Author Note: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of its characters.
I own Axel, Emma, Charles, Theresa Dixon and Rina Archer.
Megan Keller belong to Chris Rudy
Chapter 13
On the street in the city
After a hour in the apartment, Axel and Megan are going back to the safe-zone. Megan feels sorry for now what she said to Axel earlier in the apartment. She maybe will talk for now, but Axel doesn't want to slow down and more focus to keep going.
In the safe-zone
Theresa walking around in the safe-zone and heard some people talking about.
"Have you heard about those couple teenagers who used working to clean in the lieutenant's office?" A Man said as Theresa start to listen some other people's call.
"Yeah, can't believe what they did to Archer and us too. But the question is: why betrayed her, right now we're safe here?" A woman said.
"I don't know about you guys, but I got bad feelings about this place. Maybe that's why they turned against Archer." Another woman said.
"What's in your mind?" A man asked.
"I... I don't know, but Archer... I think she found one of those survivors from the attack." Woman 2 answered which it getting Theresa more worried about her stepson.
She started to walk back to her camp meanwhile Archer looking at her from the window of her office which she saw her who listen people about the attack and getting worried. Archer give a suspecting on Theresa and starting thinking.
"Well, what do you have hiding from, Mrs Dixon?" Archer said for herself.
In the camp
Emma was reading a book while her baby brother who sleeping on his bed. She pull her book down and wonder about her brother.
"Jesus Axel. Where are you?" Emma said and then, Charles starting to move his arms and legs. He opened his eyes and start to cry little that where's his mother or anybody.
Emma noticed her baby brother has awaking as she stand up and carry him up from the bed.
"There, there, you little fighter. Your sister is here." Emma tried to calm her baby brother, but no use and the baby continued to cry.
She hum for him. After a few seconds he being to be quiet and calm down.
"There you go. I'm sure you're hungry, just wait a little moment for mother. She will be here then." Emma said.
While she waving her little brother to play with him, then she heard a couple soldiers who argue something right outside of the camp. Emma put Charles down on the bed and start listen in on the soldiers's argument.
"I can't believe Jonas shot that boy who used to clean the lieutenant's office along with his girlfriend." Solder 1 said.
"Well, fuck him anyway. He and his pussy always run away and fuck themselves." Soldier 2 said.
"Maybe, but you don't think that Archer..." Soldier 1 said but couldn't say his last words.
"Don't think that Archer what?" Soldier 2 said as Soldier 1 breathed out and get ready to answer.
"You don't think that Archer will keep these people in line, after some of them heard us about the attack. Do you?"
"That was a silly question, you know what's gonna happened into five days." Soldier 2 scoffed.
"That's what I talking about, it is just about what if the people around here will find out and they'll getting out their mind." Soldier 1 explain.
"You might be right, but they can't-" Soldier 2 said but interrupted by another soldier who shows up to them.
"Hey! What the hell are you two doing?" Soldier 3 asked.
"Just talking, is it obviously?" Soldier 2 said.
"Stop shitting around now, I heard you talking about the "Cobalt", aren't you guys?" Soldier said with a strictly tone.
"Come on, man. We did just-" Soldier 1 tried to explain.
"No! The lieutenant won't be happy when she know if someone who have listen your goddamn chat." Soldier 3 bellowed.
The soldiers argue while Emma stop listen that is pointless to hear anything about their plan for now.
"Five days..huh, well at least we know now when it's gonna happen, assholes." Emma smirked.
Then she heard a footstep from behind her. She turned around and it was Axel who looks little tired but happy to see his sister as she was chocked and happy.
"Axel!" Emma said happily and start run to her brother to hug.
Axel hugs her back.
"Oh god, bro. I heard about that crazy Jonas, that he shot a teenager... I was so really w-worried about you for a while and..." Emma said with a worry face.
"It's okay, Emma. I'm fine, so is Patrick too who is shot. For now. Are you three okay, they bastards didn't hurt you?" Axel said with a calm face.
"No, but Archer said about the attack then we, all of us gonna have a meeting with her." Emma said and those answer made Axel little worried.
"Great, another word from her. What do think about it?" Axel asked.
"I-I don't know, but I think it's gonna be bad. I think we have to do something before the meeting started." Emma said with a nervous look. Axel looking at her with a questionable look that he wasn't sure about it, but after the attack he know Archer will do something about it to calm down with those other people in this safe-zone.
"You might have a good point there, Em. But we can't do something about it. If we do this, we will putting Charles in danger." Axel said.
"Oh, I'm sorry that I never thought about it. I just... I just scared." Emma said and sobbed little.
Axel kneel down to her level and put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her as she leaned her head on his chest.
"It's okay to be scared, sis. But now You need to be ready for the meeting, for anything and I will protect you no matter what, okay?" Axel said as Emma start looking at him and nods with a smile. Then she see Therese came back who was behind Axel as he turned around and looking at her.
"Axel!" Therese said and look little surprised while she's happy to see her stepson again.
She rushed forward and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back with a smile. But then Theresa looks little angry at Axel.
"What the hell have you been? We were so worried about you. Chris told that-" Theresa snapped.
"Take it easy, Theresa, I'm okay." Axel interrupted the stepmother to calm her down.
"I hope you have really any reasons that why did you just left behind with Ashley instead to talk with Chris to change his mind." Theresa said.
"It doesn't matter anymore because he already have change his mind and getting good along with Ashley, but it cost some a hell guilt for that." Axel said with a disappointing face.
"What do you mean?" Theresa asked.
"The attack, that asshole Jonas led his men to shoot us, Patrick got shot on his shoulder and the bullet got through. He's okay for now, but we stop the bedding and then he got infection. Me and the other, we're fine by the way." Axel talking about what happened the attack.
Theresa and Emma look chocked over the terrible news.
"J-Jonas shoot Patrick? Oh god, how is Verity then?" Theresa asked.
"She was shock and very worried about him. If I being honest, she starting be little paranoid that she believe it was Ashley's fault as the soldiers were after her." Axel said and hoping that Verity will not do any stupid things against Ashley.
"Axel, you can't just judging a person had almost lost someone who love with." Theresa said.
"I just saying she doesn't have anything right to blame Ashley. New Flash, Chris told me that you blamed him that it was him the one who kicked me and Ashley out from the group." Axel said and send a glare to Theresa who looks little shame about how she yelled to Chris.
"Look, I'm sorry, I was just worried about you. But let's move on, okay?" Theresa said with a guilty glance.
"It's okay. Anyway, Emma told me already about the meeting. Do you what this is about?" Axel asked as Theresa look little nervous.
"Archer want all of us in this safe-zone are going to meet her and to tell us about the incident, but I heard some people said that she one of your friends." Theresa said which it made Axel chocked and look questionable about this rumor.
"That's ridiculous. Me and Megan are the only one who don't know that we two are part of the attack. Patrick is in coma, if the military would have found him and they probably eliminate him immediately and Verity would force against the soldiers until they have to shoot her. Ashley and Chris are somewhere where there the military can't find them for now." Axel hesitate.
"I don't know what's going on with Archer now, but she know what it will happen when the people find out it was a lie and they'll start to make a demonstration which it will lead the military getting losing their control of this camp." Theresa said with a questionable eye.
"Or maybe she can trick all of people with a lie except us." Axel said which his words made Emma much worried now and shake her own head.
"Then why are we still here when that crazy woman is gonna do something a terrible thing, we have to go now." Emma said as Axel and Theresa looking at her with a sadly and doubtful look.
Theresa knell down to Emma's level to talk with her.
"Emma, I know you're afraid of Archer, but if we try to escape from this place, we will put Charles in danger. We have to stay and see what's happen next." Theresa said and try convince Emma to stay here in the safe-zone.
"But... w-what happen if Archer accusing us for the attack? That will lead Charles in trouble if she do that." Emma protest.
"We have to go into the meeting, Emma. Even we try to escape, Archer will accuse us when she notice that we're gone." Axel said.
"Okay, but what about Charles? He doesn't have to go with us and-" Emma said but interrupted by a girl who was behind Axel and Theresa. They turned around and see it was Megan.
"I watch him while you guys go to the meeting." Megan said as Axel and Emma looking at her now.
"What're you doing here? You supposed to keep the guard on the soldiers." Axel said.
"Come on, Axel. He'll be fine when you three go to the meeting and except you, I'm the only one who can be here and watch your little brother." Megan said back. "I promise he'll be fine, okay?" Axel looking at her as he sent a questionable glare, but change to calm look.
"Thanks, Megan. I'm really appreciate for your help." Theresa said with a happy smile.
"Okay then. But if it something happening in the meeting, go hiding with Charles somewhere, okay?" Axel said as Megan nods to answer.
Theresa carry Charles up from his bed who is quiet now and giving to Megan. Before she release her hands off Charles, she give a kiss on her son's head.
"We will be right back immediately when the meeting is over." Axel said as he, Emma and Theresa start to walk away.
"Be careful around with her." Megan said and refer about Archer. Axel look back at Megan.
"That's why I'm still breathing." Axel chuckled and keep walking.
Dixons except Charles have went to the meeting.
In the Meeting
20 minutes later
There was so many people over one hundred who standing right front of Archer's green building. Most of people are little afraid of Archer what she have to say and what's she going to do. Axel and his family are in the middle of the public and just doing nothing except looking at the soldiers who standing around of the green building. Until now Rina Archer, the lieutenant has finally shows up and look little nervous, but it appear that she have a very hard discussion right now. She walk down at the stairs and walk to the middle of public as they, including family circulate to a circle to have space for Archer and her soldiers. When the soldiers was on the circle, Rina is going to talk while looking around at the people.
"Listen, everyone. I've some bad news. It is about this outbreak... it is about how we use to live. When everything this shit started, there are no policy, no laws, no rules! I'm promised to keep this place in line while all of you hoping to we are going to clean this mess! But... we failed." Archer said with loud tones while Axel send a glare to her.
"In the another word, there is no hope except there is just us and some other survivors behind this walls. But... there is some assholes who wanna live in uncivilized way and want to kill us, all of us!" Archer said which it made most of people getting be nervous and then gets scared.
"And like I said, there is no rules and that's going to make most of survivors outside of this walls will change and who knows what kind a human will they become later? Non of us who want to throw away our humanity except one of us!" Archer said and everybody started to mumbled each other about those words came out of the lieutenant.
"There is a traitor working with those people who attack my men in the city. And two of them was mine wards."
The soldiers starting getting closer to people.
"They didn't give us any choices and we can't give them any mercy. Sooner or later, we can't keep our humanity full one hundred percent! We can't just hiding behind ours doors and be afraid when those people trying controlling our fear over us!"
Three soldier start to get through people right front of Axel while he wonder if they're after himself.
"For now, you people will follow the new easy rules, my own rules of this madness world, they will keeping us alive from those monsters and threatening people!"
People except family Dixon starting to bellowed that they agree with Archer while three of the soldiers getting closer to Axel as he prepare to fight back to them if it comes to this way.
But the soldiers went passing Axel who look little surprised over it.
Axel's POV
What the hell, where are they going? Then I heard someone screaming behind me, that voice was Emma. I turned around and see the soldiers grab Theresa as she trying to force back, but no use. What the fuck?! They take my stepmother instead me?
"Leave her alone!" Emma yelling who trying drag Theresa from the soldiers, but one of them pull and send her to the ground. Son of bitches!
"You son of bitch, I'll fucking kill you if don't leave Theresa alone!" I yelled and give a punch right to the face of a soldier and then kick to his stomach which he sighed by pain and fall to the ground. When I turned around and see a fist came damn straight to my face... SMASH, I fall down to the ground... ow my cheek... I see everything getting fuzzy but I'm still in conscious. What the fuck are you doing, Archer?
"Theresa Dixon, one of people who I had trust them with my whole life! She betrayed us and turned against us along with those assholes who attacked my men earlier!" Archer shouted out of her lungs which Theresa sent a dead glare to the lieutenant. That fucking liar pussy who think can and want to judge wrong people.
"SHE'S LYING!" I shouted with a anger tones as a soldier grabbed my arms and put me to the ground. "LET ME GO, YOU ASWIPE! DON'T YOU DARE TO HURT HER!" I see no one people aren't doing anything except still listening to Archer, even they heard what I said. Why isn't anyone to try to stop her and save her? Fucking cowards!
"And now, we're going to avenge our brothers who tried to keep us safe until they killed by this traitor and her friends! No forgiveness! No competition! And most of all, no mercy!" Archer said and pick her military knife from her pocket.
She give it to her right hand, Jonas as he took and start walk to Theresa who is still caught by two soldiers holding her arms and force her to knell down. Then she look at Archer with a furious look. Wow, don't say what I think you gonna say to her.
"ARCHER!" Theresa bellowed which all of people including the soldiers starting looking at her. "Once you will die!" Theresa spit on the ground right front of the lieutenant who look offensive. "Have you thought about it?!"
Are you serious? I hoping that... I see Archer give a glare to Theresa and wave her hand to signal Jonas. He saw that hand-signal and running with Archer's knife to Theresa... NO, NO, NO!
"NOOOO!" Emma yelled as Theresa looking at me and my sister with a smile and have some tears on her eyes in her last seconds.
"THERES-" I yelled and then SMASH... everything was dark. I'm pass out. Oh god Theresa, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry Emma. We probably should left when we had the chance. How I gonna explain to my dad about it if I found him?
That FUCKING slut are gonna pay for this. I swear, Theresa. I will kill her, not today, not tomorrow either, but I will kill her.
To be continued.
A/N:
That was unacceptable and it harms for family Dixon. Poor for Charles who have lost his mother already as he's just one and half years old. :(
R.I.P. Theresa Dixon
What's gonna happen to next after Axel's stepmother's dead. Will he really kill Archer or is he just a suicidal for doing that?
And what have Archer any plans for now?
Find out on the next chapter.
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