Caitlin had to smirk at the hungry girl and offered her a third candy bar. It was obvious to her that the poor soul hadn't had a good meal in days and though the girl wasn't the best when it came to manners, she did take a liking to the teenager. It felt good to smile under these circumstances and she owed Luna that much. There was still more than enough food available at the supermarket anyway and with the growing group of people it wouldn't surprise her if they went back there tonight to gather additional supplies.<br/><br/>“I agree with Luna, we should gather more supplies, especially medicine. From what I've learned from the hospital, television and the dealings with my patients, I think the viral virus infection has run its course, but it's obvious that a bite from the zombies will still infect you. I don't know if there is a cure available for that, but from what I saw I believe that medicine and sterilizing the wounds help to slow down the infection. At the very least I'll need more sterilized bandages and some tranquilizers. Strong pain killers like morphine would also be helpful,” Caitlin stated.<br/><br/>“Maybe it's a good idea that we split up in teams of two or three and set different priorities for each team? That way we can all gather certain things more efficiently and afterwards we can meet up here, or at another safe location.<br/><br/>“I would like to make finding medical supplies my main priority. We don't get infected just by getting zombie blood on us, but I can only guess at what happens when it comes into contact with an open wound. However, if I can patch people up before that happens then I might very well save any one of you from turning into one of<em>them</em>. After all, accidents happen,” Caitlin added, this time she looked around the entire group for support to her proposal.<br/><br/>During her raid three days ago and her second raid yesterday, Caitlin had studied the floor plan of the mall pretty extensively. Before all of this happened she had never even visited this mall, since there was an even larger mall closer to her apartment, in the opposite direction of this one. It already had everything she could possibly want and thus there had simply been no reason to go to this smaller mall. Although small was a relative term, the place was still huge, with three different levels and a large parking garage below.<br/><br/>The supermarket, hunting supply store and a key maker were located on the first level, as well as an electronics store, several jewelry shops and a bookstore. A sports store, clothing stores for men and women and shoe stores, among other shops, were located on the second level. The restaurants and entertainment companies, like the cinema, arcade and even a casino, where all located at the third level.<br/><br/>Large elevators and wide escalators connected the different levels with one another. The entire mall was very open and would be hell to defend with a small group, there were simply too many entrances and different ways move between the various levels. She preferred that they hurried and got out of here before their luck turned for the worse. Currently they were on the first level. The drug stores were on this level, while the pharmacies were located on the second level. She wanted to check them both out, to make sure she had all the supplies she would likely need in the nearby future.<br/><br/>As Caitlin looked around the group, while waiting for a response to her proposal, she also noticed that many had torn and dirty clothes. It would probably be a good idea to get some clean clothes from the second level as well. They could probably find better backpacks there too, which would allow them to carry their items easier. The floor plan hadn't indicated the existence of any gun shops in the mall and if there had been any then she was pretty sure they'd have been looted empty by now. The hunting store was the only store that used to have weapons for recreational hunting and it had already suffered that fate; all its guns, bows and ammunition were stolen a week ago when the initial riots and looting had occurred.<br/><br/>For weapons and ammo they'd likely need to raid a police station, maybe Kate had some ideas for that. By the way Todd held his rifle Caitlin suspected that he might have military experience and that meant he might also know if there were any military warehouses in the city that stocked reserves. The closest known military base was well outside the quarantined zone, so that wasn't an option. All the other supplies, however, should be obtainable from this mall.<br/><br/>Caitlin hoped the others saw the sense in her idea, even if it meant that they ran an increased risk of running into a zombie or hostile survivor while they were split up.