Sam shakes her head slightly, getting impatient but to everyone's surprise she kneels by Hayley and holds both her hands "you don't have to answer..all you need to do is shake your head yes or no..." Her voice is surprisingly soft and not to harsh anymore. She's like a completely different person "is Niki dead or alive?" Cleo's eyes widen a little at the possibility.
A child in the Apocalypse
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Hayley looked down at the floor to consider it. She started shaking her head slightly then looked back up. "I don't know" she whispered, her voice raspy and dry from crying.
Felicity crossed her arms over her stomach, feeling slightly sick, probably from worry.
Oliver could say nothing, he was surprised. It would be bad enough that Niki would be dead, but it was worse to not even know. He was going to ask more questions but figured that now wasn't the time and that he should leave it to Sam who was clearly in charge.
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Sam rubs Hayley's arms then stands up and looks towards Oliver "there is still a hope and as long as we have that speck of hope we can keep going..we shouldn't give up" Cleo looks surprised that Sam can switch from a completely tough fighter machine to a loving, caring person just like that. Sam sits down on an old bed "until then! We camp here" Cleo frowns "but...shouldn't Ollie..." Sam raises an eyebrow at Cleo "Im the tracker here and I say we rest. I can't track without proper rest" Cleo wrinkles her nose slightly and sits as far away as possible from Sam.
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Oliver looked at Sam "I'm going to go out and look with her" he said, not asking. Then he looked to Felicity who was now slumped in the corner "Watch Hayley and Cleo" he said to her, nodding towards Hayley to say especially her, not turning away until Felicity had nodded.
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Sam sighs loudly and stands "well your not going alone" she picks up her bow. Cleo is still hugging onto Hayley's leg. Not wanting to ever let go of her again.
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With a sigh he tried to think of a way to argue but found none, just nodding. He went into Felicity's bag seeing as she carried stuff for both of them and grabbed a pistol, leaving his shotgun. "Let's go" he started walking down the stairs, Hayley hadn't moved.
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Sam nodded to him and this time let him lead the way, ready to help when he asks. Cleo looks up at Hayley and whimpers softly "don't leave again..." She whispers "please..."
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Hayley looked down at Cleo and nodded with a tiny smile, putting one arm around Cleo but still shaking. She would probably never tell anyone why.
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Cleo snuggles closer to Hayley in a hug. Sam watches Oliver's back while he searches. Making sure no zombies got to him. Cleo closes her eyes tightly and wishes with all her might and will that Niki will be ok.
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Oliver stopped her down the stairs when they were out of ear shot. "We're not really gonna look for her" he said "I know Niki well enough to know she can take care of herself and she'll turn up one way or another. I wanted you to come here so I could ask what your plan is." He was still worried about Niki but figured from the marks wiping out her footprints that she didn't want to be found and if someone else didn't want her to be found then Niki would manage to survive anyway, she always did. He wanted to know where they were going next.
(( I was hoping that a lot later on they could come across a large camp of survivors and they find Niki there :) ))
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(Fine with me :D)
Sam looks at Oliver "I am of no assistants to you now..I guess ill leave now and find another shelter.." Oliver knows just as well as she does that she has nothing but her bow, arrows and an axe. No food, no water, no shelter. She wouldn't last a week out there. Cleo sits by Hayley's feet.
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"Your bow isn't gonna feed you and give you shelter" Oliver replied with a smug smirk "You and I both know you don't have a shelter and you don't have any food or water otherwise you wouldn't have come along in the first place" with a sigh he sat on the bottom step, trying to make it seem as though they would be gone long enough to have actually looked. He wanted them to believe that Niki was still out there and that Ollie was not giving up already. He was lost without Niki but wasn't ready to admit it, believing as the oldest and the only male, that he was in charge and couldn't let anyone down.
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Sam sits by him, her arms resting on her knees "so what..? What's the difference to you if I die or live?" She shakes her head and looks ahead "why would anybody care..?" She sighs slightly and glances at Oliver "your strong and can handle two kids and your friend there..you shouldn't worry so much..." She seemed to know what was on his mind.
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Oliver smiled "You're a human being" he replied bluntly at first "That's a rare sigh these days. And besides, I wouldn't let even the worst person walk out the door into a world like that with nothing but an axe and a bow. He was telling the truth. He believed that in such a dangerous world everyone needed to care for everyone and no one should be left behind or deserved to be handed to the zombies.
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Sam looks over at him with a surprised look on her face. She was used to being thrown aside and forced to be as tough as she was but now...now this man comes along and tells her different. Shows her different. She smiles slightly "If you can deal with me" she teases Oliver "then I will stick around..."
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He gave a slight chuckle "Well we'll see". After a pause he continued "That shelter of yours, you think we can still scavenge some weapons from the rubble?" he asked, knowing that the few bullets he had for his pistol wouldn't last. They had left most of their ammo and food with Niki who also carried their only other pistols. Ollie's pistol, shotgun and ammo were always kept with him or in Felicity's bag, but he had less ammo than Niki because he didn't conserve it well and often wasted it. Niki usually went for the melee approach and only used guns if necessary - those guns being her two pistols. "We're low on ammo and without Niki, Felicity's probably gonna need a gun too"
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Sam nods to him "you guys rest up here and ill be back in the morning with some weapons. I can reassure you that" she stood up and slung her bow over her shoulder "if I'm not back by sunrise then take everyone to the old hospital Far East of here. There should be some supplies there" she walked to the door.
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Oliver nodded, but thinking about the hospital made him suddenly remember Niki's wounds and that perhaps she was dead already without medicine. He felt guilty for not searching for her but knew realistically that she wouldn't be found. He waited a while before returning upstairs to expectant faces. He shook his head, indicating Niki was still missing and Hayley and Felicity both simply stared at the ground again.
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Sam hurries off towards the rubble of her once great and mighty shelter. Her bow and axe in either hand, her arrows on her back. Cleo looks up at Oliver then looks down and hugs my knees sadly. She whimpers softly and closes her eyes then she opens them and looks at Oliver "where's Sam?" She asks softly.
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"Um, she went to go get some supplies" he said.
"I'm going for a walk" Felicity mumbled, getting up and pushing past Oliver.
"What? No, not alone!" he frowned but was powerless to stop her because he had to watch after Cleo and Hayley.
Felicity went down the stairs and outside. She was upset about Niki but hadn't wanted to show it in front of the others. Once outside she stood alone for a minute, thinking. Then she decided that with Niki gone she would have to step up and start being useful - her first useful act would be to go back to the shelter and retreive herself a gun, not knowing Sam would be there.