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Chapter 48: River Street
Axel's POV
Somewhere in the city
In the city there was no walkers as we haven't encounter any of them yet during in our trip to the river and it seems so quiet here, but it doesn't mean that it really is. Kenny leading us to the river, but it seems like he never stop walking and never speak any a word since after we left the house.
What's wrong with him now? He act like an automatic living GPS machine except didn't even say a word.
While we follow his lead, me and Lee look around and saw some cars have lost all doors and solenoid too just like back in the street.
Where's all the car parts?
Lee and I checking around a wreck car with no doors and solenoid.
"Find anything?" I asked.
"No, seems like someone have pretty cleaned this up." Lee replied.
"Probably the same person or same people who took all doors and solenoid. What do you think, Kenn-" I said, but stop saying when we saw Kenny still keep moving as it seems he doesn't care what was in the streets which means his focus on a boat have become more and more than before
Lee and I looking at each others worriedly that we wonder how he's feeling right now, after that boy in the attic.
We follow after him again while keeping our eye around to see if Chuck could be here.
"Keep an eye out for Chuck, guys. He might be looking for us out here." Lee said to Kenny.
"Yeah, sure." Kenny replied with an uninterested tone which it made me wonder about if he cared about Chuck or not right now.
Then a walker appear from an alley on the left as I gripped my crossbow to aim it. "I got it." I said and shot the walker.
Bolt hit right through the skull and the walker collapsed down. I grabbed the arrow off the head and clean it.
Suddenly, we heard the sound of the bells again.
Not hell again. Can't that fucker gives a damn break?
I drew my crossbow as Kenny did same thing with his gun.
"Son of bitch. That bastard's fucking with us again. It's another trap." Kenny said with a scowl.
Damn right. This time will be... wait a second. That sound doesn't sounds like last time which it's another bells. And we are not close to another church this time.
"Wait." I said and raised my hand up as I lower my crossbow down. "That's not the same bell as last time. This one is further off from us. Whatever it is, it's going to bring the dead right over there." I pointed my finger to behind us.
Then we heard some sighs which it was probably another small herd.
"Get down." Lee said.
We sneaking quickly and hiding behind alley while Kenny and I holding our weapons. Lee and I watching the small herd of walkers heading to that new bells and luckily they didn't noticed us.
"What the hell is going on here?" Kenny inquired and looks so irritation.
Good question. First radio, empty cars and now the bell towers. Savannah have become more and more complicated.
"I don't know, but the person ringing that bell might be doing us a favor." Lee guessed and narrows his eyes.
"Whatever, man. I find whoever's doing that, I'll ring their motherfucking bell for them." Kenny said with an anger tone as Lee smirked.
"Good one." I chuckles.
We still hiding behind the alley until walkers has passed. Then we moving away and continue to walk get to the river.
"You think we're safe at the river from-" But I was interrupted when we stopped walking.
We are finally at the river but... there was no boats. No living, no walkers, no victories for we made it. Kenny just starring on the river and didn't say any words as I sighed while Lee looked speechless now.
Dammit, I already thought that we came here for nothing.
"There's gotta be a boat... there's gotta be." Kenny mumbled.
I glare at him for being so stubborn as a damn donkey. I shook my head so annoying.
Will he never stop and when he will realize it's pointless?
"Kenny! Look around here. There's nothing out here except the water. We have to think about the plan B." I said with a serious look.
"Plan B? This IS the plan! It's the only we got left!" Kenny exclaimed.
Then he running off towards the river before I could react back as Lee rubbed his rubbed forehead while shaking his head in disappointment.
What the hell is wrong with him?
Lee and I follow after him and see what's he's doing now. He jumped over railing and take a look at a wrecked boat were it was backed into the water by a truck, but whoever tried to escape, it failed because it hit into a pole.
"This one might still be salvageable…" Kenny said as I raised my eyes in disbelief.
Is he seriously? This boat is completely fucked.
"Are you serious? This boat ain't gonna work." I said as Kenny glared at me and Lee.
"Oh yeah? Know a lot about boats, do ya? Tell you what; if I ever need any expert opinions on American history or how to sell some drugs while hanging around with a small gang of assholes who wanna deal with some psychopaths, I will ask you. But how about leave this shit to me?" Kenny inquired and referred that Lee's and mine's formerly occupations doesn't know about a boat, but still make me angry.
"Don't try put with that shit." I growling as Lee placed his hand on my shoulder to calm me down.
Then Kenny turned to us with a calm face. "I'll check it out while you two look further along the waterfront. Maybe there's something like meds for Doug and Omid at the other end." Kenny said.
Hmm, sure but...
"I don't think we should split up too far." Lee said as I nodded.
"We don't have to. See that telescope, over there?" Kenny replied as he aimed his eyes at a object right little far away from us on the right. "You two can use that and search the whole coastline."
That sounds reasonable.
We two walking away and left Kenny behind so he can check the wreck boat peace and quiet.
"I'm telling you, Lee. I know Kenny is solid, but I knew he'll refuse to give up to try find a boat." I said.
"Just leave him alone and let's see if that broken boat will work again." Lee replied when we're right front of the telescope.
"Okay, let's what we can find with this." Lee said and looked through it, but I saw his smile turned to unhappy. "Figures, we need a quarter to this."
Then I smirked and reach my hand into one of my pockets as Lee looks curious now.
"Here, these coins would help us." I said and have two quarters and a dime on my hand.
"Hey, where did you get these?" Lee chuckles.
"Believe or not, I stole from Larry when he was working on the walls with Mark and guess what; he didn't even noticed when I reach my hand into one of his pockets." I explained with a smile as Lee smirked and shook his head.
Then I pick a quarter and going to pull it into the telescope, but then interrupted when I hear something.
"Lee, do you hear that?" I asked as Lee start to hear what I heard.
It sounds like walkers, but sounds they don't get closer or walk away. We turned to the direction where the sounds comes from and we saw a dark pile were blocking on the street.
Lee and I looking at each other worriedly and decided to take a look at the black pile.
When we approached to the black pile and then it was a pile of many walkers. Some of walkers are stuck through large spikes.
"What the fuck? What the hell is this?" Lee asked in disgust.
Then I see a sign right next of the pile. "STAY OUT!"
"Seems like we're stepping on a drastic place." I said in shock.
"Who would do something like this?" Lee asked as we taking some back-steps and be on guard now.
"I don't know, probably the same people who have took all of tires and doors from cars. It seems they don't want have any tourists in Savannah." I replied.
"Jesus Christ." Lee said.
"Eh, let's go back to the telescope so we're done here and get back to the house before we meet someones who did this." I stated as Lee nodded.
We went back to the telescope and I was going to put the quarter into it, but-
"Fuck!" It was Kenny exclaimed and looked more pissed than before as he approaching us. "What's wrong?" Lee asked.
"It ain't gonna work. Hull's cracked beneath the waterline, plus someone stripped out the battery." Kenny explained.
Battery of a boat is gone too? Just like all of cars's batteries?
"I already told you; it's completely fucked." I scoffed as Kenny scowled at me and going to react, but then he saw the pile of walkers and his eyes is widened in shock.
"What the-... what the hell is that?" Kenny asked and looked frightened by seeing the pile of walkers.
"A fate worse than death..." Lee said, but it seems Kenny didn't listened and can't stop starring the pile of walkers.
"Something tells me that we're not welcome here." I said as I put a quarter into the telescope.
Then I looking through it and saw two other wreck boats.
They don't look to be in good shape to sail away.
I looking to the left and saw Savannah's bridge and it looks so empty there from here.
Wonder how many people passed through the bridge when this shit started.
Then looking more to the left and I spotted something one of nearby buildings. There was a person who came to the top of the building.
"What the fuck...?" I mumbled in shock.
The person raise out a hook or a ice climbing and then use it to climb down off the roof.
Whoa, not bad. That guy have some skills and... shit! The guy is getting down on the same street where we are now!
"Guys, get down!" I whispered as we three sneaking away and hiding behind the railing.
"What's going on, Axel?" Lee asked.
"Yeah, why the hell are we hiding?" Kenny asked.
I didn't answer back when I looked up to see that guy again and I see he heading to a newspaper stands.
"I just saw someone climb down from that building, heading on this street." I replied as Lee and Kenny looked shock by information.
"Where'd he go?" Kenny asked.
"He ran into that newsstand, over there." I explained.
The person just poking around in the newspaper stands, but I can't see his face because he's covered by hooded.
"Could be our bell ringer or the guy on the radio. How about we go find out?" Kenny said and suggest to attack the person.
I glance at Kenny's plan. I don't know... we're not her to looking after some trouble.
"Maybe he's just another scavenger, like us." Lee added.
"Yeah, and maybe he ain't. Like I just said; Maybe he's that fucker on the radio who's been messing with Clementine's head. Don't you wanna know? 'Cause I wanna know." Kenny said.
"We are not here to making problems, Kenny. Aren't that guy on the radio and the bell ringer enough for you?" Lee said with a serious look as Kenny shook his head in disappointment.
I still starring at that guy who still poking around so he can't escape from my eyes.
"I don't like this either, Lee. But we have to get this guy and talk with him." I agree with Kenny.
"Axel?" Lee asked and looked surprised as he knows I never look after any problems and troubles. "Think this through, Lee; Even if he's not any of them, he might be can tell us about what's going on in this city like that sick show over there and all those empty cars. We don't even what we are against to if we have to stay this place longer." I explained as Lee looked little doubtful and look at the guy again.
Then he closed his eyes and sighed. "Alright, but we're just gonna talk to that guy." Lee has finally agree with us, but it seems he still doesn't like this plan.
"Oh, we're gonna talk." Kenny scoffed and limped over the railing and sneaking to an alley right near of the newsstand as the guy didn't noticed him and still poking.
"Let's get him before he caught us." I said as Lee and I limped over the railing and start sneaking to the newsstand slowly.
When we were close to the newsstand, the guy ducked down then as I raise one of my eyes.
Did he noticed us?
When we were at the stand, we're going to attack him as Lee holding his wrench and I prepare with my hidden blades.
Okay... here WE GO.
We stands up on our legs and looked over while Lee raised up his wrench to attack, but the person wasn't in the newsstand anymore.
"What the..." Lee mumbled in shock, but I didn't feel shock or surprised because I knew it seemed odd when the person ducked down.
Then I got a bad feeling as I narrows my eyes and hear something behind us.
I made quick slash with my left hidden blade and block a ice climber from hit one of us. It was the person who must have sneaked around of the newsstand and try to kill us. He wears orange and brown clothes and grey jeans.
Nice try, ninja-dude. But it ain't gonna work like that on a hunter.
The person's face is covered by the hooded and a surgical mask over his mouth, but I can see his eyes looked surprised as I smirked little and Lee turned around to see that guy.
"Not bad, tough guy!" I exclaimed and punch right on his face as he leaned down.
But I saw his right fist is getting hard which he doesn't give up easily. He try to hit me, but I avoid quickly and grab him from behind. I kick on the guy's back which send him to Lee, he grabbed the person's arms while the guy struggle to free himself from Lee's grip.
"Hold him tight so I can make a reason with and-" I said, but interrupted when I heard some fast footsteps from behind me.
What the hell? I try to turn around, but someone jump on my back and struggle against me as I start to begging down because of my attacker's weight and struggle.
I growled and try to get him off of my back, but he hold me so hard.
Fuck! Let go off me, your bastard!
Then I feel one of my attacker's hands let go off... and then I saw he reached a knife and try to slice on my throat, but I grabbed his arm with both of my hands quickly.
Lee and the person still fighting each other like he has no time to help me.
Dammit, Kenny! Where the hell are you?! Should he-
But I almost lost the focus on the knife as my attacker struggling me so hard and gets closer to my throat.
SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!
Then I saw another person appear and rushed right to me. It was... CATH?
I see she holding her yellow pocket knife and stabs right on the attacker's arm were he holding his knife. The blood ran out of the arm were Cath stabbed which the attacker yelled in pain as he lost his grip of his knife and drop down on the ground. Then he pull Cath away from him and she landed on the ground which it made me very angry.
"What the hell?" Attacker's voice sounds young and surprised, but I don't care if he's a child who tried to kill me and pulled Cath away so hard even it was to save his friend. I grabbed his arm and grab his hair with my other hand, I throw him over my shoulder and then on the ground.
The attacker was a boy who is probably in my age, but he looks little younger than me. His hair is dark and it's looks like spike-styled. He wears a black long sleeved shirt under a red vest and dark blue pants. He didn't looks dangerous to me, but that doesn't excuse for try to kill me and pulled Cath away so hard.
I still holding his hair while hitting on his with my other hand. I looked very angry and keep going hit him as he trying to defense his face with his arms, but it seems he gets tired and I don't give up.
"Axel, Stop!" Cath called me, but I ignored her and still hitting on the boy. "Axel! STOP!"
I stop hitting the boy and finally listen to Cath, but I keep my eye on him. "Why?" I inquired for why I should stop hitting him after he tried to kill me and pulled Cath away so hard.
"Look." Cath replied and pointing with her pocket knife on something in the middle of the street and it was another boy who aimed with his gun at me and Lee.
His face looks exactly like the first boy and his outfit too, but black T-shirt under a red jacket and dark blue pants. His dark is layered and shaggy. He scowling at us as he start to threaten me and Lee.
"Leave them alone, fuckers!" The boy with his Glock 17 exclaimed.
Lee who was on the guy stands up and reach his arms up as I stand up too, but didn't get frightened by him.
"Easy, kid." Lee said and tried to show the boy that we're not threat to him no more.
"I'm not a kid, dude." The boy snapped.
"It's alright, bro. They're not from them." The first boy ensured and reach his arm forward to the other boy, but he still keep aim at me and Lee.
Bro? Are they brothers?
"Ha! I guess Crawford start to raised children to become psychopath like this girl who just stabbed on your arm!" The boy with the gun scoffed as Cath glare at him.
Crawford? What hell is it?
"What I just did was to save my friends while you guys were going to try kill them, which means you guys are psychopaths, not us." Cath shot back which the boy glare her back. "Listen to me, your little brat! I'm not talking with-"
"Please, don't hurt them." Then we heard another familiar voice as we looked right to the left and it was Clementine who looks scare and afraid if the boy were going to shot us.
"Clem?" Lee asked and looked shock for seeing her out here.
Clementine is here too? Great, Cath. What the hell did they thinking?
The boy looks little shock at Clem who stand beside of himself. I see he lower his gun down and looks little confused, but still keep his glare at me and Lee. The guy stands up on his legs and say, "You guys are really not from Crawford?"
Me and Lee wide our eyes in surprised and look at the "guy" with a voice that sounds a young woman or older female teenager as "he" took off the hooded and then the surgery mask. It appear the "guy" is a young girl who might be in Emily's age and have little short blonde hair.
What the? He is she?
The first boy stands up while he sigh in pain as his brother approach him while glaring at me for hitting him.
"Man, you hit hard..." The boy mumbled while his brother helping him up and scowls at me. "Really hard."
I glare at him because of his arrogance. Then we except the brothers and the young girl saw came out off of the alley. He approach to the strangers while aimed his gun at their backs.
What the hell is he doing? Didn't he saw they're not try to kill us anymore?
"Kenny, wait! It's not our guy!" Lee exclaimed but before Kenny could react, Molly immediately make a switch and kick right Kenny's legs which he fell down on the ground while dropped his pistol and it's fired accidentally when it hit on the ground.
Then the boy with the gun kick Kenny's gun away from him as some walkers on the pile are attracted by the gunshot and try moving on, but they're couldn't move away.
Then the boy aiming at Kenny as I wide that he's going to shoot Kenny and grab my crossbow.
"NO! He's with us!" Lee exclaimed and I aimed at the boy who aiming at Kenny, but then he lower his gun down as I did same.
Then the brothers and the young girl look around with their skeptical eyes. It seems like they have rough time since this shit started. They looking at Cath and Clementine doubtfully as the boy with Glock 17 crossed his arms and ask, "Who the hell are you people anyway?"
I glare at Kenny for still aiming at them and almost make another trouble with them.
"Kenny, back off. Unless your balls does wanna being kicked by a young lady and her couple rowdy boys." I said lowly with a strict tone as Kenny ignored my glare and looked away from me, but the scavengers doesn't look happy for what I called them.
"Who're you calling lady?" Molly inquired.
"And what do you mean I'm a rowdy?" The boy with Glock 17 hissed.
I smirked over his reaction as his brother raise up his arms to calm this situation. "Hey, everyone calm down. Let us take a piano for now." He said and then rubbed his cheek where I hit there. "I'm Timothy Rugby, just call me Tim for short. This is my twin brother, Benjamin Rugby." Tim introduced himself and Benjamin for us.
"Older twin brother and call me Ben." Benjamin said correctly as Tim sighed. "It was just by only three short minutes, Benny." Tim scoffed which it made Benjamin looked angry now.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT! YOU HEAR ME?!" Benjamin exclaimed as I smirked.
He, he, what a crybaby.
"Too bad for you that we have a teenager named Ben and it will be little confused. By the way, I think Benjamin is little too far for a name, Benny sounds easy name." I joking little as the girls smirked by my joke.
"You want make me mad?!" Benjamin exclaimed as their blonde friend placed her hands on brothers's shoulders and get middle of them. "Okay, boys. The playtime is over." The young girl said with a strict tone in her voice and then she looking at us now. "Anyway, the name's Molly."
"Molly, Ben, Tim. I'm Lee, this is Axel and Kenny. These girls are Cath and Clementine. We're not looking for any trouble." Lee introduced us.
"Hi." Clementine said nice as Cath waving her hand to say hey.
Tim smile at them while Benjamin was little confused, but he raised up some of his fingers up to say hey back.
"You guys really aren't from Crawford?" Benjamin asked. "Not even from Savannah either?"
"No, Me and Axel are from Macon. Kenny here's from Florida." Lee replied as Kenny looked delicate by his answer. "He didn't ask for our life stories, Lee." Kenny hissed.
"Well, I asked for where you guys come from, not for your private houses, old man." Benjamin said sarcastic.
"Whatever, your brat. And what's the deal with this Crawford place?" Kenny inquired.
"You sure you wanna know?" Molly asked.
"How bad is it?" I asked.
"Pretty bad." Benjamin replied which it made me less skeptical on them as everyone is and become more curious. Then we except the girls nodded slowly to say yes that we wanna know about this "Crawford" place.
"When everything started going to shit, some people got together and sealed off that whole neighborhood. Folks who're willing to do anything and everything to stay alive, stop the dead from getting in. We three try to avoid them." Molly explained.
"Why?" Kenny asked and looked misunderstanding about why they didn't stick with other people who try to survive.
"Let's just say that they've got a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who won't live by their rules." Benjamin replied correctly.
"Or can't, live by their rules." Tim said with a sad look and then looking at me and Lee. "That's why we couldn't take risks like we thought you guys were them. Sorry for being paranoia against you." Tim apologized for try to kill me and Lee.
I raised one of my eyes. I see why they're don't take any chances anymore because of those Crawford's bastards.
"I can understand that, but what change in your minds? How'd you three know we weren't them?" I asked as Tim sighed and look at the girls. "Because when we saw you guys have kids with you. In case if you guys didn't knew it, some bad guys doesn't hanging around with children. It's survival of the fittest for Crawford."
Well, I have seen some crazy kids hanging around with some assholes back when I was a member of Anti-JJ. Even some criminals really care about their kids more than themselves.
"I've seen some crazy children hanging along with bad guys before, so you better give us a good reason than this one." I said and crossed my arms.
"Okay then, in the other word, for Crawford of course; there are no children in that place, not any more." Tim explained as Cath and Clem looked frightened each other by that terrible info about Crawford.
No children anymore? What the hell is with that place anyway?
Then I take a look at Tim, Benjamin and Molly again. Any of these boys or a young girl couldn't be the figure who watching me by the fence or the guy on the radio who followed us. But what about the bell ringer?
"Do any of you three know who's been ringing the bells all over town?" Lee asked as I was going to ask about the bells too.
"Yeah, that would be us three." Molly replied and the brothers nodded.
What? I raised my eyes on them in shock. Was it they who ringing the bells?
Then I see Kenny start glare at them. "I knew it! Guys, I knew they were the ones who's been following us, fucking with us!" Kenny exclaimed and pointing his finger on them.
Suddenly, Benjamin slap Kenny's finger away from him and his crew which everyone wide our eyes in shock, even Kenny too.
"Do not dare pointing with your fucking at me like that or I will shot it off of you!" Benjamin shot back which it made Kenny feels insulted and angry as I have to stop him from making a problem with this stupid temper boy. "Yeah, grampa. We didn't have been followed you. We don't even know who the hell you people are." Molly agree.
"Calm down, Kenny! We didn't even know if they were enemies as bell ringers. Except Crawford, the truth enemy that we know is the guy on the radio, remember?" I hissed with serious tones as Kenny let his anger sigh and looked calm now, but keep his glare at the Rugby brothers and Molly.
"Yeah, well. Whoever you guys are, ringing those bells this morning nearly got us all killed, raised the dead all around us!" Kenny hissed on Molly and brothers Rugby.
When he mentioned about what happened when we got in Savannah, I sent a angry glance towards them. He's right, they've putt the girls in danger with walkers and got Chuck separated from us.
"That's idea, genius. It's just how we all get around Savannah. What would you think?" Benjamin said sarcastic. "Ben's right. We were on the rooftops and ring the bells at one tower to attract the local geeks toward it. It buys us some time to scavenge the areas they cleared out." Molly said.
Geeks? They called them, "Geeks"? By the way about that bells might was smart, but it was still stupid when they're in a dangerous zone.
"Geeks? Is that what you call them?" Kenny asked and laughing little.
"Yeah. You know, like at the carnival. They'll eat anything, alive or dead." Tim explained why they called them.
"That's pretty smart, with the bells." Lee commented as I shake little.
"Heh. It will take one second to outsmart geeks. They're just a bunch of dumb-asses." Benjamin scoffed.
"That was a stupid idea too with these bells. You guys could have warn with those bastards from Crawford. Even they'll get trouble with the dead, but who knows they can caught you coincidence." I said.
Benjamin glare at me, but Tim say back before his could react, "Yeah, I know. I have that same thought in my mind. But after many times we did with the bells, we didn't saw any of them over last three weeks ago. But I'm sure they didn't just giving up."
Really?
"What do you mean they don't keep children with them? Why not?" Lee asked and looked concerned.
Molly, Benjamin and Tim looked down and start walk away to that pile of walkers as we follow after them.
"No children, no elderly, no one with any advanced medical condition. Basically, no one who might be a burden on the community." Molly explained and crossed her arms while starring disgust at the pile of walkers as we standing right front of.
"Like I mentioned earlier; the survival of the fittest it's all what Crawford are. That's how they survived while the rest of the world went to shit around them." Tim said with an angry tone in his voice as Kenny widened his eyes in horror. "Jesus Christ..." Kenny said and looked sadly at the pile of walkers.
"Well, just the opposite, when you think about it." Molly said.
"That's not the way we handle things in our group." I said.
"Well, we're glad that it's nice to meet some decent people like you." Tim said with a smile.
Then I looking at the pile of walkers again with an angrily look.
What the fuck is wrong with these people? Never imaged there is more people like Rina Archer who cause... I couldn't think about what happened in Atlanta. It's streaking in my head because of these horrible memories...
"But still... children...? You're not saying that they...? Cath asked, but couldn't finish her last words. Probably because it's horrible to say... that.
Don't say that, Cath.
"In God's name, why?" Kenny asked. "No one stays in Crawford unless they can pull their own weight. Otherwise you're just another mouth to feed, another drain on their precious resources." Benjamin replied.
"What does that mean, pull their own weight?" Clem asked and didn't understand what Benjamin mean.
"It just means being able to help out. Just like we two do all the time." Cath explained as Lee nodded, but then his smile fell down and looked at the girls.
"Clem, Cath, didn't I told two of you supposed stay in the house?" Lee asked with a serious look.
Damn it. I almost forgot to talk with them about that. Oh god, I wonder how's Emily feels now when Cath isn't in the house.
"Omid's leg started getting worse. Christa asked Carley and Ben to bring him upstairs while Emily helps Doug to get up to another bedroom and then we sneak out to find you three." Cath explained, but it made me more disappointment. "I told both of you are not go out from the house. Have you any idea how much Emily is worry about you right now?" I said with serious look.
"Well, if they never ever shows up here, then some of us should be dead already because we thought you guys were from Crawford." Molly added as I sent a glare to her.
"Doesn't sound like any kinda way to live to me." Kenny said who still talking about Crawford with brothers Rugby. "Same here, can't stop agree with you about this." Benjamin agreed.
Me and Lee has stop talking with the girls and looking at the pile of walkers again with disgust look. Poor children and elderly... I know who would ever live like this is Archer as she never pull her own weight to help weak people. Christ, can't stop remember her words in that room in Atlanta. (A/N: See chapter 14 of This is Survival)
Then I came up something about Molly and brothers Rugby. It seems like they know more about Crawford from inside than from outside. I looking at Tim with a skeptical look.
"How do you three know about all of this?" I asked as Tim looks little confused as he looking at his brother and Molly and share their know look.
"Everyone in Savannah knew. What was going on inside Crawford got passed around like ghost story." Tim replied as I sent a skeptical glance to him. "Except this one was true." Molly added as we all walk back to where we were standing right beside of newsstand.
"Okay, not meant to be rude, but we've answered your questions and now it's your turn to answer; You guys are not from Crawford so who the hell are you people and what are you doing here in the first place?" Benjamin asked as I glare him for changing subject because I wasn't done about my question about how they know about Crawford.
They hiding something and I don't think we can trust them.
"We're just people who tried to survive, just like you three." I replied.
"And the only way we're gonna survive is by getting a boat, and getting out into the coast." Kenny added as I placed my hand on my head and shaking in disappointment.
Damn it, Kenny. Why did you tell them about our plan like that?
The brothers looking at Kenny in disbelief and then Tim just smirk little as Kenny getting curious now.
"What's so funny?" Kenny asked.
"Tim think your plan is a stupid one and he's right, it is a stupid and worst, a suicidal way." Benjamin scoffed which it made Kenny angry and looks irritation.
Seriously?
"Listen robin-boys, I don't know what's your problem is but I'm not gonna take some shit from you about a boat because it is the only way to escape from this madness!" Kenny exclaimed.
The brothers didn't look scared by Kenny and then they looking at each other. They looking at the girls too and then, Tim nodded slowly with dislike look at Benjamin.
What's got them in their minds?
"Look, I don't wanna scare your girls, but I have to show you and your friends something." Benjamin said and walk back to the pile of walkers again.
"What he gonna do?" Lee asked.
"Trust me, you guys ain't gonna like this, but you need to know. You better keep your girls away from seeing this horrible "trick"." Tim explained.
"Here we go again..." Molly said with disgust look.
What's going on now? Then I saw Benjamin pick up something from the pile and coming back to us. I see he holding a... a... a HEAD?! WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING?
Benjamin raised up the head right forward us to show it.
"What the fuck is wrong with-" Kenny exclaimed in disgust, but suddenly the mouth is starting moving and eyes too as we widened our eyes in shock while jumped in horror. "Holy fuck!" Kenny yelled in horror.
"Girls, get behind me!" Lee demanded as the girls went behind him because he doesn't want them to be traumatized. "Jesus..."
"What the hell... How could that walker move his mouth and sigh out without lungs?" I inquired in shock.
"I don't know, but I know this is the prove why you guys shouldn't get to the coast." Benjamin said as Kenny looked misunderstanding.
"What's that gonna do with it?" Kenny inquired.
"Think this though, jackass." Benjamin said sarcastic and throw the head away in the water. "The thing is the dead might can not swim, but they can't drunk out off air because they don't need to breath either. Geeks will walking on the bottom in the water just like how they walking on the land. And worst, they might can grab and pull you into the water off a boat with them like goddamn sea monsters." Benjamin said which we except Molly and Tim looked frightened now.
Kenny have some frightened signs on his face, but he look down and say, "I rather take that risk. I used to be a fisherman and know where the water goes."
I sighed by his stubborn.
"Fine then, me or my brother or Molly are not gonna stop you. But that would be another problem." Benjamin said.
"What do you mean?" Lee asked.
"Anyone with a boat took it out of here as soon people started eating each other. Any that got left behind, Crawford stripped them for parts, even cars too as you can see some of them without doors and solenoid too." Tim explained as Kenny crossed his arms and looks depression.
"There's gotta be something." Kenny said.
"If there was, you think we'd still be here? We've been over every inch of this city to find some supplies for leave soon, this whole place is picked clean except Crawford." Molly said.
Well, I guess mostly of all mysteries in this city is solved except the guy on the radio and that creepy figure who watched me is probably the same person. Now let's go back and think about the plan B.
But Kenny just look angry and feel hopeless as he take some steps to the railing while shouting out, "Dammit! Fuck!"
"Hey, Rambo! Will you shut your mouth before someone or something can hear you?" Benjamin inquired.
It seems Kenny just ignored him, but he stop yelling and look at the coastline. "Fuck..." Kenny mumbled.
"Look, I know you guys probably have lost some people during your trip to this damn city, but you have-" Tim said, but stop talking and he wide his eyes in shock and horror as his crew are which we look behind and see what they looking at.
Oh crap...
We saw the small herd coming from the SAME WAY we came from. We wide our eyes while Clementine raised her hands right forward her face in horror.
"Isn't that-?" Kenny said.
"The same way we came." Lee said.
"Fuck. The gunshot must've brought them back." I said.
"Is there another way back to the house?" Cath asked.
"Molly, boys, is there any-" Lee asked, but then we heard fast footsteps from behind us as we turned around and saw the three newcomers just ran away into the alley without saying a word to us.
What the fuck are they doing?
We hurry after them into the alley and saw they already got up on a fire escape. They just... leaving us behind like this?!
"Hey, what the hell are you three doing?" Lee exclaimed and looked disbelief on them.
"I'll tell you what we're not doing. We're not getting eaten." Molly replied.
Honestly, her attitude getting in my nerves.
"And what about us?" Kenny exclaimed.
"What about you?" Molly inquired back.
"That's not the whole goddamn point, your moron!" I exclaimed angrily.
"So you guys just gonna leave us behind like this?" Cath inquired.
"Please, you have to help us!" Clem exclaimed as she got a tear from one of their eyes.
Tim looked at the girls eyes as Molly and Benjamin did too. Then Tim sighed and say, "Dammit, we have to help them, if we don't and then we'll not better than them." His brother sighed with a defeated look as Molly shook her head in apologetic.
"Come on then, make it quick!" Benjamin exclaimed and reached his hand down out for us as Lee picked Clem up and she grabbed the sarcastic teenager's hand to pull her up in the fire escape.
And then Lee picked Cath up so Benjamin pulled her up too.
Then the walkers shows up in the street and found us as they start approach us.
"Shit! They found us! Hurry up guys, I hold them from get closer to us!" I exclaimed as I approached them.
I stick one through the skull with my hidden blade and then another on with the other hidden blade. A walker was right behind of me, but I made quick slash right and hit it through the head.
"Come on, Axel! We can't stay here forever!" Kenny shouted to me as he was in the fire escape which Lee must have boost him up so these assholes help him up.
Lee jump up and he grabbed Kenny's hand so he can pulled him up, but then Kenny lost his grip on Lee's hand and he fall on the ground.
Dammit, it seems like Kenny's gunshot wound didn't recovered completely yet.
"Fuck! Try again!" Kenny exclaimed as I see more walkers shows up.
Great, I don't think we can get up in that time now.
"We don't have much times! Let's try this way!" I exclaimed as Lee and I start to rush into the other side of the alley.
There was a dumpster were it's blocked on the way as Lee and I pull it away. There we go, now... oh, are you fucking kidding me?
We saw other walkers has blocked our way which we are surrounded now.
"We can't make this through! Now what?" I inquired.
"Hey! Try this manhole! Right bellow you!" Tim yelled to us as we looked down and just like what he just said; there's a manhole right down between us.
"Come on, guys; get your asses outta there!" Kenny exclaimed.
Maybe that's the only way to escape from getting eaten. Lee bends down and try to open it, but it didn't work as I help him. We both pull it up so hard, but still it didn't even move.
"Fuck, it weighs like a bear mother!" I exclaimed with an annoying expression on my face.
"Here! Use that to pry it open!" Molly exclaimed and throw her ice climber on the ground.
Lee took it and use it to open the manhole. This time, he got it opened and it appear there's
"Great. You go down first." I said as Lee nodded and jumped in the hole and climbs down the ladder.
Then I jump in the hole and climb down the ladder while I hear the girls screaming.
"LEE!" Clementine screamed.
"DIX! Please don't be dead!" Cath exclaimed as I nodded even she can't see me from here.
To be continued.
A/N:
Finally we have meet two more OCs in this story. And now all of main OCs is has showed now; Axel, Cath, Emily, Benjamin and Timothy. Just five of them in this story, but it will be more than five in sequels.
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I hope you fans really enjoy this chapter and this little The Last Of Us scene too. ;)