Kapitel 41: Next Step

In a small field, surrounded by trees from all sides, there was a grave with white flowers on it. Damian and Kayla stood in the sides with complete silence for a while.

"We should not delay anymore. They might leave", Kayla said as she looked at Damian.

Damian nodded and took a last look at Amy's grave before walking back to the road. He then drove the RV towards the highway, the highway they used when they came from Atlanta. They soon reached the place where they had stopped earlier, but there was no one there. It was abandoned. Both Kayla and Damian walked out of the RV and looked around.

"They really left us", Kayla said.

"Not their fault. They had no idea we would have survived", Damian said.

"Still... I thought Shawn wouldn't leave me behind like that", Kayla said in a tone that she got betrayed.

"He had his family in front of his eyes. Don't blame him", Damian asked. Kayla didn't say anything.

Damian looked at the car where they had earlier left supplies for Sophia in case she came back there. The words written on the dusty glass were also removed. "They took the supplies from here", Damian said.

"What do we do now? Do you know where they would have gone?", Kayla asked.

"I don't know. They must have moved towards south in my opinion", Damian said. "But since the walker horde came from north, the walkers migrated from the city".

"So?", Kayla asked confused.

"We don't have much fuel either. I think we should go back to town and gather supplies before deciding if we leave or not", Damian asked.

"I trust you. Whatever you decide", Kayla said.

"Alright then. We go back", Damian said. They both started walking back but Damian stopped suddenly and looked back. He ran towards a fallen truck. Suddenly, his face eased a bit as he gestured Kayla to take a look. Water in jars. Some of them had been taken.

'Must have been them', Damian thought.

"You want to clean up?", Kayla asked as she noticed Damian's body.

Damian nodded and pulled out a jar and poured it over himself as Kayla looked at him.

"Let's pour some on the RV". Damian said as he pulled out a jar and took it inside the RV. Damian quickly cleared out the blood and flesh from the RV although it wasn't clean.

They sat back and turned around the RV and drove back to the town. They found a car wash in the town and used it to completely clean the RV. Damian then found out a place they could stay at night and parked the RV there. He took Kayla to the room and asked her to lock the door and don't open it until it's him.

Walking on the street, he entered a store and closed the gate. He looked around and found a rod there. He picked it up and observed it for a moment before his expression suddenly changed and he screamed as loud as he could while breaking things in that store. He broke the counter and hit the stocks with everything he had. He released all his frustrations into those poor things. A while later, he sat down on the ground like a broken machine and looked at all the things he had destroyed. He laid down on the floor and watched the ceiling while spreading his arms wide. He then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

It was dark outside when he woke up. He quickly grabbed some noodles from the internal stock of the store and ran back to where he had left Kayla. He arrived outside and knocked at the gate. When she didn't open it, Damian got worried thinking something happened to her. He started beating the door desperately, calling her name. Suddenly the door opened, and Kayla looked at him in a robe. Damian calmed down a bit after seeing that she was only taking a bath.

"I am sorry. I got worried", Damian apologized.

"I got scared for a bit there", Kayla said before completely opening the door for Damian. "You found something to eat?", she said as she saw a bag in Damian's hand.

"Yeah", he said.

"Go, wash up. I'll prepare the dinner", she said as she took the bag. Damian realized that he still hadn't cleaned up and quickly paced to the bathroom. Inside, he removed his clothes to put it in the machine for wash and turned on the shower. He stayed there for a while and when he came out, Kayla had already prepared noodles on the table. She walked towards him with some clothes and passed it to him.

"I found it inside. Must have been owner's", she said.

Damian saw that Kayla was only wearing the white shirt and nothing else, and asked, "You didn't find any your size for yourself?".

"Seems like only one person lived here", She said as she pointed at the wall where a picture was hanging that had an old man.

"Um... okay. I'll find you some clothes tomorrow", Damian said as he looked away as the shirt was a bit wet and he could almost see through it.

"Change your clothes quickly. Noodles will turn cold", Kayla said as she walked back.

"Yeah. Okay", Damian said and moved to the next room.

After a while, the two were eating noodles quietly before Kayla asked, "Have you decided where we're going yet?".

"I still haven't. I think we should stay here for a while", Damian said.

"This place seems alright", Kayla said.

Damian looked at her. "You said you were scared when you saw walkers in the RV. You haven't killed any yet, have you?", he asked.

Kayla paused for a bit before shaking her head.

"You need to know how to protect yourself. We are not in a group anymore. I can protect myself and you when you are with me most of the time but not always. There will be times when I might also be overwhelmed by walkers. You need to atleast know how to protect yourself. Tomorrow, you'll come with me and learn how to kill", Damian declared.

"It's not my USP", Kayla resisted.

"It doesn't matter. You have to learn. I have to know that you can protect yourself when I'm not there with you", Damian said.

Suddenly she stopped and dropped the fork in the cup. "What do you mean? You are leaving me?", she asked with desperate voice.

"No. Not like that. I meant when I am out and you are here, if, by chance, any walker passed you by, I need to know that you can handle it", Damian clarified.

"Oh. I get it", Kayla hummed before picking up her fork once more.

After they finished the dinner, Damian told Kayla that she can sleep in the bedroom, and he'll take the couch in the living room. Kayla didn't say anything and went inside. Soon, he laid down on the couch but couldn't sleep for some reason. He kept changing sides every five to ten minutes at the end, he couldn't sleep and just sat back up. And he saw someone looking at him.

"You couldn't sleep as well?", Damian asked but Kayla didn't reply and just stepped towards him. As she reached him, she cupped his face and kissed him. Damian was surprised for a moment but watching Kayla pushing him, he grabbed her from her waist and laid her on the couch. They looked at each other's eyes and started kissing once more. Damian's hand gently skimmed from Kayla's face to her neck and further down. As Damian unbuttoned her shirt, she also helped him remove his clothes. Both soon became naked but kept looking at each other. Damian picked her up in his lap and started walking towards the bedroom. As he entered the room, he pushed the door using his leg.