So Quick announcement!
"My Hellbound Heart" will be a completely different story than what it used to be and I want to be darker than any story I've written, I have a plot I just need to think about some Character developments
But back to the story!
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Previously on The Dead are the Loudest:
"You come back safe ok," She told Lincoln, she then looked to Brad, "You keep them safe as well"
Brad nodded, "I promise," He told her
Lincoln looked back to the others and saw that they were getting sendoffs, Sully was talking with Mazzy, Becky was talking with Dana, and Liam was looking for Tabby to see if she was gonna see him off. Lincoln walked over to him and he put his hand on his shoulders and Liam looked to his friend.
"You don't have to come, you know that right?" Lincoln asked
Liam nodded, "I know... but I wanna go, I can't just sit around and do nothing," Liam told him
Lincoln nodded, "alright," Lincoln said
"You know she cares for you right?" Chandler asked
Jeffery nodded, "I know, But I'm a big boy, I can take care of myself" He replied "trust me I know my limits"
Chandler nodded, "I know, but just don't make her worry too much," he told her "she worries too much these days"
Jeffery looked at him and nodded, "thanks" he said
"So here it is, Me, Jeffery, Stella, Maggie, Liam, and Becky will head down there and try to act like we're just looking for a place to stay meanwhile, everyone else scouts out the rest of the area, and if you hear shooting or anything else then come up with a plan to get us out of there," Lincoln said "if we get caught we'll try and look for the others, but still come up with something just in case," Lincoln told them
Chandler watched them leave and hoped that they were going to come back safe.
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Lincoln, Jeffery, Stella, Maggie, Liam, and Becky made their way to the front of the industrial plant's gates, they stayed hidden in the woods that surrounded the plant. Liam looked to the front gates to see two people on platforms with hunting rifles and then hid back in the bushes, he then turned to Lincoln
"Two at the front gate, both have hunting rifles," Liam told him
Lincoln nodded, "Alright, remember act natural and don't act up no matter what," Lincoln told them
Lincoln and the others stood up and slowly made their way to the front gates of the Industrial plants, walking slowly, Lincoln, Stella, Jeffery, and Maggie paid close attention as they walked. Jeffery saw that one of the looks out spotted them
"STOP!" Cried out one of the lookouts
They did as they were told and lifted up their arm in surrender
"Who are you!?" the lookout cried out
"Just some survivors!" Lincoln cried out "We don't want any trouble!"
"Are you armed?"
"Yes!" Lincoln replied
"Keep your hands up and walk slowly to the front gate!"
The group did so and they kept their hands in the air. As they approached the gate, Becky saw a few people from inside the fence make their way to the front as well. As they stood in front of the gate, the two lookouts had their rifles pointed at them, and a group of four people stood in front of the gates, three of them were armed with guns one wasn't, a man with a buzz-cut wearing a white shirt, jean jacket, dark blue jeans, and brown boots. He signaled the gates to open and the two lookouts pulled the gates apart and they opened and the man walked out with the three others behind him.
"I'm John" The man, John, greeted, "Who are you?"
"I'm Lincoln" Lincoln replied "These are Stella, Jeffery, Liam, Becky, and Maggie"
John looked to Lincoln, "You're nervous" He said "I get it, sorry about the guns" John said
"No... I get it" Lincoln said
John smiled at him, "please come in, but before you do that, will you all lay them down your weapons please"
Lincoln nodded, and without hesitation, Lincoln slowly unholstered his Python and set it on the ground, and everyone else followed his move.
John smiled, "thank you very much, now please come in" John said
They followed him in and the three others behind him picked up their guns and followed behind them
John looked to Lincoln, "So how did you find this place?" John asked
"We spotted it from a hill and took the road that led down here" Lincoln replied
John nodded, "well we're happy to let anyone in"
"So how long's this place been here?" Stella asked
"Since almost the start" John replied "When all the camps got overrun, people started finding this place"
As they followed John, the others looked around quickly for any place where the others might be kept. However, Becky noticed that someone was wearing a sleeveless black hoodie, which she knew and recognized as Dana's. Liam also looked around and saw that one woman who was passing by had a Crossbow, and he recognized it as Luna's.
Lincoln himself, was keeping his eyes on John, of things went bad, He could use John as leverage, Lincoln looked to see that John a Ruger on his left side, all Lincoln needed to do was grab it and take John hostage.
"So, is there anything else you'd like to know?" John asked
Before he could turn around he was grabbed and an arm wrapped around his throat and he felt his gun being taken before he could feel cold metal pointed against the side of his head,
"Where are our People?" Lincoln asked
Becky quickly turned around and headbutted one of the people behind them and they fell to the ground, Liam and Stella pulled out their knives that they kept hidden and stabbed the other two before taking their weapons and getting their ones back.
A Shot was fired which missed Becky and Lincoln pressed John's gun up against his head, "Tell them to stand down!"
"Stand down! Don't shoot!" John cried out
"Now, I'm gonna ask you again, where are our people?" Lincoln asked
"You're looking for the four we took right?" John asked "I can take you to them, but you need to know something"
"And what's that?" Lincoln asked
"The Gun's empty"
Lincoln didn't believe him and he pulled the trigger but the gun didn't fire, Lincoln then felt an elbow to the gun and the wind was knocked out of him, John quickly then grabbed Lincon and pulled out a small pocket knife and pressed it against Lincoln's neck
"Let him go!" Becky cried
"Drop your guns!" John ordered, "I swear I'll slit his throat!"
Everyone looked over and saw themselves being surrounded, now, there was no escape.
"Drop your guns" John ordered as he pressed the pocket knife closer to Lincolns neck
Each of them slowly lowered their guns and walked away from them, and each of them was grabbed from behind and had a gun pressed to their backs. John smiled and put the pocket knife away and lifted Lincoln up, and then handed him off to a girl who pointed a gun to Lincoln's back.
"Take them to the hold" John ordered
Lincoln, Stella, Jeffery, Liam, Becky, and Maggie, were forced to walk to the east side of the plant, as they walked they noticed some Rotters approaching the fence. Eventually, they were led to a small building, that had boarded up windows, it looked like a small office building, but the door was steel and looked like a freezer door.
One of the people opened the door and looked to the group, "Get in, nice and easy" they said
the six each entered the building and once inside, the door closed and it was locked. Once inside, each of them looked out the slits of the boarded-up windows.
"Son of a bitch!" Maggie cried as she hit the side of the building
Lincoln looked out and saw that two guards were stationed in the front of the building
"Bro?"
Lincoln stopped looking outside and turned his head to the left of the building as did the others, from the shadows, Luna, Luan, Alex, and Dana appeared.
When Luna and Luan saw Lincoln they rushed up to him as did he and he hugged both of them,
"Becky, who are these guys?" Alex asked
"Old friends from when we were back in Michigan," Becky told Alex
Lincoln broke the hug and looked at them, "I'm glad to see you both alive" He told them
"So are we," Luan said "How did you get here?"
"Chandler," Maggie said "he led us here"
"So now what?" Alex asked, "Please tell me you guys weren't the only ones that came to rescue us?"
Lincoln shook his head, "No, the others were told to stay behind in case we got captured" He told "And I bet they're gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out" Lincoln said as he looked back out the window
Each of them turned to Lincoln, however, Jeffery, Maggie, and Stella knew just what he meant
"Find out what Bro?" Luna asked
Lincoln looked out the window for a few seconds and then turned to look at her, "They're screwing with the wrong people"