Zane did not know it, but after taking care of the marauders and looting their gear, Ryan had dispatched another party out into the city in search of some desperately needed supplies. And while Zane was on his way back from the shopping center, which was now completely overrun with an undead horde of unimaginable magnitude, he came across one of these search parties.
In all honesty, Zane did not know that Ryan and his group were holed up in the gymnasium of the high school campus. Though he had seen Ryan chased by the abomination in what seemed like a lifetime ago. Zane had paid the boy no thoughts. After all, he assumed the abomination had killed the man.
But when Zane flashed his light on the survivors of Ryan's party, who were making their way back to the school campus, after filling several backpacks's worth of looted supplies, which they acquired from God knows where. He was indeed surprised to see some familiar faces.