Carrie, but he heard something about finding shelter, he looked up, one of his eyes closed from the pain.

Um, there's this house not far from here that I stayed in a couple of days ago. Not many undead in the area and the house is sturdy. Shift's voice was filled with pain as his migraine only got worse.


The breeze that swept through the village rustled the leaves on the Sawsbuck's antlers. A single golden brown leave fell from the antlers of the Sawsbuck as he gingerly took the fragile leave in his mouth and a soft, calming tune rang through the village. The Sawsbuck had found shelter on a two story building that the undead couldn't get too because the way the house was built.

The gems on the collar around the bucks neck gleamed in the evening light. A small multicolored rainbow came from the collar. The buck had heard voices through out the past few days, but he found no reason to reveal himself, though some of the females were kinda cute. The song stop for a moment as the buck listened to the breeze as it blew through his antlers, the leaves rustling. Autumn is a time for ends and beginnings. Isn't that right my little flowers?

(And enter Reagan. And he's staying in the house that Shift mentioned, but he didn't know that the buck was there.)

No. Fuck no. Just fucking NO.

A arceusdamned Beedrill just flew in, killed the Houndoom, and flew off. But that wasn't what had irked her the most, no, Glinyua vividly remembered the words the insect had spat at them, and the Ariados curled up against the wall in terror and she clutched her face. "I-it warned us..." she sobbed. "We can't be happy.... Not ever..." her body heaved as she wailed, slamming a curled fist onto the now-bloody ground.

"This isn't fair... I'm doing all I can to keep everyone alive. I fucking MURDERED someone just so we can be safe but..." she snarled. "BUT LOOK AT THIS!" Glinyua pointed at the blood, the small pieces of organs sticking to the ground. "LOOK! HE'S DEAD, AFTER ALL THE WORK I'VE DONE! TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE! THIS ISN'T FAIR!" she screeched, before falling to the ground in a fit of tears.

"Well, that shouldn't be too hard, right?" Sunshine heard Carrie say."I hope not Carrie we could all use the rest," she answered until she looked back at the Zorua and heard him saying, It-it's alright. J-just please, don't do that again. Alright? Um, there's this house not far from here that I stayed in a couple of days ago. Not many undead in the area and the house is sturdy. "That sounds good Shift and I promise not to do so again. Shift are you alright you keep rubbing your head," the Espeon asked as she moved to gently rub the Zorua's head and hoping that some of her psychic powers can work on him just enough to ease any pain he may be feeling in his head. Her ears twitch and she quickly turned her head, while still gently rubbing Shift's head with her paw, when she heard a male voice saying, Autumn is a time for ends and beginnings. Isn't that right my little flowers? She then saw the owner of the voice being a deer she hasn't ever seen before though she though she had seen pictures of deer like him. She had to think a bit until another memory of Panthera telling her about a deer that change with the season in her region. After a few more thoughts the name of the species came to her, Sawsbuck. She looked at the deer and thought he did look kinda handsome but she wasn't sure how to react and before she could hear anything she heard Glinyua's voice yelling outside, "LOOK! HE'S DEAD, AFTER ALL THE WORK I'VE DONE! TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE! THIS ISN'T FAIR!" Which caused the Espeon's ears to pin back on the back of her head as she said softly, "I guess so sir and it seems Glinyua noticed Jared's death now." As she said this tears form in her eyes of the death of the kind Houndoom before she bowed her head for moment. She hated losing a friend no matter how short she has known them. She looked up at the Sawsbuck, after she gave a final gentle rub on Shift's head hoping it help him a bit and said, "My name is Sunshine sir and your welcome to join us if you like." She then looked at Shift and ask him with concern, "Did I help some for your head Shift."

Carrie couldn't help but notice that Shift seemed to be suffering from a headache. She tried to think of something to help the Zorua. She looked around the village and found an Oran Berry. She handed the Zorua the berry and said, "Here, eat it. You'll feel better." The Froslass then heard another voice. "Autumn is a time for ends and beginnings. Isn't that right my little flowers?"

Carrie found the source of the voice; a Sawsbuck. Carrie floated towards him. "Yes, it is..." The Froslass has never heard truer words ever spoken before. However, another voice rang out through the village. Glinyua's, and she wasn't happy. "LOOK! HE'S DEAD, AFTER ALL THE WORK I'VE DONE! TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE! THIS ISN'T FAIR!" She could heard the Ariados sobbing over Jared's death. Sunshine introduced herself to the Sawsbuck, so it was only fair that Carrie did the same. "My name is Carrie. It's nice to meet-" Her introduction was cut short by a crash of thunder. She could see dark clouds coming in and she knew that they needed shelter and fast before rain came down. Seeing that the Sawsbuck was taking shelter inside a house, she asked him, "You wouldn't mind us taking shelter in here for the night, would you?" Without seeing if he responded, the Froslass called out "Glinyua! Sunshine! Shift! Let's take shelter before the storm hits us!"

(OoC: Lol, wasn't sure what the weather was, so I decided to bring in a thunderstorm.)

As the Zorua rubbed his temples he heard Sunshine, "That sounds good Shift and I promise not to do so again. Shift are you alright, you keep rubbing your head?" Then he felt a pair of paws rub his head and suddenly the pain lighten up a bit. He let out a slight sigh. "Here, eat it. You'll feel better." He looked up at Carrie and smiled as he nibbled on the berry. He could feel his migraine slowly getting better, but it still hurt him.

The Sawsbuck smiled as the Espeon and Froslass introduced themselves as Sunshine and Carrie. Such lovely names my little... He paused for a moment as he eyed the Espeon and Froslass. Then he continued, My little Cherry Blossom and Daisy. He smiled sweetly as he jumped down from the rooftop and landed with a thud. When he landed he saw a Zorua who was obviously male, but from the looks of it he was still young. So the buck didn't have to worry about him.

Shift eyed the Sawsbuck. He hadn't seen a pokemon from his region for a while but the way he called Sunshine and Carrie, "His little Cherry Blossom and Daisy" made him uneasy. He stepped forward in front of the two older pokemon as his pelt spiked, Who are you and what do you want? Though the Sawsbuck was larger then him, Shift didn't back down.

The Sawsbuck laughed at the Zorua. Ahahah! Feisty little one aren't you? Anyway, my name is Reagan. His gem encrusted collar gleamed in the dimming light as the thunder crashed and Carrie asked him something, "You wouldn't mind us taking shelter in here for the night, would you?" Reagan smiled and stepped out of the way of the door, Yes, come in my little flowers.

Shift continued to eye the Sawsbuck as he followed everyone inside. He really didn't like this guy.

Curled up next to the rock wall, she continued crying. Glinyua couldn't stop, she just couldn't. The tears leaped from her eyes and slid down her cheeks in waterfalls, neverending. Ignoring the Frosslass's suggestion, the Ariados stayed where she was as the rain slowly began to drip down from the clouds. "Never... Happy..." she whimpers, hands slithering across her body and around her. Hugging herself tight, the spider looked skyward at the growing darkness...

The clouds loomed down on her, blocking the sun as they too, sobbed from their place in the sky. Darker by the minute, Glinyua shakily stood from where she had sat and quietly stalked to the waters of Agate Village, peering down into the depths. All she could see was her broken reflection, rain now pouring upon the land. "...I'm a failure."

Sunshine smiled softly when she saw that some of the pain seem to ease from Shift's head. She then heard the Sawsbuck saying, Such lovely names my little... My little Cherry Blossom and Daisy. She look at the Sawsbuck as he said that while her ears twitch as she watch when Shift suddenly moved in front of her and Carrie while his fur spike up and he said, Who are you and what do you want? Ahahah! Feisty little one aren't you? Anyway, my name is Reagan. She looked at the Sawsbuck she now knew as Reagan while he answered Carrie about it being alright for them to take shelter before she went inside. She noticed that Shift continued to watch Reagan and she wasn't sure why though she was curious about why the Sawsbuck called her and Carrie by things she recognized as flowers."Thank you Reagan. We got someone else with us but I'm not sure when she will join us since she seems to be really upset right now. I really hope she is alright and that she doesn't do anything crazy," the Espeon said softly as she look at the Froslass with concern for the Ariados.

"Such lovely names my little... My little Cherry Blossom and Daisy." The Sawsbuck said. The compliment made Carrie blush a little. In her whole life, she was never compared to a flower like a daisy. Even if she did, it would be a dead flower. She didn't get why Shift stood in front of both her and Sunshine with his fur spiked up. "Who are you and what do you want?"

"Ahahah! Feisty little one aren't you?" The Sawbuck responded "Anyway, my name is Reagan." Carrie nodded at learning his name. Reagan was also fine with everyone staying inside for the night. "Thank you Reagan. We got someone else with us but I'm not sure when she will join us since she seems to be really upset right now. I really hope she is alright and that she doesn't do anything crazy," Carrie could feel the rain pouring now as the Espeon looked at her with concern for the Ariados. The Froslass looked down the street from where she came from and saw no sign of Glinyua anywhere. "She's not coming, Sunshine. She would have been here by now."

Carrie floated inside the house and looked back at the others. "She'll come on her own, don't worry."

Shift was soaked to the bone, because of the rain. It felt like he had gain a couple of pounds. He groaned as he shook his fur. "She's not coming, Sunshine. She would have been here by now. She'll come on her own, don't worry." The Zorua looked at Carrie with concern. He sat next to her and smiled at the Froslass.

The Sawsbuck looked outside in the rain as thunder crashed. The light lit up the room for only a moment, but even with the small light everyone could tell that the room was clean. The buck was a hard worker when he wanted to be. He clicked his hooves on the floor as he counted the thunder strikes. Hmm, interesting. Seems the thunder strikes four to five times in one minute. This is going to be a bad storm. Steam blew from Reagan's nose as he continued to click his hoove on the ground.

Shift looked at the Sawsbuck, then to Sunshine and Carrie. He looked to the rain with a disgusted look. Shift didn't like to get wet, but he limped forward and ran into the rain, I'll fine this Glinyua and return with her. I'll even wait out the rain if I have too. The Zorua vanished into the rain as he searched for Glinyua.

Reagan stumbled as the Zorua ran into the rain and soon vanished. He narrowed his eyes and sighed. The buck turned to the Espeon and Froslass, Let him go my flowers. He wants to prove himself, so let's let him be. He smiled sweetly to the two females in front of him. In his heart he wasn't sure if letting the Zorua go out in the storm was a good idea, but every child needs to grow up. He turned his head and looked out into the storm as he waited for the Zorua to return.

The fox limped through the heavy rainfall. He stopped every now and then, his breath visible as he huffed and tried to find the scent of this Glinyua. He looked around frantically, but had yet to find anything. That was until he caught the scent of some sort of bug. He followed the scent until he saw some sort of bug looking into the water. He limped toward the bug, Hey! Hey miss! Are you Glinyua?! As he got closer, his back leg slipped and he slid across the muddy floor and into the deep water. His eyes widen and he screamed for help once his head broke the surface. HELP! PLEASE SOMEONE! HELP ME! He fought against the current the best he could, but his back leg was hurting him to bad and his head erupted into a ball of pain as his head clonked against a rock and he passed out from the impacted.

(Well, Shift's not passed out in the raging water. Silve and Radio, you guys can have one of your characters (or both) here Shift's shouts for help. Up to you guys.)

"Hey! Hey miss! Are you Glinyua?" The Ariados blinked, looking up to find a Zorua talking to her. When did he get here? Hesitating for a moment before speaking, she figured either Sunshine or Carrie had sent him to fetch her from the brewing storm. "Yes... Yes I am Glinyua." she mumbled, but suddenly he slipped, and fell into the water.

"HELP! PLEASE SOMEONE! HELP ME!" Immediately she jolted up, racing to where the Zorua had fallen in and extended a hand. "Quick! Grab my hand! Please!" But only moments after Shift had fallen into unconsciousness. Fear crept up Glinyua's body as she froze in horror, but soon napped out of it. No! I won't let somone die again!

She dived into the water, he thin, long legs churning the waves as she tried to get closer to the dark fox. Gasping and choking for air, Glinyua reached out to grab the fox. "Please, please! Wake up! You have to, or else you'll die!" the water was determined, dragging her under but she refused to be defeated.

Hmm, interesting. Seems the thunder strikes four to five times in one minute. This is going to be a bad storm. Sunshine heard Reagan saying which caused her to look outside to see the lightning and she silently agreed with him but she snap out of watching the lightning when she noticed that Shift was heading out to the storm for some reason so the Espeon got ready to followed him when she heard Reagan said, Let him go my flowers. He wants to prove himself, so let's let him be. She looked at the Sawsbuck before looking back out. She figured she will let the Zorua prove himself like he seems to want to but then he heard his cry, HELP! PLEASE SOMEONE! HELP ME! Sunshine jumped up on her paws and began running out into the storm towards where she heard the cry. She arrive there just in time to see that Glinyua was also in the water trying to save Shift. But she realized that with her doing so she was also putting them both in danger. The Espeon got ready to dive in after them but stopped herself when she realize that she will just add more of them in danger. "Glinyua, Shift," she called out with concern as she moved closer to the river and stretch out her tail hoping that Glinyua heard her and hoping that once the Ariados grabs her tail that she will have Shift and that Sunshine will be able to pull them out of the river.

Carrie watched as Shift ran out into the storm. As she moved to the exit to get him, Reagan stopped her and Sunshine as well. "Let him go my flowers. He wants to prove himself, so let's let him be." Carrie frowne at him. "He's going to die out there by himself, Reagan. Do you want a death haunting you? I don't want it haunting me again." In a huff, she left the Pokemon Center.

Silently, she followed Shift in the rain. He went to Glinyua to comfort her. Suddenly, Shift slipped and fell into the water. The Froslass gasped as the young Zorua was knocked unconscious after hitting his head on a rock. Glinyua dived in to rescue him, but it seemed like she was in need of rescue. Carrie rushed over to the water and was ready to jump in when Sunshine appeared as well. 'Figures that Reagan didn't show up.' She thought to herself. She got an idea from out of nowhere. "Sunshine, focus on getting Glinyua. I'll get Shift."

She went into the water and grabbed the unconscious Zorua. She tried to fight the current, but it was proving to be a challenge for the Froslass. She kept fighting it, but she was moving very slow. She needed to dig deep to find inner strength with Shift's life on the line. A wire in her brain sparked and her inner strength finally came out.

Using her psychic powers, Carrie propelled herself back to land. As soon as she hit land, her inner strength was gone. The Froslass fell the ground, still holding Shift. She was out of breath and she felt cold, even for an ice type like herself. She set Shift down on the ground. She shook the Zorua, trying to wake him up. "Shift... please wake up..." She said.

(Permission from Eve to grab Shift)

When Reagan heard the yell for help he rushed forward. The rain belted the Sawsbuck as he ran toward the river. Tch! What did that kid do?! The buck galloped into the storm as he tried to make his way toward the river.

The fox could hear all kinds of things, but his head was hurting to much for him to be able to make out what they were saying. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he could feel his body being pulled, hugged, shook. He heard voices telling him something, but yet again, he couldn't make them out. He just slowly slipped into the realm of dreams as the pain enveloped his whole body.

(Crappy post is crappy and Reagan's lost in the storm, LOL)

In the storms rushing around the village of Agate concealed the deadly force within it's shadows well, just a pair of shining eyes through the dark. The Bisharp moved with a sloppy limp, one of his legs dragging loudly against the ground, sparks being thrown up into the air from the metal's contact, only to be exstinguihed by the rain pelting the ground around him. The rust licking at the many edges of his armor only intensified the illusion, making him seem like wary traveler of Orre. Trying to survive just like anyone else.

The loud clomping of equine foot steps brought him to attention. The Bisharp haulted in his gait, only allowing his eyes to flicker in the direction of the sounds. The storm thundered on above him, but the Harbinger was as silent and still like he were Death himself. Then the offender came into veiw, a very proper looking Sawsbuck. The deer's eyes widened as it laied eyes upon the duel type. "You there! Need help?" he called out. Still, the steel man did not reply, only moving his head ever so slightly to meet the buck's eyes. The former's brown gaze lit up then, taking in the Bisharp with new eyes. "Y... you're not okay, are you?" He trotted forward boldly, haulting a few feet from the Bisharp. "You can come with me- my friends are down by the river. We can help you."

The infected humanoid turned again, his body still but his head now completely facing the buck. His crimson eyes flashed, an unnatural light lighting up the area for only a heart beat brighter than the lightning overhead. The idiotic equine seemed to finally realize his mistake, his face dawning with horror, but the Bisharp was moving before he even had the chance to blink. With a single lunge forward, the Harbinger slashed out with one arm, the head of the Sawsbuck falling to the ground with a wet plop. Bisharp did not move for several seconds, not even bothering to watch as the decapitated body fell to the ground in the opposite way of the head.

For the first time, emotion pulled at the expression of the Harbinger as a sick grin flashed across his face.

Then he stood up to his full six feet, no longer faking the limp as he walked with grace in the direction the buck had indicated earlier. "Let us see if your friends are worthy of being saved as well ...or if they are not."

It was easy enough to find the group, cradled around the river that ran so swiftly in the storm. His face hardened once more, Bisharp took in how they all were so pitifully oblivious. Not even awear of the death of their so-called friend nor of the danger that snuck just along their midst. His eyes dimmed slightly, leaving him well hidden with the dark of the midnight shadows as well as the storm. But even then he knew his prize. A child, nestled in the grip of the Froslass. The Zorua whom was slipping in and out of the waking world.

He would be dead soon anyway, so why not just take him now?

With the sadistic thought, the Harbinder took a step, purposely dragging one leg along the ground as he had earlier, making sparks fly up into the air only to be smothered by the rain. But the effect was done. The group of living noticed, suddenly on alert as he approached from several meters away. A few more feet, few more seconds ...and he did it again, tossing embers into the air only to die out from the water. He did it exactly three more times, the last two meters from the group. Then he vanished into the dark. While the fools scrambled to find out who and what he was, Bisharp moved in the cloak of night.

Footsteps careful and precise, the Harbinger approached the Froslass and his prize without even having to worry about being spotted. However, then he was right in the middle of their group, having moved too fast for their eyes to follow. Staring down at all of the idiots with his hardened gaze, he stopped at the duel type and the baby fox. His face flashed a siich grin when he reached down and snatched up the mutt by the fur on his head, so fast he was unable to bee seen until he straightened back up with the Zorua in hand. The child was awake then, suddenly crying out in pain and screaming in horror. "Help me! Ahhhh! Don't let him take me!"

Bisharp easily dodged the futile attacks of the others in the group, appearing to do so at almost a leisurely manner. The harbinger reached up with his other hand, gripping the fox's tail. With a savage rip, he tore the fluffly limb right off, tossing the tail off to the side at one of the 'survivors'. Still the group tried to fight back, but he was no match for them. Holding the screaming child, his eyes flashed down at the others. "The child is mine ...as was that dumb buck. Good luck finding his ...head." Allowing another grin to slice across his face, the Bisharp then made his leave.

Jumping right into the air, he landed several feet away from the group, taking the chance to finish off the Zorua. Right in the full veiw of the group, he sliced upwards with his other arm, digging his natural blade right into the child's heart. The cries of help and pity gave way to garrggled flails as he died within seconds, the light leaving his eyes as he lost the fight. Bisharp walked away slowly from the others, holding the bleeding, tailless Zorua for his meal as lightning illuminated the village around him.

Everything happened so quickly that Sunshine didn't have much time to react as the Bisharp grabbed Shift and ripped his tail off causing the young fox to cry out in pain. The Espeon got ready to use a Psybeam on the Bisharp, even though she knew it wouldn't do any good to the dual type Pokemon, but she could do nothing because it took off as soon as it killed the little fox. She looked at the tail at her paws that the Bisharp flung at her. Tears began to form in her eyes as she felt more grief consume her just as it did when Jared was killed not too long ago. She couldn't say anything as she grieved for the lost of the little fox she had grown to care about as her own. Her ears twitch when she heard the Bisharp say something about the buck and wishing them luck at finding his head. "No, Reagan was killed too," she said with grief filled voice.

Carrie saw everything. She saw a terrible looking Bisharp coming towards them. He simply plucked Shift out of her grip and ripped his tail off. The tail was tossed casually and landed in front of Sunshine. He then dug a blade into the child's heart. Carrie was frozen with fear as she watched the helpless Zorua die right in front of her eyes. She froze even more when the Bisharp mentioned something about a buck's head. "Reagan..." The undead left with Shift's body.

For a moment, it seemed like everything was going wrong for the Froslass. She wished that nothing had ever happened. For Margaret not to abuse her. For not killing a room of people. For not being able to save anyone she watched get killed. All of the thoughts brought tears to her eyes. The only thing she was thankful for was that the Bisharp took Shift's body. Carrie would have lost it if the body was still there.

As she stared into the distance where the Bisharp left, she slowly turned back to Sunshine and asked, "Now what do we do?"

Sunshine continued to cry. The one thing she was grateful for is that the Bisharp took Shift's body with it so they weren't force to look at it. "Now what do we do?" Sunshine looked at Froslass and then at Glinyua, who she had to pull out of the water since she seemed to have gone still, before she said, "I don't know but we've seen enough death. Lets rest and then find a way out of this place and away from all the death we've seen here lately."

"I don't know but we've seen enough death. Lets rest and then find a way out of this place and away from all the death we've seen here lately." Carrie nodded. Since her arrival, three deaths had happened. Two of which she was a witness to. Thankfully, she caused none of them. "Should we head back to where Reagan was staying? Or should we find another place?" She asked Sunshine. "And yes, I want to get out of this place as soon as I can..."

"Should we head back to where Reagan was staying? Or should we find another place? And yes, I want to get out of this place as soon as I can..." "We'll go rest at the place where Reagan was staying. I just hope we don't find his headless body as we head over there if what the Bisharp said is true," Sunshine said softly as her ears lowered a bit. She wasn't able to stop any of the deaths that happened in front of her.

"We'll go rest at the place where Reagan was staying. I just hope we don't find his headless body as we head over there if what the Bisharp said is true," Carrie's eyes lowered to the ground, mourning the loss of the Sawsbuck. Slowly, she turned around and began to move forward. "Let's go..." she said.

((Skip me, oh, by the way, I'm back...with nothing to say.))

Sunshine sighed sadly as she thought of Reagan. She hadn't got to know him too well but she figured that had he survive he would have been a good friend to have around. Her ears drooped as she moved to put the quiet Glinyua on her back, as best as she could like before, and followed Carrie back to the building where the Sawsbuck had been staying. She will be glad to get out of this awful place and away from all the death that has happened recently in this area. After a while she saw the building coming into their sight which the Espeon was glad to see. At least they will have shelter from any other undead. At least she hope they will be safe for the rest of the night.

Carrie and Sunshine reached the building where Reagan had stayed. So much shit happened in one night that it made Carrie go silent. She leaned against a wall and thought of everything that had happened to her ever since the epidemic began. She realized that it was just like her life; a lot of misery with a little bit of happiness shining through the cracks. Clusterfuck seemed like the best word to describe it. She let out a sigh as she looked down at the ground.