Chapter 12: Alone And Hopeless
(Opening A/N: Now it's time to get me into doing something solo and it leads me astray from the group, and this is where I'm going to have another yet another member of Rick's group try to help out as well as since he's going to be on his own and it's going to take both of us to survive the walker horde that is hot on our tail. So let's get to the action shall we?)
As soon as The Skull Hunters were dealt with, just then, The Saboteur's voice was on the radio and it seemed that he wanted only one of us were allowed to go out after
them, Itami thought it was a trap.
"I'll do it." I said, and Itami wasn't really happy about me going out, but if it's what the Saboteurs want, then I'll take one for the team.
"Promise me you'll come back alive, onii-chan." Sophie said as she took my hand and she gripped it afraid that I was going to die.
"I promise you Sophie, I'll come back, and I won't become a Walker." I said reassuring the young girl.
I gathered all of my weapon and climbed into a pickup truck as I started it heading out to where the Saboteurs were, and along the way the back tire of the truck blew out
and I was stranded on the road and needed to find another good tire to keep going.
There were some cars which were parked all over the place and there had to be a spare around here somewhere, and for some weird reason, my subconscious was playing games with me, and it has a form, Junko Enoshima from Danganronpa.
"Hey there, you seem pretty down, why so serious?" My subconscious asked, and I'm the only one who can talk to let alone see her.
"Where the fuck is the tire iron?" I asked in a Scottish brogue, and Junko stood up and we both made eye contact.
"You know, killing walkers with a tire iron won't get you far…" Junko said with a sadistic smirk, and I just shook my head at what she was saying.
"Found it, and also a jack to lift the vehicle, now to find me a tire…" I said, and Junko began to follow me, and I paid no attention to her, as I began to search the cars to see
if there were any good tires to take off the car and place onto the pickup so I can get a move on.
There was a car parked on a bridge and it was a good tire that the original owners used as a spare, and little did I know that there was a stationary walker in the car, so I
took the tire iron and popped it right in the head.
This thing must be really protective of the tire since I was in need of the tire.
I took the tire and began to roll it back to the pickup as the radio picked up the voice of the lead Saboteur as he was waiting for one of us.
"Hello, anyone there did that pussy leader send one of you yet? I'm waiting for a response." The lead saboteur asked and I held the radio in front of my mouth and pressed
the talk button.
"This is Roman Rideout, and if I find you, I'll kick your ass for calling Itami a pussy, and I'll be damned sure that you become fucking walker bait when I'm done. And I have a
bit of car trouble at the time, so as soon as I get that situation fixed, I'll be on the road again." I said and with that and checked the tread doing a penny test, the rule of
thumb you should remember, if you see Lincoln's face from the tread, then the tires no good, luckily, the tread covered the face and it seemed to be of good use, so I took a
bit of time to get the jack raised and changed the tire.
As soon as I got back into the cab of the pickup, it turned out that my subconscious was sitting in the passenger seat fanning herself.
"You know how hot it is out there?" Junko asked, and I checked the thermometer on the dash, it was 85 degrees out, no wonder why I could say it was hotter than the hinges
of hell out there.
As soon as the truck got started, I had the AC cranked to max and the cab was filled with cool air as it began to chill the cab down to about 67 degrees.
I drove the truck about three miles and there was a roadblock, all of the saboteurs including their leader were there.
"Go ahead and kill the engine." Ordered the lead saboteur as I turned off the engine.
Two saboteurs then grabbed me and pulled me out of the truck as one came up and slugged me in the stomach knocking the wind out of me.
The the two dragged me into a van and placed a sack over my head, making sure that I wasn't going to see where their hideout was, I even had all of my weapons
confiscated so that I won't be able to fight back.
[Saboteur Territory]
As soon as we arrived, the back of the van opened up and I was taken out of the van as I was lead into a place where I was going to be the prisoner of these guys.
I was even stripped down to my boxers since it was only thing that they wanted me to keep along with my dignity.
The saboteurs then placed me into makeshift jail cell where I was now their prisoner and they were planning on wiping out the military base, it seems that it was out of the
frying pan and into the fire, all I could ask myself is...how could I be so stupid as to lead all of my friends into ruin by letting the saboteurs take me as a prisoner?
I sat on the concrete floor as I began to think of a way to get out and warn the others about the attack by these ruthless soldiers, and it seemed that they wanted to expand
their control and the military base was their next target, but it seemed that Itami and the others were in the way, so in able to get to Itami and the others, one of us needed
to be a sacrificial pawn in this game and it seems that I'm the pawn.
"This is the lead saboteur calling out the pussy leader Youji Itami, are you there?" The lead saboteur asked Itami answered him.
"Okay, I find that really offensive when you called me a pussy, and I'd be careful with Roman if I were you, he's a crafty little bastard, and he'll do anything to survive, also he looks up to a movie assassin which helps him with his fighting style, John Wick."
The Lead Saboteur then grabbed me and tossed me into a fenced area inside were a bunch of toothless walkers he also tossed in a handgun as I was checking the clip, there were five bullets into the gun, and I needed to make sure that there was enough to take them down, there were only five bullets in the clip.
"Let's see what you got John Wick wannabe." The lead Saboteur said and I cocked the gun.
"Prepare to eat your words." I said as I walked calmly over to the first walker and grabbed it placing a single bullet into the head of the walker as I aimed the pistol at the
second walker and popped another bullet right through the left eye killing it, then I tossed the first dead walker into the third and grabbed it popping the third bullet into the
walker's head, walker number four came towards me and I shot the fourth bullet into the head of the fourth walker and I rolled into the last walker as I placed the barrel of
the pistol under its chin showing a sign of mercy and killing it.
"How about that?" I asked handing the gun back, the lead Saboteur then opened the gate and entered into the fenced area, I began to ball up a pair of fists ready for a fight,
and I've been honing on my MMA skills since I was going to need to use them against anyone who's looking to end up with some broken bones or limbs so they can't fight
back.
The Lead Saboteur then balled a fist and tried to punch me, but I blocked it and returned one of my own.
This just shocked the other saboteurs as they saw their leader just get punched by a nobody like me, and it's very unwise to mess with an ex-mercenary like me.
"You're going to regret that." The lead Saboteur spat as he spat some blood out of his mouth.
"Unus Victoriam." I replied, saying the motto of my old PMC.
"Wait, are you with Hotel Foxtrot?" The leader asked, and I just scoffed at it.
"Was, my crew got wiped out by some jihadi fucking asswipes looking to make a name for themselves."
Just then, I had the back of my right knee kicked in as the saboteurs then checked my body for the tattoo showing which PMC I was with.
I had mostly anime tattoos all over my body but the one that stuck out, was the tattoo of a fox head with an eyepatch over it's left eye, bearing its teeth while holding a knife
in its snout and wearing a military beret with the words "Unus" written above and "Victoriam" written below the fox head.
"I'll be fucking damned, you are." The lead saboteur said and that just made my blood boil.
"Was, past tense, you freaking retard." I said in a bit of anger, and with that, the lead Saboteur then grabbed me by the throat as he tightened his fingers around my neck.
"For using that foul tone of voice against me, you're going to be executed right in front of your group as we have all of your friends just watch your life expire by our hands,
but you might turn into a walking corpse of yourself and have you turn on your friends. Take him to a holding cell, where he can wait for execution." The Lead Saboteur said
as a couple of loyalists grabbed me and began to lead me to a building where I'm going to be held until the day that my execution is to be carried out.
I began to have a song playing in my head and it kind of made me feel like there was still hope, but it seemed that despair was what I was falling into.
I pretend I had my iPod on me and began to hear the music...
Death surrounds
My heartbeat's slowing down
I won't take this world's abuse
I won't give up or refuse
I was tossed into a room and locked inside, and I found a corner where I could sit and gather my thoughts, but when I closed my eyes, all the memories of those that have
died and those we've gained even Sophie were all racing through my mind.
This is how it feels when you're bent and broken
This is how it feels when your dignity's stolen
The first loss we had to endure was when Zack, Tania, Marcus Rika and I met up with some college kid who had no place to go when we were in an abandoned mall, it turned
out that when we were about to leave and he just gave up when he decided to stay behind and just give up since a walker bit him.
So Marcus decided to put him down when he was still human.
When everything you love is leaving
You hold on to what you believe in
Then two months ago, we had a close call with a horde, Takashi and I were split off from the rest of the group when we were exploring an abandoned mall, and there was a
horde of walkers filling up so we had to rely on each other to get out and back to our group.
"There's no hope, this is it, game over." I said giving up, but Takashi made me come to my senses with a single punch.
But they were waiting for us back at the camp, and Takashi along with myself were stuck in the middle of a shit show, I was about to give up hope like Rika, but Takashi
decided to punch me in the face and told me these following words…
"If I ever hear you say those fucking words, I'll fucking kill you no questions asked! Besides, you have something you want to live for?" Takashi asked, and I nodded, it was
the girls of my harem including Saeko.
We got out by killing a single walker, masked our scent by covering ourselves with the blood and entrails of the dead walker, then we walked through the walker horde trying
not to get noticed as soon as we both got out, we headed back to the group.
The last thing I heard was you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flatline
No, not gonna die tonight
We've gotta stand and fight forever (don't close your eyes)
No, not gonna die tonight
Then came Sophie, she means everything to me, and she needs her onii-chan, and she's always been my hope, even to this day, I'm going to fight for her and let her have a
great future ahead of her.
We've gotta fight for us together
No, we're not gonna die tonight
Break their hold
Cause I won't be controlled
They can't keep their chains on me
When the truth has set me free
This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you finally fight back
This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you finally fight back
When life pushes me I push harder
What doesn't kill me makes me stronger
The last thing I heard is you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flatline
No, not gonna die tonight
We've gotta stand and fight forever (don't close your eyes)
I need to figure out how I'm going to get out and get back to the group and Sophie, she's always been my hope, as I am hers, if anything happened to me, then she'd be
broken as would I if something happened to that poor girl.
No, not gonna die tonight
We've gotta fight for us together
No, we're not gonna die tonight
Don't you give up on me
You're everything I need
[Meanwhile back at the base…]
Sophie was looking out the gate that prevented the walkers from going in and eating the group, she was having tears of worry streaming from her face.
"Come back safe onii-chan." She said to herself, then Saeko came out and she saw the young girl looking at the walkers trying to get at the girl.
"What's wrong Sophie?" Saeko asked, and Sophie wiped the tears from her face.
"I just hope onii-chan is safe, and he comes back safe as well." Said the young girl and Saeko hugged her showing her some comfort.
"Your onii-chan is a strong person and he will come back soon." Saeko said reassuring the young girl.
This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you fight back
No, not gonna die tonight
We've gotta stand and fight forever (don't close your eyes)
No, not gonna die tonight
We've gotta fight for us together
No, we're not gonna die tonight
No, we're not gonna die tonight
Not gonna die
(Not gonna die)
Not gonna die
(Not gonna die)
Not gonna die tonight
I then heard the sound of the door unlocking and then the knob turned, I needed to be ready for anything, so I balled a pair of fists readying myself for anything, then the
door opened and a Korean man stepped through as I knew that he probably meant me no harm.
"Who are you?" I asked, and the man extended a hand showing a sign of respect for me.
"I'm Glenn Rhee." He said, and I took his hand and shook it.
"Roman." I said back and with that we needed to figure out how the hell we're going to get out of here let alone what we were going to do next…
[To Be Continued…]
(A/N: Well guys, it's 2018 and another year has passed, and this story is still in its prime, but I'm going to be back and forth here since I'm working on another GATE story,
but all in all, I hope you like this and feel free to leave a review, fave, follow, OC, idea for a future chapter, etc. As soon as this arc ends, I'll be having both Itami and Rick's
groups joining together, and I'm looking forward to it, so until the next chapter, this is the master of chaos, the commander of the legion of corpses, BloodyDemon666
signing off!)
