The end of the line
This is a prequel to Beretta 92FS and Smith&Wesson model 327. Gareth and the other people of Terminus must cope after the occupation and adapt a new, horrifying life-style.
Starring:
Gareth
Alex
Mary
Mike
Theresa
Martin
Albert
Greg
Chuck aka the guy with Glenn' riot-gear
Cynthia aka the chick that the bandits raped in the flashback
Kaylee aka the woman that was next to Gareth in the maproom
Joshua aka the guard that is on the image of this story
Preston aka the guard that knocked out Rick after the gasgrenade
Barry aka the butcher with the baseball-bat
Nick aka the butcher with the knife
Ingrid aka the broadcasting-woman
Sarah aka poncho-girl
Tim aka the guy that shot Alex
Gareth felt hungry. He hadn't eaten anything in almost three weeks. The other ones hadn't anything either. Those animals had eaten all their supplies while they raped and killed.
The thirtyseven remaining residents of Terminus were all at their limits. They would starve soon. They had reclaimed Terminus and they had killed or imprisioned the occupiers. But they had nothing to eat. Mike, who had hunting skills, was too exhausted of the past weeks and was lying next to his wife, Theresa. Gareth looked around in the big factory room. Albert and Kaylee, two cousins, were close to eachother aswell. So where his mother, Mary, and little brother Alex. It seemed like everone was just waiting to die in the arms of their loved ones. Or die just alone if people had lost they're loved ones during the occupation or before.
But Gareth didn't want to die like that. They stood up to fight and to live, not to die. He had been thinking for a certain thing for a long time. Ever since the train-cart. Meat.
The young man stood up and walked to two men he knew. They were Barry and Nick.
„Hey you two" said Gareth tot he men.
„Yeah?" asked Nick.
„You used to butchers, right?" asked Gareth.
„Yeah" said Barry.
„I need your help" explained Gareth. „Follow me"
Gareth and the two other men walked to one of the containers the used to held the some oft he occpupiers in.
„What do you want to do?" asked Barry.
„Butcher them" explained Gareth.
„Excuse me?" aske Nick, looking a a little bit shocked.
„And eat them" contiued Gareth.
„What? We don't do those kinds of things" said Barry. „This is a sanctuary"
„You're defending the people who killed our children and raped our women? They screwed this place up! They have to help making it good again! And this is the only way!" shouted Gareth at the two men.
Slowly the two butchers seemed to agree with the idea.
Half an hour later
Gareth, Nick and Barry had taken three men oft he container. Or three monsters. They were layed over a pig through.
„You sure how to do this?" asked Gareth.
„We've done this to countless pigs! And you asked us!" said Barry. Then he rose a baseball-bat and knocked the first man out. Nick sliced his throat. The did the same thing for the other two men. The brains were stabbed to prevent them to turn. After that they were dismemeberet with a chainsaw.
„You know how to cook this?" asked Gareth.
„No" said Barry.
„Me neither. But Chuck is master in BBQ. You should ask him" said Nick.
And Gareth went to Chuck. At the beginning Chuck was horrified by the idea of eating human flesh, but Gareth was able to talk him into cooking the meat. Gareth was good in talking to people. He used to study to become a laywer, after all.
After the meat was done, the four men started to serve it fort he others. They were so starving that they didn't really care what it was. They all ate. When the were done, Alex asked them about the meat.
„Where did you get stake?" asked Alex his brother.
„Well, that's actually... hmm... hard to expain" he started.
„Just spit it out!" said Mike.
„Well it's the occupiers" said Gareth.
„What!?" screamed Theresa and looked shocked.
„Why did you make us eat it?" asked Joshua.
„You knew?" asked Tim, looking at Barry, Nick and Chuck.
„We are starving! We need to eat! And the occupiers are the only thing we have!" shouted Gareth at the people of Terminus. „I told you, atleast some of you that you are either the butcher or the cattle! And I'm gonna make sure that we are never the cattle again!" said Gareth to the crowd.
It happened slowly, but everyone would agree with his ideology. You're either the butcher or the cattlle. Slowly the executed all of the bandits and ate them. Expact for the leader. He was locked up in a conatiner and would rot there, beeing fed with scrabs of his own people.
"What happens if new people come across?" asked Alex that night.
"We'll try to convience them about our way of life and let them join us. If they accept this, they're family, if not food"
"What about children?" asked Albert.
"I don't know…We'll have to see when that happens" said Gareth. What he choose today was brutal and animalistic, but he did it for his family. They were starving. He does not regerd doing that to those men, not after what they did to them. You're either the butcher or the cattle, thought Gareth.
