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Axel Dixon and Cath Carver belong to me

Emily Carver belongs to HiddenTruthandLies2

Benjamin "Ben" Rugby and Timothy "Tim" Rugby belongs to AquaDestinysEmbrace

Chapter 49: Morgue

Cath's POV

Flashback in the house

I see Carley and Ben helping Emily and Christa to get Doug and Omid up while Clem and I just standing there and do nothing.

This is getting worse and worse now...

"Girls, just stay there and wait until I come back, okay?" Emily said as I nodded with an unhappy look.

They got up to the upstairs. I sighed and looked down.

Why couldn't Dix and Lee just let us to come with them? I know it's dangerous out there, especially someone watching us and worse, someone lied to Clem that he got parents with him. Why would he do that and what he want with us?

Then I heard the door opened as I turned around and saw Clem just walk outside? What the hell is she doing?

I make a rush to the door and went to the outside as Clem standing at the fence.

"Clem. What're you-" I asked, but-

Suddenly, we heard the sound of the bells again.

What the hell? Is this another trick or...

Wait a minute, that's not the same bells as we can see the tower from here and the sound didn't come from there. It come from that way where Dix, Lee and Kenny heading there.

Oh my god, what if they are in trouble? I see Clem looked frightened and worried too.

"What was that again?" Clem asked.

"I don't know, but it came from where Dix, Lee and Kenny are heading there." I replied which it made Clem looks so much worry now.

"Oh no. What if Lee and the others is in danger? We have to do something." Clem stated as I closed my eyes.

I'm sure Emily and the others wouldn't allow us to go find them, but if we leave without say anything and they will be so worry about us. And even we found them, Dix and Lee wouldn't be happy to see us outside of the house. But Clem's right, we got to do something than sitting around here and rolling our thumbs.

"Your right. Let's go find them." I said as Clem smile at me.

We heading through the gate and walk into the street. We follow after the sound of the bells. Please, be alright, Dix. We're coming for you guys.

Back to the present

Axel's POV

I climb down the ladder fast I can while walkers trying to reach us through the opened manhole. Then I got to the bottom and Lee was right behind me.

Phew, that was close. At lease they can't-

Suddenly, Lee pulled me from the ladder quickly as a walker fall and hit on the ground. The blood spreading out from the head.

"Ouch. That must really hurts. Thanks, man." I said with grateful tone while starring at the walker. "Don't mention." Lee said and we starring up.

Oh man, the girls and Kenny is still out there with... those fuckers who tried left us behind. I hope Cath and the others are alright.

"Let's just go away now. We can't yelling to the girls that we're okay. We will come back before they know it." I said as Lee sighed.

I guess he wanna the girls know that we're fine, but he understand it's too risky to yell while there's so many walkers crawling around on the alley and we don't know if there is some in here sewers.

"You're right. Let's move before we get trouble with walkers here. We have to get back to the house." Lee said as I nodded and we walk to a downstairs.

When we came down to the bottom of the downstairs, we walk to the left.

"You think we'll get back to the house through the sewers?" Lee asked and look around to know if there's a walker near of us.

"I don't know, let's hope so." I replied.

I wasn't sure if the sewers will lead us to anywhere were we want.

Then we found a open sewage drain. Through that, we can see there's a way there.

"I go down first." Lee said and start went down.

"Hey, be careful, Lee. This drain seems little-" But when Lee was in half-way, he lost his balance and slip down through the sewage drain. "...slippery." I finish my last word and looked shock.

Lee hit his butt on the ground as I jumped and slipping with my feet on the drain. This is too easy. Then I landed on the ground and turned around to see how's with Lee.

"You're alright?" I asked as Lee huffed when he start to get up.

"Yeah, yeah... shit. Good slip there." Lee said and looked impressed by my gliding on the drain.

But then, I see something right beside his left arm. "Ehh, you got something there." I said as Lee looking at what I see.

It was couple of half eaten sewer rats on the ground. Gross... it seems like they've never been dead too long which means...

"We're not alone." I said and narrows my eyes.

Lee just looked disgust at half eaten rats. "Yuck, glad I didn't landed on them." Lee mumbled and we went to the right.

We walk through the sewers and then we see a corner with a way to the right again.

"You think Clementine, Cath and Kenny will be alright?" Lee asked.

"With these three scavengers? Who knows?" I said with an angry tone in voice as I see Lee looking disbelief on me. "You don't trust them?" Lee asked.

"No, because back in my criminal days I've seen some assholes who doesn't care anyone but their selves and that doesn't give any reasons to me to trust them." I explained.

"They seems okay to me." Lee said as I sighed.

"Just because we have a good civil conversation with them back in the street? Just because we're not from Crawford? Just because we have kids?" I said as Lee raised one his eyebrows in misunderstand. "What do you mean by that?" Lee asked.

"What if the girls wasn't there when we got trouble with walkers on the street and need their help? Do you think they would help us?" I inquired.

"They did helped us." Lee said with a strict tone.

"Just because of the girls. The way I see, the only reason why they helped us is because they didn't want the blood of two little girls on their hands." I explained.

"You can't be sure about-" Lee said, but interrupted when we rounded another corner and then we saw a little small herd of five walkers and they eating something while there was another one stood down toward a platform. "Shit." Lee said and looked horrified.

"I think we can handle them as long we got this." I said and grabbed my crossbow. "Don't think walkers wouldn't bother one of their buddies will get killed."

"I'm ready if something get wrong." Lee said and holding his Glock 17 and the wrench.

I aiming one of them and shoot it. The walker got the arrow through his skull and collapsed down as the rest didn't noticed or doesn't care anything than eat. Then I took another one and shoot it. Then another and another. And then the last one who still eating something, I aiming on it and shoot it. All of five is collapsed down and got every each an arrow through the skull as Lee and I start walking.

I grabbed every arrows from all corpses as then I heard Lee grasps little and I turned around to see what's wrong now. When I was right beside him, I wide my eyes in shock and horror.

Oh Christ... it's Chuck...

It was Chuck who was eaten by the walkers. His guts was out of his stomach and got a bullet on his forehead. I see a revolver that is in his right hand.

"He must have tried to hide out down here. The poor bastard." Lee said and looked so sorry about what happened with Chuck as I grabbed the revolver and check it out how many bullets left, but there was no bullets left.

I look at the bullet-hole on his forehead and say, "He must have save the last bullet for himself. Damn..."

"You deserved better, old man." Lee said with a sad look. "We will never forget your advice for the girls, never." I said with my sympathy look.

I huffed and stand up while my fists getting hard by anger now. Those bastards got him killed even they didn't knew or mean it either, they will never get away with this without explanation.

We walk to the walker who still bend down toward the platform.

"Okay, let's take her before-"

Lee feel down on the ground as I widened my eyes in shock and saw a walker were in a cage underground or something like that had grabbed Lee's foot.

Shit! How the hell can those things even get so deep in the underground?

I trying to pull his leg to break the walker's grip in his foot, but the walker refuse let Lee go.

"Axel! Behind you!" Lee exclaimed as I looked over my shoulder at the walker start approach us from the platform.

Great, great, just fucking GREAT! Wait a minute, Molly's weapon! I grabbed the ice pick from Lee's back-pocket and dug the walker's hand so hard until it pulled off. Then I feel Lee grab my Golden Eagle from the pocket and-

BANG!

I turned around and saw Lee shot the walker who tried to get rid on us and it collapsed down.

"Man, that was close." I said and huffed.

"No question. Here, sorry for taking it without asking." Lee said and reached my gun to me as I chuckles and accepted.

"Don't say that, if you..." I smirked, but then we heard someones growling and sigh from the corner where we come from and then five... six... eight... twelve walkers, god more of them?! How many are they?!

We looked horrified at them as they are attract by the gunshot.

"How many are they or how come we didn't saw them earlier?" I inquired.

"They must coming through the manhole when we left it open. We gotta go, now." Lee replied.

We make a rush up to the stairs and then Lee saw something above us while I looking at a poster. Why the hell there's a poster in the sewer?

The walkers is heading to get us as we have to hurry.

"Axel, hurry up! I think there's a..." Lee said, but I ignored him as he noticed when I searching around the sign. "Axel? What the hell are you-" I grabbed the sign to remove it and there's a hole on the wall. "What the hell?" Lee inquired.

"Figured. No wonder why there's a poster in a sewer." I explained. "What do you think about it?"

"We don't know what's inside in the hole, but we know whats behind us now." Lee said as we looked behind and saw the walkers passed through Chuck's corpse now.

Alright then, let's stop babbling around. I reach in one of my pockets to get my flashlight. I start crawling into the hole and turn the flashlight on. Lee follow after me as I continue crawling deeply in the hole and then I see we ending in a dark room.

Okay, where are we now?

"What the hell...?" Lee mumbled in shock as I looked what he just see now.

There was a little sign on the wall and it say, "FALLOUT SHELTER".

Are we in a shelter?

"Now it feels me safe, kind of." I said and turned around to see more of this room. "Holy shit."

"What is it?" Lee asked and turned to the direction where's I looking at now.

There's shelves with many food, so many than we found from the car in the woods.

"Look at all this. It's enough to keep people alive for mouths." Lee said.

Seems like it. Then I looking to the left and there's a bed there. Is there someone living here?

I saw there's a door to the right as Lee and I went forward it and open it.

When we went through the door, we found some old people as they start looking at us in shock and horrified. There was a older African-American man and another African-American who could be around Kenny's age but look little older. There was two women, one of them is older and have grey hair. The other woman is overweight and unlike the others, she's young. Lee and I wide our eyes at them.

Okay... I guess we should have to be careful before-

Then I heard someone loading a gun as we look on the left and we saw old man aiming at us with a revolver. He looked skeptical at us, but trying to be tough as his hands shaking.

"Who are you?" The old man demanded as we raised our hands up.

Maybe I shouldn't be an asshole on this guy. He look like a nervous type which he can pull the trigger by a mistake because of us.

"It's alright. It's okay." Lee trying to ensure this old guy that we're not dangerous. "We don't want any trouble."

But the old man still aiming at us. "Neither do we. Which is why you two would do well to turn around and leave. R-right now." The old man said nervously.

"Look, we're sorry we disturbing you folks. But we can't go back where we came from now because the dead is walking around behind. We'll wait here until they move away or is there another way we can use to go back to our people? We won't ever see each other again, I promise." I said as the old man looked little confused, but still aiming his revolver at us.

Seriously? Can't he just drop his gun before he pull the trigger because of his nervously type?!

"You can't let them leave." It was the overweight woman who comfort with a old woman and have frightened glare at us. "They're from Crawford. If they goes back there and they find out we're down here..."

The old man looked confused as he looking at me and ask, "How old are you?"

I raised my eyes questionable. Why do he want to know how old am I?

"Fifteen. Is it something wrong with that?" I asked and sent skeptical glance at the old man.

"I knew it. I knew this boy is older than fourteen. Vernon, remember Crawford doesn't allow have kids under the age of fourteen, right?" The woman pointed out.

Under the age of fourteen?

The old looked confused and ask again, "Are you from Crawford? Don't lie to me, I'll know." Vernon said.

"Where else can they be from? Everywhere else around here is dead." The woman tried to ensure not to spare me and Lee as I glare at her.

"We're not from Crawford or around here either. We two and our group are from Macon." Lee replied which Vernon looked down sadly. "I have a brother in Macon. You two were there? How was it? As bad as here?" Vernon asked.

His question about his brother makes me wonder what happened with my older brother and my sworn friend and "brother", Wolf too as I looked down sadly and Lee did same while we holding our arms up. Probably he thinking about his brother too, then he looking Vernon again and answer, "Sorry."

"Macon is no more than a wasteland." I said which Vernon looks sad now, but the overweight woman look serious now and approaching Vernon.

"You can't trust them, Vernon. You can't let them leave." The woman said and pointing her finger at us.

"You do want me to do, Brie? Shoot them?" Vernon asked hesitantly. "Why not? That'd be more of a mercy than Crawford ever showed us. Think, Vernon. What do think they'll do if they find out we're all down here, right under their feet?" Brie said.

I glare at that fate woman and then I look at Vernon. I don't think he will not dare to pull the trigger. Maybe I can try one of Jessica's stupid moves.

"Are you guys really so willing to shoot one of us, even a teenager like me, huh? No, I see you're not a bad guy as we're not either." I approached to the old man and have the gunpoint on my forehead as the old man wide his eyes in shock by my fortitude. "Now drop your gun or... you will become nothing than those Crawford bastards." I said with an intense glare.

Vernon getting shaking his hands more and more ever until lose his grip in his revolver and drop on the ground. I picked it quickly as Vernon's people looked frightened now.

"Vernon, what the hell are you doing?" Brie exclaimed in disbelief.

I holding his revolver as Lee just standing right beside me and hope everything will be cool now, but Brie step between me and Vernon to defend him.

"Vernon!" Brie exclaimed.

"It's alright, we're not here to hurt anyone." Lee ensured calmly old people.

"Look, I have the gun now and I'm not using it to threat you." I said and put the revolver in my pocket.

Then I see other people behind of Brie and Vernon seems take our words and look calm down.

"You two are not really from Crawford?" Vernon asked.

"No, we're really not." Lee said with a honestly smile as I nodded and Vernon seems calm now, but I notice we got a glare from Brie.

She getting my nerves. Honestly, what's with her attitude like she demanded Vernon to shoot us?

"Well, we are. Or were. We got out of there when they started sealing up the place, started weeding out the sick and the old so their perfect survivors society wouldn't be threatened. No room for weakness or vulnerability in their little master race." Vernon explained.

"You don't look that old. So... you're sick?" Lee asked.

"Were sick. We're all members of a cancer survivors group that used to meet here at the hospital." Vernon replied. "We're in remission, but that wasn't good enough for Crawford. They'd already rounded up five of us before the rest of us managed to hole up and hide from them down here. This old basement's been abandoned for years."

I looking around of this place. "So this place is a... morgue?" I guess and crosses my arms as Lee and Vernon standing right beside me.

"Yeah. Irony's always high on my list when I'm looking for a place to survive." Vernon replied and looking at me and Lee then. "How did you all find your way down here?"

"We were attacked by walkers down in the river street. The rest of our friends made it out. Now we just wanna get out of here and find our group." Lee explained.

"Well, the sewer system y'all came through runs all over the city. It'll take you to wherever you wanna go." Vernon said.

Hmm, that makes sense. I remember when I, Chris and our friends did the same thing in Atlanta. I know I haven't been in Savannah before, but I can leave a mark where we gonna start.

"Thanks, I think Lee and I will figure out where we going." I said as the older African-American approached us and looked shock. "Vernon, you're not just gonna let them go alone, aren't you? These sewers is like a maze and they got no chance to find a way to their group." The older African man said.

"He's right, Axel. We maybe need a guide to take us where we want to go." Lee agreed as I sighed.

Come on, I have a good look.

"Look, I'd like to help you guys, but we've all got our own problems. Two of our group are ill and need constant care, and I'm the only doctor here." Vernon said.

"Besides, why should we help you?" Brie snapped and glare at us as I approached her with my anger look. "Listen, lady; we didn't ask you for help and try be little morale like your old friend over there. Plus, you're the one who want us dead." I snapped back.

Brie is shock and glare me again, but I noticed she gets little frightened by me and mine outburst.

"Everybody, calm down." Lee said as I sighed and turned around to walk back to Lee. "Look, we're sorry if we scared you. Me and Axel just want to go back to our people. Back to Clementine and Cath."

Then Vernon got a concern expression on his face and looking at us. "Are they your relatives?" Vernon asked.

Lee and I lower our heads down. I'm think I should lie to them that Cath is my sister and Clementine is Lee's daughter so Vernon will guide us in sewers. But if I do, how can Vernon trust us after he found out we lied to him?

I take a breath and answer, "No, I'm her older brother's best friend who promised him to look after her and then later we found her older sister. Most of her family is nowhere to being found. Even after that, she's still my responsibility along with Emily. And Clementine, she lost her real parents. Lee doing what he can for her."

"You're not seriously considering going with them. Especially with that asshole." Brie said and glare at me.

I glare at her back. Oh yeah, what about you? Except madness and sociopath, I don't see different between you and Crawford.

Vernon raised his hand forward to Brie to calm her down. "It's all alright, Brie. I had a daughter. Lost her in the first days. I'll be damned if I'll just sit back and let that happen to someone else." Vernon said.

"But we need you here." The middle-aged African-American man said.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Vernon ensured his friend and look at us. "Let's go." Before we going, went up and checked on the older woman and gave the older African-American man a nod. Vernon then went to Brie and hugged her and gave a nod to the middle-aged African-American man. Then he give us a look that it's time to go.

He led us to another way which it's leading to a different sewer system.

Please, Cath and Clementine. Be just alright. We're coming now.

To be continued

A/N:

I don't like Brie how she demanded Vernon to shoot Lee. She gets paranoia like Lilly how she killed Carley/try kill Ben and got Doug instead.

R.I.P. Chuck

I chose to be honest with Vernon.

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I hope you fans really enjoy this chapter.